Growers can reclaim Joan cotton at the rate of 3 cents per lb, apart from) undertaking further acreage reduction.
While there will be no limitation jas 10 when reclaimed cotton may be sold, it appears that. sales wil Aelayed until the end of the year, since growers will not begin receiving: cotton until the current crop has been harvested, Cotton that may be repossessed after July 1, 1940, is limited to 2,500,- (000 bales in' any marketing year, and cotton shall be repossessed during the months of September to December, inclusive. 'The release price shall not' be lower than 30 points below the preceding day's average of ten spot markets, The Bill also provides for price adjustment payments equal to. the difference between the average of ten spot markets on the day preceding the sale and 75 per cent, of parity. this Will work out higher than the loan, it will effectively prevent the piling up of further foam cotton.—Reuter.
World War, but joined up again and retired in i919 with the rank " of.
Rear-Admiral, He was chief censor at the Admiralty at the beginning. of the War.
Rear-Admirat Sir Douglas Brown-Figg wax the recipient of many decorations, including the Legion of Honour. Distinguished Service Medal (USA), Order of the Rising Sun Gapan), and Order of Merit (Spain). Ho was a director of th Falrfeld Shipbuilding and Engineoi ing Company.
He is survived by his wife and Henri Jaspar Brussels, Feb. 16.
Henri Jaspar, former Prime Minister of Belgium, died today at the age of 68 following an operation for stomach trouble. Four days ago Jaspar was invited by the King to form a Cabinet following the Signation of M. Paul-Henri Spaal but he failed to obtain sum cient support.
MIN, Henri Jaspar's benevolent face, set in a halo of silver white hair, always received a storm of welcome At political banquets. His keen sens of humour and his gift of quick repartee added to his brilliance as an orator.
As Minister of Finance Min the de Broqueville Cabinet (formed Decem= ber 1992), M. Jaspar was responsible for a host of measures to re-establish Belgian national finance, Mr. Crane, a former Chicago manufacturer, student' of interna~ tional relations and conditions, had numerous exciting experiences hix travels around the globe, He wax 80 years of age at the time of his death. A" linguist and lobe trotter, he set foot in nearly every country of the world, going to the out-of-the-way nooks and corners search for first-hand informa-ion on the peoples of the lobe.
He was appointed by President William Howar Taft as American Minister to China in 1909, but never served at the. post, On the eve of his departure for Peiping, he was asked to resign, and a. heated controversy followed which stirred diplomatic. ciretes,
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