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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-08-16
BOARD NOTICE

Presidents who will attend the boarc
at Magee, Mississippi on Wednesday
September 18th, will come to Magee
on Highway 40 directly from Gulfport
to Jackson, Mississippi. When you get
to the little town of Magee, the church
where the board will be held is just
across the railroad about 200 yards.
The meeting will be held at the Baptist
Church.
w. ]. Rankin, President
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$s.w Cash PRIZE

We want to award $500 cash prizes in
each board for the four best records
from the convention to the last meeting
held in September before the Boards.
In other words, the prizes awarded FOR
the best records will not go beyond
the Convention. Your record will only
be examined for August and Sept
The first prize will be SIPS
Second prize S100
Third prize 5 so
Fourth prize S 25
We had some of the best kept records
in the Convention imaginable. We have
some other presidents and secretaries
who mean for their records to come
up and take first place.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO III. B. A.
MEMBERS

All H. B. A. members who failed to
pay their Convention assessment in the
amount of Coo are urged to see to it
that this money is paid before the
September Boards begin. Otherwise it
will cost $125 to renew. The Constitu-
ton as revised in the Convention stated
that all members wishing to renew
must pay SIPS to the office renewal
fee
Send in your Convention assessment
through your local president at once.
Rev. E. F. Young, President
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-08-16

Z. /. M The boy l was with Saturday
asked me to marry him. Does he?
Ans: On Saturday night last he would
have married you-but since he is
away from you and managed to breathe
regularly again, he isn't so fond of
the idea. You can't believe what they
say under the moonlight make
promises and never even know they
are saying anything. You will marry
but not this summere.
V. L NJ Should l sell my furniture
and make the change l have in mind?
Ans: No. Wait for few months.
You are going to have a complete
change of mind.
j. R c. We don't get along worth a
row of pins. She argues about every
thing. l just hush talking or 1 would
get in trouble. Give me your honest
to goodness opinion as to what l should
do?
Ans: The whole trouble seems to be
her MOODY SPE.- LIS. When these CON e
on her, she is sour on the world and
would argue the paint off sign board
My friend, if you wish to get along
with her-you must keep her in gooc
humor at all times. Never allow
yourself to argue with her.
v. X. c. For the past month l had
trouble with my boy friend He says
he loves me and my sitrer says he loves
her. Tell me if should still continue
with him?
Ans: If he has no more sense than 10
try going with both you a n d your
sister-then stop associating with him
Step out and let them go together. 1t
is indicated to me that higher type
young man will enter your life who
will make you happy bride.
L. S. Have got the herat trouble. Do
have-to worry about it.
Ans: 1t is far better that you don't
even allow the subject to cross your
mind. The less you worry your ply
steal condition the sooner you will
show marked change for the better.
L. V. H Will you please tell me the
best way to make II year old girl stay
at home sometime? Why doesn't she
have boy friend to come to see her?
Ana You can't control a girl of her
ege by force, you must appeal to her
o9eter judgment and sympathy She's
dway from home SO darn much that
her friends see her elsewhere. Give
more spending money and buy her
few more clothes if she promises 10
stay around home. You can bride her
but you can't drive her.
E M. s. Why does my husband run
around so much. l sit around at h me
night after night and l am just about
to my end. If he don't make a change
then l will Should leave town?
Ans; No, you shouldn't leave the city,
but you should come to an understand
ing about the way he's acting. If he
doesn't stop his running around put
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.EE "'''''
Sept. Board
Notice

This comes to inform you that the
Board collection for September viii he
SIPS per member.
The Boards will meet as fofiewE
Thursday, September S, Whynot at
HolbrooR lodge, B. w. Willis, President.
Friday, September 6. Shubuta, Allen
Woodland, President.
Tuesday, September 10, Cliftonville,
| Claud Gavin, President
] Wednesday, September II, Magee, W.
J. Rankin, President
| Thursday, September IL, Virgins, L. B.
! Marshall, President.
SEPTEMBER BOARD COLLECTIONS
The Presidents of the H. B. A. of the
state of Mississippi are requested to
collect SIPS Death Claims, Quarterly
Dues etc, and report same in the
September Boards.
Presidents are urged to make full
collection from all members.
LETS PAY $4,000
Lets pay $4,000 Death Gains in Sept.
presidents. 1t has been long time
since we have paid $4,000 If your
collections are as good in September
as they were in the Convention, the
office is of the opinion that we will
pay as much as $4,000, provided, how
ey or, we are not flooded in the next
few days with deaths.
H. B. A. RECORDS
All presidents attending the Boards in
September are requested to bring
their H. B. A. records. Your records
will be examined for your local lodgs
meetings after the Convention.
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Americas youngest band leader" stole
the show as Indiana Day" was cele-
brated at the American Negro Exposi-
ton in the Chicago Coliseum last
Monday. The orchestra was the Alex
snder S. Williams Family band COM
posed ofchildren of Alexander s
Williams, Gary. Ind merchant The
entire band, with father, is shown in
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-08-16
SCO0BA, MISS,
News

