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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05
giving in Memphis.
Foreign Mission Week Observed

The Baptist church w. M. S. will
begin a season Of prayer for Foreign
Missions Monday, at 3 o'clock P. M.
when the Lottie Moon Christmas
offering will be made. The B. w. C.
will observe the week with their
program on Tuesday night, the
G. AS on Wednesday night and the
r. AS on Friday P. M. The Sun
beams will have their program and
offering on Wednesday p. M.
Mrs. M. c. Ruby, Mrs. ]. T. Bogue
and Mrs. Earl Fisher shopped ir
Greenwood, Friday.
Mrs. Bill Jordan and children, OF
Philadelphia were guests of her a
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Sanders,
last week.
Davis Jordan, o of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Jordan of Gwin, who under
went an appendectomy at the Lex
ington Hospital last week was able
to return to his home Saturday and
is recuperating satisfactorily.
Home for the Thanksgiving holi-
days were the following students,
nellie Bridgers, Delta State; Ouida
Woody, School of Opera, L. S. u. in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Evelyn
Kazar and "Sparky" Jones, Ole Miss,
Ray and Collins Melton, Mississippi
State.
Fother-Son Banquet
A banquet was the final feature
OF the R. A. facus week for the
Tchula Baptist boys, with IA boys
and 10 fathers participating. Profess
or D. McDavid gave an in~spirational
talk, and coach j. Thomas led in
some interesting games after the
supper. Rev. Harrington is the
counselor for this fine group.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05
Teen.uqe Formal Dance

Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Spruil enter
tanned with a formal dance at their
lovely new country home near Bel
zoni on Wednesday night, November
q in honor of their daughters, Betty
and Ann. The following young
couples were guests: Leslie Dell
Smith, Howard Porch; Vivien Rick
les, Billy Marshall; Marian Kazar,
Robert Perry; Sibyll Griffith, Boo
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05
Womun's Auxiliary


The Woman's Auxiliary met IN
the Presbyterian church Monday
with seven members present. In tho
absence of the president, Mrs. p. N.
smith presided at the meeting and
opened with The Lords Prayer. The
monthly reports were given by the
treasurer and secretaries. Following
the custom of forer years, the circh
and Auxiliary programs will be con-
bined and given on the third Mon
day, December 10th. There will b.
no other program until January
Please bring Christmas presents for
Mary Burns Thomas, our orphan al
Columbus on December 10th.
The meeting closed with ths
Mizpah.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05
TCHULA
Religious Film to be Shown.

AS a part of the regular Sunday
morning service at IL o'clock, Dec
ember 9th, a Cathedral Sound Film
will be shown at the Methodist
church. Decentralization of the Bible
story, " A Certain Nobleman" will
be presented and will be interesting
to all ages. A cordial invitation is
extended to the public to be present.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05
Rev. WGlter Smith to Speak at
Millsups College This Week

Rev. Walter Smith, Methodist pas
tor, will be in Jackson this week
from Monday through Friday and
will be one of the speakers each
night at Millsap's College where the
program on Religious Emphasis
Week is being carried out.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05
THE LEXINGTON ADVERTISER, LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI

sons OF Greenwood visited relatives
thursday. Richard remained until
Saturday with his aunt, Mrs. ]. L.
Shields.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05

Everarde jones is visiting friends
in Memphis.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Tahir, Abe Jr.,
and Mary Elizabeth attended the
Christmas Bazarr in Yazoo City
Tuesday night given by the Catholic
Sodality Club.
Mrs. M. Tahir, Abe Jr., Mary Eliz-
abeth accompanied by Misses Mary
and Lena Thomas of Yazoo City
shopped in Jackson Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Kenneth Shute and
Mrs. Hugh Garrett are spending
the weekend in Memphis with
friends.
MIR. and Mrs. William Darnell and
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05

Stay; Ann Hampton Ray, Herole
Hill: Betty Spruill, Lester Lyon. Ann
Spruill and Buddy" Waterer.
Dancing was enjoyed until a late
hour, when the guests were invited
into the dining room for refresh
ments. The table was covered with a
lace cloth and centered with an at
tractive bowl of flowers, Assorted
sandwiches, pickles, cakes, divinity
fudge and punch were served.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05

Mrs. Julia Shepherd was called to
Shreveport, Louisiana on account of
the illness of her sister, Mrs. Swayze
johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Lacy and Don
Preston of Jackson attended the
basketball games Tuesday night
and were overnight guests of Mr..
and Mrs. j. L. Shields.
Mrs. Roy K. Wilson and grand
daughter, Jane Gwin spent Thanks
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-12-05
william Mortin Link. Jr.

