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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-10-17
RUSSIA:
What NOu?

Russia was of great interest for
several reasons. One reason was
this: It looked as if the Washing
tonian state department would be
forced to WOO the Soviets, due to
the squabblings with Japan in the
Far East, and the Jap-German axis
agreement. This was an all-rolInd
headache for a large and influ-
entail section of the American peo-
pie, both religious and business
minded, Stain is an even bigger
rogue than Hitler, and these peo-
pie also consider that reds are
meaner than browns. This depends
entirely on how you look at it. Mean
while, Russian-G relations
were progressively getting worse,
under cover.
Then the Russians pulled fast
one-the Russians, the great foes of
child-labor and youthful exploitation.
Stain dictated compulsory technical
training for million boys, between
the ages Of IA and II. All of them
must put in four years on state
jobs, following their period of in
struction. The first call was sched-
uled for November 10, when $50, 900
were to be railroaded into the Soviet
railroad service. The IA and 49,
year-olders were to get the railway
schools, and the others, the others.
For the four-year hitch, they were
exempt from military service.
Anti-SociaI
This labor speedup was interpret
ed as an additional fear, by the So
viets, of the Jap-German deal, which
might squeeze Stain in an east-west
pincers. Critics observed that war
and social progress do not mix.
Sometimes, it is true, warfare brings
about social reform. But oftener,
war kills off social reform, as in
wages and hours, and the right to
strike. Soviet Russia, the French
Popular Front, the Spanish ditto,
and even the New Deal, when faced
with war, had become socially ham,
pered. Consider. for example, the
sad fate Of the French 40-hour week,
the most liberal thing in the entire
world, or Lenin's vanished Utopia,
or the erstwhile liberties of free"
England. Mars-the old reactiona-
ry-had finished them off, with a
grin and happy, jolly smirk.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-10-17

school. Just how hard the parents
beat the offspring, nobody seemed to
know. Two other boys, implicated
in the great eggy putsch, escaped
the corporal punishment of the luck
less trio afore mentioned.
NAZI:
Mays
German soldiers and German
farmers are reported as having a
very tough time in teaching the dull
Get Teuton tongue to draft horses,
requisitioned from France, Poland,
Belgium and the Netherlands. There
are a great many of these, ranging
from the elephantine percherons of
Belgium and northern France, to the
wiry little ponies of the fiat Polish
steppes. The huge percherons, by
the way, are the direct descendants
Of the old-time steeds Of medieval
knights. They can't gallop; they can
only trot.
German grammar, always intri-
cate, according to foreign CORE
spondents, is giving the kidnapped
horses special trouble. Dutch and
French grammar is much simpler.
MISCELLANY:
H. G. Wells came over for visit.
We had already had Bertrand, Earl
Of Russell, Sir Norman Angel, and
Sir George Paish, not to mention
Capt. Alfred Duff Cooper and Lady
Diana Manners.
None Of these gentlemen agreed
about anything. H. G., for instance,
hoped the United States would stay
out of the war. He also denounced
the religious Lord Halifax Ga semi
mystic with one arm) as ''the quint-
essence Of all that England should
be afraid Of" Lord Halifax is the
British foreign minister, and SUPER
aristocrat, while Wells is inclined to
the plebeian side, genius or no
genius.
Wells said London was betting 10
to / against German invasion in
1910. Like good many others, he
disapproved of the evacuation of
children to the New World. He was
pleased by the Chamberlain custer.
He added that Hitler was at the end
of his "tether." He described some
of the German pilots shot down
over England. as merely boy-gang-
sters, and hardly trained aviators at
ALL The Wellsian freedom of speech
was happy augur of British de-
mocracy, even under the Churchill
dictatorship.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-10-17

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.
Posing n'odestly before some
OF the 900 dozen prize eggs at
the Northeaster Poultry Pro-
ducers convention here, is the
MISS An1erica" of the foul
world. The biddy is a Rhode
Island Red who scored 9l.43
points in the Judging. Pro-
dueing $40 eggs in 81 weeks,
Miss america" topped all
corners from all sections of
the United States. She is
o,uned by E. B. Parnsenter of
Franklin, Mass.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-10-17