SCOOBA, Miss To whom this NAV
Concern: This is to let the public know
that HBA lodge No. 1858 will have ifs
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Not-YouR QUESTION FREE THIS COLUMN For
c for HISTOLOGY READING LUCKY
mail confidential letter OF Free Adpee na
Ing 90 Questions privately full address, and bthdat to
stamped repiy
Send WALLACE O. BOX H. ATLANTA GEoK0iA
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Mrs. S. E. Brock. President No. q
Edward Boles NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. :
Mrs. Luella Bently ............... :
Claud Gavins /
Mrs. Mary McShepard ............. :.
A. y. Saodifer observation-disclosures.
W. NJ Roykins .................
j. Il. @ocre ..'...''.s.. ....f..'.... &
Rev. NJ Thomas ..
Sam Jasper ....................... %
Mrs. Mary Collins Observation-Disclosures.
F. S. Posey Observation-Disclosures. y
r. V. P0pe Observation-Disclosures. 2
Sam Flowers observation-disclosures.
J W. Pigford Observation-Disclosures. Il
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Not In Good
Standing

ARE NOT IN GOOD STANDING WITH
H. B. A. FOR FAILING Io LAKE
QUARTERLY REPORTS:
No. us, John Blevins, president, Butler
Georgia. This lodge became un1inancia
No. 343, Sam Buckley, president New
Hebron, Miss. This lodge became IN
financial in December 1889.
No. 345, Henderson Franklin, Crosby
Miss, This lodge became unfinancial IL
December 1885,
No. $50, J, W. Prince, president, Shuqr
ajax in July 1910.
No. 3S7, Pinlsie Lee. Lambert. Thi
lodge became unfianncial in June 1910
No. $50, Jim Collins, Laurel. This lodg'
became unfinancial in June 1910.
No. 432, Mrs. Anna Gavin, Moss. Thi
lodge became unfinancial in July 1910.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
NAILS SQUEEZE
ALLIED ARMIES
100000 Allied Troops in
Northern France Still in
Grave Danger
BY JOSEPH w. GRIGG, JR.
United Press staff Correspondent


Berlin, May 22--(UP)-The high
command said today that German
troops were slowly squeezing Allied
armies trapped in northern France
and Belgium by driving northward
from the river Somme, but that
fierce resistance had been encoun-
tered on the historic World war
battlefields of Flanders,
Germans predicted that the Ger
man through to the channel
soon would destroy Allied armies OF
perhaps 100000 men in the north,
but the high command communicate
issued at Adolf Hitlers headquar-
tiers in the field indicated that a des-
perate and perhaps long struggle
was ahead for control Of the channel
ports from which an attack could
be launched on England.
Progress Claimed
The communique claimed progress
however, including:
|. An advance northward along
coastal railroads from Abbeville, at
the mouth of the river Somme,
against Montreuil, 20 miles away and
half way to Boulogne.
2. A similar northward thrust
from the Somme at Amiens toward
st. Pol, on a line parallel with the
Abbeville- Montreuil drive.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
,OL. LINBERCH
BITTERLY SCORED

Boston, May % - CUP - Col.
harles A. Lindbergh "rationalizes
nd by indirection defends the Nazis
nd Nazi tyranny" according to the
ey. Leon M. Birkhead OF New
ork. national director OF the
lends OF democracy.
Lindbergh's words should fall
oon deaf ears In America" until
! publicly hands back the medal
ven him by Nazi Field Marshal
ermann Goering, Rev. Birkhead
i'd the annual Public Service OF
le Unitarian Fellowship for Social
istice last night.
"The Lindburgh speech Sunday
ght might just as well have been
ritten by Joseph Gosbbels," he
Id. :.
Rev. Birkhead described Adolf
itler as an "insane genius - the
aster propaganda Of all time
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
Picked FrenchShockT Troops Storm,
Retake Arras In Wild Somme Battle
Thew Have Cut Communications of Germans in Abbe-
vile Area on English Channel-Britsh Troops
Hit Nazi Flank at Same Time
by NJ. =. HANDLER
uJrited Press STAFF Correspondent

