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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22
Christmas Light Contest
Winners Are Named

Entries i'm the Christmas lighting
contest, sponsored by the Wfoman's
Club, We're judged Monday night by
ladies from a nearby town. These
ladies' expressed deep admiration fol-
the effect as a whole, as we'll as
for individual entries; and they found
it quite difficult at times to reach
decision, and weighed the relative
merits of the entries carefully before
doing so. Their decision was as fol-
lows: Out door tree: first, Mrs
John Conn; second, Mrs. Robert Irby,
indoor tree: first, Mrs ], NJ. Howard:
Mars. Carl Caider window: first.
Mrs. A. L. Stevens; second, Mrs. r. ".
McCullar. House decorations: first
Mrs. Pugh Winborn; second Mrs Har-
~ O'Cain. Business louse: filst, style
Shop; second, Howard's.
The Woman's Club wishes to thank
each one who entered, thus making
otr 1itdle town beautiful for the
holiday season.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22
D. V. Pound Is III
With Pneumonia

Friends of d. v. Pound, we'll known
Durant jeweler, will regret to learn
of his serious illness with pneumonia
at his home here.
Mn. Pound has been i'll for several
days. He is doing as weM as could
be expected.
His daughter, Mrs. Earl Howell, and
children. of jackson, are here al
his bedside. and another daughter
Mrs. John Bell, and Mr.. John Bell
of Inman, S. C. are expected at any
time.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22
Stores To Observe
Holiday On Monday

Most of the stores in Durant viii
be closed Monday, December 26, in
observance of the Christmas eoliday
and it is believed that everyone will
cooperate.
The stores VIII be open the follow
ing Monday, on January 2, however.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22
Burglar Enters Scobey
Home In Lexington

Sam Byrd, negro. is in Jail in Lex
ington charged with burglary and
larceny.
He Is charged with having entered
the home of Max Scobey. weM kn0wn
Lexington banker. and taking a suit
OF clothes and q hat. He is also
supposed 10 have taken a lamp from
an out house.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22
Christmas Sermon At
Methodist Church

Church School meets at GAS. C
IL. Caruuth Superintendent.
Worship service at IL A. M.
Sermon topic, The Christ Child"
at O'Clock in the afternoon a
pageant wiz be presented by the
EpwoaTth League.
Everybody cordially invited TO these
services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22


-.
cent Illness tnat I could not let this
Christmas pass without thanking you
for your interest. I regret that
ann unable 70 express my appreciation
personally to everyone who was gen
erous with prayers for my recovery
The many messages of sympathy and
good wishes did much to give me new
strength and am grateful for each
one of them. The restoration of my
health Is Christmas present for
which 1 will be eveu'lastingly thank.
fn.
I cannot help but feel that grace
is with all Mlississippians as the
Christmas season approaches. think
see in the restored heart. OF great
state the foundation for continued
recovery for us ALL
Material gifts to which I could
point are many. Magnificent pro
gress has been made on our state
highway construction program, The
credit of Mississippi is good every.
where. Our farmers are linked to
gether in a controlled production pro.
ject which is a mighty testimony t.
the power of organization. For oul
young people the Christmas season
brings enlarged educational opportu
mites; for our old people it brings
Increased security. We have lifted
daxes from homes. We have brought
electric power to the farms VIZ
have created employment throug.
new industries. 1 know that yo,
rejoice with me that we may enjo,
during Christmas and throughout this
New Year such progress as-we have
made possible and the hopes to which
we have given foundation.
But our most precious Chris mas
gift Is more than material one.
would not be so hopeful of the FIJI.
ture OF Mississippi if felt that we
were expecting a Santa Claus to take
care of all our needs without us hay,
ing to hfs a finger of our own. The
gift we should treasure most is =
spiritual gift, the gift OF confidence
and faith in our own abifity to do q
good job.
Coupled with this faith in our
serves Is another gift we should cher
ISM at the holiday season, the heaI.tap,
OF good viii left to us by the Savior,
whose nativity we observe in Chria
mas celebrations. Good win and ID,
outgrowth of splendid cooperation arr
responsible for much of the matar,a
dressings Mississippi now ENJOYS
am hopeful that the people of tn.
state viii not forget what has beer
accomplished through such coopera
ton Good viii lis the essence of thu
christmas message. May it be witt
us forever.
especially want to Shank the
Mississippi press for the Gift Of lead.
ership they have presented to us al
IN their continued good advice anc
contruc9ive comment.
You carry into the holiday seaso-
and into the New Year the best wish
es of your Governor and your friend
Hugh White.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22

