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Evening star., 1939-08-28

barns fold, the summer has heard its
Death Nell"
Moral: Stay away from them
swingin' barn doors, Little Nell.
The summer festival season comes
to its end, too, tomorrow nights play
being the last this year. The local
theater group coming to the outdoor
theater on the Monument slope this
week is the Players Club of Central
Community Center, staging Shake
speare's Merry Wives of Windsor. "
The play is scheduled for 8 o'clock,
following a concert by the Washing
ton Civic Orchestra at 7:30.
The Players Club is being assisted
by members of other drama groups in
the village, among them j. Edmond
Veitch, of the Blackfriars Guild;
Rhodes X. Scherer and Fred Horton
of the lexington Players; George
E. Wilcox of the Pepconians, and
the Alice Louise Hunter Dancers.
Two other members of the Merry
Wives of Windsor" cast rendered
such good accounts of themselves
last spring at the National in Or
son Welles' Five Kings" that the
Terror of New Jersey took them on
to Philadelphia in the play. They're
Gunnar Jadgmann and Leslie
Stevens.
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Backstage at the Roadside, on the
door between the green room and
the workshop, is chalked this cryp-
tic note: The Blot's Victims-Eld-
red Wilson, Betty Brunstetter. In
vestigation proves it not so cryptic,
though. It's just Assistant Stage
Manager Dale Johnsons record of
his smoke victims. He's the fellow
who sets off the smoke bombs in the
third act rescue scene in The Still
Alarm" The other night he got Mr..
Wilson when Eldred took, at the
wrong moment, nice, deep breath
OF what he expected was going to
be fresh air but turned out not to be.
Miss Brunstetter succumbed an
5ther evening. She is in the midst
OF the smoke cloud for several min
utes, once was actually overcome, so
Larry Lawrence, the fire laddie, had
to stay in character a bit longer
than the script demanded. His res
cue wasn't finished until he carried
Betty clear out to the back porch of
the theater.
From Lisa Gardiner, up at Ac-
worth, NJ H., comes a report that
the Washington National Ballet has
been busy this summer. Major prof.
ect has been the construction of an
open-air theater by and for the
group, a project which is we'll along
toward completion. Won't be ready
this summer, but plans now are for
two programs a month next season.
1zetta Jewel, jr., who ended this
summers connection with the Cross
Roads Theater with the last per-
formance of Eyes, My Darling
Daughter" Saturday night, said
good-by to all the Cross Roads peo-
pie at a party at her house imme-
diately thereafter. She said good-by
at very gay party, in fact, from
winch every one went away happy
and sad that Izetta is leaving. Every
one, that is except Howard Went
worth, who had to get up early the
next morning to fix the ash tray in
the back seat of his automobile. It
just fell apart in our hands, so help
us, we barely touched it.
Evening star., 1939-08-28
TwizzIer Answer

The titles: I. Governor. 2. Gear
3. Sachem. 4. Prince. 5. Chieftain.
8. Rajah. I. King. 8. Shah. Q. EN-
peror. 10. Dictator.
Evening star., 1939-08-28

deIccHcIlI, pIOullSluB HOt 10 DlUe
them if they wouldn't bite him, and
all through the summer Mr.. Ferry
and the five hounds have fraternized
peacefully.
That was until last Saturday, when
Mr.. Ferry was happily painting set
for THE Drunkard," which comes
along next week AS is his custom
on a fine, clear day the canvas was
spread on the grass. And when
Mr.. F. went inside to confer a mo-
ment with Scene Painter Ken Tay-
lor he laid his brush carefully in
the middle of the canvas so that
it would not get dirty. When he re-
turned 10 minutes later the brush
had disappeared and there was nary
a clue.
Not until evening was the mystery
solved. Then the neighboring farm
er strolled over, handed Mr.. Ferry a
paint brush, saying he'd found one
of his hounds in the act Of burying
it in the front yard.
Moral: A non-aggression pact is
fine until some dog sees something
of yours he wants.
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Not having a Charlotte Green
wood in its midst the Cross Roads
Theater is playing its next produc-
ton, which opens tonight, as Post
Road" and not as Leaning on
Lefty" Post Road" you know, is
the comedy which Miss Greenwood
adapted to her style and her long
legs season before last to the mutual
enjoyment of herself and her audi
ences. It's about a spinster and a
kidnapping, rather fanciful COM
bination.
The Cross Roads cast will be
headed by Ruth May and will in
clude Mimi Norton, Nancy Hutchi-
son, Peggy Mansfield, Mildred Beach,
Marion Harvey and Florence George.
All Of these people, according to Mr..
George Fingers official communique,
ARE we'll equipped to uphold the
barn theater's reputation for beauty
and performance. Sounds like an
ad for motor ca. When crtter
actresses are built, Cross Roads will
build them.
The male members of the cast, no
matter what their record for beauty
and performance, are all veterans
with the Virginia group. Among
them are Charles Grunwell, Ted
Field, Fred Draper, Robert Coren
and Gene Murphy.
Post Road" is the final play on
the groups schedule for this sum-
mer. This seems truly sad, because,
further quoting Mr.. Finger, when
Cross Roads Theater folds up the
tents or sets or whatever summer
Evening star., 1939-08-28
Lead Role Assigned
Warren William

