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Evening star., 1945-02-26
Capital Banks Push
War Bond Sales
Between Drives
By EDWARD STONE


Washington banks are vigorousl,
pushing the sale OF United State,
War Bonds between the big specia
campaigns, as is revealed by the fac
that 20 banks and trust companies
sold $4,730,635 bonds and tax note,
to patrons during January.
Total sales OF =, r and G Bond,
IN January amounted to $3,623 1886
Naturally, Series e Bonds were in fal
the heaviest demand, sales amount.
ing to $e,274,21l. Series G Bond,
came next with sales OF $l,120, 100
while r Bonds purchased totalec
$229, ,5A. Sales were under Decem.
Der, which was closed to the Sixth
War Loan drive.
Z Bonds to Be Featured.
Bank ofncers said today tina,
much attention is already being
given to the Seventh War Loan
drive, to start June Is or earlier
according to Treasury predictions
The banks Aaintain permanent
trained stats at heavy expense te
handle all bond sales. These en-
ployes are familiar with the ad,
vantages of one series over another
limitations on buying, and have the
answers to many technical and
practical questions.
Secretary Morgenthau has com.
mended the banks here frequently
for successes In other drives. In the
coming campaign the sale of z
Bonds will again be stressed. VIII
mer j. Waller, president of the Ham.
1lton National, is chairman of the
District War Finance Committee
ana Thomas j. Groom, president OF
the Bank Of Commerce e. Savings
Is Chairman Of the bank unit.
Trade Up IL Per Cent.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported department store sales In
the Richmond district in the first
seven weeks of this year were II
per cent ahead of the like 1914
period. Atlanta and Kansas CITY led
the other districts with 10 per, cent
gains.
Sales In Boston and PHILADELPHIA
were up 10 per cent: New York. IL:
Cleveland, IA; Chicago, Is: st.
Louis, II: Minneapolis, 1s, and San
Francisco. is. The average trade
gain for the whole country was IA
per cent.
Victory Considered BuIlish,
Victory will be bullish and the
most exciting phase of the bull
market lies ahead, in the opinion of
Standard d Poor's Corp. veteran
invest advisory organization. The
nrm sees an era of record peace.
time sales, profits and dividends.
Reconversion will be no bed of roses
but the business decline will not
SNOWFALL into a major depression,
the firm says. l3
Favorable forces will include con-
suner buying to fill deferred wants.
accumulation of peace inventories"
by Industrial corporations, expan-
sion OF civilian plant facilities, new
enterprises. farm prosperity, build
ing activity, heavy exports and ex-
ploitation of new products.
Peoples Drug at New Peak.
One hundred shares of Peoples
Drug Stores common sold at "a on
the Washington Stock Exchange
today. a new l944-5 high, and a
gain of two full points. The final
bid was "a with IS asked.
Capital Transit opened the week
at 35A, later registering several
eood-sized sales at IS. The closing
bid was 34% with 351s asked. The
days sales in all issues totaled 455
shares.
,Hecht common, now selling on the
Washington exchange at 2214, is u
under the years high.
Evening star., 1945-02-26
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Feb. % RJ.-cotton fu-
lures advanced 80 cents q bale in early
trading, influenced by tightness in spot
cotton and expectations OF early action
on the Bankhead proposal to extend the
Commodity Credit Corp. purchase program
another year.
Prices reacted partially from the hishs
on scattered New Orleans and local sell
developments.
Late afternoon prices were 10 to Is
ssnts bale higher, March, 22.0e: May,
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Bonds were narrowly irregular.
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Feb 20 R,.-Rye broke
sharply and other grain futures were
weak today as commission house liouida- :
ton and professional selling disclosed q
lack Of support.
Prices rallied during the hnal hour
with the help of short covering, but the
recovery was far from complete.
The possibility Of important develop
discount the bullish influence Of the freight
car shortage. There also was bearish re-
action to weakness Of the stock market
and TO trade report that there. may be
congressional opposition to q bilf to ex-
tend Commodity Credit Corp. price support
measures.
Rye at one time WAS OF as much as 2
cents. Aggressive selling was credited to
one Of the prominent professional traders
and the market was poorly supported. even
on the soft spots. The break uncovered
stoploss orders,
At the finish wheat was =. to =. lower
than saturday,s close. May, 1.63s4. Corn
UNCHANGED to a lower. May, 65H-s. rye
was down :. to y, May, 1.1t1as.. Bar
Evening star., 1945-02-26
FOREIGN Exchunae

