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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-26
Canned Goods
Sugar

Ration book four, stamp No So
good through August 81. New stamp
due September /.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
MINISTER RETURNS

The Rev. r. L. Brady Sr.. OF
the Second Baptist church. will
occupy the pulpit for the first time
since his vacation Sunday. Aug
II. al 1870 am. The public is in
Nifed 10 hear him.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
Ebenezer And
B e I h e | Join
Forces Sunday

Sunday morning was commun-
ION Sunday al Ebenezer. A con-
sresation OF nearly 1000 persons
heard the pastor. the Rev Carlyle
F. Stewart. preach a communion
sermon from the theme, Some
thing Hidden"
TWELVE VISITORS from six
states were introduced 10 the con-
creation
The music in songs was fur
nishcd by the senior choir and
Bethany chorus. Nine new MEM
bers united with the church.
Al the 7:45 pm. service the mes
sage was delivered by the Rev. w.
F.. Smith. OF Adrian. Mich
SUNDAY EVENING. Aug. IL.
Ebenezer will worship with Bethel
AME church, accompanied by the
ehoiFs.
Saturday morning. Aug. II. the
Sunday school picnic will be held
Al Rouge Park. Three special
street cars have been chartered to
leave Forest and Brush streets for
IN park al 9 am
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
Lewis College To
duate IS In
SeuenteenthClass

The faculty and senior class OF
the Lewis Business college an
no.nCe their 18th commencement
20 take place Aus 10 al Second
BaEi.si church, with the Rev. r.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11

Ceiling price, Of Ii>h linen hand
ken chiefs made IN the United States
have been restored 20 tho approXl-
mate levels applicable before March .
l944 when they were reduced 10 1912
levels
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
FingoI Speaks To
Lincoln Graduates

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.-Dr.
William A. Fingal Of Charleston,
Mo- delivered the commence
ment address AT the annual sum-
mer school convocation on Thurs
dav evening. Aug. 2 when degrees
will be awarded by President
Sherman d. Scrug2s to those hav-
ing satisfactorily completed the
requirements in their chosen fields
~ concentration. Music Will be
presented by the summer school
chorus under the direction OF Rob-
ort A. Henry.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
Congress Recesses
With Tasks Undone

WASHINGTON. y G. oNNPAl
When the UnNcd states senate
Joined the alroady-rc ,cSscd House
Of Representatives last week IN a
two-month summer vacation. II
left a number OF pressing and
critical domestic problems UNI
solved and unsettled
The attention Of tho Senate vas
called 10 some Of these unfinished
matters hv Majority Leader Bark
lev Of Kentucky and nv Sen
James Mead. D.. of New York
Neither senator. however. men,
toned the pending measures for
establishment OF a permanent
FEPC or for the abolition Of the
poll tax
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
NE VI u Frs

or the faculty
are T @ ~ pie
Fb..'cr. Annie
p a X @ =
moro. liza
beth Garner.
Sc e
" hIfc = n a
R0bClVp Trunl-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
OTHERS ARE Helen McOucc
Berkeley Youth
Wins DISCHARGE

Corporal Paul r. LeRel Of 1853
Columbia Road. Berkeley MIchi-
can recently received his honor
anlc discharge from the army at
Barnes General Hospital. Vancou-
yer. Wash.
He has served two years and
four months as an airpIane me-
chanic i'm the Army Air Forces.
His parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Henry LeBcl, reside at
1858 Columbia Road
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
District Meeting
At Bethel AME
ToHearReports