william Mortin Link. Jr.
Mr.. ana Mrs. W. M. Link of Ben
tonla are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a son, William Mar
I'm LINK, Jr,. at the Community
Hospital in Lexington, November
3oth. Mr.. and Mrs. Link have a little
glri, Nora Deem, aged three years.
Mrs. w. Everarde Jones of Tchula,
and Mrs. M. T. Link, of Jackson are
the grandparents.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
$500 AERONAUTIC FUND
AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS

Eastern Washington College of
Education, Cheney, May 29.-For
THE purpose of developing airmind-
edness in young people United Air
Lines, for the third consecutive sum
mer session is making a 5000 aero
nauticS scholarship fund available
to Eastern Washington College
The fund will be used to provide
four $50 scholarships for the first
half of the summer session June
II to July II. Any teacher in the
Inland Empire, and any student now
enrolled at Eastern Washington
College may make application, to
Registrar George Wallace
William M Taylor, vice principal
IF Lewis and Clark high school in
Srokane will teach two courses in
aercnautics The History and De-
velopment of Aviation course will
trace the development of CONNER
cial aviation from its initial stages
down to the problems confronting
the industry today. An opportunity
Will be offered for students to do
considerable indiviual work. The
course in Aviation Eucation is de-
signed to stimulate interest and
responsibility among teachers and
youth for the new air age. Both
courses must be taken to be eligible
for the scholarship.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
VETS ORGANIZATIONS TO
HELP WIPE OUT ABUSES

Five leading veterans organiLa-
tons have announced that they will
support efforts of the War Assets
Administration to wipe out abuses
of certification to buy surplus prop
erty. The announcement followed
a meeting of the Veterans Policy
Committee of the War Assets Ad-
mlnistratiOn, consisting of represen-
tatives of the organizations, with
WAA officials, and has been released
for Montana distribution by the
Helena Regional Office of WAA.
The Veterans Policy Committee
declared a benefit which Congress
had conferred upon veterans as a
group was being jeopardized by I'M
scrupulous persons who were per-
verting the provisions of the Sur
plus Property Act and the pro-
cedures of the WAA to acquire goods
which should go to veterans seeking
legitimately to avail themselves of
their right to purchase them.
Members of veterans organizations
who are approached with proposals
for misuse of their certificates to
buy will be urged to report such
proposals to Joseph F. Carroll, Dir
ector, Compliance Enforcement
Division, WAA, Railroad Retire
ment Building, Washington. D. c.,
it was announced.
The veterans group also will as
sist the WAA in combating viola
lions of the law in surplus disposal
which involves abuse of the priority
or preference of any other group
under the Surplus Property Act.
Mr.. Carroll told the committee
that representative of this division
had uncovered indications that a
small minority of veterans had ac-
quired surplus property for others
after certifying that the property
was for their own use. He pointed /
out that such veterans laid them /
selves open to prosecution for viola |
tions of the u. S. Criminal Code and /
the Surplus Property Act, which /
call for severe penalties for obtain !
ing government property on false
representations
Under a War Assets Administra-
lion regulation, any evidence of If
in the acquisition of sur
plus property is reported to the
Department OF Justice. Conduct OF
he investigation is thereupon taken
,Ver by the Federal Bureau of In
and prosecution by the
of Justice
Some of the cases which the De
,artment of Justice is now pre-
,aring to prosecute involve dealers
Who have induced veterans to OBJ
ain substantial amounts of prop :
rty for the dealers upon certifi- !
alton that it is for use in setting :
p OF maintaining their own bust
ess enterprises. Dealers who re-
Ort to Legitimate means to acquire
urplus face the loss of right to buy =
ny such property. I
Recent amendment of the Surplus !
property Act materially improved =
he veterans buying position. He
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
HIGHWAY SAFETY

