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Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
Last Big Batt|eship p
Sent to Bottom
Five O+her Warships Destroyed in
Battle in East China Sea:
Nips Lose 39I Planes at Okinawa

GUAM April 7. (UP)-Japan threw it's waning naval
and air into the battle for Oknawa Friday and Sat-
urday and lost it's great 40000on battehp the Yamato
five other warshps and 391 aircraft Admiral Chester W.
Nimtz announced Saturday.
In attack ships and shore installations
Oknawa the desperate enemy succeeded in sinking three
American desryers and damaging several desroyers and
smaller craft Nmitz sad but larger fleet units hit
The enemy lost 116 of his aircraft in the frantic
saut Fftyve fighters downed by fighters and 81 by
anti-arcraft fire.
Saturday morning navy search aircraft of fleet air
wing one sighted enemy force which had left Japans
bomstrewn Inland and passing south of Kyushu had
headed into the East China
PRIDE OF DWINDLING NAVY GOES DOWN a---~A4--
The force included the Yamato pride of the bat
tered Japanese navy and Agano class light cruiser
other small light cruiser large destroyer and number
of destroyers."
Admiral Marc A. Mscher led his powerful task force
towards the at high speed and engaged the
in the middle of the day, the communque said.
Carrier. aircraft, which had destroyed 245 Japanese
aircraft the previous day found air opposition the
Japanese ships but did find heavy antiarcraft fire.
The battle took place about so miles southwest of Kyu
shu, southernmost Of the japanese home islands.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

The Yamato was hit by at least
eight torpedoes and eight heavy
bombs, and was heavily strafed by
rockets and machine guns. Sunk
also we're light Agano cruiser, a
small cruiser and three destroyers,
while three ether destroyers were
left burning
THREE SHIPS ESCAPE
Three enemy destroyers escaped
from the attack, the communiquc
said
Task groups participating we.e
commanded by Rear Admirals F. G.
Sherman, A. w. Radford, G.. F. B0-
gan and j. j. Clark
American losses in the second
battle were seven carrier aircraft.
Thirty enemy aircraft were shot
down during the period of contact
presumably preceding the assault.
Meanwhile on Okinawa, marine
Third Amphibious Corps advances
Friday placed its front lines across
the Ishikawa isthmus from Chuda
on the west coast to the north Of
the Kumbaru river on the east
coast.
In other attacks throughout the
Continued on Page 6. Col. %
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
Senate Awaits
Pact Changes

ailing Sen. Hiram Johnson, (RD,
California, constantly at his side,
DoWney denounced the agreement
as an attempt by group of bright
young men" to curtail the power of
the senate in international affairs. -
Downey said the loose wording
of the treaty would lead the United
States into an "uncharted wilder
ness" of judicial controversies.
Isn't it enough for us to give
Mexico SO much water from our
reservoirs and facilities" he said
without setting up this judicial
bureaucracy to handle the unfortu-
nate controversies that will arise?
Can't we settle our own disputes?"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

WASHINGTON, April 7. CUP) -
Senate foes of the proposed Mexican
water treaty were seeking votes Sat-
urday in support of the first of a
series of restrictive amendments by
Sen. Sheridan Downey, (DD, Cali
fornia.
The initial amendment would in
crease the number of members on
the United StatesMexican water
commission from two to six.
Both Democratic leader Alben
Barkley of Kentucky, and Downey
agreed that the amendment would
be put to vote early Monday.
Downey completed a two-day at
tack on the treaty Friday. With
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
Vienna Totters
Under Heavy
Russian Assault

