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14-A THI NASHVILLI Mornlnf, Dsc. 1, 1946 UT-Vandy Foofbail Crowds 'Add To Traffic Woes Girl Killed fa O'tUe Putin' In Auto Crash Hackworth Raps Increases In Rail Taxes, Assails Board (Continued from Pag On) SPARTA (SpD Miss Emogene Holder. Quebeck, a 16-year-old star (Continued From Pag One) player on the Sparta High School assessment of Tennessee railroads, girls' basketball team, died in i i Ska teiawr; on which the taxes were paid with stantly Friday night in a collision out contest, was at a sum exceed pocketbook, yell for help. The louder you scream, the better." Courtesy Pays On the wall behind the American Airlines ticket sales counter at Berry Field is a large sign which reads: "Use 14; Forget 104." What does that mean? we asked the pretty lady on duty. "Well," she explained, "it takes 14 muscles to smile and 104 to frown, so the company wants us to conserve our muscles if out the etate where railroad properties had been omitted from taxation or inadequately assessed In these three years.

The railroads were given 10 days to state their exceptions. Hackworth said his company was given only the total assessment fig of two automobiles two miles southwest of here Highway. Funeral services for Miss Holder will be held this afternoon, at 2 ing the entire assessed value of all property, both real and personal, in the city of Chattanooga and Hamilton County, and constituted a greater proportion of the assessment throughout the state than at any time since 1925, notwithstanding the adverse effect of the new forms of public transportation by highway, air and pipe ures and no list of the properties o'clock at the Quebeck Church of Christ with John High of McMinn- claimed not to have been properly assessed in the three years. ville officiating. Burial will he in Cieston Cemetery at Quebeck.

Drury, former librarian at Cerne-gle, has returned from vteit to sister in Copenhagen, Denmark Drury shipped over en the "Grlptholm" and one of hie fellow-passengers was clnemeetrese Greta Garbo Deflation "Gee," moaned Gordon (Gawky) Nlchol to hii brother Attorney Harry Nlchol, "I feel like two cents this morn-ning "Well," retorted Harry, "that's about ell any Nichol is worth on today's buying or selling market. From a New York paper: "Something new has been added to Lionel Hamptc-n's band, now playing the Paramount: Herman McCoy, gnduate of Fik University, down at Nashville, has developed a choral group for Lionel that is out of this world Overheard at the handkerchief counter of a Church Street department stoie: "Ruth, my dear, the only wolf bothering me these days is the one at mv front door Doris Marie 8mith, USA alumna, now clicking in Unsuccessful efforts were made last week by counsel for some of In White County Hospital yes terday, receiving treatment for a line on the relative value of the the other railroad interests in the state to obtain a detailed list of railroads. One-Eighth of State Wealth the assessments. The state commission was recon- you get what I mean." Set You B. B.

Coffee told it to us the other evening at a Methodist Laymen's League banquet and vouches for its authenticity. Two ladies entered a grocery on Eighth Avenue, South, and The valuation of railroad prop erty now proposed by the commis fractured knee and other injuries was Al Stanton, 19. of Oak Ridge. Two others suffered minor injuries in the collision. Miss Holder was riding in an automobile with Charles P.

Roberts, 19, also of Quebeck, who suffered minor injuries. Miss Holder's jugular vein was severed and she vened last January by Gov. Jim McCord for the purpose of making back-assessments. Hackworth's statment in full ii sion is at a sum equal to one- eighth of the entire taxable wealth of the state of Tennessee. We do not undervalue the importance of Tennessee's railroads when we find -it impossible to believe that follows: Hackworth's Statement The Tennessee Railroad Commission's latest effort to add a dis asked a clerk if he had any soft drinks for sale.

died from loss or moon. "Yet, Squirt," was the prompt Looking north on Fifth Avenue yesterday afternoon as capacity crowds of Christmas shoppers The other car. in which Stanton I was injured and which was driven criminatory and unequal back-tax assessment to an already excessive jammed the sidewalks and pushed their way intq in inis b.hum ui trjKWTvfwf by Charles Cater. 20, of uaK Kioge, was badly damaged. The Oak the wealth of the state, including all property in Its four great cities, and in the 95 counties, is no greater than eight times the value of its railroads.

playhouse productions Mor Ridge vouths were en route to Nashvilie for the Vanderbllt-Ten-nessee football game. The Quebeck couple was en route to Sparta, .1 repeat what I said In the be ginning of this statement, that the desires and Intends at The accident occurred on a all times to pay its just and proper straight stretch of highway. assessment for taxation of Tennessee railroad property creates a new obstacle to improved and economical railroad transportation in the South. The Nashville, Chattanooga St. Louis Railway at all times desires and intends to be a good citizen' of every county and city it serves, and to pay lte fair share of the cost of government.