Our nation is striving today
through the medium of information
al cooperation and enlightened dip
lomacy, to avert another war be-
cause we dread and despise the fear
full waste of war-waste of lives,
waste of hope, waste of property.
Most Americans agree. if they agree
on nothing else in this world, that
no effort can be too hard and no
sacrifice, short of freedom and in
tegrity, too great if it will only end
war forever.
Still it is bitter and ironic com
mentary on our times and our civil
cation that the massing of grim
armies on field of battle, the boom
ing of the biggest guns, the rain
of shells, the hum of bombers, the
fierce contests to gain or hold a few
miles of ground, often take a Sigh
ter toll of American lives, often
spills less blood, than pleasure
bound Americans touring on a week
end holiday. There is no humor at
all in the saying that man is some
times safer in a frontline foxhole
in the very heat of battle than on
a highway at home on pleasant
afternoon.
We, who hate war because we
hate the waste of human life, should
not spare ourselves in the effort
10 make the highway safer than
he battle field, to make the auto
mobile what it was meant to be-
he servant of man-and not a mon
ter of destruction.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
ASSISTANCE CHECKS
TOTAL S438,126

Helena-U.H State Welfare Ad.
ministrator w. H. Fouse announced
that assistance checks totaling $438,-
126 were mailed to 1887 Mon
tanans for the month of June.
Fouse said that checks went to
1858 recipients of old age assist
ance, l,435 parents or relatives OF
dependent children and 353 blind
persons.
Payments for old age assistance
totaled $347, 5O4; dependent children,
$78,034 and blind, $12,588.
tt e department also mailed
checks to Asa persons entitled to
silicosis benefits which amounted to
$780, Fouse said.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
MILES CITY GETS AIR
DEMONSTRATION SHOW

Miles City-UD-A civil air pat
rol and army air forces demonstra-
ton show will be held here July
l2-l4 and will be the only show
OF its kind staged in the state, 1t.
Col. Roy Milligan, Montana wing
commander for CAP, said.
AAF craft were to include three
PAT Thunderbolt fighters, three P
81 Mustangs, three A-26 Attack
Bombers, CAT hospital plane with
demonstration crew and apparatus,
B-29 superfortress and a P-8O let
propelled shooting star.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13

now has a general priority in the
purchase of all surplus goods that
Is subordinate only to that of Fed
eraI agencies buying for their own
use. The amendment also authori-
zed the Administration to set aside
Tor sale to veterans exclusively, GER
tam types of items in heavier dem
and and short supply, such as pas
senger cars, trucks. tractors, con-
struction and farming machinery,
medical equipment and typewriters.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
EUREKA NEWS

Frost -Purdy
Miss Vivian Frost, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Frost of Eur
eka and Charles Purdy, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Connect Purdy, also of
Eureka were united in marriage by
Rev. Richard +. Wick in the Metho-
dist parsonage at Kalispell Satur-
day afternoon at 800 o'clock June
3. The couple were attended by
their parents. For her wedding the
bride wore a blue suit with white
accessories and a corsage of Tails
man roses. Mrs. Purdy is a grad
uate of the Lincoln County High
School at Eureka and has been en-
ployed at the Arnold beauty parlor
in that city for the past year Mr..
Purdy has recently been discharged
from the Navy where he has served
on the USS Caldwell for the past
two years in Pacific waters.
The couple spent the weekend in
Kalispell and are now in Eureka
where they plan to make their
home.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13