Merchants in Durant have express
ed their pleasure In this volume Of
holiday business done to date. Some
stores have done more business this
year than LAST, according to reports,
and few have done much hess
1t Is good to know that local bust.
ness men prosper in their business
Someone has to bear the brunt of
the tax burden in Durant and it is
on business men and property own.
ers 1t falls.
1t Is not smart to trade AWAY
from home when we could find It
here. LIS is showing that we have no
sense OF loyalty to people who try
to make our town better place in
which to live.
We are grateful that citizens of
Durant are thinking more about trad
ing at home now than they have in
times past.
Wen certainly do our part to
keep reminding you.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22
1hrougk
Hazel
Eyes
BY
Hazel Brannon

We were privileged to hear Tues
day a Justice OF the Supreme Court
of New York State at the Durant
Rotary Club.
Mr.. Justice Aaron j. Levy, in Mis-
sissippi to visit relatives for the hol-
days, was an eloquent speaker on
our pet topic, America"
After being brought up in a civ
OF seven million, Cor is 1t eight.
who knows or cares), where there
are more foreigners" than Ameri-
cans, Justice Levy says he believes
that people i'm this country who do
not Hike the way the government is
run should get out and go somewhere
where they are in sympathy with the
government. Furthermore, he saws
he has had that opinion for moro
chan forty years.
And, he says, we should see thew
have the opportunity Of going where
they can find people OF their kind
where they viii be satisfied and ne
sure them we will leave them There
In peace, unmolested
This may sound bis radical. A.
matter OF fact it lis not in keeping
strictly with our own Interpretation
OF Democracy" but 1t is, neverthe
less, in keeping with our views.
strict Interpretation OF the word
democracy" would leave a country
open to all people of all views alike
each people to pursue Its own mar
ticuaar way Of living and thinking as
It Pleases. In fact 1t would make
America. which Is truly the melting
pot OF the World" subject to invasion
pv peoples of all nationaaities who
could set up series OF their native
countries on a small scale in America
not even being in sympathy or feel
ing friendly to the American gov
eminent.
We believe In America being n frea
country with equal opportunities for
everyone, native American or for
eigncrs, rich and poor alike. but
we concur with Justice Levy in saw
ing that II they don't like the WAY
we DO Things here let them go elise
where
mississippi has a great man for
RoVef,nor In Iyhrer,x yIn.tt.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22

ansa nsessage to NHsstssippi Through
the paper of the state. That mes
sage Is printed in thss paper.
We hope all our readers will take
time to read Governor Whites mes
sage. He says what we feel toward
Mississippi and its people.
Providence has been good to as
and we should be thankful. We have
more to be thankful for than any
other people In the world. We should
he appreciative of Gods goodness
and try ito be worthy of that good
ness by serving Him and our fel-
bowman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22
Governor White
Gives Message
Official Thanks Citizens
For Thoughts During
His Recent Illness

Hon. Hugh White, Governor of
Mississippi, gives this message to the
people of Mississippi through the
state press. We quote.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-22

mississippi has a great man TO,
governor in Hugh White.
And all Mississippians rejoice tina.
ne rs rapidly recovering from recent
illness.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
q DEAD; MORE MAY
SUCCUMB In WRECK
Continued from page onel