I believe the railroad has more than measured up to that standard and has fully met every obligation of that kind. It is not true, that this railway has failed to report any part of its Miss Holder was the daughter oi Mrs. Lee Holder of Quebeck. Other survivors are four sisters, Hallie Holder, White County, and Clar- share of public taxes. It is in fact paying more.

We ask and want no special favors. We ask only that we he granted fair and equal treatment, in order that we may Improve and preserve railroad operations and perform our function of serving the transportation needs of the people efficiently and economically. etta and Margaret Holder ot Old Hickory, and Mrs. Minnie Holder of Knowles; three brothers, Joe Donald Holder, Charlie Holder, and Howard Hoolder, all of White County. answer.

"Now listen here young man," declared one of the customers rather indignantly, "you need not insult us by calling us names." The clerk laughed, explained that Squirt was a new drink recently placed on the market. Passing Parade Fifty years ago this month Restaurateur Domcnick Petruoelli left Italy and traveling via England, South Africa and Memphis eventually came to roost in Church Street in our town. When he accepted a job in an orchestra at the old Gayson Hotel in Memphis, Domenick's assets were a slightly used harp and 50 cents in cash. During his stay at the Gayson, President Wiiliam McKinley Ivisited Memphis for a political speech and Domonick hoard him Petrucelli was in Ruffalo on a vacation when McKinley was assassinated. Dissa and Data The Pea-body College Band will give a concert on next Wednesday night at the Demonstration School auditorium C.

B. Hunt is the tician Joe Combs turning dear ear (to coin a cliche) to suggestions that he toss his fedora into political ring Representative-elect Paul A. (Smoky) Phil-lips recovering from slight injuries sustained in recent automobile mishap Add theatrical signs: "Now Showing: 'The Stranger' Coming: 'Three Strangers'" Strange doings, what Jot-Things Justice Frank Gailor. member of the Tennessee State Supreme Court, wilt deliver the memorial address at the Elks Club services in the War Memorial Building today Jack Bnker and the BPOE glee club will render the musical selections Is Rhoten Clift preparing an important announcement for the society pages? The Spike Jones show is set at the Ryman Auditorium for next Friday night. Celebrity Row: That was pretty cinemactress Lisbeth Scott chatting with Xavier Cugat at Berry Field, between planes, property for assessment.

It has paid more than its proper share of taxes for the years covered by the commission's order of Novem Transit Fares Rising I believe I am exercising restraint In Merely calling attention to the obvious contrast between the depressive attitude of the Tennessee commission toward Tennessee rail -Staff Photos by Charlrs Cowden Crowds in a downtown department store yesterday. ber 25. Basis Not Given The commission's back-assessment order does not indicate what items of property were not taxed CHICAGO Several cities have raised fares on public transit lines recently or are considering such roads, and the policy of the fed action to offset inflated operating Lower Broadway, where some of the ciW's toughest traffic snarls in the years referred to, nor does eral, state and city governments in providing public money for the construction and maintenance of highways, airports and navigation costs and to finance postwar re It indicate what items the commis sion thinks were under-assessed. The railway is given no intimation Scientists Plan To Observe Atom's Birthday channels for railroad competition. Beginning of Socialism If the railroads are rendered habilitation of transit equipment, according to the American Municipal Assn.

Fares have been raised already in Chicago, San Francisco and Cleveland. Increases are being considered in Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, Youngstown, and of the basis for the added assessment which amounts to $51,000,000 for the three years. The order have occurred during the past two days, as lumbering busses swing around into Third Avenue to crawl up the hill into Church Street, is shown as it appeared yesterday at noon. Although traffic was fairly well thinned out when this picture was made, hundreds of bus riders will testify that it took them from an hour and a half to two hours to get around the bend Friday. Exasperated Bus Drivers inefficient by unjust taxation and amounts to an unsuDDorted demand arbitrary regulation the blame yesterday noontime Cugat was for an additional one and a half should be placed where it right director We hear that county headed west; Miss Scott to Flor million dollars, and resembles noth school teachers are ready and fully belongs in.

the lape of the commission. If because of such CHICAGO Four years ago Monday, an Italian scientist stand treatment the railroads finally col ing in a converted squash rackets ing more than a Russian "ukase" or a Japanese "rescript." The railway is given 10 days within which to file exceptions to the assessment, but since the lapse, the only course then open Face Renewed Traffic Snarls court at the University of Chicago. nun; iiiovi ricn Is government ownership, as tne railroads remain the backbone of transportation. Should this occur snapped his slide rule shut, and a smile spread over his face. cialty shops.