after being recently discharged from
the U. S. Army. Bud spent several
months in the European Theater and
his many friends welcome him
home. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Beagle of Stonehill
Roy Trueman of Rexford sud-
denly passed away Sunday morn
ing June g. Mr.. Trueman has been
a resident of this community for
years and has raised a large fam
lily. An obituary will be printed
later.
! The following attended the War
land Grange at Warland Saturday
night: Mr.. and Mrs. BIZ + Aver
son, Mary Jackson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Helms and Glen, Henry
Lenarz and Mr.. and Mrs. Orval
West.
Mrs. Burr AIverson's brother
and family from Butte, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pat Dais, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Birleffi from Wyoming sur
prised the Alverson family last week
and are guests at the AlVerson-
Anderson ranch. From here they
plan to 60 to Fernie, B. e.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Day re-
turned recently from trip to Pull
man, Wash, and Seattle. In Pull
man they attended the graduation
exercises of their daughter, abr
bara Ruth, at Washington State
College. Barbara Ruth accompan-
led them to Seattle nd to Eureka
for q few days visit In Newport
Mr.. and Mrs. Day visited Mr.. and
M
was music instructor in LCHS for
three years and Mrs. Gresham will
be remembered as instructor in Eng
lish
Mrs. John McNaughton accompan-
led her son Stanley and wife to Eur +
eka from Fernie, B. c., Wednesday
to visit friends and relatives. Mrs.
McNaughton spent most of her girl
hood days in Eureka and enjoyed
renewing old acquaintance.
A dance was given at the Com
nunity hall by the Grange Satur-
day mite, June g. Music was fur
nished by Mrs. Harvey, Ted Har-
Vey and Tommy Costich.
Mrs. Jack Downing of Spokane
las been in Eureka visiting friends
and relatives for the past week.
Miss Jeanne Peltier left for Spo-
zane June H. She will stay with !
Ter sister Helen and work this sum- |
ner and return for school in tha,IF
all
Harold Gompf flew to Eureka on {
BUSINESS Sunday. c
Mrs. Orville Johnson, Mrs. Lucy L
Vest and Mrs. Betty Frost were in r
libby last week to attend Bob S
,ampton's wedding. Mrs. West and S
hrs. Johnson are aunts of Bob a
.amptonI and Mrs Frost is his
F
Mrs. Gene Olson Gay Porter of Il
lains is spending a few days in =
ureka visiting friends and rela-
YES.
E. B. French returned from Hot
prings, where he had spent a few
'eeks, Monday.
Bob Mason Of the u. S. Army ar
we'd home Monday evening for a
n day furlough with his parents.
Gene Gaertner and wife of Port
nd are visiting in Eureka for a
w days.
Word has been received of the
cath of Mrs. c. B. Graves who has
zen in the Boomers Ferry hospital
r the past two months. Mrs.
raves has been a resident of Eur
"a for many years and this COM
unity will mourn her passing. The
ituary will be printed at a later
tie.
Mrs, Lewis Fetterly met with an
cident in front of the Post Office
lich was almost serious when a
G knocked her down and she
] down the stairs.
Mr. and Mrs Hubert Helms and
ger were business callers in Kali
'ell, Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Snyder left Sunday
the coast, where she plans to
Ike an extended visit with her
lighters, Mrs. Leitz and Mrs. ]. A.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13

Starving people are depending on
you for their lives! Every dollar
you give the Emergency Food Col
lection will help the starving in
liberated lands. Give generously
now
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13

Men and women, in marrying,
make SOW to love one another.
Would it not be better for their
happiness if they made a vow to
please one another?
-Stanislaus LesscYnski
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
Nuggets

Nuggets
MIR. and Mrs. Russell Zook and
family of Richland, Wash, are
spending a couple of weeks with
Mr.. looks parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P. ]. Zook.
Mrs. Fred Johnson returned from
Kalispell Wednesday where she had
been visiting her son and family
for the past week, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Frost and
Mr. and Mrs. Comet Purdy we're
in Kalispell Saturday June 8 to
attend the marriage of their son and
daughter, Charles Purdy and Vivian
Frost.
Mrs. Floyd Hutchins and two
daughters of Richland, Wash, are
visiting at the home of her aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred John
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rocks spent
Monday in Kalispell on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom E. Price and
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Shenefelt
were in Kalispell Saturday to at
tend the marriage of their son and
daughter, Tom Price and Helen
Shenefelt
Clifford Voorhees, of the u. S.
Army is home on furlough for a
few days visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Voorhees,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Paul and
Myrtle Shenefelt attended the Price
Shenefelt wedding at KaIispen Sat
urday, June 8.
Miss Lois Livengood who is en-
ployed at KRlispell spent the week
end at home 10 Enreaoa with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Liven-
good.
Bud Beagle is q visitor ia EurelsR
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
To Attend Supreme Camp of
RNA At Cincinnati

Mrs. Dorothy Marie Richardson
Eureka, left Friday in company with
her 10-year-old grandson Tommy
Richardson of Kalispell, to attend
the Supreme camp of the Royal
Neighbors at Cincinnati, Ohio, June
8, as delegate from District / Mon
tana of the Royal Neighbors of
America. She is the mother of
Tom Richardson, Flathead county
high school speech department head.
Her planned initerary includes a
trip to Washington, D. c., as house
guest of Representative Walt Koran
of Washington for two or three
days, then to New Jersey, and next
to New York where she is going to
see the chairman of the national in
fantile paralysis board who will ac-
company her to Hyde Park, where
she will see the grave of the late
President Roosevelt.
Mrs. Richardson will then go to
Buffalo to see Niagra Falls, and
from there directly to Cincinnati for
the convention before returning
home by way of Chicago and Joliet,
Ill. She will not return until July.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
Hospital Notes

Gail Carpenter was admitted the
7th of June and dismissed the 9th.
Raymond Knots was admitted on
the 9th of June.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13