sunday evening A. 30 o'clock.
The Rev Carlyle Stewart pastor
~ Fbenezer .AME church, his
choirs usherS. officers and concre-
cation viii make their annual Pill
Ernsge 10 Bethel AME. Frede-
rex a. ST Antoine IN the hrSt o.
The Two union services arranged
between IN tao churches.
DR.. STEWART will be the
speaker al this special service and
his choirS Will sing Great prepard-
lion is being made 10 care for the
large number Of persons who will
90 IN attendance
On Monday evening the various
district presidents will meet and
compare notes Al the close 81 the
meeting refreshments viii be
served and loving cups will be
awarded the winning district pres
icnt Mrs. Alcritat McFall Of
District No was the winning
chairman for the last tWo years
Interest Is running hi1h Every
one is anxious N know who Will
De the leading district THIS wear.
THE REV. JONATHAN DANES
VIII be the speaker Al the morn
Ing service
Out-ofiown guests were Miss
Aliha GszaWay Louisville. Ky:
Mrs Naude Hawkins. Chicago.
III Fred Robinson. 81. Louis Mo
Mrs Harriet Adams. Lexington.
Ky: Mrs Minnie Diallard New
York. y Y Mr.. and Mrs William
McHenrN, Mt Pleasant. Tenn
Mss Georgia Bailey. Cleveland.
Ohio: Miss JuanIta Harris. Cleve-
land Ohio. and Miss Florcl
Thompson. Kingston. Jamaica,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11

l. Bradby Sr..
ais commence
ucnt speaker.
Mr. Violet I.
Lewis Is pres
. Il r n I and
founder OF tae
school
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11

Provision has been made for estab-
lishinR ceiling prices for fresh fruits
and vegetables shipped by airplane
on an experimental basis. Under this
fruits and vegetables NAV be used
during the period beginning July %
and ending Sept. 80
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
Peoples Church
Closes Two- Week
RepiUaI Sessions

The Peoples Institute 81 Applied
Religion closed a two-week re.
viVal last week al the Twelve
Aorsemen's Civic Center
Led by dynamic Claude VIII
Ssms. and ably supported nv Rev,
John Miles. Owen Whitfield. Rev.
Ernest Arthur and NirEil Wander
berg. approximately five hundred
persons. Negro and white, listened
"a the peoples incorporation Of
religion.
THE VARIOUS speakers during
the two-week period blasted the
fscisi forces which are trying -
ret control ~ the United States
and rob the nation ~ truly demo-
cratic peace
Declaring tina, the Peoples In
si4iuie -in4ard- Communism
the Rev. Claud Williams IN RS
SUMMARY talk on last FRIDAY night
said. There are those Who arc
rich and the agents Of tho rich who
call us communls' They All arc
forced 70 admit that The practice
q, true Chrlstisniiy as preached
by Jesus Is socialism
The Peoples Institute Is pro
labor and IL actively interested
In politics. Throughout the two
week meeting. the necessity for
better housing. better recrea-
tional facilities and full and fair
employment were constantly kept
before the audiences
REV. JOHN MILES in state
r-en, ~ the Chronicle SAID Our
lir, u N translate TO- me people
the Implications ~ the local. ma
,,onal and international events of
the dsy. We are opposed - dis
elimination ~ AL kinds
The Peoples Church IS composed
~ Negroes, Jews. Catholics. and
Protestant whites According TO 4
spokesman ~ the organization II
is the FIRST church 70 establish =
Peoples religion devoid Of sec
tarisniSm.
Rev Claude Williams announced
that Peoples Institute would be-
Gin a series Of meetings IN Chr
csso on August 20th and that fol-
lowing the Chicago meeting.
revival would be held in 81. Louis.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
Announce Date Of
Business Meeting

The wornur. service ~ Tho
Church Of God was expressive.
Eldcr Nick Cad1cl road nc
scripturc lesson Elder r y NJ
Ghce preached a0 excel on SCR
mon. H. tex MAS found ID St
John 1872
ALL MEMBERS ~ tins church
are urged 10 attend services
Thursday night FOR bJsDc,, meet
ing
The public IS invited 10 attend
Tho church. located ~ Graf ot and
Jos Campau Miss Jane Bond Is
church reporter.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
The REV. JONATHAN DANES
DR.. Brewer Leaves
To Study In MINI.