exchange rates follow (Great Britain in
dollars. others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open
market, 9ls per cent discount or 90 s7h
q. 8. cents. up .06A Of q cent
Europe-Great Britain, ofhcial buying,
4.a2: selling. 4.04
Latin America-Arsentina, free, 25.Os,
up II Of cent: Brazil. free. b-o5n; Mex
leo. 20.66n.
n Nominal
Evening star., 1945-02-26

g.. z e. dividend Plus sx,ras, PAID 50
S. extra kl0c extra . Paid In 1874
$40 extra
Evening star., 1945-02-26
Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20 P.-The Sc
curities Commission reported today these
transactions by customers with odd-lot
dealers or. specialists on the New York
Stock Exchange for February "A: 2,SS2
purchases involving S3.427 shares; 1888
sales involving II ,436 shares. including 2S
short sales. involving l 100 shares.
Evening star., 1945-02-26

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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
Canton News

Mrs. L. B. Burrage and Mrs. Lii
liam B. Jones her daughter, visited
Mrs. Corrine B. Barry, st. Louis,
who is also the daughter of Mrs.
Burrage. The final destination of
Mesdames Burrage and Jones was
Jefferson City, Md, where they
visited Lincoln University to wit
ness the graduation of their grand
daughter and daughter, Elyda. Miss
Jones, after maintaining splen-
did record during her entire un-
dergraduate career, received has
Bachelor of Arts degree in June.
After many pleasant experiences
Mrs. Burrage and Mrs. Jones re-
turned to Canton, their home. Dur
ing her brief stay, Miss Jones, with
her mother and grandmother, mo-
tored to Greenville, where Mrs.
Burrage plans an extended visit
with her sister, Mrs. B. Holmes.
Miss Jones left July 4th to as
sumo a position at Banneker
Branch of the st. Louis Public Lii
brary. while in the meantime, she
will work toward a degree in Lii
brary Science.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
NATIONAL Farm
Safety Week
July 22-28

State College, Miss.-In stressing
the importance of National Farm
Safety Week, July 1928, M. S.
Shaw, Extension district agent and
chairman of the special farm safe
ty program in the state, declared
that deaths from farm work acct
dents in one year totaled more
than in any of the other five ma
jor industries, amounting to Is per
cent of all occupational deaths.
Accidents cause farmers to lose
25,000,000 man-days annually. re-
presenting one of the biggest obsta-
cles to maximum food production, .
Mr. Shaw said.
Over 1900 rural people are
killed each year by accidents in the
United States and $500 farmers are
killed each year while doing agri-
cultural work. Rural communities
suffer a loss OF one billion dollars
annually from accidents and fires.
The State Agricultural Coordi-
mating Council is sponsoring the
Mississippi Farm Safety Program
this year and the theme of the
years campaign will be the basic
three point formula for the avoid
ance of accidents:
Learn to recognize hazards:
eliminate as many hazards as
possible; act SO as not to be hurt
by remaining hazards.
"The USDA estimates that out OF
the more than 6,5OO,OOO farms in the
country, one in each 81 had q dis.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
State COP Calls
Meeting to Raise
Campaign Funds

The Mississippi Republican State
Central Committee has been called
to meet at Hill Hall, corner of
Parish and Griffith streets in Jack
son, Wednesday, July 10, 1915 at II
a. m, for the purpose of devising
ways and means of raising Missis-
sippi's quota of Republican cam
paign fund for starting the ball
to rolling for the next campaigns.
Said DR.. Redmond, chairman Of
the State Central Committee: 1.-The
Republicans are determined to win
in both 1916 and '48, but to do that
they are not waiting until six
weeks before the election to launch
their national campaigns, but are
now initiating the Democrats by
starting their campaign years
ahead of time
uJC Cstdw
retaries and party leaders are urg-
ed to be present at this committee
meeting which is intended to be
made grand old home coming
Republican rally day.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
Conserving Energy
In Swimming
BY CARROLL BRYANT
Director Water Safety Service
American Red Cross