Paris, May 22--(UP) Picked
French shock troops, thrown into
the wild battle Of the Somme, have
stormcd and retaken Arras and
terrifying the south bank OF the
river have cut COMMUNICATIONS OF
the Germans In the Abbeville area
on the English Channel, France as
serted today.
Gen. Maxine Weygand, new AL
lied commander chief, sent his
men into the ruined, smouldering
city after a dramatic airplane flight
over the German lines yesterday
and a quick dash to Paris.
AS he gave his battle order. Brit
ish troops, timing their drive with
the attack on Arras, smashed INTO
the German flank near Cambria, IN
the sector to the southeast.
Premier Paul Reynaud, in a brief
unexpected radio speech TO the
French nation, said:
II have just seen General Wey.
gand The generalissimo told
me: L am full Of confidence II
everyone does his duty with fierce
energy
'The civil population must not
allow itself to be frightened by Ger
man motorized raids They are
paying heavily for their audacity.
If we hold one month--and
we shall iold for the time neces-
sary-we shall have travelled three
fourths of the road to victory.
Civilians Must Work
Reynaud said that the civil pop
ulation must remain at work, that
any reduction In production weak
ened France. and that he had given
orders TO this effect to military as
we'll as civil authorities.
Moiblizing all It's strength, France
today permitted women between the
ages OF 81 and SIS years to join the
army for work with the general
staff. army corps staffs, and In the
artillery, engineer. supply and med
ical services. as special "womenS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
REPUBLICANS DO
NOT LIKE M'HUCH
Protest Made That He Has
Endorsed Democrat Con.
gresham J. J. Smith

The endorsement given Congress-
man j. Joseph Smith for reelec.
ton by John McHugh, chairman OF
the executive committee OF the
executive committee OF the Young
Mems Republican club, had violent
repercussions In Republican circles
today. Demand was made that Mr..
McHugh, who Is q letter TO The
Democrat yesterday urged that the
Democratic congressman be given
support by Republican voters, be
ousted or forced TO resign from his
Office In the club.
Harold Hadley, president OF the
Young Mems Republican club, Is
sued a statement today asserting
that Mr.. McHugh had spoken yes
terday as an Individual, not as a
member or officer Of the club. He
declared that the Young Republican
organization had nothing to do with
Mr.. McHugh's support Of Demo-
cratic candidate, anG would not be
bound in any way by anything that
Mr.. McHugh did. Mr.. Hadley said
that he had rejected demands made
on him last night and today that
Mr.. McHugh be removed from Of
flee.
Own Personal Opinion
mfr. McHugh was expressing his
own personal opinion" said Mr..
Hadley in his statement. HE spoke
for himself, not for the Young
Mems Republican club or anyone
else. The endorsement given Con-
gresham Smith was by Mr.. McHugh
as an individual, not as an Officer
or member Of the club"
mfr. McIiugh has no authority as
chairman OF the executive commit
tee to commit the club to sl1y pol
Icy of any stand. 1t is unfortunate
that many people have confused Mr..
McIiugh's personal opinion with an
official statement by the club"
II feel. however" said President
Hadley, that Mr.. McHugh has
right TO his own beliefs and the ex-
preston OF them. Undoubtedly he
is sincere in what he says. but /
must empnasise again that he
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
Watertown Increased
Population By Census
ians $50 in lO.Year Period By Figures Just Re-
leased Barkfamsted, Bridgewater Also Show
More People in Those Towns

First 1870 census figures for the
Waterbury area today revealed
population gains In Watertown,
Bridgewater and Barkhamsted. The
figures were issued by W. Harry
Byrnes, census supervisor for the
fifth congressional district, who
said that the population os Water
bury and other communities In this
section will be announced as soon as
the final figures are available.
WATERFOWL has a population OF
8,748, the census figures revealed.
This compares with a population OF
8,l92 In 1880. The gain In the 10
year period Is $50, or 9 2-3 per cent.
Barkhamsted's population total is
100. This compares with 697 IN 1880,
and means O gain Of % persons or
about 3 10 per cent.
Bridgewater figure Is 531. This
compares with population OF 432
In 1880, and represents a gain OF 99
persons or about % per cent.
First Three Towns
The three towns are the first
in the fifth district In which final
figures were reached. Most OF the
other towns have been virtually
completed, there remaining only
some additional check-up work to
insure completeness and accuracy.
The figures given out by MI
Byrnes today are listed officially as
preliminary" but they are the ones
forwarded to Washington and for al
practical purposes are virtually
final. Minor corrections may be
made, but few are expected.
The federal census began in this
area April 2 under Mr.. Brynes' d.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
GREAT BRITAIN
TAKES EVERYTHING
Musters Entire Resources,
Men, Industries, Treas.
ury Under Govt.
BY SYDNEY J. WILLIAMS

