Decisions Denying Certiorari. 322 U.S. Mr. Edward S. Bentley for respondent. Reported below: 139 F.2d 989. No. 796. EELLS v. HALL. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Kansas denied. Reported below: 157 Kan. 551, 142 P. 2d 703. No. 797. STARR PIANO CO. v. ROGAN, EXECUTRIX. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Messrs. John B. Milliken and L. A. Luce for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Samuel O. Clark, Jr., and Messrs. Sewall Key, J. Louis Monarch, and Homer R. Miller for respondent. Reported below: 139 F.2d 671. No. 807. SUN PUBLISHING Co. v. WALLING, ADMINISTRATOR. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Messrs. Elisha Hanson and C. E. Pigford and Miss Letitia Armistead for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy, Messrs. Robert L. Stern, Douglas B. Maggs, Peter Seitz, and Miss Bessie Margolin for respondent. Reported below: 140 F.2d 445. No. 602. KARP METAL PRODUCTS CO., INC. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Messrs. Samuel Rubinton and Leonard Acker for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy, Mr. Alvin J. Rockwell, and Miss Ruth Weyand for respondent. Reported below: 134 F. 2d 954. No. 673. THOMPSON v. FARMERS BANK. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court 322 U.S. Decisions Denying Certiorari. of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. William Lemke for petitioner. Mr. Harry G. Waltner, Jr. for respondent. Reported below: 139 F. 2d 408. No. 808. REICHERT V. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF ST. PAUL. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Messrs. Elmer McClain and William Lemke for petitioner. Mr. Robert J. Barry for respondent. Reported below: 139 F. 2d 627. No. 775. GREAT SOUTHERN TRUCKING CO. ET AL. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. W. S. Blakeney for petitioners. Solicitor General Fahy, Messrs. Alvin J. Rockwell and Winthrop A. Johns, and Miss Ruth Weyand for respondent. Reported below: 139 F. 2d 984. No. 787. CALIFORNIA RETAIL GROCERS & MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, LTD. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Maurice E. Harrison for petitioners. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Berge, and Mr. Charles H. Weston for the United States. Reported below: 139 F. 2d 978. No. 795. O'NEAL v. UNITED STATES. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. John J. Hooker for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. Thomas I. Emerson for the United States. Reported below: 140 F. 2d 908. Decisions Denying Certiorari. 322 U.S. No. 799. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE Co. v. MADDEN FURNITURE, INC. ET AL. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Messrs. Peter O. Knight, C. Fred Thompson, and John Bell for petitioner. Mr. O. K. Reaves for respondents. Reported below: 138 F. 2d 708. No. 810. EGNER ET AL. v. E. C. SCHIRMER MUSIC Co. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. Joseph Fischer for petitioners. Mr. Francis Gilbert for respondent. Reported below: 139 F. 2d 398. No. 812. AMERICAN STORES, INC. v. BOWLES, PRICE ADMINISTRATOR. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied. Messrs. Walter E. Gallagher and Herbert Levy for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. Thomas I. Emerson for respondent. Reported below: 139 F.2d 377. No. 818. CITY OF NEW YORK V. NATIONAL CITY BANK. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Leo Brown for petitioner. Mr. Bernard L. Bermant for respondent. Reported below: 139 F. 2d 244. No. 658. McDONALD V. UNITED STATES. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Walter McDonald, pro se. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, and Messrs. Robert S. Erdahl and W. Marvin Smith for the United States. Reported below: 139 F. 2d 939. 322 U.S. Decisions Denying Certiorari. No. 786. WINSTON v. COURTNEY, STATE'S ATTORNEY, ET AL. April 24, 1944. The petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois is denied for failure to comply with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Rule 38 and paragraph 1 of Rule 12. MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE took no part in the consideration or decision of this application. Messrs. Weightstill Woods and Urban A. Lavery for petitioner. Messrs. Thomas J. Courtney and Francis S. Clamitz for respondents. Reported below: 384 Ill. 287, 51 N. E. 2d 161. No. 802. INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF MILL WORKERS ET AL. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied. The CHIEF JUSTICE took no part in the consideration or decision of this application. Mr. C. C. Parsons for petitioners. Solicitor General Fahy, Mr. Alvin J. Rockwell, and Misses Ruth Weyand and Fannie M. Boyls for respondent. Reported below: 139 F. 2d 788. No. 751. SPENCER V. PESCOR, WARDEN. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Otis Spencer, pro se. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, and Mr. Robert S. Erdahl for respondent. Reported below: 140 F. 2d 73. No. 800. SHOTKIN v. MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH & AcCIDENT ASSOCIATION. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Reported below: 138 F.2d 531. No. 833. ADAMS v. RAGEN, WARDEN. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois denied. Decisions Denying Certiorari. 322 U.S. No. 837. SMITH V. RAGEN, WARDEN. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois denied. No. 859. SHEPPARD V. NIERSTHEIMER, WARDEN. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois denied. No. 772. GARDNER V. KAISER, WARDEN. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri denied. No. 852. HAINES v. BOWLES, CLERK. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois denied. No. 872. HALL v. NIERSTHEIMER, WARDEN. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois denied. No. 879. BERNOVICH V. ILLINOIS. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois denied. No. 822. LONG v. BENSON, WARDEN. April 24, 1944. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus is also denied. Reported below: 140 F. 2d 195. No. 875. HASKINS V. FEDERAL FARM MORTGAGE CORP. April 24, 1944. The application for a stay is denied. The petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is denied for the reason that |