They all were jammed -Nashville bus and taxicab drivers it will be the first step toward na The smile was a signal of success. He and his associates had were ready to toss in the sponge last night. The traffic had tnem whipped. Continuing the jam which started tional socialism, and. instead of collecting taxes from the railroads, the remaining property owners will be taxed not only to make up the loss suffered in railroad taxes but to make needed Improvements to Briday morning, the automobiles of Tennessee-Vanderbilt football begun a self-sustaining nuclear reaction and halted it, had released atomic energy and controlled it.

They had opened the way for the atom bomb. The scientist was Dr. Enrico Fermi. Nobel physics prize winner now on the staff at the University of Chicago. On Monday he will retell the story of that successful experiment.

Others who will participate in with spending crowds. Hotel lobbies were packed, as were downtown drug stores, restaurants, soda fountains and the entrances to office buildings. "Just like maneuvers," cracked a sweating, overworked hotel clerk, referring to the war days, when hundreds of soldiers came to town looking for a bath, a bottle and a girl, and wound up sleeping in the streets minus bath, bottle and girl. Folice Chief John F. Griffin and H.

H. Bailey, general manager of Southern Coach Lines. both outnern fans added materially to the general confusion yesterday afternoon and last night. the properties. I cannot believe the1 fine citizens of the state Of Tennessee are yet ready to cast the free enterprise system over ida The December 2nd issue of Newsweek Magazine gives a double-page story to Nashville, Station WSM and Grand OleOpry.

Herbert Powell and his bride, nee Frances White, planed out to Jacksonville yesterday on their honeymoon Ida Sincoff of St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Senn of Marion, are visiting: the Phil Cohens Mr. and Mrs.

Hubert Foster (she was Frances Swann) came in from Birmingham to se the Ken Hunts and Vanderbilt play Tennessee Also inhale some Montague air. Chicago Cub catcher Clyde McCullough, (formerly of our town, now a resident of Norfolk, Va.) and his pretty wife were also week-end visitors The Bilt-more Club's orchestra lineup includes: Fred Shoemake on Friday and Sunday nights and Neill Owen and his crew on Saturday evening That was Bob Waller, his wife. Martha B. Waller, Morris Mashburn, Blue Steele, et al having fun the other evening with George Hudson and Bruce Harper at the Harding Road Dinner Club willing to join any union which guarantees living wages There is a restaurant on 12th Avenue North by the name of "Chew and Chat There are four John L. Lewises and 486 families by the name of Lewis in Nashville, some of whom claim kin with the labor boss who calls the coal strikes J.

H. Reed of Murfreesboro celebrates his 90th birthday next Friday He is the father of Jim, Ed and Emmett Reed of our town and Mrs. Sam (city manager) Cox of Murfreesboro Methodist Laymen's League is one -of town's most active organizations Enrollment now totals 700 Shooting for 1.000 by spring Lions Club annual gridiron dinner scheduled for Tuesday night at Maxwell House National, state and city politicians slated for roasting in good-natured satire, however "Rain" is next production schedulsd by Nashville Community Playhouse Director Raymond Johnson begins casting today Francis K. W. Bus traffic supervisors said late If life insurance is in vogue among the quails, squirrels and rabbits of Davidson County, they should carry accident insurance instead of the straight life type was the comment yesterday of a disgusted local nimrod, weary with carrying his gun but not with the weight of his game bag.

"Because," he explained, "if the hunter hits one of them, it is usually by accident and not by skill." Nevertheless, cost of the visionary policies on game life should be higher this year thaq last. The 2.900 state hunting-and-fishing licenses taken out in November just ended, are 350 more than in the corresponding month of 1945, and 250 above the month of October. These figures were given out by County Court Clerk John B. Cobb, through whose office the licenses are distributed. board and demand in its place gov yesterday afternoon that in some ernment operation.