LONDON, April 7. (UP)-A dram
attic broadcast from Vienna said
Saturday that the Russians had
broken into the Austrian capital
and were nearing the center in hea-
Wy street fighting.
The rattle of gunfire punctuated
the broadcast, London newspapers
said. Speakers called on the inhabi-
tants-nearly 100000 in 1939-to
stand firm.
"Volkssturmers thome guards are
going into line the broadcast said.
with the German Z Wehrmacht,
grenadiers and SIS men, they are
going to defend their homes.
DEFENDED TO JtAST
every yard of ground is being
defended to the last, but the Rus
slams have increased the momen-
tum of their attacks. Fighting is
now going on around and in Vienna
itself . Garrison units are fight
ing against the Russians on the edge
of the city's center"
House-to-house fighting was un-
der way, the broadcast said.
Monitors said the announcement
interrupted program of patriotic
songs over the Vienna station. 1t
was preceded by the ringing of the
bells of st. Stephens Cathedral
which also sounded the alarm when
Turks stood at the gates of Vienna
many years ago.
There was no immediate confir-
nation of the report that the Rus
slams were nearing the center of
Vienna, but Moscow dispatches said
the Red army was fighting for the
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
u. s. Planes From Two Jimd
Base Rake Tokyo Areas

They have been the targets of sew
eral previous raids by Superforts
and serious damage to these plants
badly would cripple enemy aircraft
production.
Saturdays strike was made at
medium altitude and the big bomb
ers dropped hundreds of tons of
d e m 0 lition bombs. The planes
droned over the targets just before
noon in what early reports indicated
was good weather, permitting visual
bombing.
1t was the first time the Super
forts ever hit Japan at this hour of
the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

Tokyo. The Seventh AAF Fighter
Command is headed by Brigadier
General Ernest M. Mickey Moore,
a former West Point track star.
Tokyo radio said 40 of the Mus
tangS bombed and strafed western
Tokyo and the nearby port of Ycko-
hama.
The air armada, largest land based
force ever to hit the enemy home
land, raided the Musashina factory
at Nakajima near Tokyo and the
giant Mitsubishi plant at Nagoya.
These factories account for rough
ly three-fourths of the production
of Japanese combat aircraft engines.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

GUAM, April 7. (UP)-
Long-range Mustang fight
ers of the Seventh Air Force
teamed for the first time with an
estimated 400 Superfortresses in a
double attack on japanese aircraft
factories on the island of Honshu
Saturday.
The fighters came from bases on
Two Jima only $50 miles south Of
Tokyo They have been in action
against nearby targets in Bonins
since before Two was captured, but
this was their first mission to
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
Sailor Suffers
Crash Injury

Dwight Shipmen, a sailor, was
injured on highway SO Friday night
approximately five miles north of
tt uckhaven in spill from a motor
cycle, immigration officers reported
to Sheriff Robert w. Ware.
The immigration officers took the
sailor to the navy hospital at Sandy
Beach.
1t was understood that the sailor
was en- route from a convalescent
hospital at Lake Arrowhead to
Brawley when the accident occurred.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
Bu ROBERT RICHARDS

WITH THE GOT H IN
FAN TRY DIVISION AT
MERKERS, April 7. CUP)
American troops Saturday
captured what was believed
tc be the entire German gold re-
serve, possibly billions of dollars
worth of German and foreign cur
rency, and a large store of Ger
many's most valuable art treasures
hidden in a salt mine.
The treasure trove. evacuated
from Berlin in the last six weeks,
was found here in one of the largest
salt mines in Europe, 80 miles west
of Weimar.
German officials, captured at the
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

Berlln.
Armored columns of the Ameri-
can Ninth and British Second
aimieS were barely 10 miles from
the two enemy strongholcs and ad-
vancing through disorganized oppo-
sition at a pace that threatened
their imminent capture or envelop-
ment.
Swedish dispatches said Radio
Hanover went off the air suddenly
at II a. m. after flashing warning
that tie Americana we're nearing
the city,
Tank-riding doughboys of the
Ninth Army's Second Armored Di-
vision leaped out in front of the
MOI unern march on Berlin with
Continued on Page 6, Col. o
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
ODT CALLS ON WPB TO OKEH
ON MILLION NEW TRUCKS