Suave, debonair Warren William
has been signed for featured role
in the Columbia characterization OF
Arizona" William will play the
part Of Jefferson Carteret, the rem
egade gentleman in the saga of the
old Southwest, which will star Jean
Arthur. More than $500 people will
be engaged to furnish the back
ground for the story.
Wesley Ruggles, creator of "Cim-
arron," will produce and direct
Arizona" Miss Arthur will por-
tray Phoebe Titus, the first white
woman to highlight Apache State
annals.
Evening star., 1939-08-28
Margaret Lindsay Refuses
To Compete With Sister
Leaves Warner Lot to Free.Lance;
Cesar Romero Heads Now
Toward Stardom
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOLLYWOOD.
Behind movie headlines:


Something alme high family
sht when Margaret Lindsay featured
Bros quietly withdrew her Thus
Margaret figured the younger sister Jane
Gilbert, would be
Evening star., 1939-08-28

ties mean nothing If a movie career
is at stake.
Cesar Romero has appeared in
80 features since coming out from
New York in 1884, but it took two
B" Westerns, produced within a
few months of each other this year,
to make him a star :. The popular
Cuban is testing every day for his
top role in "The Cisco Kid" series,
which he'll play in place of Warner
Baxter, the originator /. The movie
career demise of Luise Rainer seems
to have been prematurely an
nounced, according to M-G-M
On its latest contract list the studio
lists the Austrian actress, now ap-
pearing in a London show. as one of
Evening star., 1939-08-28
Donat in Pride

Robert Donat has been named as
Norma Shearer's co-star in Pride
and Prejudice" which will be filmed
by M-G-M within the next few
months. 1t has not been announced
whether the production will be made
in Hollywood or in England. George
Cukor will direct, Hunt Stromberg
produce. The screen play is based on
the novel by Jane Austen.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27
Committeeman Meeting
Set For Friday

All community committeemen are
meeting Friday morning at ten o'clock
for a meeting with County Agent I.
M. Williams for The purpose of go
ing over the soil conservation pro
gram prior to the hearing before
chairman e. H. White Saturday morn
ing.
mr. Williams said that even II
the proposed plans for creating a
soil conservation district in this sec
ton go through without any trouble
it will be January or February be-
fore 1T can get started.
The government lays out croppins
plans and furnishes assistance and
runs terraces and drainage ditch lines
under the proposed set up.
Farmers do the work and the gov
eminent furnishes supervisors fol
both the soil conservation and ihe
cropping program.
The public is invited to attend the
meeting Saturday. Nearly five hun
dred people are expected to be pres
emit.
Landowners are urged to attend
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27
Dennis Murphree Cites
Plotform If Elected

Dennis Mnphree, candidate for
Acknowledgements of Mississippi,
spoke to the voters of Durant Satur-
day morning here.
Mr. Murphree asked for support
of his candidacy and promised that
in the event Of his election to this
office he will help enact an adequate
old age pension law in which the
pauper's oath will not be required;
he will help establish farm-to mar
ket system of roads so country peo-
pie can easily get their products to
market; help perfect the homestead
exemption law by including town
and city taxes in its provisions; help
the cause of educa ion and the teach
er's retirement plan; help create a
department Of labor and other good
laws to help the working men and
women; will use his experience and
energy in every way for the pro
tedtion of the people and the pro
motion of their happiness.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27
New York Detectives
After Lexington Mon