London, May 22.--(UP)-Great
Britain mustered Its entire re-
sources OF men, industries and treas
ure under dictatorial powers today
to meet the grave peril in which
the nation stands"
The government presented 10
parliament for immediate passage
q far-reacEing bill giving It's full
dictatorial control over all men ana
material resources Of the country 10
meet the German threat.
The measure provides:
/. Full government control over
all industry and commerce with
absolute powers to dictate produc-
ton, close down factories or even
destroy property where and II
necessary.
2. A 100 per cent tax on excess
profits.
8. Complete powers to draft labor,
diverting 1t and employing 1T as
necessary for the national defense.
4. Control over national banking
facilities.
S. All persons and all property in
the British Isles TO be at the full
service and direction OF the govern
ment.
This drastic action. Major Gle
ment Attlee, member of Winston
Churchill'S inner war cabinet tod
Commons Is necessary 10 throw the
entire power Of Great Britain be-
hind the war effort and TO meet tlie
grave peril in which the nation
stands today"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
JUDGE ORICEN
SEYMOUR DIES
Common Pleas Court Jus.
tice Of Litchfield County
. Dies This Morning
Especial 10 The Democracy

Litchfield, May 22.-Judgo origen
8. Seymour, 90, common pleas court
magistrate for Litchfield county
since March 10. 1895, and chairman
OF the local board OF education, died
NJ 4 o'clock this morning In the
Charlotte Hungerford hospital III
Torrington where he had been con-
fined for q week with blood pois-
oning.
The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon nj 2 o'clock with Rev,
Anthony Kelley, rector OF ~. MI
chael's Episcopai church, officiat-
Ing. Burial will be IN Litchfleld.
The funeral will take place from
his home Oh South street.
The deceased was tho son OF Nor.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22

$ee 100000 drug firm In charge OF
accoanting who was convicted by O
Federal court jury last Saturday.
The charges ranged from violation
oi the Federal Securities and Ex.
change Act through mall fraud and
conspiracy, all In connection with O
Sal 100000 initiation OF McKesson
and Robbins assets which Musica,
posing as the respectable IF. Don
I'D Coster", president Of the COM
oany, engineered through bogus
subsidiaries for purposes OF fraud.
IN passing sentences Judge Mos
,owllg commended the government
Tor undertaking. the prosecutions and
congress for ehacting the Securities
md Exchange Act.
Mc0Ioon Reference
In sentencing the former vice.
president, John II. Mc0loon OF Fair
ield, Conn.,, found guilty OF o sec
md violation last Saturday, Mosco.
,.va said he believed the fury would
AVE been justified In finding Nc
1loon guilty on all counts OF the
Indictment. Mcdloon's co-defend.
,nts who were acquitted were
Horace D. Merwin OF Bridgeport,
jonn and Rowley w. Phillips OF
i Waterbury, Conn, bankers and
ormer directors OF Mckesson and
Robbins.
MoscowitS sentenced Mc0loon TO
me year and one day In prison and
lned him 5000. Although he did
lFas,iinnAd ~, Dare Al
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
Judge Moscowitz
In Comment On
.McGloon Verdict
Said Jury Would Have Been Justified in Finding Him
Guilty on All Counts-Sentences OF All
Run From to Years

New York. May %. - (UP) - Federal Judge Grover
Moscowz today sentenced seven former associates OF
the late Philip Musca exconvct swnder who engineered
gigantic fraud against the McKesson and Robbins Drug
Company TO prison terms ranging from one TO three years
law and one associate OF Musicals criminal past all OF whom
pleaded guilty and O former vce.presdent OF the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
THE WORLD WAR
Is YEARS AGO,
MAY %, 1915

Great Battle Of The San be-
tween Russian and German
armies In Galicla entered seventh
day.
German offensive at Festubert
On Western Front continued.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22

