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The Washington times., 1938-03-25
MRS. LANDIS
LOSES GROUND
IN LIFE FIGHT
Doctors Preparing
To Operate

Members of the District Fire
Department. today volunteered to
give blood for a TRANSMISSION, in
an effort to save the life Of Mrs.
Blanche Gertrude Lands, "a,
victim Of a brutal attack in a
lonely section Of the northeast
early yesterday.
Mrs. Lands is the daughter of
James Beckert, attached to No.
II Engine Company, and the wife
of James L. Lands, probationary
fireman attached to the fireboat,
who is being held on an open
charge, in connection with the
attack.
BLOOD BEING TYPED
At Casualty Hospital today
Mrs. Lands condition was de-
scribed as "very serious" and it
was said she seemed to be grow
ing weaker. The blood transfu-
sion will be made later today.
Members of the Fire Depart
ment have their blood typed for
TRANSMISSION purposes, and doctors
will type Mrs. Lands blood, then
call donors.
Grilled for hours yesterday after
police found bloodstains on his
clothing, Landis was taken to the
lonely spot ON Twenty. fourth
Street Northeast. south Of Taylor.
where Mrs. Lands was found un-
conscious by a miIkman, and ad-
mitted 1t was there they had quar-
relied and she had Jumped out Of
the car"
HAS SLIM CHANCE
He was then taken to the Ninth
precinct and booked on a charge
Of investigation, while detectives
continued to grill him.
Mrs. Landis' skull was fractured
and her body a mass of deep cuts
and bruises. Doctors said she has
little or no chance to recover.
She rallied for a time yesterday,
and gave conflicting versions of
what happened to her, first saying
two men, one of whom she had
known before she was married,
gave her a lift in their car, then
beat her and threw her out.
CALLS FOR JIMMY
Later, told by a doctor that she
was going to die. Mrs. Lands
sobbed:
Bring my Jimmy here and
let him see how badly I am
hurt"
Lands visited the hospital early
yesterday, a short time after his
wife had been found by the side
Of the road by a milkman. At
that time she was unconscious.
Since then Lands has been held
by police.
Mrs. Lands was found about
3:2O o'clock yesterday morning,
Continued on Page 3, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
Edward POOns
Dies in New York

NEW YORK, March 25.- Ed
ward M. Poons, of Kobe and New
York, an importer, died here after
o years illness. He was So.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
How She Cot Me
To Propose

Do you like romance and
hlmOr? Do YOU like real
stories Of how Washington
men gave up bachelOrhOOd to
enter the state Of matri-
mOny? Then turn to Page
20 and read The Washington
Times newest feature, How
She Got Me To Propose"
You will enjoy these real
Washington stories.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25
U.S.. Horse Wins Stake;
DC. Girl Gets $4,000
Marion D. Scott,
OF Va, Gums
Chase Victor
BY CARROLL PEEKE

BattleShip, a grandson of Man.
O'War and owned by Mrs. Marion
du Pont Scott, Of Orange County,
Va, won the Grand National to-
day at Aintree, England, and by
so doing sent a veritable flood Of
Irish sweepStake money to
America.
Miss Lucille Barry, 1923 Third
st. N. w., an employe of the
United State Chamber Of Com
merce, had a ticket on Royal
Danieli. which placed second. In
stead of winning the grand prize
of $15O,OOO which Battleship paid
ticket holders, she will receive
$75, 900.
HYSTERICAL WITH JOY
Informed of her winning, Miss
Barry became hysterical. A nurse
administered sedativeS.
Victory of the American horse
sent $1,SO0,00O to the United
States. There were IL American
ticket holders here. Eight others
in this country held tickets on
Royal Danieli, sending an addi-
tional $500, 600 here, while it is
estimated that smaller winnings
viii swell the total to more than
sAOOO.OOO.
TWO Washington residents held
tickets on Cooleen. which placed
fourth. They were Henry Lewis.
1859 wyoming Ave. N. W., an
attorney, and Frank E. Bopp. of
the Kennedy Warren, an attorney
in the Treasury Procurement Di-
vision.
''FAVORITE" TICKET SOLD
Nine other Washingtonians held
tickets on horses that failed to
place, and they will receive ap-
proximately $4,000 each. At least
one Of these, Philip Kousen, 229
Pennsylvania Ave-. s. E., who held
Blue Shirt, the favorite, sold his
ticket for a sum far greater than
he would have won had he re-
tanned it.
BattleShip, whose owner is
widely known in Washington so,
cial circles and in the. Virginia.
''horsey" set, just noSed out Royal
Danieli to become the first Ameri-
can-owned and American-bred
horse ever to win the classic.
After she oalmed down, Miss
Barry revealed that she had Dor
CONTINUED ON Page "a, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1938-03-25