Two New York detectives left the
Hate Highway Patrol Headquarters
in Jackson Tuesday afternoon with
Henry Clifton Voan, 81, Lexington,
who is suspected by the northern of
Ulcers as having been connected with
a series of holdups in and around
New York.
Highway Patrolman Forrest Cope
land, working with the detectives,
took voan into custody around IL
O'Clock Tuesday morning. He was
brought to IT, .--->oT headquarters
and turned over to the New York
officers.
The offices. Detectives Harold Fox
and Tim Giorano, left immediately
with the prisoner for New York where
they said Voan would be put on
trial fop several misdemeanors. They
said he was suspected along with sew
eral others with staging a series Of
petty robberies.
Woan was travelling in an automo
bile at the time he was picked up
The New York detectives had beer
in the state several days trailing tbs
suspected robber, the patrolman said
The northern officials compliment.
ed the efficiency of the state depart
ment in making the arrest.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27
! Daily Vocation Bible
School Storts .Mondoy

The Daily Vacation Bible School
of the First Baptist Church will be-
gin Monday morning at eight o'clock
The school will run five days and
good time is to be expected. All
boys and girls from through 10
years of age are invited.
The personnel of the faculty is;
Myrtis Haynie, principal; Mrs. Cor
don Allen, Dorothy Davis, Mrs. N
D. King, Virginia Myers, Mrs. Leon
Maxwell. Lynn Fleming, Louise CT
der, Mrs. ]. o. Ritter, Mary Cooper
Betty WIilburn. vicy Sproles, Mrs
Howard Mitchell. Mrs. III. L. Her
rington. Mary Brown Wlburn, Ar
line Howard, Louise Counts. Bobbis
Henry W. r. Haynie and Bulbs Will
kes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27

drop in water pressure in artesian
zones.
But the final goal OF both the
drainage and water surveys Is
more than an analysis OF present
problems: it is also the formulation
OF a program for future develop
ment.
And in this program of conserv-
ing Mississippi's water wealth, the
drainage survey and the water re-
source survey find a common ap-
proach. Techniques for regulariz-
ing stream flow, increasing storage
in artesian reservoirs, and drain
ing alluvial lands all dovetaii into
each other In a coOrdinated pro-
gram of control of "little waters.
And In q larger sense the contro,
of little waters dovetails into the
flood control program. for. IN the
words Of Secretary OF the Interior
Harold Ickes, authorities nave
come to the conclusion that we
must utilize and control small
streams if we are fully to utilize
and control great ones.
Indeed, the conservation OF attie
waters brings into its scope nearly
all the facets of the CONSERVATION
nexus of activities. Vital 10 ana
dependent on the conservation OF
water wealth are such programs
as reforestation and soil conserVa-
tion recreation and wild life con-
servation. malaria control and IN
sect control. Surprising as It may
first seem, boil weevil control on
some Delta plantation may De
made much easier by some SOIL
conservation project hunoreo
miles away at New Albany winch
minimizes the spring seasons high
water in the Delta. allowing cotton
to be planted early enough TO es-
cape weevil ravages. No matter
what their other differences. Delta
| and Hills are brought together ir
! the program of conservation OF ut
| tie waters.
To teach coordinated activity IN
water conservation the nation
| first flood ccnvo, training Schoo'
was conducted this spring at Ok
! ford, Mississippi, with twenty-sev
en- specialists representing soil con-
| servation, forestry and engineer
ing divisions of the U. S. depart
| ment of agriculture studying pre-
ventive measures. oxford was Sc
lected both because its local his
tory of erosion provided valuable
information on soil sedimentation
and because of the need for head
water control above the Sardis
Reservoir or the Little Talla-
hatchie River.
The specialists agreed that Mis-
sissippi's abundant gift OF water
! if poorly used. is an agent OF terri
BE des3ructicn; I wisely used. al
.nva Iuable asset. They agreed thai
wise use lay in the direction OF re
tarding precipitation rull-off OF
slopes and increasing the dranag'
of agriculturally valuable aliuvia
lands. They agreed that retardinl
the surface flow on slopes allow.
greater natural absorption and III
filtration of water into the reser
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27
Option Token On $3.50
Acres At MiIeston

The acceptance of an option on .
large portion of the properties OF
the Mileston Planting Company and
M. E. Jones Esta.e by the Mississippi
Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, the
affairs of which are administered by
the Farm Security Administration,
was announced today by officials Of
the Miles.o on Planting Company. The
property acquired consists of approx
iunately $3.50 acres located on U. S.
Highway 49-E, at Mileston, which
is some twenty miles west of Lex
ington, Miss. Reserved from the sale,
according to officials of the COM
nany. is the homestead at Goodhope
Plantation, occupied by Mrs. Eta
H. Jones.
according to officials of the FSA
it is intended to establish a negro
community on the newly acquired
property, providing an opportunity for
rehabilitation for selected negro farm
families, including many of the ne
gro families now living on the prop
critics acquired on the purchase.
The response of leading citizens OF
Holmes and adjoining counties to
the announcement of the FSAs plans
for the new development assures the
full support from, the local people
for the project. Resolutions of ap
proval of the Farm Security's acqui
sition of the land in Holmes Count,
for this purpose have been passed
by leading civic organizations in The
county, and many letters commend
ing the FSA for establishing thi:
project have been received by stat
and regional officials of that govern
ment organization from leading bust
ness leaders and planters in tn
county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27
ssssipp conserves Little Coordinoted Program

