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Sars Paul, Kops for defendants, Before Judge Milton J. Helmick 'May 21, Judgment was reserved by Judge milton' J. Helmick in the U.S, Court for China yesterday in_an' action raught by" the U.S. Government against the Bell Lumber Company for fell ure to Mle annual. reports requir~ the China, Trade Act, 'Mr. Leighton Shields, U.S, District Attorney, suggested. the' company Ws habitually lax in fling, the reports which counsel thought was unfair to the stockholders and asked the court to cancel the registration certificate of the company.
Mr. Paul Kops for the defence, craved -the indulgence of the court, pointing out that records. -and accounts of the company in 1097 during the hostilities, the company's plant suffered extensive damage, Their operations were curtailed, he said, and they were forced to retrench part of their staff, for which reason the Books had not been kept up to date.
Miss A. Viola Smith, Registrar of the China Trade Act, fold the: court that the company had been deli" quent in filing their reports and that she had exerted every effort to assist them by asking. their," ce-operation, In 1039" they had failed {o fle. th report and no. action was instituted, although an extension of time had been granted them to do'so the-pre~ vious. year." Their 1937 report, she added, was not filed until 1939, Traffic Case
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