Continued from page onel
among the dead, =. .s--: -.
Most of them were from Riv-
erton, 4 the suburban community
where the bus had picked up the
children before starting for ,Jor-
dan junior high school. n
The. parents were led past the
beds of the injured. If they failed
to- find their children, there, they
were led to an adjoining room
where the dead had been taken.
Many of the dead were unrecog-
nizable. even to the parents.
A few minutes before the acei-
dent the bus driver had taken go
other children to the school. The
exact number aboard the bus at
the time Of the accident was not
known but it was estimated at
about 40. -. ..... -:
Two students died in hospital
several hours after the accident.
Fifteen others were injured seri-
ously. Several were released after
emergency treatment.
The bus made sharp turn from
a road paralleling the railroad
tracks before the train struck 1t.
The 85-car freight struck the au-
tomobile. squarely in the center
and the boys and girls~in. the mid
die portion were Killed instantly.
. Engineer F.. L.rRehmer, 81, who
was absolved Of blame by his com
panv. applied the brakes when his
fireman, Alfred Elton, shouted that
he mad seen the bus. but the ca
boose was even with the crossing
before the train could be. brought
to stop. =
w. f. Speakman, chief clerk for
the Denver and Rio Grande Wes-
tern, said the speed Of the train
was normal, although it was run
ming two hours late. and that the
The times-news., 1938-12-02
HULL INSPECTS
PANAMA CANAL
Commanders There Con-
cerned Over Vulnerable
lily of the Canal

ABOARD S. S. SANTA CLARA,
EN- ROUTE TO LIMA, peru, Dec.
- (UP) -oecrelary Of State
CordeIl hull, heading the United
States delegation to the eighth
ran American conference, yesLcr-
day inspected the Panama canal
deIenses which army and navy Of
ficials teel should Dc streng.ncn-
ed.
The Santa Clara left Balboa 80
hours after it's arriva! at Cristo-
bal, on the Atlantic side. While
The liner moved through the locks,
Hull, accompanied by DR.. Frank
p. Corligan, American minister
TO Panama, and ranking Canai'
Zone authorities, made his tour.
The trip revealed military and
naval commanders awareneSs and
concern over the canals yulnera-
Dility. The need for strengthen
ing the defenSes was stressed par,
ticularly in view of President
Roosevelt's recent plea for a conf
mon defense of the western hem
lsphere and the hope that the
Lima conference might adopt
some joint defense program for
the Americas. ....,. -.
The increasing efficiency of
long-range bombers, as demon
suated by the record-breakipg
flight of more than 7,lO0 miles
by British planes from Egypt to
Australia, has cause dsome, un-
easiness regarding the canafs
safety. ......... ..-.... .... .
Defense experts frankly admit
that few well-placed aerial
bombs might disrupt canal COM
munications for weeks, months
and, perhaps, the duration of Il
war, thus forcing the fleet to go
around Cape Horn in order to
reach the opposite coast. Some
observers believe this hypotheti-
cal threat may have spurred
President Roosevelt's proposal.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
POLICE PUZZLED -,
BY KIDNAP STORY