DR.. J. A. Brewer left Sunday
for Rochester. Mimi. where ne
will continue research work in
surgery and other branches OF the
medical profession at the Mayo
Brothers Clinic.
Accompanied by Mrs. Brewer.
the doctor will return TO his prac-
,ice on Sept. !. His Office is To-
Gated AZ EOS 2. Forcst avenue.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11

lo secretary 70 the president.
Members OF the senior class arc
Nocria Bar2on. Hattie Bell Ros-
Mae Brown. Dorothea Deanc,
MINI Ellis. Lucille Fl, Emma
Fnf. Lcnora Garrison. Vivian Gill
l41. Marcarct GolSon. Christa
Graham. Maxine Grimes. ElolSe
= .tcr. Julia Higgins, Alfredo Hill.
Wilma Johnson. Ruby Hll. Coral
DINE Lamar Charlie NJ Marcus
and Evelyn Maxwell.
OTHERS ARE Helen Mcqueen,
LouIse Mitchell. Thclma Murray
Joan Murphy. Marion Nathaniel,
Mary ONcal. Edna Scott. Eva
Parker Lena Rice, Ruth Robin
ION. Dorothy simmons. Ethel
simpson. Lucille Turner Thelma
Turner and Emily WatsnS'
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-11
Revival Held At
Providence Week

DURING the evening services
Sunday al the Providence Baptist
church the Lord supper was o.
served The Missionary Society
presented a splendid prosra
Sunday evening with the Rev.
Mr.. Sail in the pulpit Revival
services are in progress a. the
church Aus. $40 The Rev. Mr.,
johnson, Of Memphis. Tenn, is
the speaker.
CHOIR REHEARSAL is held
regularly Al the church Friday
evening al & pm. Each member
is asked to be present
The goal we are striving for IS
yet 10 be reached This goal is a
new church on the same spot the
old church now occupies, 1888
Benton" SAYS the minister. The
Rev J. H. Lewis is pastor. Miss
Christine Corse is church reporter
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
Pullman Porter
Faces Trial
On Threat Count

Edward Scott, %. Negro Pullman
porter, Tuesday afternoon entered
a plea Of innocent to charges of as
sault with a deadly weapon and
possession of q dirk and Superior
Judge Vaughn Thompson set his
trial for Sept. "a
Scott is accused by Leroy George,
another porter, Of threatening him
with a dirk concealed in his cloth
ing while the two were in an El
Centre rooming house.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
Germany's Debt
Set at 80 Billion

BERLIN, Aug. 8. CUP)-The Red
army newspaper, Taglische Rund-
schau, said Wednesday that Ger
manys national debt exceeds 800,-
000,000,000 marks ($S0,OOO 900 .0OOD.
The newspaper said it included
300 ,O00, ,O0O00 600 marks in war dam
age and 60,000000,O0O in currency in
circulation.
The National debt was 1880. 900
marks when Adolf Hitler rose to
power in 1888.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
COTTON YIELD ESTIMATED
A 1914. 900 BALES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. up M
The department of agriculture re-
ported Wednesday an Indicated pro-
duction of 10134 900 bales Of cotton
This year in The United States.
The crop condition on Aug. ! was
reported as II per cent Of normal
With an indicated EIeld OF 269 Z
pounds per acre.
The indicated yield per acre and
production by states included Ari-
iona, 426 pounds. 1875. 900 bales; Call
Iornla, 563 pounds. 385 900 bales.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
ALFALFA DISEASE CHECKED

In survey OF disease in alfalfa
fields this week, County Farm Ad-
visor George L. Winright said said
that fields which were infected with
rhyzoctonia have not shown a re
currence as early this year as last.
Although he found diseased plants
in fields which were killed out it
has not yet spread to other areas.
he said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
France to Hold
Referendum
On Constitution

PARIS, Aug. 8. CUP)-The govern
ment Wednesday announced that
the general election and popular
referendum on the new constitution
will be held Oct 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

go ACRES, two years in alfalfa
Good water delivery and drain
age Modern house with modern
conveniences. Barn, garage, chic
ken pen. Owner must leave valley
due to his health. Il mi east and
4 mi. south Of junction of Ill
highway and Imperial highway.
Howard Larson. 8-3I
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
F 0 r S A L E