If it happens instances drivers dropped irom six to 10 regular trips during each of the anniversary ceremonies include it will be the beginning of the end of our way of life and the saddest day in our history. the two days. Zin, director of the Taxicab drivers were threatening sa 1 Laboratory, and We have no option out to treat Dr. Walter H. Zi aid they hoped things wou quiet A Nationa and thin out a little thls Mai Gen Leslie hope-: i.

Dr. Walter H. mander of the down own R. Groves, com order states no facts to support the commission's demands, no. intelligent reply can be made except to point out that the railway has already paid its taxes for the three years, on assessments for more than the market value of the property assessed.

For 1942 the Railway paid property taxes in Tennessee amounting to $429,565. For 1943 it paid $420,330, and for 1944 it paid a total of $1,348,014 for the three years. The commission now demands an additional sum of more than one and a half million dollars from this railway alone, as back taxes for the three years. Valued at $25,780,000 The 1942 and 1943 assessments which the paid its taxes were based on a system valuation of $25,780,000. At the date of that assessment the market value of all the capital stock and outstanding bonds of the railway was less than $22,000,000, and we paid taxes on a valuation which was $4,000,000 more than the property would have brought if sold on the public market.

The commission now proposes to add $18,000,000 to the assessment for each of those years. The 1944 assessment was based to quit, they said, because they could not make any money. week, but they weren't too hope reek, but they weren't too the commission action as arbitrary, discriminatory and wholly war department's sat in one spot for 27 minutes Manhattan project unreasonable. We believe and ex ful. After all, Christmas is coming, by my watch, late Friday after EXTRA HELP to pay increas noon, said a cab driver yester day, "and today it worse.

pect that public opinion will support our position that we have already more than paid our proper share of taxes to the counties and cities of Tennessee in which our Coach Company Reroutes 3 Lines ing living costs is on th way. A Room For Rent Ad increases your weekly income with profitable snare room tenants Phone 5-5401 In an effort to help counteract property is located. effects of heavy downtown traffic, a slieht change has been made in Politics the routing of three inbound city; busses, H. H. Bailey, division manager of Southern Coach Lines, announced yesterday.

BRAND (Continued From Page One) Effective this morning, inoouno Scott Street, Madison and Old Hickory busses will turn north on" "When I pulled out of the garage this morning the boss said to me, 'Well, you ought to make some money today with this crowd in but I ask you, how can I make any money when I can't move?" At the moment the driver had been halted on Seventh Avenue, between Commerce Street and Broadway for 20 minutes. He stepped on the gas. slapped his horn and the cab finally moved off at a snail's pace, but half a block was all the ground gained. Tennessee's band, in a pre-foot-ball parade down Church Street, shortly after noon, added to the snarl of cars, pedestrians, busses and trucks jammed into the narrow street. The students, with their hieh-stepping drum major NEW PREFABRICATED ALURuBNUR3 the teacher would not be taxed pay his salary, it is generally conceded.

Likewise his contribution Third Avenue to Cedar btreet, on a valuation of our property which was $5,000,000 greater than would be relatively small on an in thence west on Cedar to and south on Fourth Avenue, rather than continuing west on Deaderickj come tax (as and when the con stitution permits). Since the in come tax Daid the state is deducti the total market value of all our capital stock and outstanding bonds; and it is now proposed arbitrarily to add $15,000,000 to that ble on federal income taxes, the low Street between rnira ana rumiu Avenues, North. The routing change, made in cooperation with the city traffic authorities, will cause the busses to income brackets would pay little. valuation. In the overall picture, the teach er in particular has an interest not only in what's done, but in how it's ettes and shako-topped leaders fi done.

nally KOt through, but behind them, front of them, and on all sides The E. H. Crump hand is not encounter less traffic at the new Fourth Avenue turning, and will effect a slight saving of time, Bailey said. The busses will stop at the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue, North, and Deaderick Street. were block-long lines of automo even the hidden hand in the new The entire operating revenue of the for the first nine months of 1946 was consumed by five items of current expense.

Of each revenue dollar collected the railway paid 62.28 cents in wages, 17.42 cents for materials and supplies, 7.97 cents for fuel, 5.39 cents for bond interest and other fixed charges and 7.28 cents for taxes. Payment of these and other penses left an operating loss of 6.89 cents for every dollar of reve biles, either halted entirely or bare lv crawline. Around Dudley stadium, Deiore tax programs, in the division ot gasoline tax revenues with the cities, or in the ultimate modernization and justification of the and after the football game, the traffic jam was terrific. Parked Surgeon Removes Nickel From Girl's Throat I The Crumo "voice," Willie Ger- ber, spoke for him as a memoer of the McCord-appointed constitutional reform commission, with the Gerber "veto" of five of the nine KNOXVILLE (iP A Knoxville surgeon removed a nickel from the throat of a four-year-old Harlan, proposals including, of course, the freeing of the ballot, classification of DroDertv for taxation, and such cars lined nearby streets lor diocks. Busses, lined up to await the crowds, in some instances were entirely hemmed in by the automobiles.