e5tContinurd from r;.r' orr
r,cn thrust her out of the truck
st;r bliadfoIded, about five m ief
rom her home near ne ctt.oi Lnd
this small suburb. She tiieh "" NV
"o Reaching the front ooor OF hsT i
hon,e she knocked weakly ana i,
when the door was ope,lee,I S"I War.
into the AIMS of, Robel' Z; ,..,;.o VII,
ninr, retired Washington detest''.
and an cid family friend,
Manning said that tie g.tt va wa;
sweater was badly torn. Inc rq,t F."
Of Of her clothing, he said, was ~ III
"shreds." ;,r,e.
diately to make an examination
and a local magistrate also was
sent for. . ,, 49,. ,a+
NIT the girl to speak TO reporters.
News of her return first WIS
made public by Gov. Harry W
Nice at the governors mansion N
Annapolis, where he had been a.
vised of her arrival by state poiicett
Police on the scene said that
Marv Informed her parents tnnt
She had no clue whatsoever TO .na a
IDENTITY of the three men "no
seized her. Her sister; Lucy, ~ with iI,
Who was on her way home Wltn m
Mary at the time. escaped, capture
nhan che tore from the grasp oil
one of the men and fled nome
through a muddy field. ,,,,;,,
Police we're unable to explain
how the truck had been able 10
nenetrate the widespread Gordon
which. hnd been thrown arouna
Prince George county, In wh'ch
this town is located. -,
Authorities also were unHole 10
account for the fact that the girI
said She walked five miles from the
truck without stopping at some
farm house for assistance. IMy
believed. possibly she was 80 DIS
traught that she misgauged the
distance. ..1.,,.
Manning timed Mary's return al
l0:45 p. m. The purported aPdus'
tion occurred at 4:45 p. m. Weo'
nesday afternoon. ,-,. :,
William B. Brown. the, girls ia,
ther an employe of the Federal
Bureau OF Printing and Engrav'
ing, refused to discuss the case
with newspaper men, but expressed
happiness at the turn of events.
Earlier last evening Mary's
mother had broadcast A second ap'
peal for the girls return "unharm'
ed" It could not be learned I'M
mediately whether the truck con
tanned a radio and whether the ab'
ductors had heard the plea. -.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
ID mRs. GAYNOK MADDOx

Ok mHS. ia hxNOn NfAODVA
NEA Service star Writer
IRON cabbage to Swedish
T. meat balls run this weeks re-
quests. The cabbage and meat
Toll recipe is a little different
and the regal Swedish meat balls
should, prove a tasty answer to
the, dinner question. 49,
Cabbage and Meat Rolls
(6 servings) !
Six large cabbage leaves, IL
sound ground round steak, ] ia
olespoon raw rice, l small onion
chopped, teaspoon minced, Gel.
cry leaves, ! teaspoon minced
parsley, 10 cup water or stock,
seasoning, 2 cups tomato juice.
Plunge cabbage leaves into the
boiling water. Cook 2. minutes
only. Cut down the heavy midrib
Of each leaf. Combine round
steak, rice, onion, celery, leaves
and parsley. Season and add wa
ter or stock. Place about ! table.
spoon of this, MIXTURE at base Of
each cabbage leaf. then roll up.
Pack the. rolls In . double boiler,
pour over the tomato Juice, cover
and cook 2 hours. - --r.&,
This Swedish recipe as given in
the Swedish PriHcesses Cook
Book, compiled by Jenny Aker-
strom. deserves royal favor.
Swedish Meat Balls (Kottbullar)
:. te servings)
. Ton ounces boneless tender
beef, 10 ounces boneless lean
pork. 5,8 cup bread crumbs, 2l-4
20 2 Sd cups milk, ! egg, ! me-
tium yellow onion minced, 2
tablespoons cooking fat, salt, pep
oer. allspicA.
For trying: 8 tablespoons but
sr Or fat,
The times-news., 1938-12-02
UNITED PRESS
AMERICAN
CAREFUL
Nations Experts Arrive at
Choice After Two
Weeks Procedure
-Bv HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Sports Editor
Cco,vr;sht, 1898, United Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 2. (UP(-
Ont OF 4 blizzard OF ballots from
coaches, scouts and sports writ-
ers all over the country, the U1i-
ted Press presents its 1885 All
American football team.
The process of arriving at tne
team took almost two. weeks, anu
a careful attempt was made TO
find the best players at t9eir
nositions no matter whether they
came from lar-e schools or small
n was one of the greatest foot-
hall seasons in the history OF the
college sport and every section
produced stand-out players. 10
choose the best from the thou1
sands of college men who played
football this year the Ontteu
Press sought the votes OF coaeheS,
sports writers on newspapers ana
scouts who make it their business
IN know the strength and weak
ness of individual players.
To assure an unbiased vote ana
-
N prevent embarrassment 10
coaches and scouts who might not
want to place their own star play
ers on the team. the United Press
pr6mised TO keep their Identifies
secret if they desired.
Toward the end of the season
call was sent out for All-Ameriea
nominations, and from all parts
of the country the names roliea
in. Along with the nominations
came reasons for making them
and specific games and plays IN
which the players had excelled.
Then the nominations were at
tached to ballots and sent back to
coaches, scouts, sports writers on
newspapers and United Press
football writers from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific. Each man was
asked to choose first, second and
third teams.
A point system was devised for
votes on the first, second and
third teams and under that system
the most points any one player
could get was $50.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
NAZIS ARE EVADMG !
QUICK REPLY T0U. s.