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of the news analyst, and not
necessarily of this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-10-17
Weekly News Analysis
German Troops March Into Runana Protect Oil Supply

ent war, and people spoke Of him as
Churchill's future successor. If Bev-
ms did actually succeed Churchill, it
would mean some sort of social rev.
olution in England, and the Tories
realize this. But Labor is getting
more and more of it's members into
the British government, Hugh Dali
ton and Herbert Morrison being two
Of the other "pink" up-and-comers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-10-17

AAAO cOAAAs 1A4VDASASA1O4N
Il former Home Secretary and Min
lister of Home Security, Sir John Sue
ceeded Neville Chamberlain as Lord
President of the Council.
rest came word that German troops
had entered Rumania. Berlin
sources confirmed this news and
readily explained the purpose of the
infiltration. They said that oil and
gasoline supplies are essential to the
Nazi war machine and that they had
heard rumors of an English plot to
sabotage these supplies.
Rumania's government, now I'M
der control of the dictator Ion An
tonescu, had earlier charged that
British oil men with interests in Ru-
mania had plotted to blow up oil
fields. There was some indication,
too, that the Nazi soldiers would be
used in training Rumanian troops
and would also assist in building
large naval and air base on the
Black sea.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-10-17
DEFENSE:
Tdnking

There was a new angle to national
defense, which evoked violent diff
ferences of opinion. The Canadian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-10

for George Washington the much
The single score does not por-
tray adequately the superiority OF
our team. 1t was only the soggy
field covered with snow, ice, slush
and mud which prevented George
Washington backs from scoring at
will upon their heavier but slower
opponents.
The Washington team arrived at
Blacksburg in the midst of heavy
snowstorm and by afternoon the
field was covered to a depth of 10
inches. Three hours of the hardest
kind of work by 200 v. P. I. fresh
men were necessary to make the
field even partially fit for play. 1t
was not until 4:45 pm. that play
actually began"
More Streamlined.
Two years later football was dis
carded again at the downtown in
stitution. Six years later, 1916, it
was part of the program once more
Then came the World War, causing
a number of colleges to suspend
athletics in 1917. George Wash
ington was one of them, but in 1920
the Colonials were back in the field
under the direction of the late
Bryan Morse, veteran Washington
newspaperman.
AS the years went by, George
Washington grid teams became
more stresmlined and more inter-
esting, although they did not ap-
proach their victory standard of
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bizarre, razzle-dazzle era which not
only was unprecedented in Wash
ington but which never is likely to
happen again. One of the most
versatile athletes of all times was
Nelson's star, medium-sized
young man with a great head OF
coal-black hair. A player today who
played as did Harry Clifton( Curly
Byrd in those days would be called,
in the parlance of sports columns, a
tramp" athlete.
Byrd played all sports at almost
all places. He fought professionally
in the prize ring. He was a pitcher
in the Pacific Coast League, eagerly
sought by the Chicago White Sox.
He played football for Georgetown,
Maryland. George Washington and
Western Maryland, at least. This
may be case without precedent.
Under Nielsen, and with Byrd as
quarterback, George Washington
defeated Western Maryland. Balti-
more Medical college, Maryland
Agricultural College, Washington
and Lee, University of Maryland
and Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
and tied Bucknell.
Decision Changed.
The University Ratchet predicted
the most successful season in Co.
lonial grid history after an 1870
win over Western Maryland in the
season opener. At first the score
was announced as five points higher,
but Referee Gass changed his de-
cision regarding a touchdown in
the first half. Thrall punted to
Western Maryland and the ball
went over the goal line. When one
of the Western Maryland men
missed the ball, Quarterback Byrd
fell on it and claimed a touchdown
This first was allowed, but later, on
a more strict Interpretation of the
rule, he changed his decision,
In game against the University
of Maryland, the Colonials scored
two points minute, winning II to
0. The Hatchetmen had little or nc
interference in their march from
one end of the field to the other
At the end of the first half the
score was so to 0. The second hall
was cut to Is minutes, and George
Washington still scored 81 points
Today the president of a vast and
still expanding University of Mary
land is H. c. Byrd, who rose to the
post after a long and brilliant
career as football coach and ath-
letic director.
Southern Championship.
The clincher to the South Allan
tic title that year was the victory
over v. P. L, reported by the school
paper as follows:
That George Washington Uni.
versity has today the finest football
team in its history was demon
strated beyond a doubt at Blacks.
burg Saturday when the powerful
team representing Virginia Poly
technic Institute was defeated by q
score of 6 to 0.
Incidentally, this game secures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-10