Pedestrians added to the turmoil and when one crossed a street one took one's head In one's hand, almost literally. Cars which spotted an open space darted away at high speed, weaving in and out of the long lines of slowly moving machines going 20x54 ft. nue collected. Cites Heavy Payment For the 10-year period 1936-1945 Inclusive more than 10 cents of every revenue dollar received by the for transporting freight and passengers was paid out as taxes. Our total tax payments for the period amounted to more than twenty-seven million dollars.

For that period the net income of the railway was little more than half the taxes paid, and the girl yesterday and got a aw per cent profit in the deal. Phyllis Ann Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Dean, was brought to a hospital here after she told her parents she had swallowed thp rnin. 20x54 ft.

1,080 Sq. Feet Floor Space steps as would modernize the constitution to a certain extent. Likewise, it- will be the Crump influence, whether direct or indi 1,080 Sq. Feet Floor Space rect, that spiked any idea or state X-rays revealed the nickel and a bronchoscope was inserted in the child's throat to remove it. Out: came the nickel, all right, but with it was a dime! Phyllis Ann's surprised parents toward Belle Meade and coming back into the city.

Apparently, however, 'yesterday traffic coneestlon had no effect on railways stockholders received as dividendes less than one dollar for operation of liquor stores in the infancy of consideration. It is to be presumed that the 1947 legislature will be operated largely by the Gerber hand on the floor of the assembly without direction from the gubernatorial office. each eight dollars paid as taxes the volume of early Christmas shop said she hadn mentioned tne unug, For 10 years the has spent, and is now spend ping in downtown stores and spe- ing, the greater part ol us net income in the improvement of property, in order to meet the public transportation needs of the new Europe Finds Food Prospects Brighter For Christmas-H Price No Object IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Use for a ware house shop office store garage church machine house or other. Building is complete, INCLUDINC ALL LUMBER, HARDWARE (METAL CRADLES, BOLTS, NUTS, WASHERS, NAILS, and complete instructions for erections. Roof and sides are brand NEW CENUINE SOLID ALUMINUM, corrugated 21 gauge, 40 thicker than most aluminum roofing ordinarily offered for sale.

Aluminum will not rust does not require painting. In accelerated weathering test with galvanized steel and iron, the life of aluminum roofing is indicated to be 3 Vz times that of the galvanized roofing. the food situation in Germany LONDON European house haustion of the stocks of American wheat, necessitated use of this season's Irish crop. The high moisture content coupled with the 100 ner cent extraction produced an in era ahead of us. These expenditures were and are necessary to offset obsolescence and to enable the railway to render adequate service to the public.

This program of improvement must be continued, in spite of reactionary opposition of the kind which the Tennessee commission is now interposing. The validity of the 1945 assessments of the Railway and other Tennessee railroads is to be determined by the circuit court of Davidson County at a hearing set ft ,1 i 1 would continue "extremely tight throughout the winter, depending on how the estimated requirements! on shipments from abroad were: wives, surveying their larders at the beginning -of December, gen-erally found that the shelves were better stocked than a year ago and prospects for Christmas dinners met, particularly in i)uns DIFFERENT SIZES MAY BE HAD by joining one or more buildings end to end, or side to side, on omitting some sections. Buildings have withstood exposure to high winds and damp, hot climates. so that there always would oe an It was conservatively estimated the aluminum would last 75 to I 50 years. FRAME IS LUMBER TREATED TO WITHSTAND MOISTURE, DECAY AND TERMITES.

COMPLETELY ENCLOSED. digestible loaf. Otherwise, apart from a seasonal shortage of fresh eggs. Irishmen were still eating well. were far brighter.

For the wealthy, in almost every country, everything would be avail Frenchmen would have more to reserve in hand. Situation Italy Conditions in the British zone were worse. No figures were available in the Russian area but this agriculturally rich section of the eat this winter. "Prices of foodstuffs contlnuea to rise, but those with money would lack little. able on prewar scale.