WASHINGTON, April 7. UP)-
The Office of Defense Transporta-
ton has asked the War Production
board to provide for construction
of 1,O63,0O0 trucks during 1916, it
announced. ODT asked for 773,935
civilian commercial trucks for this
year, but WPB provided for only
l86,792.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

from the cabinet of Gen. Kuniaki
Kcico, which resigned two days ago
in storm of criticism over Japan's
recent military defeats.
General Korechika Anami, direc-
tor general of army aviation head
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

quarters, was named war minister
and Admiral Teijiro Toyada, former
chief of the navy aviation depart-
ment, was given the posts Of NUM-
tions, transportation and communi-
cations minister.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
Speorheud Hits
Within 140
Miles Of Berlin
Weser River Port Ou+fIanked in Big
Drive as Great Masses Of Nazi
Troops Fall Prisoners to All Units

PARIS, April 7. (UP)-Bremen and the great German
city of Hanover outflanked Saturday mile
anhour Anglo American breakthrough that carried the
northern wing of the Allied armies within 140 miles of
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08
% AMBlINe
~ EpoRTER
What, No Name?

What, No Name?
HCrsemen noe with interest that
Sheriff Bob Ware and Harry Wood
bury still have no name for their
recently acquired partnership
horse.
Isn't it about time they stopped
calling such valuable animal "Hey,
You" and Mice Horsey"?
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

Remember the Beans
We already can taste the beans
the pioneers are going to have at
their picnic next Saturday.
Who is it who aWayS Cfficiates at
the bean tub? Is it Dan GrumbleS?
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

He's Realistic
Spectators stopped now and then
3 in front of the M. o. King store
Continued en- Page 6, Col y
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WEATHER

Maximum Friday SO, minimum Saturday as; 5 am.
saturday 5O humidity 81; noon Saturday 81, hui
nidity 81; pm. Thursday Sc, humidity IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

L. A. HAY-No. l barley hay s27 q S2S; No. 1 oat
hay, S35 a. $36; u. S. No. 1 alfalfa ungraded, $50
% $3.50; U. s. No. 2 alfalfa, green and lcafy, SIG
q $28; No. 2, $22 q $23.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-08

Total Cash. Checks and Drafts Sent
Through The Two FL Centre Banksl
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

Luxurious fur shawl collar,
luxurious fur panels, and you
have the sophisticated coat
shown above, right. And rights |
the word for it right (
priced! 1
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
NON-HICHWAY
GASOLINE
PURCHASES

After May 1, almost all Maryland
CO. and "R" coupon holders will
have to keep records of non-highway
purchases of gasoline, the OPA has
announced. This change is in accord
ance with a nationwide ruling, bas-
ed on a plan tested in Lancaster
county, Pa. The Lancaster Plan pro-
vides that delivery records shall be
issued to each consumer. The II"
and "R" coupons each consumer re-
ceives will be noted on the form by
the local War Price and Rationing
Board Each purchase the consumer
pays for with "E" and 'R" coupons
will be entered in the record by the
supplier. If a surplus is outstanding
at the end of ration period, it will
be deducted from the ALLEGATION for
the next period. This plan, which in
Lancaster County is reported to have
reduced issuance of farm and other
non-highway gasoline rations by %
per cent, applies to all holders of "E"
and "R" coupons using ten or more
gallons a month.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Pipes-JOnes

The marriage of Miss Doris Pipes,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. h.
Pipes of Oklahoma, to S Sgt. Harold
c. Jones, A. A. F., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. Jones, Elhton, took
place April IL, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. J. r. Hunt, Baton Rouge,
La, with DR.. T. Christian officiating.
Miss Marjorie Hunt was maid OF
honor and Mr. Hunt gave the bride
in marriage. Mr.. w. H. Alexander
was best man.
The bride is a graduate of Louisi-
ana State University, and is employ
ed by the Standard Oil Company.
Sgt. Jones attended Elkton High
School and entered the Air Force in
August, 1941. He is now stationed
at Big Springs, Texas, after serving
year overseas with the Eighth Air
Force in England as ball turret
gunner on a Fortress. He participat-
ed in twenty-five missions over Ger
many and was shot down after bomb
ing Stettin, landing in Sweden, where
he was informed for seven months.
He has received four citations and
has the Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf Clusters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Pastor Reports
BenevOlences
Contributed