Cloudy and warmer tonight: showers
and warmer Saturday; temperature to-
night about 46. "Details ON Page 12)
Evening star., 1938-07-14
CIVIL AER0NAUT|CS
BODY ORGANIZES
Chairman Noble Summons
Members to Meeting at
Noon Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Members of the new Civil Aeronau-
tics Authority gathered at the Carlton
Hotel today to organize what some
administration advisers call q model
regulatory agency.
In q sense, 1t is President Roose-
velt's long delayed reply to Supreme
Court decision which blocked any
White House control over the execu-
tive functions Of independent agencies.
The new body differs from similar
agencies, such as the Interstate Com
merce Commission, in that it consists
of an independent administrator IS
well as commission.
This administrator is responsible to
the President and exercises all the
agency's executive authority. The
board is responsible to Congress, and
its duties are confined to quasi judicial
and legislative actions.
Edward j. Noble, wealthy indus
trlalist, called the board together at
noon in his capacity as chairman.
Other members are:
Harl!ee Branch. Second Assistant
Postmaster General, vice chairman;
G. Grant Mason, Pan American Air
ways official; Robert Hinckley, w. p.
A. director for Far Western States,
and Oswald Ryan Of Anderson, Ind,
general counsel for the Federal Power
Commission
Clinton NJ Hester, assistant Treas
ury general counsel. has been assigned
the independent administrative posi-
! ton. He helped write the legislation
creating the Authority.
The Authority has no Office space
Evening star., 1938-07-14

assigned, and although It had first
been planned to hold the preliminary
meeting In the ONCE Of Second As
sistant Postmaster General Branch, 1t
was decided at the last moment to
call the members and Administrator
Hester together In the suite Of the
chairman at the Carlton.
In preparing the measure setting
up the G. A. A.. Mr.. Hester and
other administration advisers had
In mind two Supreme Court de-
cisions. One, which arose out of the
dismissal Of postmaster 20 years ago.
upheld the authority Of the President
to remove from ONCE presidential ap-
pointee performing executive duties.
The other grew out of President
Evening star., 1938-07-14

Noosevelt's custer Of the late william
Z. Humphrey from membership on the
Federal Trade Commission. The court
held the President could not remove 4
member Of board charged with legis-
lative duties, and called the Humphrey
dismissal illegal.
President Retains Control.
The authors Of the aviation legisla-
ton, Mr.. Hester said, wanted to set
up an agency which would permit the
President to retain control Of the ex-
ecutive functions Of the Authority,
while delegating the other work to .
board answerable only to Congress.
The c. A. A. was the result.
There Is also . third part to the
Evening star., 1938-07-14

perts, including some members Of the
I. g. c., have argued that only In
tegrated regulation Of all forms Of
transportation can properly apportion
to each type the areas and kinds Of
service for which it is most suited.
Members Of the new G. A. A. ex-
pect to take over the personnel of
the Bureau Of Air Commerce and Of
the Armail Rate Division Of the
!. G. O. The former has about 2,70G
employees and the latter about 100.
Tho agency will take over all the
duties of these two divisions, includ-
ing fixing airmail rates, approving
routes and services and setting up
safety regulations. The commission
also will fix rates for air passenger
and express services
Evening star., 1938-07-14

agency. II ID . separate three-man
safety board, provided at the request
Of airline pilots who argued such an
arrangement would result tn more &C..
curate reports on accidents and more
thorough planning Of safety measures.
Advocates Of the c. A. A. form Of
organization say eventually 1t may be
applied to other independent COM
missions, including the I. Q. c. They
say 1t also might serve - the model
for . Department Of Transportation
or other agency which would bring
under one head railroads. aviation,
bus and truck operators, and inland
waterway lines.
Many Federal transportation ex-
Evening star., 1938-07-14
NEW POLICE TIE-UP