CONTINUED from mage ole } !.
renlv to the United States note 0.
lat week asking assurances that
Jewish and "Aryan", American
citizens in Germany would be aDie
~ ,continuc in business regardless
If what form the restrictive anti
Jewish DEGREES may take.
Germany sent a routine E
acknowledgement Of receipt OF
the American note, saying it haa
been brought to the. attention OF
the Competent authorities and an
answer might be expected in the
future.
More anti-Jewish DEGREES con-
tinued to flow from the govern
ment ministries, bringing closer
Hitlcr's promised final and COM
plete solution of the Jewish ques-
ton"
In Vienna decree was pub
lisshed prohibiting the private
sale or mortgaging Of jewish
owned real estate and it was be-
lieved to forecast the forced pup
lie sale of Jewish holdings
amounting to appropriation, with
the profits going to the state. The
decree specified that only in
urgent cases could authorities
grant exemptions.
DR.. Julius Lippert, mayor OF
Berlin, issued a decree 'forbidding
Jews to serve as real estate ag-
ents' after January l and requir'
ing property owners to dismiss
Jewish agents.
Recent observations revealed
that Jewish property owners tried
to circumvent the law; all viola
tions of the law. will be heavily
| punished" the mayor said -.
A decree published in the off,
cial gzette empowered provincial
| authorities throughout the Reich
| to:
"Impose restrictions upon Ger
man Jews or Jews without pass.
ports who will not be permitted
TO enter, certain areas or show
themselves publicly at certain
times" -, .,r
The law probably will be used
TO exclude Jews from parks, play
grounds and other public places,
/ with heavy fines for violations.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
RUMANIAN INVASION
FEAR BEHIND PURGE

--tContinued from page one)
lightning" .,
There was no other solution,
il said. The center Of the IRON
guard anarchy had to be crushed
or we would have been paralyzed
in facing other dangers more
grave and which would have de-
nianded q tribute OF blood from
the entire nation.
Carol put law enforcement bod
les throughout the country under
a state of alarm after followers
of Cordreanu distributed pamph-
lets giving him hish last choice to
make peace with the Rumanian
people" warning generally view
ed as a threat of assassination.
Police had orders to shoot to
kiip' if, iron guard suspects resist
sd-.arYest. A roundup Of all
guardists was ordered.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
LAY HOME QUARREE
TO LACK OF MONEY

TORONTO, Ont, Dee. .. uy|
Money, good housekeeping, ,ols|
ance and love are the keys to hal
py married life. Majorie Nos
Toronto family court inycstias
believes.
She said lack Of money wu d,
chief factor that led to lsra,
quarrels. Other factors, she sid,
included nagging and poor hs,x.
keeping Of wives, failure Of bus
bands to take their wives oE
more often, and bad tempen. :,
The times-news., 1938-12-02