1908. In 1920 football relations were
opened with Catholic University,
marking a series which extended
through 1880 and provided WASH
ington with some of the most out
standing engagements of that dec
AIDE. Starting in 1921, relations
with Georgetown were resumed, but
the Hilltop was a national power
then, as now, and after the %
clash, these two rivals did not meet
for 16 years.
The traditional Thanksgiving Day
game was Catholic University and
G. W., and when the series was ter
minated the Cards had won eight
games and G. w. had taken three,
including the final battle whose 49,
to-13 score was characteristic.
Coach Crum.
The second of George Washing
tons great and picturesque teams
came in 1927. H. Watson MAUD
Crum, a Princeton graduate, be-
came head coach in 1924 Three
years later he developed his ia
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time did they lose the ball on
downs and it would be hard to say
what plays were most effective"
But that year the new G. w.
eleven was destined to sustain its
worst defeat at the hands of George
town, the Hoyas winning go to O.
The size of the two teams attracted
particular attention, as the George
town squad outweighed G. w. 80
pounds to the man. Capt. Bielaski
of G.. w. won the toss and chose
the south goal. The game was
started by Mahoney booting the ball
to Bielaski on his 10-yafd line. The
Colonial leader ran it back Is yards,
and from that point on Georgetown
took the ball and smothered the
G.. WIS.
Won Four Games.
1t was a former Georgetown and
Boston College man, Alexander I.
Rorke, who was George Washing
tons first coach in 1904 and with a
team averaging only 165 pounds and
lacking proper equipment and able
only to practice 80 minutes day,
he did what generally was de-
scribed as splendid job. Virtually
the entire squad worked full time
in Offices and practiced at night
long before the days of brilliant
lighting. Despite the George
town setback, G. w. won four, tied
two and lost two, and during the
next four years the Colonials con-
tinued to pick up an important
victory here and there. Maryland
was tied, 90, and beaten, 17-6. A
tie was gained with Virginia ano
then came a history making dead
lock with Georgetown. This is the
closest the Colonials ever came tc
beating the Blue and Gray. Last
year, in. a dramatic battle, George
town won, TO, to win the mythical
District of Columbia championship
Fred K. Nielsen, still wildly re-
called by dad, was the next George
Washington coach, taking over In
1907 and guiding his team to the
1908 South Atlantic title. Nielsen
had graduated at Nebraska, where
ha was star in his own right, ard
before coming to G. w. he hac
coached at Maryland Agricultural
College, now the University Of
Maryland.
Curly Byrd.
1t may be that G. WIS team Of
1908 was the most colorful in the
history of the school, although there
was to follow, 20 years later, 9
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Capital, the Redskins won the East
ern title and then, in 1921 thriller,
defeated the Chicago Bears for the
world championship.
With their rules, which encour-
aged high scoring. and with WASH
ington an expanding metropolis Of
out-of-towners owing no allegiance
to any local college team, the pros
found their utopia. The city went
wild over a dream" backfeld COM
posed of Riley Smith of Alabama,
Erny Pinckert of Southern Cali
fornia, Sammy Baugh of Texas
Christian and Cliff Battles of West
Virginia Wesleyan. The Redskins
presented dramatics, excellence Of