A teletype machine directly con-
nected with the Metropolitan Police
teletype system was installed yester-
day at park police headquarters to
insure closer link between the two
police groups.
Henceforth all reports from head
quarters and the precincts will reach
park police f1rst-hand. Ohicials also
announced a direct wire telephone has
been installed between White House
police and Metropolitan headquarters
Evening star., 1938-07-14
AUVEhTIsEAHNT.
PimpIes Kill
4 q m a "A e e

Many shattered romances may
be traced directly to ugly skin
blemishes. Why tolerate itchy
pimples, eczema, angry red blotches
or other irritations resulting from
external causes when you can get
quick relief from soothing Peter
sons Ointment? 35c all druggists.
Money refunded II one application
does not delight you. Peterson's
Ointment also soothes irritated and
tired feet and cracks between toes.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
Take Joy Ride in seaplane.

BAR HARBOR. Me-, July II R.-
Two Bar Harbor youths surrendered
to police yesterday after their JOY ride
in = 5000 seaplane ended at Georges
Lake, 10 miles away.
Capt. Burtis r. Fowler, State aero
nautics inspector, said Edwin johnson
and Walter Dorr, both about "a, would
be prosecuted ION charge Of operat-
ing O plane without . license.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
INJURED BY ELEVATOR
Police Court Building Worker
ESCAPES Serious Hurts.

Alfred Spates, 26. assistant en-
gineer at the new Police Court Build
ing, narrowly escaped serious injury
today when an elevator he was repair
ing started, wedging his head between
the outside of the lift and the shaft.
He was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for cuts about the head and
face. Had the space between elevator
and shaft been smaller. Mr.. Spates
might have been decapitated, police
said. He lives at Germantown, Md.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
HAMILTON COMMANDS
COLORED c. MT. c. UNIT
Third Corps Area Battalion Opens
Training Period at Fort
Howard.

Col West A. Hamilton, member of
the Board Of Education. is command
ing the colored c. NJ T. c. battalion
from the Sd Corps Area. which opened
its training period at Ford Howard
yesterday.
About IS Washingtonians are in
cluded in the group which totals ap-
proximately $50.
It. Col. H. O. Atwood. in charge
of the Washington Colored Cadet
Corps, is executive officer of the bat
talon.
Evening star., 1938-07-14
MISS HELEN BELL.

MISS HELEN BELL.
Miss Street, 1727 Kobnn
road, and Miss Bell, 1853
RockaDood parkway, haze been
awarded ttDo-ye1r scholar
ships to Radcliffe College IN
Cambridge, Mass, the Wash
ington Radcliffe Club an
n0unced today. Miss Streets
scholarship 1oas a1Darded by
the local club and Miss Bells
BY the Washington and Bdlti-
more Radcliffe Clubs Jointly.
Miss Street, the daughter OF
Director OF Public Welfare and
M,e. El,Dood Street, graduated
from Woodrow Wilson High
School in June. Miss Bell is a
graduate of WeEeYn High
School. -Cda5on Photos.
Evening star., 1938-07-14

Farmer Buys Poets Home.
Thomas Hardy's birthplace, Z
matched cottage in Bockhampton,
England, has been bought by p. r.
Parsons, q farmer,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-11-10
County Health Officer
Reports On Disease
Causes and Cures Dread
Pneumonia Discussed
In Article Today

The following article by DR.. l.. II.
Eubanks, County Health Officer, on
Pneumonia will be Of interest to our
readers:
From now until spring Is over, we
shall find Pneumonia as M of our
greatest causes of death; such has
been true for years. In some in
stances Pneumonia may be primary
or before a previous illness, but in
most instances, we may expect Pneu-
monia as a complication of other
diseases as Influenza, Whooping
Cough, common colds, and Tubercu-
losis. This is particularly true with
children n the very aged. With
the aged, quite frequently. Pneumo-
MIA may be the cause of death in
the final stages of heart disease.
Pneumonia has been classified as to
the caustive germ. The Pneumoni-
cocci may be classified into 30 odd
types. We arc glad to 0 hat
serums have been developed for sew
eral of these types which has been
quite effective, in many instances.
cutting the mortality to half of what
it previously was. In some cases
of Pneumonia the Pneumoniacocci
Is not the caustive agent as the Strep-
tococci and the germ that causes
trench mouth may be predominant
organisms. For these cases no Sc
rum has been developed. Facilities
are available for determining the type
of Pneumonia that may be infect
ing an individual in our Holmes Coun-
ty Community Hospital. They also
have the serum on hand for the
cases in which serum has proven eff
f~ective. May we urge that you cal
your private physician as 500 as
you may be suspicious or Pneumo-
MIA in order hat it may be deter
mined if you are infected with the
type of Pneumonia for which serum
is used, as the serum is more eff
fective in the early stages. A vaccine
a been developed for some of the
most prevalent types OF Pneumonia,
We may expect this to be placed on
the market soon.
Sincerely yours,
l.. H. Eubanks, M. d.
County Health Officer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-11-10
State Tax Commission
Orders Supervisors
Raise Assessments
Raise From 5 10 20 PEI
Cent Ordered BY Tex
5ody; Meeting Held