Continued from last week.
An old gentleman no at the age
of "a, still swan his mile a day
parallel to a seashore resort in eNw
England, took his time, usingthe
breast stroke, and conserved his
energy. The young athletes" near
by, who could swim good imita-
ton of a beautiful crawl-for a
distance of perhaps a hundred
yards-at the end if their snowy
squirt were much more exhausted
than the old man at the end of his
mile.
Speed has its uses, but acquiring
speed does not come at once. Only
when the swimmer has matered
a sufficient variety of strokes and
skills to enable him to feel at home
IN the water, and to cope success
fully with any water conditions
That may arise, should he attempt
to gain speed
From the beginning he must ac-
quire' and practice the habit OF
rhythmic breathing, and he must
bear in mind that his body buoy
ancy, coupled with the momentum
OF swimming, is sufficient to keep
him afloat. Then he is free to uti-
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
Nurses Train To
Teach Red Cross
Home Nursing

Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, is
one of the three schools participant
ing in the American Red Cross
home nursing conferences to pre-
pare nurses as instructors of the
home nursing course for high
school students. Peabody College,
Nashville, Tenn, and st. Louis I'M
iversity, st. Louis, Mo-, are the
other two.
Instructors for the Tuskegee
course are Miss Louisa A. Garcia,
and Miss Elizabeth Lipford, who
received their training in Atlanta,
Ga, at the Southeastern Area head
quarters of the American Red
Cross. The method of teaching is
that used by instructors in the
six Lessons in Care of the Sick
streamlined, modern, learn by
doing course.
Miss Garcia is graduate of Will
berforce University. Zenia, Ohio,
and holds an M A. degree in pub
lie health education from the Ohio
State University. Miss Lipford re-
ceived her B. S. degree in nursing
from St. Phillips Hospital in Vir-
ginia and also holds a B. S. de-
gree in nursing education. She has
a Rosenwald scholarship to the
University of Michigan, where she
will begin work next fall on her
M. A. in nursing education.
Glasses in home nursing for adults
are available through local Red
Cross chapters across the country.
In isolated rural areas, itinerant
nure instructors arrange classes for
the convenience of those in outly-
ing districts so that all may learn
proper home care of the sick.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
Teachers Are
Taught to Improve
Country Homes

The fairy godmother who turned
pumpkins into coaches and mice
into horses had nothing on the
negro teachers in the Homemaking
Division at Jackson College which
closed its first session Saturday.
Under the guidance of Rose Addi-
son, director, an empty grits box
covered with newspapers and stain
becomes a wall log for plants and
vines.
A vinegar jug, headed for the
garbage, is transformed into a
lamp; olive bottles make a pair of
vases.
From remnants, the teachers
make matching hats and bags;
shocked and hand painted blouses.
From plywood and lumber scraps
the teachers made beverage racks,
ironing boards, serving trays.
Pictpres to brighten the homes
in the rural areas are made from
dyed watermelon seeds and egg
shells.
Costume jewelry is made from
sea shells and corn and designed by
the various students.
House shoes are made with two
bath clothes and cardboard The
purses and rags made on the
schools looms cost fraction of
what they would cost in retail
stores.
One ingenious teacher made a
shopping bag from potato sack.
! These projects are part Of the
Rural Living course which is de-
signed to make rural negro homes
more attractive and the people
! better dressed.
SIT teachers from Ga counties,
attended the first session of Sum-
mer School which closed Saturday.
The next session open Monday.
Courses offered were: language
arts, recreative and creative arts,
social studies, science and mathe-
MATES, rural living, and education.
The four workshops were: health
and nutrition, reading, orientation,
and social studies.
A home economics building, made
of brick from the abandoned adj
ministration building, is almost
complete Plans are underway to
build a new administration build
ing in the next two years, Florence
Alexander, state supervisor of rural
schools for negroes, said.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
Harding's "444"
Recommended
For Rheumatism