will detain substantially cne-thir0
of the flood waters entering the
Dslta from the nils. ii is to be
supplemented uraai pre9e-.t pans
by at least two more reservoirs.
one at Arkabutla on the Colcwater
River and one at Enid on the
Yocona River By the close OF the
current fiscal year preliminary
studies. will be complete for the
site OF the co.009.U 100 Arkabu.la
Dam. The, Flood Control Ac; OF
1896 authorized the expenditure OF
S48 COZ 900 in the Yazoo basin on
a combination of reservoirs,
levees, ana floodways for the pro-
lection Of 10000 acres hof ailuvi-
al lands. Every mill tributary OF
the Yazoo will be included IN the
plans for control works, spaced 70
allow completion probably Wifh,n
the next six wears
Major Dabney. rather Of the Del
ta's levee system, did not live TO
see the Federal Governments sue
cessful completion of the job ne
started. In 1928 the nation fully
recognized its national responsible
ity for controlling floods on the
! lower Mississippi River. The re-
suits obtained in the eleven years
since that date have fully justified
both the policy and its execution
by u S. army engineers. In 1885.
the United states adopted for the
first time a national policy of flood
control, under which are being ex-
ecuted the present major projects
/ in the Yazoo basin. Under the lat
est flood control legislation. prof.
Gets are being undertaken on other
/ Mississippi watersheds. The FEEDER
al Governments flood control ac-
tivities today are the most COM
/ prehensive in history, touching
every section of the country and
almost every drainage basin.
IN order TO carry the FLOOD con-
/ troi and water conservation actlvl-
| ties of the nation one step further,
representative from % states met
in Washington little more than
a month ago to study bills sponsor
ed by Mississippi Congressman
+, which would extend the Federal
/ Governments reclamation policies
| to the South, enabling the southern
states to obtain drainage aid on the
same basis as western states nave
for thirty-six years been receiving
irrigation aid.
Bills are now pending IN the Ma
tional Congress which would
initiate projects IN MISSISSIPPI
found to be needed in the drainage
and water resources surveys. 1t Is
hoped that machinery soon may be
set in motion to reclaim 1900 0OO
acres of the nations most fertile
land in the Ya1oc basin and create
better human environment in all
of Mississippi's watersheds,
With the Yazoo projects setting
an example for the nation In uni.
fled multiple-method basin controi
OF little waters" as well as pig
ones. Mississippians are gaining
new confidence in their ability 10
harness rather than yield 70 the
supV2- abundance of water Nature
has given them.
This is the twenty-third OF a
series of semi monthly presen-
tations Of the Mississippi Ad-
vertisfng Commission. The
twenty fourth will feature MIS-
. siseippi's Gulf Coast.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27
Educational Booths Will
Feature Colt Show

A new feature this year in Holmes
countys annual brood mare and colt
show on August %. will be that be
of educational exhibits arranged by
Che various agencies in the counties
Among them will be the Depart
ment of Health, the Extension De-
partment, CCC, State Came and Fish
Commission, Smith-Hughes Depart,
ment of Coxburg, West and Holmes
Junior College schools, County De-
partment of Education together with
Holmes Junior College.
Business men all over the county
are invited to participate and ar
range for booths for desired exhibits
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27

