No. 653. STONE, CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE TAX COMMISSION, v. REICHMAN-CROSBY Co. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. 28 U. S. C. § 1257 (2). Treating the papers whereon the appeal was allowed as a petition for writ of certiorari as required by 28 U. S. C. § 2103, certiorari is denied. J. H. Sumrall for appellant. S. Rufus Creekmore for appellee. Reported below: 43 So. 2d 184.

Miscellaneous Orders.

No. 360, Misc.

No. 366, Misc.

No. 385, Misc.

and

WAGNER V. LOUISIANA;

HAINES v. RAGEN, WARDEN;

PIERCE v. CRANOR, SUPERINTENDENT;

No. 408, Misc. TAYLOR v. SQUIER, WARDEN. The motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus in these cases are severally denied.

No. 407, Misc. COUTURE v. CRANOR, SUPERINTENDENT. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of certiorari is denied.

No. 439, Misc. IN RE O'NEILL. The petition is denied. Thomas J. O'Neill, pro se.

Certiorari Granted.

No. 596. HARRIS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted limited to Questions "2" and "3" presented by the petition for the writ, i. e.:

"2. Were the transfers made by the petitioner to her husband under a property settlement agreement dated

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February 27, 1943, incidental to a Nevada divorce, made for an adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth and thus not subject to gift tax?

"3. Were the transfers made by the petitioner to her husband in 1943, in payment and discharge of a legal obligation imposed by the judgment of the Nevada Court entered March 6, 1943, and thus not subject to gift tax?"

Irwin N. Wilpon for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Caudle, Ellis N. Slack, Lee A. Jackson and I. Henry Kutz for respondent. Reported below: 178 F. 2d 861.

No. 597. MISSOURI EX REL. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. MAYFIELD, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE; and

No. 598.

MISSOURI EX REL. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY Co. v. MURPHY, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE. Supreme Court of Missouri. Certiorari granted. Sidney S. Alderman, Bruce A. Campbell and H. G. Hedrick for petitioner in No. 597. Floyd E. Thompson, J. C. Gibson and R. S. Outlaw for petitioner in No. 598. Reported below: 359 Mo. 827, 224 S. W. 2d 105.

Certiorari Denied. (See also No. 653 and Misc. No. 407, supra.)

No. 499. CHURCH V. MICHIGAN. . Supreme Court of Michigan. Certiorari denied. Warren E. Miller for petitioner. Stephen J. Roth, Attorney General of Michigan, Edmund E. Shepherd, Solicitor General, and Daniel J. O'Hara, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

No. 561. STANDARD COMMERCIAL TOBACCO CO. ET AL. v. SNYDER, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ET AL. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari denied. Harold G. Aron, Raymond L. Wise and Richard L. Merrick for petitioners. Solicitor

General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Morison, Paul A. Sweeney and Morton Hollander for respondent. Reported below: 85 U. S. App. D. C. 425, 176 F. 2d 951.

No. 572. WINKLER ET AL. v. MARYLAND. Court of Appeals of Maryland. Certiorari denied. I. Duke Avnet for petitioners. Hall Hammond, Attorney General of Maryland, Kenneth C. Proctor, Assistant Attorney General, and Anselm Sodaro for respondent. Reported below: 69 A. 2d 674.

No. 573.

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. SCARBOROUGH. C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. J. M. Townsend and Collins Denny, Jr. for petitioner. Reported below: 178 F. 2d 253.

No. 574. PIEDMONT COTTON MILLS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. William A. Sutherland and Joseph B. Brennan for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Caudle, Ellis N. Slack, Lee A. Jackson and Melva M. Graney for respondent. Reported below: 177 F. 2d 148.

No. 575. CONNER ET AL. v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Co. ET AL.;

No. 645. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. v. CONNER ET AL.; and

No. 646. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN ET AL. v. CONNER ET AL. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari denied. John W. Cragun, Thomas Searing Jackson and Riley A. Gwynn for petitioners in No. 575. Guy W. Knight, R. N. Clattenburg, Hugh B. Cox and James G. Johnson, Jr. for the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., petitioner in No. 645 and respondent in No. 575. Carl McFarland and Ken

AMERICAN BITTEN CAR Co. t. COMM *18*** [TRAVEL RETEste CA30 Cin. Certai David Berger for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman, Azziztant Attorney General Caudle and Ellu N. Black for respondent. Reported below: 177 F. 2i 513.

So VAT2. LEE ET AL. U. PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS, INC. Supreme Court of New York, County of Westchester. Certiorari denied, Harold J. Sherman for petitioners. Donald Havens for respondent.

No 605, CoHEN ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. C. A. 6th Cir Certiorari denied. Sidney G. Kusworm for petiSolicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General McInerney and Robert S. Erdahl for the United States. Reported below: 178 F. 2d 588.

Lioners.

No. 612. DAVIS U. PROSE ET AL. C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied. Howard T. Batman and David I. Day, Jr. for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman filed a memorandum for the United States, respondent, stating that the Government occupies the role of a stakeholder and takes no position as to whether the writ of certiorari

should issue. Robert J. McPeak and Ernest M. Causey for Prose, respondent. Reported below: 177 F. 2d 478.

No. 552. MESTICE V. MASI. Supreme Court of New Jersey. The motion for leave to file a substituted petition is granted. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 3 N. J. 380, 70 A. 2d 539.

No. 564. LITTON V. UNITED STATES. C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Petitioner pro se. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General McInerney, Robert S. Erdahl and Felicia H. Dubrovsky for the United States. Reported below: 177 F. 2d 416.

No. 166, Misc. MCGOUGH ET AL. v. HIATT, WARDEN. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 174 F.2d 353.

No. 170, Misc. ALRED v. UNITED STATES. C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 177 F. 2d 193.

No. 202, Misc. CROMBIE v. RAGEN, WARDEN. Supreme Court of Illinois. Certiorari denied. Petitioner pro se. Ivan A. Elliott, Attorney General of Illinois, William C. Wines, James C. Murray and Raymond S. Sarnow, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.

No. 207, Misc. CROMBIE v. RAGEN, WARDEN. Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois. Certiorari denied. Petitioner pro se. Ivan A. Elliott, Attorney General of Illinois, William C. Wines, James C. Murray and Raymond S. Sarnow, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.

No. 221, Misc. ILLINOIS EX REL. MARINO v. RAGEN, WARDEN; and

No. 222, Misc. MARINO v. ILLINOIS. Supreme Court of Illinois. Certiorari denied. W'm. Scott Stewart for