performance and touted stars from
practically every college in the
United States.
Trappings Cast Aside.
Pixlee retired in the winter Of
1893. His health was not the best,
and the Redskins were moving in
on his style OF razzle- dazzle, big
time football. William J. Remnant,
capable assistant coach and one
time World War soldier and Rose
Bowl quarterback while at Oregon,
took over the football and basket
ball teams. Another younger man.
Max harrington, became director of
athletics. Between them they
changed the policy. The red, white
and blue uniforms, the cannon
which shot periodically during the
games, the high-powered publicity
and the intersectional schedule was
junked.
Georgetown. off the slate since
1928, was returned as the feature.
Relationships were renewed with
the Hoyas in all branches of ath-
letics. Washington and Lee, first
met on the grid in 1897, was con-
tracted for three games, starting
from 1910. Budding rivalries with
Clemson, West Virginia and Buck
nell were cemented. Last remaining
vestige of G. WIS intersectional
trend was the Kansas game, due to
end the rivalry with the playing
this year.
LeemanS was greatest
George Washington. then, has en-
tered another era. The Colonials
of today are a far cry from the
homely, f1y-by night Columbian Col
lege of so years ago. BY the same
token, there is none of the Holly
wood touch that graced them during
the PlXlee regime. If anything, they
are more like Maud Crum's Iron
Men" except that now they are two
and three deep in every position.
Undoubtedly, Leemans was the
greatest player in G. WIS history.
He was great running back. a
passer and punter of more than
uusual ability and, defensively, there
never was anybody in Washingtons
collegiate annals to match him.
In three years at G. w. he gained
the remarkable total of 1882 yards
on 400 attempts-an average of 456
yards for each time he carried the
ball. AS a passer he gained 966
yards with 81 completed aerials in
81 attempts. His kicking average
was well over 40 yards, and during
his peak he had little help from
comparatively inept teammates.
George Trevor, football authority
of many years, picked an all-time,
all-star team in July 1885. 1t is
significant that Leemans, while he
had not played his last college sea-
son when the selections were made,
was first-team choice on the basis
of his performances during the first
two years.
Recent Standouts.
Trevor's first and second all-tinle
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1t must be remembered that G. w.
football did not end in 1885, when
Trevor made his selections. Two of
the strongest possibilities for such
a team have been ends-Ray Han
ken, sc, and Bob Nowaskey, 80.
Hanken went on to become major
league pro player, although he now
is coaching the Colonial freshmen,
and Nowaskey now is one of the star
wingmen of the mighty Chicago
Bears. Jay Turner, blocking back
for the Redskins for two years, was
another standout candidate.
Anyway, lot of water has passed
under the bridge since Mrs. Har-
rison was having her house-renovat-
ing difficulties and since the Colum-
bian Colleges first football team was
beating down a stubborn Kalorama
club team which was minus two
players. Football has marched
steadily forward and George WASH
ington has been in step right along.
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Trevor's first and second all-time
George Washington elevens follow:
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Curly Byrd,