Rev. j. r. Bicking, pastor of James
Methodist Church, Rising Sun, in kis
report to the Conference, showed the
following amounts as being contri-
buted by Rising Sun charge for in
terests outside the local church:
District superintendent, 1892;
Bishop, $50; Conference Claimants,
1914; World Service and Benevo-
1ences, 500; Overseas Relief, $500;
Student Day Fund, $40; Rally Day,
$50; Youth Fund, $22; Methodist
Hospital, Phila., $25; General Ad-
ministration, $11; Strawb g e
Home, $66; Anti-Saloon League,
$98; Woman's Soiiety of Christian
Service, $197 sent for miscellaneous
projects; $125 Red Cross, $25 Silver
Cross Home and $11 District Parson-
age, total of $25S by Ghe w. S. c. S.
Crusade for Christ, $2,055, MAX
ing grand total of 5000 contribu-
ted by the charge. OF this amount
1928 was contributed by the Row.
landville church.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Perryville
Minstrels
Coming
Will Appear In Rising
Sun High School
On May 23rd

The presentation of "Dixie Days.
at Perryville, by local talent, on
May 8, drew crowd of approximate
ly $50 people, with a large number
turned away as the high school audi
forum would not accommodate
them. The show was sponsored by
the Alumni Association of the school.
and was so well received that a re-
peat performance will be given in the
auditorium of Rising Sun High
School on Wednesday evening of next
week, May %, under auspices of the
Rising Sun Sportsmen's Club Tickets
are on sale, and can be secured from
members of the club.
TIE Havre de Grace Republican in
commenting on the show at Perry
vile says:
The audience was kept in an up
roar with the witty stories, jokes and
capers of End Men Hornberger,
Little, Boyd and Rutter, aided by
Mr. Roscoe Ryan as interlocutor.
Some of the outstanding features
of the show were the solos by Messrs.
Douglas, Hankin, Hornberger and
Rutter, and Mrs. Jennie Alexander,
as we'll as speciality numbers by Miss
Frances Mann.
The Gay Nineties Quartet and the
instrumental trio of Bob, Larry and
George, also scored well as did the
female section of the cast.
Financially, it was a very success
full venture, netting the Alumni AS
ISOLATION about $500.
Several nearby communities have
requested the show be presented in
their locality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Services At
Methodist Church

Rev. J. r. Bicking preached Sun
day morning from the text, LAS one
whom his mother comforteth so will
| comfort you" Miss Isabelle McCay
sang .Mothar Machree." The Junior
choir sang Faith of Our Fathers"
At the evening service the Woman's
Bible Glass had charge of the pro-
gram, Mrs. j. G. Mccoy presiding and
leading in prayer. Miss Elizabeth
Stephens read the scripture lesson,
st. John 10: 25-42 verses. Solo, Miss
Isabelle Mccoy, Little Mother of
Mime The Senior choir sang MEM
cries of Mother" Mrs. Clara Biles
read ''The Prayer My Mother Taught
Me-" Mrs. Mccoy introduced Chap
lain Maxim, who spoke on "The Faith
of Christian Mothers" 2 Timothy
Els.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Family Loses Home,
And Possessions