The State Tax Commission of Mis-
sissippi on November 2 issued an or
der to the Board Of Supervisors OF
Holmes County to make a blanket
raise Of all assessments as follows:
20 per cent on machinery.
5 per cent on merchandise.
s. per cent on real estate in town.
10 per cent on buildings in town.
5 per CEN on all cultivatable land,
Members of the Board of Supervis-
ors, Chancery Clerk Parham H. VIII
hams. Tax Assessor Roy Lyon, and a
large group of interested citizens went
to Jackson Tuesday and appeared
before the State Tax Commission to
protest the order.
No satisfaction was given the
group and a special meeting of the
Board of Supervisors has been called
for mex Wednesday after which the
delegation will. again appear before
the state tax body.
Some local authorities have ex-
pressed opinions that such an order
cannot possibly go through without
dire consequences and they are fair
ly confident that the county officials
can get the Tax Commission to re-
scind the order.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-11-10
Bulldogs Have Tough Grid
Schedule Ahead

On Friday afternoon, November IL
the Holmes Bulldogs will play the
W1esson Wolves at Wesson. The
game will be called at two-thirty
Although the Wolves have had no
conference defeats and only one tie
the Bulldogs believe they can put up
a good fight and redeem themselves
for two defeats they have suffered
by holding the Wolves to a scoreless
tie anyway.
On November Is, beginning at two
thirty O'Clock. the Holmes team will
play the Sunflower Trojans on Branch
Field. This is the last game of the
season and promises to be one Of the
best. Sunflower's only defeat was
last Friday when the Wesson team
won over them 32-12. The Bulldogs
realize they are up against some
strong competition. and they are
working hard to strengthen all weak
places and make this last game OF
the season the most successful one,
The back field has improved wonder
fully and will certainly be in con-
dition to do some good work. Lo-
vette, who has been out for some
time on account of injuries, will be
able TO play. Blailock. Smith, Tocsy-
lowski and Garrett will have eco
cred from minor injuries and will
add strength to the team. All Holmes
fans are urged 10 he ureSent 10 helm
win this game.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-11-10
Fourth Judicial District
Lawyers Meet
Ben Wilkes, GreenviIIe,
Is Named Head Of
Bor For District

Ben Wilkes, Greenville, son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Wilkes OF
Durant, was elected president of the
Bar Association of the Fourth Mis-
sissippi Judicial District at a dinner
meeting in Greenwood this week
their guests attending from the five
with approximately SO attorneys and
counties composing the district.
Mr.. Wilkes succeeds Ebert John
son of Indianola. Other officers elect
ed were w. P. Allen, Indianola, vice
president; and Mrs. Vienna Price,
G~reenville, secretary. !.
Preceding the election of officers,
r. M. Kelly of vicksburg, president
Of the State Bar Association, spoke
on the problems facing the State
which are being studied by COM
mittees chosen from the organization.
Principal among them were the
system of criminal punishment; selec-
ton of bar committees to represent
pcrscns unabie 70 EMPLOY attorneys;
and simplification of legal form and
pleading.
Congressman w. NJ. Wilmington
of Greenwood spoke briefly on the
position of lawyers in government,
urging the attorneys to keep tho
roughly familiarized with functions of
the government.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-11-10
Cotton Improvement
Association Formed
AT Mi|eston
Development Of One
Variety Cotton Is
Sought By Group