160 acres alfalfa land with
dairy barn for 40 COWS. concrete
milk house, old house. miles
west of El Centro $3.50 per acre.
1913 acres alfalfa or flax land. 3
miles East of El Centre, S100
per acre.
Write Cecil C. Evans, Box BOG,
San Luis Obispo, Calf, for ap-
pointment in El Centre August
2lSt. 81:
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

4-Tronsportdtion
COUPLE, non-drivers, would like
ride to Modesto or vicinity. Share
expenses. Phone Imp. 1901. 81l
A vacant roun Is unpaLrlotlc. FE'
your vacancy by renting through a
For Rent" ad. Phone 300.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
You Can Talk to One Man
Classified Ads to Thousands
l8-Country ProperfY-Sdle

WANT TO BUY or lease 40 acres
with 2 bedroom modern home
near El Centro. Contact Box 463,
co POSt-PreSS. 8-8
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

WANTED TO RENT-Small furn-
ished house or Apt. for service
couple No children. Call 1924. Ask
for 1t. Swanson. 8-1l
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

FOR SALE-30 acres 2-yr. old al
falfa. Good buildings on the high
way. Water under pressure. Might
rent for term of years. c. Muncey,
608 Main 8-lI
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

WILL GIVE AWAY 10 eucalyptus
ana 6 athol trees, already fallen.
for removal from ranch 8 miles
west OF Ell Centre V. N. Thomp-
son. Phone 1861 after 5 pm. $40
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
FUGATE
FOR
FARMS

GA Main Phone 474
81
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

DAIRY RANCH-l60 acres good
soft loan soil. Fenced and cross
fenced. Lots Of buildings. 100 tons
hay. 35 heifers. 5 miles east of
Holtville on Yuma highway. Land
$4,000 Stock, hay at market value
Courtesy to agents. j. P. Boros
Rt. |, Box Is, Holtville, Calf. 8-11
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

Small furn. house or
Apt. for navy 1t. wife and baby
Phone Holtville 346, Ext. 5. 1t.
Wilkinson. gil
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

FOR SALE-40 acres 5 miles north
of Holtville on Holt Ave In third
year alfalfa. Carl EShelman. own
er. Phone Holtville 8712-J2. $40
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
miscellaneous ior Sole

FOR SALE-16 in. house cooler. See
at Mrs. Joe Trammell's, Seeley, or
call 8722-R3. e-14
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

SO ACRES FOR RENT for vegeta-
bles miles north Of Melloland.
Il west. D. L. GrumbleS. $40
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

ALSO 40 ACRES. . miles north OF
FL Centre. IN lettuce one season.
Also plowed Call Imperial 1861
between 8 and 9 pm. 8-l4
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

WANTED-Small furn. house or
Apt. $40 reward. Phone 1000, Ext.
5l4 between II :30-5. Pfc Odeen.
GIL
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

FOR RENT-One year only so
acres old alfalfa. soft land. Good
for watermelons or carrots. Was
plOWed last month.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

FOR SALE-About go acres of the
best land with a good modern
house, $4,000. Possession end of
escrow. $4,000 down. balance reas-
enable payments at AZ int. See
Starr Won FluSs, 664 Holt SO
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08

LARGE COOLER, extra motor,
blade pre-war blower. Trailer
house cooler, S29. Boxes made to
order. 32l No. E, Imperial. 8-l5
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-08
6-Help Wunted

WANTED-Welder and layout man.
Apply 1881 Main. Phone SIG. 8-14
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Sligo Park Hills Club
To Light Tree Tonight