The tenant house on the Frank
Goss farm, near Goshen Mill, Fulton
Township, Pa, together with its
contents, was burned Wednesday
night of last week. The house was oc-
cupied by Walter Jones and family.
The cries of an infant awakened
the parents, who succeeded in getting
their four small children out of the
house safely.
The parents took their children to
the Goss home and summoned the
Quarryville Fire Co. No clothing or
contents of the house could be saved,
Mr.. Jones not even getting pair of
shoes.
The fire started in the kitchen in
the one-story stone annex and spread
to the original structure, which is
known as the Indian House, due to
its type of defense construction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Kennedy-Snith

Miss Yvonne E. Kennedy, Seaman
2Ic, became the bride of Maj. Fran
els A. Smith, USAAF, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John M. Smith, on Tuesday ev-
ening, May 1 at eight O'Clock in st.
Mary's Episcopal church, North East.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. DIR. j. w. Atkinson, rector,
and the wedding march was played
by Miss Ruth Martin, of Gettysburg,
Pa. A reception at the Madison
House followed the ceremony.
The bride was gowned in white
satin with beaded sweetheart neck
line, wore finger tip veil and car
ried a colonial bouquet of gardenias,
white sweetpeas and lilies of the val
ley. She was given in marriage by
the groom's uncle, Edgar w. Thomp-
son. Mrs. George Jester Cummins, of
Elkton, was the brides only atten-
dant. The best man was the groom S
father, and the ushers were Joseph
r. Grant and Charles r. Gibson.
The bride attended Baylor Univer-
SHY, anu STdQudISu llOuu thC Oh1-
versity of Texas, in August, 1914,
where she was a member of Alpha
Delta Pi Sorority and was a Blue
Bonnet Belle in 1912. She enlisted in
the WAVES in September, 1914, and
is connected with the Naval Air SHa-
ton at Patuxent River, Md.
Major Smith attended Pennsylvan-
ia Military College, and University
OF Maryland, and was member OF
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. He gra-
duated from the Army Air Forces
Air School, March Is, 1871. October
26, 1912, Maj. Smith went to Hick-
am Field, Hawaii, in command of
nine B-24 bombers and Christmas
Eve, 1912, took part in raid on
Wake Island, for which he was
awarded the distinguished flying
cross. He has been in three cam
paigns and also wears the air medal.
He is now stationed at Peterson
Field, Colorado Springs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
North East Votes
For Water And
Sewer Systems

North East, which sometime ago
elected John Smith, business man,
as mayor, in one of the biggest sur
prise upsets in the towns election
history, has again reversed itself.
The Chamber of Commerce got be-
hind the bond issue, asked for wafer
and sewerage in the election on May
Z, and put it over with vote OF 342
10 II, in contrast to defeat it suf-
Tered few years ago.
A total of Alb voters participated
in the election which compares with
tie vote that turns out for presiden-
tial elections.
The amount of bonds the town
commissioners will issue for the new
improvements has not been announ-
ced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Petitioning For
Vote On Sum
day Movies

Advocates of Sunday movies for
Elkton, temporarily thwarted by the
Mayor and City Council which heed
ed the pleas of churchmen to keep
the referendum off the May ballot,
are circulating petitions for sigma
lures which would override the ac-
ton of the ''city fathers"
The petitions come as the culmina-
ton of fight between two groups
which started when the General AS
sembly unexpectedly passed the en-
abling measure for Sunday movies
for the county. The measure permits
incorporated towns in the county to
vote on the proposal. The Elkton
municipal election will be held Mon
day, May %.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Elkton Banking
And Trust Company

At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Elkton Banking
and Trust Company, Tuesday, May 8.
the following directors were elected
lor TIE ensuing year: Robert ]. Nc
Cauley, DR.. S. c. Sykes, William T.
Vinsinger, Robert C. Mackey, Edwin
Dorcus, Lambert Davis, Harry W.
Pippin, John E. Gonce and G. A. AL
ienaer. The board elected Edwin Dor
Gus president. Other officers elected
are: vice-president, DR.. Sykes; vice.
president and treasurer, c. Albert
Klnggold; secretary, Jesse H. Lewis;
assistant secretary and treasurer, X
q. Newcomer; counsel, William j.
Bratton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
INDICTED
INTO u. S.
SERVICE