AT a meeting held at Mileston,
Miss. on Friday, November 4th, which
was sponsored by Mr.. T. M. Viii
hams, County Agent, with the as
sistance of J. WI Willis of the State
College, the formal organization of
a n crop variety community was
perfected. While this community has
been planting Delfos 531 cotton dur
ing the past several years. it had
not previously formed any organi-
cation or complied with technical
government requirements.
The name Of "Mileston Cotton I'm
provement Association" was adopted
by the group. The planters Of this
area compose the Board OF Directors.
They elected as officers: Bernard M.
Jones, president; N. D. McDougal,
vice president; and J. L. Shields,
secretary. The program adopted in
the continuation OF the use of
Delfos 531 seed and the renewal of
the supply OF seed from Stoneville
each year,
1t is interesting to note that re-
Gently there was shipped from the
gin of w. E. Jones Esate, which is
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-11-10
noln.cs Formers Will
Meet Next Week

A series of meetings will be held
n the communities of Holmes county
beginning next week by the County
and Community Committees assist
ed BY County Agent T. NJ. Williams
The meetings will be for the pur-
pose OF discussing the present farm
program and the 1889 program, as
well al the referendum on Deem
Der TO.
Every farmer is urged to attend
the meeting in his community so as
to completely understand every phase
of h farm program so that he can
be thoroughly informed before the
referendum.
The county committee will meet
in Lexington Monday afternoon to
plan the schedule of meetings to he
followed throughout the week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-11-10
Red Cross Roll To Be
Called Here Friday;
Goal $50 Members
Duront Quote $50; w
H. Counts is Local
Choirmon FOR Drive

Red Cross Workers in Holmes coun-
Friday, November II, and continue
until the county is covered, according
to an announcement by Mrs. Leslie
Johnson, Lexington, chairman of the
roll call.
The goal for Holmes is at least
$50 members and 81, 200.
Each membership is from one dol
lar up and of this amount only fifty
cents go to national Red Cross head
quarters. Regardless of the amount
given. by each individual only 7eisty
cents is sent to national.
Joe herman, chaii man of the coua-
ty chapter, urges the citizens Of
Holmes county to give as generously
to the organization as possible in or
der that its important charitable
work can continue. He calls the at
tention of the readers to the
large amount Of money left in the
communities in which it is pledged.
w. H. Counts is Durant chairman
and the quota is $50 memberships.
Mrs. Charlotte CressweH will have
charge of the ladies helping in the
drive who will canvass the residen-
tial sections.
Those assisting her will be Mes
danes H. L. Harrington, H. c.. Nit
chell, Walter Odom. G. H. Odom. =.
v. McCullar. B. o. Beisel, Quitmaa
Steed, Phil Wilson, Clark Stevens, w.
B. Davis and J.. r. Brown.
Other community chairmen and the
quotas are as follows:
Lexington, Mrs. D. T. Ruff, 400;
Pickens. Ed Atkinson, 50; Ebenezer.
Mrs. M. H Roberts, Is; Acona, Mrs.
John Allen Cade, IS; Cruger, Mrs. M.
w. Estes, so; Thornton. Miss Mary
Liberto and Mrs. Curtis Campbell,
Is; West. Mrs. Marion S. Rogers, 80;
Goodman, Mrs. w. L. Harmon, so;
Tchula, Mrs. J.. j. Kyzar, so; Cox
burg. Mrs. Lillian Hocutt, 10.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-11-10

used by some members OF this as
ISOLATION, a car OF cotton seed from
cotton raised on Marcella and Miles
ton plantation. which had q record
breaking grade. This cottonseed, as
anelyzed by the Barrow Agee Lab
o~ratories of Memphis, graded lit
which was the highest grade of any
c~ottonseed reported in the Tri State
area, as published by the U. S. De-
Yartment of Agriculture in the Com
mercial Appeal TO rthe week ending
November 10th. This cottonseed had
an estimated yield of $40 pounds OF
cottonseed oil and 994 pounds Of
cake per ton of cottonseed, as com
pared with 1888 pounds of -ccttonseed
oil and 822 lbs. of cake contained
in a ton of cottonseed having a grade
of 100.
According to Bobby Jones of this
Planters Oil Mill at Yazoo City, tai-
is the highest grade OF c~ottonseed
that he has ever known in his lone
experience in the cottonseed business
He credited favorable weather con
sitions and the fertile character OF
the soil es being the principal fac
tors producing this high record.
Acona Meeting
A meeting vas held at Acona this
raorntng to discuss the desirabili.y
OF such an organization and anotic-