Associated Press correspondents throughout Europe, preparing for a Christmas thousands of miles from home, painted this overall picture; Britons were expecting many extras on their still strictly controlled country generally was believed to have an ample reserve. There was no Indication that IOr Jjecemuei o. it is us to believe that this back-assessment order was not timed with the that it would in some way Influence the decision in that case. It will, of course, have no such effect. Concerns People of State The problem presented by the pffort of the Tennessee commission France's two big food problems Can Be Handled by Truck or Freight Shipping Weight 4,600 lbs.

remained transport and black market. The food was there, in the Price country and the colonies, but the rations. Additional allowances of Germans would receive extra rations for Christmas; which meant that there would be little change from the basic diet of black bread, potatoes and cabbage. In Switzerland, making strenuous problem was to get it to legal mar kets and keep it there. to so unfairly increase the tax bur- sugar, meat, candy and canned fruits were promised, while the number of turkeys on the market F.

0. B. Perry, Florida dant of the railroads is not merely Butter Ration Cut Belgian housewives complained hitterlv when they learned the but a railroad problem. It directly concerns and affects the people of Tennessee who rely upon and was expected to be up to 80 to 85 per cent of prewar figures. Extra efforts to reestablish its tourist;) trade, it was possible to eat well ter allowance had been cut to 10 ingredients had been allocated to use railroad transportation and ex bakers for Christmas cakes Iced in in hotels and restaurants, individual rations worked out at pect it to be efficient and modern the traditional manner.

Oranges about 2Vi pounds of meat a monh doors, windows and floors are not included, they can easily be installed in the field. YOUR CHOICE OF 5-V CRIMP OR CORRUCATED ALUMINUM. Buildings valued at less than $1000 do not require C. P. A.

permit for erection. The NUMBER of these BUILDINCS are LIMITED by our present stock of 21 gauge corrugated aluminum. (Also a LARCER BUILDING, 40 FT. 54 FT. with a 8 ft.

side wall, SI625, 2160 SQ. FT. FLOOR SPACE.) Highly adaptable to "many uses. A gable roof is featured which slops 3 ft. to 10 ft.

with a 1 ft-, eave. Truss on 9 ft. centers are connected by girts and purlins with the aid of metal cradles which bcts to rafters and post through pre-drilled holes. 8 ft. side wall is standard, 10 ft.

or 12 ft. on special order, $75 or $150 extra, respectively. Though and less than half-a-pound of but from Palestine and South Africa were on the way. So were apples from the United States and Canada ounces for the month. However, the sugar ration remained unchanged, and there would be more candy and jam, pastries and prepared baby foods.

Unrationed fish was plentiful and inexpensive, but game and poultry were still beyond the reach of most. as well as economical. If the state government and the people want their railroads operated on a poverty basis, with emphasis on tax payments rather than on service, the policies and pro ter. rUndressed and unrationed chickens were selling at about one dol and there would be bananas for the children. British Beer Weak gram of the commission should be Though the food situation in Hol British beer continued weak and lar a pound.

Geese, the traditional holiday dish, were coming to market only in driblets. Short supplies of fresh eggs have been attributed indorsed, cut it is certain mat the state and its people cannot hRve taxes on the discriminatory, Scotch was scarce, but 18,500 cases land was better Daiancea men iasi vear. rations still were moderate of liqueurs were en route from to U. S. shipping and dock strikes.

CONTACT MR. CLAYTON AT TULANE HOTEL OFFICE FLOOR Sunday Thru Saturday, Dec. 1-7 8:30 to 5:00 p. m. Phone 6-1601 and the Christmas dinner would not differ much from the usual France, 12,000 cases from Holland and 3,500 from Denmark.

Large Italians with plenty of money unequal and confiscatory scale now demanded by the railroad commission, and at the same time leave the railroads with enough revenue to render efficient and Sunday evening meal soup, pota would be able to eat just about; .1.1 ai consignments of wines were ex mas including turkey. But with toes, one or two green vegetables, a small piece of meat and pudding. Chickens were available for those Perry, Fla. R. Paul Green Construction Co.

economical service. You cannot at vour cake and have it too. prices higher and the government pected from Portugal, Spain, South Africa and France. In Eire there was a big "stomachache." The agreement to forego grain imports while there was desperately seeking grain to main with hlirher incomes. tain bread and spaghetti rations, American military government The is directly concerned only with its own assessment But we nott that even the 1941 food and agriculture experts said most -yrouic eat sparingly.

pressing need elsewhere, and ex-;.