Kindred tastes, motives, and as
pirations are necessary to the for
nation of happy and permanent
companionship.
Mary Baker Eddy
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
Shower

Shower
A miscellaneous shower was given
in honor of Mrs. Glenn Roose who
has recently arrived from England
to join her husband who is en-
ployed in Eureka.
The shower was given in the CYO
hall and very large crowd attend
ed. The couple received many lovely
gifts and the best wishes of all,
after which a delicious lunch was
served by the hostesses.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
Eureka Post No. "a

Eureka Podt No. IA American
Legion meets the first and third
Fridays of every month.
All veterans cordially welcome.
Commander James L. Hurst
Adjutant E. L. Benson
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13

A resolution adopted by the dele
gates to the last National Grange
convention recommends that for
eign trade be nurtured, but that
I'VE need a definite foreign trade
policy and an effective mechanism
for carrying it out" both in the in
terests of business and agriculture
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-13
Shenefelt-Price


A double ring ceremony united
Miss Helen Shenefelt, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frances Shenefelt of
Eureka, and Thomas H. Price, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Price,
also of Eureka, at the Methodist
parsonage in Kalispell Saturday af-
ternoon June 8. Rev Richard F.
Wick officiated at the ceremony.
The couple were attended by Miss
Phyllis Price, sister of the groom
and James Harris, a friend of both
families. Relatives of the couple
witnessed the ceremony. The bride
was dressed in white, with white
accessories and wore a corsage of
red roses. The bridesmaid was
dressed in blue with white acces-
series and wore a corsage of white
carnations.
The groom has recently been dis
charged from the Navy where he
had spent two years aboard the
USS Missoula in Pacific waters.
The parents of both bride and groom
were present at the wedding.
The couple spent the weekend
in Kalispell and are now in Eur
eka where they plan to make their
home.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-30
"A HEALTHY HOME IN A HEALTHY COMMUNITY,
THEME OF THIS YEARS. OBSERVANCE; OUNDE
BY DR.. OOKER 4. WASHINGTON IN 1915.

The thirty-second observance of National Negro Health
Week set for March 3l-April Z will emphasize the theme.
"A healthy home in a healthy community" the U. 5. Pub
lie Health Service announced.
ANY movement to stimulate better health among Negroes
is helpful not only to the group itself but to the entire ma
ton which is seeking an adequate health and medical pro-
gram for all people" DIR. Thomas Parran, Surgeon Cener-
al of the U. S. Public Health Service, declared.
National Negro Health Week as a period of emphasis
and demonstration of year-round efforts stresses the great
need and opportunity for the average Negro family to inn
prove their home and share health benefits in the commun
ity,' DIR. Parran said. He pointed out that although Ne
groes constitute 10 percent of our population, they bear
from three to six times their proportional burden Of i'll
health and premature death. ''This disproportionate bur-
den of sickness and death upon the Negro race should be
removed DR.. arran declared. Every American what
ever his race and economic status, should be assured the
opportunity of health"
National Negro Health Week was founded in 1915 by
DIR. Booker t. Washington, late principal of Tuskegee In
stitute, and the time now is chosen during the week that
includes April 5, his birthday. After his death Tuskegee
Institute and Howard University sponsored the National
Negro Health Week Movement. The u. ;. Public Health
Service has carried on the observance since 1882 as a fea-
ture of a year-round program for improvement of health
of the Negro population.
The Omaha guide., 1946-03-30
Why AND OF
APPLIANCE SHORTAGES
EXPLATN Z

TO assist the public in under
standing the why and wherefor Of
the appliance shortages, President
H. @. Carlson of the Nebraska
Iowa Electrical Council gives the
following report:
A spot check of "a leading pro-
ducers of refrigerators, washers,
radios. ranges, and ironers, just
completed by Civilian Production
Administration, reveals no exces-
sive inventories being withheld
from the market. Over half a NIL
lion units of all types we're made
by the firms checked since the
war ended. Less than $4,000 were
in inventory at the end of Decem-
Der. One large range manufact-
urer made 5000 and had only 200
on hand. A leading ironer manu-
facturer had but $50 on hand out
Of 1000 made. Nine firms made
1890 washers and had 10000 on
hand. Six refrigerator compan-
les made 5000 boxes and had
but 1000 in inventory. Spread out
over thousand of dealers, this just
doesn't 20 far. Many thought the
manufacturers were deliberately
holding back because Of tht exces
profits tax, which expired the
first Of the year, but this doesn't
bear out that theory.