For gravy: meat juice, stock,
ll:2 tablespoons -four. -, =: ."
Soak crumbs in half the milk.
Wipe, trim and cut the meat into
small pieces, run through grind.
er 4 times, combine with crumbs
and knead well. Add egg, season.
ings and gradually the rest Of the
milk. Cook onion in fat without
browning, chill and add the meat
mixture. Shape meat into balls
with 2 tablespoons dipped in cold
water. I
Fry in fat, shaking the pan and
turning the balls to brown uni
formly. Remove balls and fry
remainder Ii the same way. Rinse
the pan each time and reserve the
Juice for the gravy Mix -four
with cold water and stir into the
juice, cook while adding cream
and stock enough to give gravy
the desired thickness.
Season to taste, return balls to
the. gravy TO. reheaE and, turn into
serving dish. Serve with green
vegetables and potatoes.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
EX.CHAMP SCULLER
IN TEST RACE AT SO

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2. (UP)
Fred Plaisted, former world pro-
fessional single sculling cham
pion, observed his seth birthday
by rowing over the Schuylkill riv-
er mile and a quarter national
course on which he won his first
race II years ago.
Plaisted, who claims the title
of the worlds oldest active oars
man, rowed friendly race
against Commodore Jack Kelly of
the Schuylkill navy--and won.
Kelly won Olympic sculling hon
ors in 1920 and 1924.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
ITALY APOLOGIES :.
TO FRANCE AFTER :
CHAMBER INCIDENT

PARIS, Dec. 2 (UPl-ltaly was
understood to have delivered an
informal apology" last night for
an outbreak in the Italian cham
Der of deputies when shouts were
raised for the former Italian terri
tories Of Tunisia, Corsica and Nice
which France controls.
Foreign Minister Georges Bon-
net called in the new Italian am
bassador, Rafaele Guariglia, pro-
tested against the demonstration
and demanded explanations. The
Fascist envoy explained that the
shouting was Spontaneous. he
apologized informally.
Guariglia's explanation DIFFERED
with French versions. which said
that it was known In Paris several
The times-news., 1938-12-02

.,.oons were still in possession o.
theee the eeslovakggovernment agreed i,n TO
ccde c them for the sake OF ,pgaee. na
ce9T Worsaw has shown no lncl.aa-
t;on tn withdraw troops from tnis
tepritory teJ,. and, on the contrary mas
indicated that at the earliest .afl es "p- oi
nortunity Poland will seize the .s,s en,
tiye pT Tatra mountains and thus
Sn,ninate S militarily the only direct
east.west railroad and highway
eannection left to Slovakia by the
Vienna arbitration decision >oi
italy and Germany.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
SINGING CONVENTION
- AT BALFOUR SUNDAY

The December meeting of the
Henderson County Singing asso-
ciation will be- held at Balfour
Baptist church Sunday, beginning
at 2 p. M, it was announced to-
day. A large number of singing
groups have expressed their in
tention of attending this conVen-
tion. it was said.
The times-news., 1938-12-02
o STORIES
IN STAMPS
Bach, the Musician
>Aheod Of His Time

L found, hard-working Johann
Sebastian Bach produced music
in which he seems to have. put
the art of the ages. he stands as
perhaps the greatest of all mus,-
clans. Yet his compositions were
seldom performed during his life
time and even for almost a, CEN
fury after his death, in 1850, they
lay ignored, almost unknown a.In.
deed, the place 'of Bach's buriai
was unknown for more than $50
years. -
. One salient reason explains this
neglect Of the great artist; he was
ahead Of his time; Bach was his
music and his music was Bach
He created music which he pos
sibly did not comprehend, He
followed. his impulses. discardino
the tastes Of the time, and hiS
work lives to mirror the entire
universe. - :
Yet opportunity was not gen.
erous to Bach. He was. born a poo,
youth at .Eisenach, Germany on
March 2l, 1885. Bach had lost
ooth father and mother by his
ioth year. He was cast upon the
world 70 earn his own living al
~. But almost at once his great
musical genius began TO flower
ne oattled adversely much OF. his
life, but religion held him stead
!ast. ne was married--twice, and
the father. Of 20 children. Be-
yohd that the world knows little
about him except as he is re-
Vealed through his music, the
efeat cantatas, the Passions, the