An outdoors community Christ
mas tree program of carols and
stories-seventh such presented by
the Sligo Park Hills Garden Club
will be given this evening at $50
O'Clock around the tree in the public
triangle at the intersection of Piney
Branch road and Hill Top road, Sill
yer Spring.
The tree will be Illuminated soon
after the program starts. The ar
rangements are under the direction
of the president, Milton Vollmer.
Resumption of the tree-lighting
service this year also brings the re-
vival of the clubs competition for
the Christmas individual home dec
Grafton cup.
The Sligo Park Hills Citizens AS
sociation is cooperating with the
club in the tree program. The COM
mittee that decorated the tree con-
sisted of Delar Kimble, Frank
Hranac, Otto Wagner, j. F. Schaef-
fer and Mr.. Vollmer.
The program will be opened and
closed with prayers by the Rev. j. F.
McClelland, pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church in Silver Spring. Chill
dren participating in songs and the
Christmas story will be Rosemary
Hranac, Joan Lucker, Carroll Ann
Reichgut, Margaret and Helen
Ruark, Mary 10 Ryerson, Nancy
Scofield, Jean Smith and Mary
Miriam and Duane Thompson.
Charles Mitchell will play the cor
net,
Evening star., 1945-12-24
zoning Appeal Board
|0f Fairfax 10 Hear
Petitions Thursday

rs S. Cooper Dawson, chairman of
the Fairfax County Board of Zon-
ing Appeals, said six applications
for variances or exceptions of the
county zoning ordinance will be
considered by the board at its meet
ing at II am, Thursday.
Temple Foundry, Inc, is request
ing permission to erect an addition
to its plant, located on the west
side of Telegraph road, Mount Ver-
non district.
An application has been filed by
Arnold L. Franseen for permission
to operate a primary school at his
residence, located at the intersec-
ton OF Chain Bridge road and
Maple avenue, Providence district.
Permission is being requested by
Weaver g. Gordon to erect and
operate a filling station at the inter-
section of the Leesburg pike and
State road No. 694, Providence dis
rict.
John Wagner seeks permission to
erect an addition to his filling sta
ton on the south side of State
road No. 1913, near Chain Bridge,
Providence district.
The 9shburn Flying Service, Inc,
located at Hybla Valley, Mount Ver-
non district, is requesting permis-
sion to erect II signs advertising its
airport.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
UNRRA Names Cohen Head
OF Displaced Persons Unit
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Appointment of Myer Cohen of
Washington as director of the Dis
placed Persons Division of the
United Nations Relief and Rehabili-
tation Administration was an
nounced last night.
Mr.. Cohen, formerly acting chief
of UNRRA's Australian displaced
persons operations, succeeds Fred K
Hoehler, who is resigning December
81 to Become director of the Chicago
Community Fund.
Director General Herbert H. Leh-
man of UNRRA, asserting Mr.
Hoealer has had "one of the heavi-
est operating responsibilities in the
administration" during the last
three years, said he was releasing
him with great regret and a keen
sense of personal loss"
Mr.. Cohen, a native of the Dis
trict, lives at 100 Dale drive, Silver
Spring, Md. He has been with
UNRRA since its formation. Pre-
viously, he was in charge of the
migratory labor group program of
the Farm Security Administration
for the West Coast, with headquar-
tiers at San Francisco.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Thomas Scott, 80,
Dies in Richmond
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, Dec. "a
Thomas Branch Scott, 80, long as
sociated with various Virginia busi-
ness interests, principally railroads
and banks, died at his home here
yesterday.
Funeral services will be conducted
today at st. Pauls Episcopal Church
with burial in Hollywood Cemetery
Mr.. Scott, born in Petersburg
worked as young man in the Of
f1ces of the Chesapeake g. Ohio
Railroad, which he left to accept a
position in the Merchants National
Bank. In 1888 he established the
tobacco brokerage firm of Adams &
Scott of Richmond and Oxford, N
c., which later was merged with
another firm to become the Scott &
Hayes, tobacco dealers.
Subsequently, Mr.. Scott became
interested in banks, railroads, coal
and other enterprises. At the time
of his death he was the oldest mem.
ber of the Board of Directors of the
First & Merchants National Bank
having been elected to the direc-
torate in 1889.
A son of Maj. Frederic Robert
Scott of Ballyshannon, Ireland, and
Sarah Frances Branch Scott, Mr.
Scott came to Richmond with his
parents in 1872 and had resided here
since.
In 1884, he married Miss Dora
Stuart McGill, Petersburg. who sur
wives him. Also surviving are a son
Thomas B. Scott, jr., and five grand
children of Richmond. A second
son, Frederic r. Scott. is dead.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Trinity Lutheran School
Slated to Open Soon