On the morning OF May 5. 1888, I
at Walls, Mississippi, a bronze
marker on a huge stone monument
was unveiled to Major Thomas
Gregory Dabney, father of the
Yazoo-M Mississippi Delta ievee sys-
tenn.
On that same morning the state
Of Mississippi launched a compre-
hensive survey of water resources,
made jointly by the State Geologl-
cal Survey, the United States Geo.
logical Survey, and the Mississippi
Planning Commission.
On almost that same morning
Mississippi began what Is SAID 70
Sc the first comprehensive survey
az drainage problems ever under
taken py q state with the fuu CO.
Operation of six Federal agencies:
the engineering divisions OF the de-
nartment of agriculture and the
United States army. the U. 5. SOIL
conservation service, the national
resources committee, the recon,
struction finance corporation. anu
the Federal land bank.
The coincidence OF three sucn
events occurring ut almost Inc
same time is symbolic OF the oevei-
onment of MisSissippi's pubic poil-
cy regarding water. Even wniie
honoring the man who had leo the
wav in solution of the states major
flood problem on the mighty river
which coils past its western poroer,
Mississippians were turning 10
recognition that the state haa
other waters with problems and
opportunities every bit as great.
Today. public appreciation OF
Mississippis water wealth is at a
new high. and public measures 10
conserve that wealth are making
headline news.
D,,,anp this month field work
will he completed in the Yazoo wa
tershed and in the head water
REGIONS of the Big Black arg IOlii-
bigbee Rivers on the SS4,ooo WrA
drainage survey, sponsored oy Wy
State Planning Commission VIII
the help of the Delta Council.
During this month also the water
resources survey will make its IRIS
nrinted report Of progress. Inc
mississippi study made posslpie
bv . $50. coo state appropriation
matched with Federal funds, Is
more extensive than surveys ln
MANY other states because OF the
modern methods being used. a
PWA grant of s25, 900 is going fo'
permanent concrete gauging sta
lions. and other funds are pelns
stretched to allow qualitative al
well as quantitative analysis OF the
states water wealth.
Preliminary reports of the drain \.
age survey indicate that at least "
per cent of the 5000, 900 acres II
the Delta now included in drainag Is
districts is In need OF rehaoii
itation. despite the fact that TN
districts have spent a total oil s24.
600 900 in the past Is years. Out
p,cded IN plan and uncoordmatsS
with other districts, many OF I'M
DRAINAGE channels have bscom'
cacked with vegetation groHth anS
II washed down from the hllls-
Preliminary reports OF the waite
ource- survey indicate that tn
safes chief problem with surface
waters is the extreme ard rape
f.ucuation recorded in stream
flow, while the states major un
derground water problem IS TT
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-07-27

voir OF ground-water storage. With
the vast Underground reservoir as
a balance wheel stream flow be-
comes more nearly regular. In
this regularity fish and wild fowl
find more favorable environment.
and man finds protection from
both flood and drouth.
Thus. the specialists formulated
the demands of water conserva-
ton program for Mississippi. coun,s
ter-baiancing the big storage reser-
yoirs. leyees, and Strengthened
channels in the lower valleys. they
asked for reforestation and the
protection of natural forest cover
on steep slopes, 1erracing OF pas
ture and crop land. cover crops
and contour plowng. gully control.
and many small farm ponds and
reservoirs to check run-off at the
top of the drainaoe basins.
In the Yazoo River watershed
stretching from Ripley in the
northeast corner TO Vicksburg in
the southwest corner they found a
coordinated program such as they
sought already we'll started'
In the Holly Springs National
Forest they found CCC boys max
ing reforestation. and fire and gull
ly control. a practical accomplish
ment. They found experts studying
| the effect of natural forest cover
on the hydrologic cycle and ex-
perimenting with new methods o.
road bank fixation 10 prevent gull
| lying. In other ports OF the water
shed they found agricultural lead
ers turning badly eroded crop
! lands into woodlots or pastures
terracing other crop lands, plant
ing close growing legumes to hole
the soil and rain in place. They
found small lakes and ponds fill
ing many hollows to catch ano
hold rainwater for live stock feed
| ing on the new pastures. In state
| parks and other recreation areas
| they found lakes big enough foi
multiple recreation uses-boating
| swimming. fishing. and widow
refugees.
! Moving down the watershed u
the larger tributary streams they
came upon the gigantic storage
reservoir project above the Sardis
Dam. According TO schedule. tht
outlet structures which will regu
late the flow of stored water pas
the dam into the downstream chan
mel of the Little Tallahatchie vii
be completed this month Ever,
hour of every day and night TO-
fifteen months the half-million-dol
lar "Pontotoc" dredge has beel
piling a mass of fill as big as thu
average two-story house on tn
earth wall stretching for nearl,
three miles across the Tallahatchl
valley. The Is, 900 .000-cubic-yar'
dam Is scheduled for completio'
by December of his year. The en-
tire SlA,oo0.000 project will be TN
ished by August Of next year.
But the construction job at Sai
dis, the specialists found, is only
part OF the comprehensive pre-
, gram for the Yazoo watershed all
thorized by Federal legislation. A
; though the Sardis Reservoir alon