We feature daily and Sundays Fresh
Hot Rolls. Open Sundays = y. m. 10 ii
p. N. 6chneider's, s. =. Main. St-Adg
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, May 22-(UP)--Gov-
eminent expenses and receipts lot
the current fiscal year through may
goth, compared with year ago;
SIS, 4Oi ,266,19y,O7 $S,O74, SO6,664lb
Receipts
s5.oss. s5i. 1862 $i,97O,S49.ios'bs
Gross Deficit
&3,341,4l4,4O3.35 $3,103, 957, 5000
1890. s70. S0s.sb ss.067. 075.bsO.bs
Cash Balance
s2,o4s.sss,3l5.s0 ss.oos,lo b.sae.ss
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22

Special term opens July I. High
school iuniors and seniors. Post Jun
ior College, "a Central Aves-Adys
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22

ed Cross shoes, in smart summer
yIes, are now on display at 1. Solo
o., lO6 Grand st. $3.50 pr.-Adv.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-22

Rain for Tonight;
EARLY Thursday
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Pull Weather Report on Page
Evening star., 1940-09-01
By Harold Hefernan.

HOLLYWOOD.
Attention men! Better call in
the old clothes man and see what
kind of a deal you can make.
Dust out those wardrobe racks
Prepare yourselves (and your loved
ones) for some startling sartorial
changes in the immediate future!
Who says so? None other than
Giles Steele, designer of mems
wardrobe at the big M-G-M Studio
in Culver City. You don't believe
him? Well, Clark Gable, Robert
Montgomery, William Powell, Nell
son Eddy and Walter Pidgeon do
They're only a few of the spick and
span male stars of that studio who
put a lot of stock in every word
Steele has to say about mems fash
ions.
Color and No Collars.
ANY one could see these big
changes in mems get-up coming for
a long time" said Steele, but the
war in Europe will hurry it along.
The last war caused some changes
in mems attire, but only a few of
them lasted. However, the desire
and the impetus were there-and
when it gets under way this time it
will broaden out and prove lasting"
Most radical changes in the make
Evening star., 1940-09-01
By Their Trade>MarksT They're Well Known
Individual Characteristics of the Cinema Stars Become
The Distinctions by Which Fans Recognize Them

Daughters" He went right on from
there. George Raft Tipping a coin
in "Scarface" years ago is remem-
bered by every audience attending
his newest picture, They Drive by
Night" He doesn't flip a coin in
that one-but he looks as though
he might.
Remember Humphrey Bogart'S
haircut in THE Petrified Forest?
1t became his trademark. He had
to work hard to change it, but it
eliminated him from the Western
roles he had played in an earlier
Hollywood career. A fair share of
the NOVEL, going public is familiar by
now with every bump on Bogart's
head. They'll be able to read them
again in High Sierra"
Gary Rolls His Own.
Then there is Eddie Albert's un-
combed crest of hair. It can hardly
be mistaken, no matter what part
he plays. George Brent's steady,
dependable look has brought him
leading roles opposite almost every
important woman star in pictures,
the latest of whom is Ann Sheridan
in Honeymoon for Three" That
look is his trademark just as saloon
busting belongs to Alan Hale since
his first successful assault upon one.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

He may repeat, it is rumored, in
Flynn's next, Santa Fe Trail"
Gary Cooper can roll a cigarette
in deliberate fashion that cannot
be duplicated by any other actor.
One would recognize that manner
ism if he saw it in Central Africa.
Whether or not Director Frank
Capra has him rolling cigarettes in
Meet John Doe" is not yet known,
but it would seem like a good idea.
Then there is Edward G.. Robinson's
black cigar which, off screen or on,
is pretty accurate evidence that it
is Little Caesar" playing "A Dis
patch From Reuters" Frank Nc
Hugh's cackling laugh, like Joe E.
Browns big mouth, can't be mis-
taken. Vera Lewis, the gate-swing-
er in -Four Daughters" and -Four
Wives" will swing again, no doubt,
in the forthcoming -Four Months" I"
And last, but certainly not least.
there is Ann Sheridan's "oomph." !"
That seems to be all there is to say
about it. It's just "oomph." 1t has
been important enough to shoot her
skyward to quick and profitable
stardom. The word has been bor-
rowed for gasoline ads, candy boxes
and lingerie, but it belongs, in fact,
to Ann. 1t is her trademark.