The new Trinity Lutheran School.
now under construction on Lega-
ton street between Twenty seventh
and Twenty-eighth avenues in the
Clearwood area of Hyattsville, will
open within a few weeks. The
school will be dedicated formally
later.
Instead of the two classrooms
originally planned, the sehool will
have four, and later it Is proposed
to add two more. The building has
been designed so it can be extended
to 10 or more classrooms. There
also will be an auditorium with a
stage. Three teachers, all men,
have been engaged.
A feature Of the building will be
. lighting plan designed by Paul
II. Kea, Hyattsville architect. The
streamlined windows have long pam
els Of glass block set in brick to
AFFORD maximum of light.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Two Passengers Burned
As Pipe Bursts on Train

Two passengers were burned early
today when q steam pipe on a
southbound train coach burst as
the train was emerging from the
tunnel at New jersey avenue and
D street Sc.
Police said the injured passengers
were Annie l.. Curry, Is, colored
1000 block of Lamont street NV.
and William Milligan, 65, colored,
New York. The woman was treated
at Alexandria Hospital for leg and
wrist burns and relased. The man
was treated for leg and arm burns
and held for further observation.
The injured passengers were
taken to the hospital as soon as the
train reached Alexandria.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Arctic OwISpotted in Anocostio
During Audubon Bird Census

A big, pure white snowy owl from
the Arctic regions has been seen in
the Oxon Hill-Anacostia section and
reported in the Audubon Society's
bird census.
The owl was said by DR.. John w.
Aldrich of Alexandria, Research
Committee chairman of the society,
to be rare in this part of the coun-
try.
Unlike the traditional owl which
sleeps in the daytime and hunts at
night, the snowy owl hunts In the
daytime and roosts at night on top
of an apartment building in Ana
costa. ].
Snowy does much Of his daytime
hunting, observers reported, in
dumps In outlying sections. He likes
nothing better than big rats-which
are his principal source Of food.
One of the most picturesque
feathered hunters to revisit the city
is the duck hawk, ," which h Is taken
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Winter Wheat Acreage
Estimated at Sol, 900
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 24.-vir-
ginia's winter wheat seeded crop,
intended for harvest in 1916, is esti-
mated at SOL 900 acres, II per cent
below the 1914 fall seeded acreage
and IA per cent less than the 10
year (l934-43) average, the Virginia
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
has announced.
With the exception of the 1942
and 1943 acreages, this years crop
is the smallest winter wheat acre
age seeded in the 81 years of vir-
ginia wheat records, the report
stated A December / reported crop
condition of 81 per cent indicated
1916 yield of 7,766, 900 bushels.
Rye acreage seeded for all pur-
poses this fall is estimated at 124,-
600 acres, the smallest state acre
age since 1888. This compares with
lbs, 900 acres seeded in the fall of
1914 and with the average of 129,-
600 acres. The December condi-
ton, reported at SO per cent Of
normal, is the highest December l
condition since 1890, the service re-
| ported.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

up his roost again in the old Post
Office Building tower on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. This bird, observed
yesterday by one of the Audubon
Society researchers during the bird
census, is the American representa-
tive Of the Peregrine falcon, the
most famous in the history Of fall
conry. He is q spectacular hunter
DR.. Aldrich explained, and always
catches his prey in swift flight
Principal victims Of the tower fall
con are the pigeons In the vicinity
although he is supposed also to
catch other birds.
Twelve bald eagles were counted
yesterday in the Potomac River area
by the researchers. This is more
than the number found In past
years. One unusual visitor In the
Oxon Hill region is the rough
legged hawk from the far North.
About 40 members Of the Audi,
bon Society made thesrensus yester-
day.