The following men were indicted
recently into the Land or Naval for
ces OF the U. s.:
James M. Russell, North East,
Navy; George E. Brown, Elkton,
Army; Franklin S. Bryan, Elkton,
Marine Corps; Clarence e. Ward,
alkton, Army; Bertram c. Ward, Jr.,
Elkton, Army; Vincent F. Mcmahon,
Elkton, Marine Corps; Donald b.
whitaker, Perryville, Army; Maurice
Jones, Elkton, Army; Joseph V. Will
mans, Newark, Del, Army; Amos A.
Aockard, North East, Army; John H..
Dixon, Elkton, Army; Albert Varady,
Newark, Del, Army; Howard W..
,tiggins, Chesapeake City, Army;
William j. Keech, Wilmington, Del,
Army; James E. Sheets, Conowingo,
army; Ralph E. Armour, North East,
Army; James T. Stinson, Elkton,
Army; William E. Racavich, Charles
,own, Army; Albert F. Taylor, Elk
,on, Army; Harry N. Lockwood,
r,arleville, Army; Otis Franklin
l3avers, Chesapeake City, Army; Ell
mer o. Beaver, Elk Mills, Army;
Clyde Wilson Poore, Elkton, Army;
michael Hociak, Perryville, Army;
salvador Cespedes, Elkton, Army;
mark Eugene Manlove, Jr., Mt. Plea
SAINT, Del, Army; Willard William
4McKenney, Jr., North East, Army;
William Dale FISHERMAN, Elkton, Ar
my; Montville Ferguson, Elhton, Ar
my; David John Kiebler, Elkton,
Army
Colored: Moses Simmons, Elkton,
Army; Horace Augustus Stewart,
Port Deposit, Army; Charles Jerome
preston, Edgewood, Navy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Ban On Racing Lifted

The ban on racing has been lifted,
it was announced last week by War
Stabilizer Fred M. Vinson. Pimlico
opens it's spring meet on Wednesday
of this week, sponsored by the Pim-
lico, Havre de Grace, Bowie and
Laurel tracks.
Delaware Park will rum it's tradi-
tional racing dates, from May 20 to
July 4, bat will close down on June
8 as ccourtesy to Pimlico for the
Preakness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
New Trial Denied
In Transport Case

Judges j. Owen Knots and Albert
Constable have denied new trial in
the Charles and Edmund Crothers VS..
Wallace Williams, president of the
Ross Transportation Company.
The trial was held in March and a
decision was reached in favor of the
Crothers Brothers and at the review
of the case the Court did not find any
new evidence supporting new trial.
The suit grew out of the fact that
portation stock to members of his
own family and to William B. Ross
without giving other stockholders an
opportunity to buy the shares.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Body Of Drowned
Boy Recovered

The body of Vendal Miller, aged
IL years, who was drowned in the
Susquekanna River OFF Port Deposit,
on May 2, was recovered at Havre
de Grace nSunday. The lad was in
a small. boat with his brother-in-law,
]. Willis Tatledge. setting fishing
nets, when the boat upset, both oc-
cupants being thrown into the water.
Joe Duke went to their rescue and
succeeded in saving the man, but the
boy was swept down uhe river by the
swift water and drowned. He was
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Granville
Miller OF Port Deposit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-05-18
Shoe Stamp
Valid In August

Another shoe stamp will become
valid August 1 after lapse of nine
months. In the meantime, airplane
stamps 1, 2, and 3 will continue valid
indefinitely.
OPA said its announcement now of
the valuation date for another
stamp was made to enable consumers
to budget their remaining stamps
and to permit the shoe trade to make
merchandising plans.
This is the first time since ration
ing began that shoe stamp has not
been validated each six months. The
two-pairs-a-year basis was abandon
ed because of heavy military de-
mands and sharp inroads on retail
stocks.