1t may be that G. WIS team of
1908 was the most colorful in the
history of the school, although there
was to follow, 20 years later, a
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-01
AAA Expenditures
Total Near
Billion Dollars
Mississippi Gets 33
Million Dollars;
x Heads List

Washington-The Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration reported to-
day that it's expenditures, including
subsidies paid farmers under crop
control programs, totaled $9O8, 468, S72
during the fiscal year ended June
80.
Administrative expenses, exclusive
of local farmer committees, were $751;
005, 846.
The bulk of the expenditures went
to farmers in the form of price ad-
justment and soil conservation pay.
ments. Texas led all states with a
ments and expenses totaling $99,440,-
4S8. Iowa was second with $61, 464, 1853
and Illinois third with $40, 844 ,O46.
Expenditures by states for the las
fiscal year included:
Alabama $26,611, 976; Arkansas SGT,
956, 729; Florida $4,792,2O7; Georgia
$24, 925, $50; Louisiana S24,161,47S; Mis-.
sissippi $33,o50,352; Tennessee SIS,
473,103.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-01
Soil Conservation
Sets 1.44 Rate
FOR 1910
Parity Payments Are
Unuffee ted; Tours
Made In Holmes

The Soil Conservation Administra-
ton announced sometime ago that
the rate of pay to cooperating farmers
in 1910 would be 1.6 cents per pound
of the normal cotton yield for the
farm. This rate of pay has now been
reduced to LA cents. 1t has become
necessary to make this reduction so
that the money appropriated for this
payment would be sufficient to pay
all cooperating farmers.
Parity Payments which are made
under a separate appropriation are
not affected by this change. The Pari-
ty Payment is set up at 1.55 cents
per pound of the normal yield on
each acre of the 1910 cotton acreage
allotment.
An educational program has been
under way since July l under the
leadership of Mr.. A. p. Carroll and
Mr.. r. j. Ross in the Holmes County
Soil Conservation District and I. w.
Carson, County Agent.
Meetings and tours have been held
in most of the communities of the
county in an effort to acquaint the
and owners with the benefits they
may derive from the Soil Conservation
Service.
Farmers in various parts of the
county who have met with require
ments are now making application
for agreements After the application
for agreement is made, a soils man
will visit the l.arm in question, tx
anime the soil, classifying it into as
many as five classes, and will fur
nish the owner with a map showing
the different classes of soils on his
farm.
The following land owners have be-
come sufficiently acquainted with the
program to make application for
agreement: ". j. Waits, Lewis Eli
son. Ebenezer; Stewart Terry. Otto
Wallace, Clifford Spencer, James
Harthcock, Goxburg; J.. T. Buck,
Clarence Minyard, Joe Braddock, j. D.
Parrish, C. l.. Downer, Acona; H. P.
Watson, Lexington; L. w. Parker,
J. T.. Thomas, Jr., Cruger.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-01
Holmes Countiun
Presides Over Meet

Stoneville, Miss, July 80. - Delta
Council Labor Committee met here
today to decide on a course of policy
to pursue in a presentation before
the Congressional hearing on migra-
tory labor to be held in Montgomery,
Alabama, August 10. Tol Thomas OF
Cruger, Holmes County, Agricultural
Committee chairman, presided over
the session which was attended by 10
leading citizens of the Mississippi and
Arkansas Deltas.
The committee elected to accept
the invitation of the Congressional
Committee to present data relative to
the Mississippi Valley migratory pro-
blem. In attendance were representa-
tive from State College, Mississippi,
DR.. Clarence Dorman, director of Elk
pertinent Stations, DR.. Frank Welsh
and Mr.. Fl. B. Vanderford.
Oscar Johnston. president of the
National Cotton Council and Delta
Council director from Scott, who will
represent the former organization at
the hearings spoke for a few moments
in the informal meeting.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-01
LocoI Gaurdsmen Go
To Comp Sunday

Battery B Of the Hath Field Ar
tillery, Holmes ~county's unit of the
Mississippi National Guard, compris-
ed of eighty-one enlisted men and
four officers will leave Sunday morn
ing at two o'clock for three weeks en-
campment.
Captain T. E. Nelson and Lieu
tenants l.. r. Thompson and George
Povall and Van L. Lawshe head the
men who will go to Camp Shelby near
Hattiesburg for three days before
proceeding to Louisiana and Texas in
the Sabine river area to take part in
third army maneuvers.
The Third Army is composed OIL
National Guard units from Ari-
zona to North Carolina and all OF
the regular army troops in the area.
Over 10000 troops will take part in
these maneuvers, the largest in peace
time ever held.
Mail to the guardsmen should be
directed in care of Battery B, Hath
Field Artillery, Army Postoffice 81
Alexandria,, La.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-01
Ebenezer Negro Is
OF Murder
Duront Negro Found
Dead Sunday; Auto
Accident Verdict

Robert Clark, colored arrested for
murder, was released today in a pre-
liminary hearing in Justice of the
Peace Court at Pickens before Judge
Arnold. He was represented by L. T.
Nelson, Lexington attorney.
Clark was charged with the muir.
der OF Sammie Horton, another negro,
some time ago. Both of them lived in
Ebenezer cmmunity. Clark claimed
that Horton had been molesting his
daughter and one night when Horton
tried to enter his home he shot him
through the head, blowing off part
of is head. He then proceeded to bury
the head and remove evidence of the
killing. The body vas taken off to
the swamp and buried. A short while
ago the body vas found causing an
official investigation,