Made and distributed by Harding
Drug Company, the HARDING'S
444 TONIC is recommended for the
Blood and for Rheumatism.
All persons with minor blood dis
orders and rheumatic conditions
arising from blood deficiency and
systemic Impurities will find that
this famous tonic will give relief.
"444" is a well balanced combi-
nation of tests medicinal ingredi~
ents which are favorably accepted
for their value in treating minor
blood disorders.
Persons suffering from rheuna-
tisn and minor blood disorders are
advised to get bottle of "444" at
Harding Drug Company
500 E. Pearl ST., or call 3-2444
Jackson, Miss.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14

lie all his stroking movements in
propulsion. This will also enable
him to acquire the very essential
habit of relaxing and resting his
muscles between strokes.
If some orderly procedure is
adopted and carried out, with adj
equate knowledge of the funda-
mentals, or better still, under the
tutelage Of a competent instructo
the whole process Of learning to
swim can be aSily and pleasantly
accomplished by most people.
There are only nine recognized
swimming strokes, and five of
these are variations of the other
four. 1t is impossible to attempt
to teach these strokes or even to
describe them adequately on paper
AS rule the several kicks and
arm strokes are learned indepen-
IDENTIFY. They can be practiced first
on the shore, then in shallow water.
The beginner can then utilize them
in experimenting with various
styles of swimming to determine
which strokes are best adapted to
his own physical makeup.
The Red Cross courses in swim
ming and water safety are avail
able to ALL Call your local chapter
and enroll.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
Security Life Insurance Co.
Celebrates Homecoming For
Managers And Agents
Mrs. Mary johnson Crowned
"Miss Security Life"

Managers and Agents of the Sc
curity Life Insurance Company
from all over the state were guest
of the Home Office July 6. 1945.
This was the most enthusiastic
meeting ever witnessed at any of
the Home Coming events. The high
lights of the meeting were the pres
entation of the Agents and Mana
gers who have made outstanding
records for the first six months and
discussion of the varied problems
that are found on the field and
our program for the next six
months. Members of Board COM
ments were made by DIR. A. H.
Mccoy, Treasurer and A. w. Wells.
Following the business sessions
the group left the Home Office to
take part in the Annual Banquet
that was served at the Tip Top
Club.
The winners were presented with
prizes by the Supervisor, Mr.. Gray,
an dthe Home Office Cashier, Mrs.
G. P. Shroter, who was in charge
of the Banquet program. Winners
were as follows: Manager First
Prize-Mr. w. E. Johnson, Green
vile District; Second Prize-Rev.
C. w. Robinson, Natchez District
Agents Prizes: First Prize-Mr. w.
c. Jackson, Jackson District; Sec
ond Prize-Mrs. Geneva Pernell,
Greenville District.
The agent having the most out
standing Increase record for the
first six months was Mrs. Mary
Johnson of the Greenville District;
she was crowned Miss Security
Life
Bonus for Increase were given
to the following agents: w. c.
Jackson, Jackson District, Mary
johnson, Greenville District, S. L.
Bass, Jackson District, Leroy Tay-
lor Greenville District.
After the Banquet tour of the
city was made by all who were in
terested.
The evening session was in the
form of a Home Coming Party
given at the USO Club. The en-
tertainment was dancing and bridge.
Miss Security Life" was presented
as the Guest of Honor. Flowers
were presented to her by Miss Mil
dred White, Home Office clerk. A
very jolly time was had by all.
This was the beginning of the end
of day filled with many activities.
Managers and Agents pledged
their Company better record for
the last six months than was shown
the first
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
Soybeans Are
Tested In State

Thirty varieties of soybeans
tested during the past three years
at the Delta Branch Experiment
Station, Stoneville, indicate that
new and sometimes better varieties
are being developed, SO that from
the new and the old growers may
select either early, medium, or late
maturing strains.
The tests were located at the Del
ia Station; on the plantation of
R. H. Watson, Tunica, on Bobshaw
plantation, Sunflower county; on
Stoner Brothers plantation, and on
the plantation of NJ F. Cresswell,
both in Yazoo comfy. The soybean
studies are cooperative investiga-
tons between the Bureau of Plant
Industry, Soils and Agricultural
Engineering, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, the U. S. Regional Soy
bean Laboratory, and the Missis-
sippi Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton.
Of early varieties tested, highest
yielders were C1O1, new strain
developed by the Indiana station
and averaging 30 bushels per acre
at three locations; S10O, developed
by the Missouri Station; and Ma
coupin. Because of the poor quail
ity of seed, the Delta research
workers feel that it may be neces-
sary for those interested in early
varieties to secure seed from a
Northern source each year.
Ogden is the highest yielding
variety of the medium maturity
range. 1t yielded an average of 80
bushels per acre at three locations
in 1914, and average AS bushels
at Stoneville during the past two
years. While Odgen stands up well
for combining and has a relatively
high oil content, it skaters under
extremely dry conditions. Arksoy
2913 and Ralsoy yielded well
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
BENTFITS DON'T STAND STILL

To make sure that he gets all the
benefits that may be due him under
old-age and survivors insurance,
worker should get in touch with
the nearest office of the Social Sc
curity Board when he is IS, re-
CARELESS of whether he intends to
retire soon or not There are some
important matters he should con-
slider. Maybe he should file his
claim for fenefits even though he
intends to keep on working.
Workers should understand that
the amount of a benefit does not
stand still. Benefits are tied to
earnings. They depend primarily
on the workers average monthly
wage in covered jobs. After IS
earnings from such jobs are apt to
be less than before, he may be I'M
employed or work in jobs not COW
cred by the law If SO, the aver
age monthly wage would be re-
duced.
For any of these reasons it may
be wise for the fully insured work.
er to file his claim for benefits as
soon as he reaches IS. This, of
course, does not mean that he has
to retire. He can keep on working
and he will receive benefits for
any month in which he notifies the
Board that his wages in covered
jobs are below SIS. If he continues
to work steadily after filing his
claim, he may be able to raise his
benefit amount by filing a request
for decomposition at later date.
If a worker after 65, however, con-
tinues to work steadily at pay
which is as high as, or higher than,
his past average under social se-
curity, there is no advantage in his
filing a claim Immediately.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14
Presidents Meet,
Report on United
College Fund

Atlanta-Presidents of 13 of the
80 private Negro colleges associ-
ated with the 1915 campaign of the
United Negro College Fund for
$1,550,000 met here last Friday,
June 29) on the Atlanta Universe
ty campus in one day Executive
Committee session to receive re-
port on campaign progress, and to
discuss policy recommendations to
be presented to the Fund Board of
Directors in October.
The report, submitted by William
j. Trent, Jr., UNCF Executive Sec
rotary, New York, included a sum-
mary of campaign activities, bud
get analysis, estimated expendi-
lures of the 1945 campaign, an
evaluation of campaign cities and
other factual data.
Those of us who are working
for the success of the second an
nual United Negro College Fund,
appeal are greatly encouraged by
the response of the American pub
lie so far" said Mr.. Trent. al
though we are still in the intense
solicitation period in most of our
cities, eight have already complet-
ed their campaigns.
"One of the finest features Of
this movement is its interracial
character. Leading white and Ne
gro citizens throughout the coun-
try are woring together in a COM
mon task-to do the best possible
job for Negro education. But this
service reaches far beyond the
college themselves. 1t is a service
to all America and Ne are happy
that the fund has provided an op-
portunity to render it."
Each of the Presidents assembl-
ed here participated in field work
assignments during the current
drive. They visited one or more of
the 56 cities where Fund cam
paigns are being conducted and as
sisted in soliciting funds as well as
interpreting Fund aims and objec-
tives.
The UNCF Executive Committee
includes the following college
Presidents: F. d. Patterson, Tuske-
gee, chairman; Florence M. Reed,
Spelman, secretary; Ralph P.
Bridgman, Hampton; Rufus E.
Clement, Atlanta; Robert P. Daniel,
Shaw; Albert w. Dent, billiard; W.
A. Fountain, Jr., Morris Brown;
Mordecai w. johnson, Howard;
David D. Jones. Bennett; Thomas
E. Jones, Fisk; Benjamin E. Mays,
Morehouse; E. C. Mcleod, Wiley
and Walter L. Wright of Lincoln,
Pa.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-07-14

astrous experience with fires in the
five year period from 1886 to 1910.
"A farm home or farm building
catches fire every Is minutes in the
day in the United States, and the
cost of these farm fires totals
around a quarter of a million dol
lars each day.
Here are ten tips for farm safe
ty: Never grease, oil or unclog or
adjust machine that is in gear;
keep tools in safe place; don't
wear floppy clothing that can catch
in machinery; keep ladders and
stairways in good repair; apply
first aid promptly, even to minor
injuries; don't smoke around the
barn; keep all safety devices in
place; be careful not to startle an
imals; use a staff when leading a
bull; teach others safe practices"