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UNITED STATES o. AMERICA
SOUTHERN DISTRICT %
MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHERN DIVISION
civfi. ACTION Nj 1ls
TIE PRESIDENT 0f a1fK
UNITED STATES OF AMKn
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TO:
The following pefkous. firms
and corporations uha are non
residents q ire State II Msasse
sippi whose addresses are here
matter gwen
Leonard Blumef s. DlenWwsd
Mobile. Alabams
Alan Wapae. NeW YORK
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post office and street aadfess arr
unknown
Otto Kari WleunbufH
and the enkn94n speaess. sllen-
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law and legal representatives 81
the above named persons. and
my o. ali persons firms II epf
pofailons having p claiming cry
interest Whatsoever ii TIE lands
described hefeaa
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before tfae United States District
Court fox rs Southern D4xlacaa
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sissippi IL TIE City q Biloxi or
she third Monday r. February.
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20 scf - paff tEFae credit and
character reporter Is Ra2agaa
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caeUula End Hasz F9zal pIe.IasHs
regular customer. MzHh
FAMOUS WATKINS PRODUCT
Eamsua nsa SO - bear
Car ~ e1nEzeaes - HsHHaafs
Write ne Hszkzm .aauans
T0.7s " io4a. Memphis. Team
1914 ztp
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LOST Biiifela containing slip 81
application foF 2 res uEes ktTr
6aoxi6 valuable papers Reward
II found piesse return e. l. =
Barber. knebs Lane q ghFentcle
Star office 1913 TO
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Miscellaneous
Services

O8IWAGG8
ALL KINDS II office supplies
and equipment RAY - found ~
the Advefslsef office On
cARpENTERING For ah ear.
pcnter WuiK wrIfe { l. Hudson
P. o Box 10. PaeeeKoula. Miss
1a.z1 4tp
PLUMBING-Gas fitting ~ -.
perienced men. Job. large or
small. address Coed Mechanics.
p o Box Ne a8. paseaFoula.
Phone So t.is g
BIRD ROOFING NJ 81 kinds az
piled and repaired. estimates
free. No cash required. small
monthly payments arranged Sex
j. r Chapman at call COZ and
leave message $50 &C
For Rent
FOR RENT-Rcome ulih 81 with.
out housekeeping equipment
Kenneth st.. east Of fairgrounds.
c. A. Victor. 1922 2tp
FOR RENT-compIete household
furnishings for three roolts Tein-
phone aSo-W. 70a Z Lincoln
FOR RENT-Roomk fof light
housekeeping East d far grounds
on Kenneth 81. { A Victor.
1913 zsp
FOR REgT-one Furnished apt
Tor rent Telephane 81. lo-2a tip
SPECIAL kOTIcE-u yoa wanl
FOR RENT-Room and board.
$40 . week Mr. Z. Galllotte.
Coulter. Miss Is.D lip
FOR REKT-Fufnlsbed apart
mentS couples only 40 Front
s. 1913 ITO
FOR RENT-Eve foem house
Helena, big barn. garden, 100
acres. good water Only SO per
month Only IS minutes e town
Write c = Scott IS Bafonne
81. New Orleans II L. 1919 ztp
FOR RENT-Foar.fooau furnish
ed house Gaa an lights Apply
Mrs Ethel johnson. kHeoh. bliss
i0-z9 ltp
LOST-Zipper eoln purse b.
tween Standard Oh Station ard
Bus Depot. containing two so
bills, one $ phi and tWo 81 bulls
Finder please return ard neefse
reward Mrs. K. G Nelrh. zis
.aih s. 1919 ZIP
FOR REST-WIu hsee available
nice s-room uafaHaszhsd opt fof
couple only absal E0e 80
n. q n.. "a #a ffN
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FQK SALETwa s e Can
he scsn * Tea 1tth e en-
FOR SALE ~ par Ala strs
one par - ID uMe ~ ~ g.
long arr hfellef bastsgx sM &M
hsby chak ard - text s-lnch
piee ffxaAaaahsek A hhmasNn
tan GNutsef. Mss aestt 2ip
FOR SAI.E-ReadsnE piantA Poi
plants. Neilfx o4nAusentsi Naf-
aery "a "a Wilcax frup WEIGH
81. phone 5s7l lis tfp.
coME TO Tux ADVERTISER
OFFICE 80 youf Swivpsex @t4t.
ing sets. office desks. ch&ifs and
typewriter tables Or
FOR SAIE-las7 Moael Ford
al tires good xz1 cash & O
Tootle. River road. Moss Point
iosl 40
THE ADVERTISER OFFICE IS
she place t. 60 fof yesar CHRIST.
MAS CARD orders On
FOR sALE-so q IS high strain
White Legforn hers. 10 months
old q II Jones. T. Llnrpln ard
Park. one block off pascagouia
street t0-I 1tp
FOR SALE-one wagon. 5 work
horses. ? pennies. good ioF chill.
drcn. , milk COWS. one neW SD
die. 2 used sadolea 5 pigs Mil
ton Clark. Kreole. Miss 1914 7sp
FOR SALE One horse. wiIl
work and ride anywhere $500
Phone l0e4-R, Piggy Gardner
10-22 ZIP
FOR SALE-Flsh and shrimp
boat. in good condition See ] y
Day, 1880 18th 81 1923 2tp
FOR SALE-Walnut bed spring.
~innerspring mattress IN excellent
condition. Complete for SIS 100
z Lincoln avenue. 10 - ltp
FOR SALE-Ons zl-fI cabin
boat. Model A engine. Marine
clutch. fully equipped One Mo
iorois radio. fits II Ford. good
condition. SIS Il. - 2tn
FOR SALE Household goods.
used one season. hot water heat
er Gcoall. for large family. 100 f.
poultry netting. h ? feet iron
fireplace basket SO f. garden
hose. also baby bed. nursery
chair in good condition 1880 Ad-
mirai Schiey 1913 tip
FOR sALE-Red Rock Maple
bedroom suite. Sealey inner
springs mattress and springs
Sealey living room suite with
springs maple tables. porch
chairs, Rock Maple dinette suite
with red leather bottom chairs.
electric waffle iron. ~toaster. sil-
yer percolstoF. sterling silver SET
eight-day clock. Phileo radio. 2
pairs feather and down pillows
Ford sedan car. excellent concl
ton one set Alexander Hamilton
accounting books. sis Ninth ST.
PascaRoula. Miss. 1929 tip
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FOR RENT-Wm hsse available
nice s-room uafafnszasa apt ~
couple oniy about koe 8 $50
Pine ST. Phone 50 1913 iip
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JOSr-Gfay overcast Horton 4
Maeieson label SO inward Cor
return 10 OieandeF Cafe 1873 isc
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ALL KINDS Il Office supplies
and equipment RAY ~ found ~
the Advertisef offiee On
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For Sole

tfker Office. DelulsS ave hAf an
COME 10 The Advertiser Pub
Usher Co. Delmax avense for
your Office supplies You eail
find 4 supply Of fountain pens.
pencils and ink g-i7 oh
GET your index cards and files
from the Advertiser PUBLISHING
Co. DelFnas Ave SIT Oh
STAPLERS and staples for sale
81 the Advertiser Publishing Co
a-i7 oh
FOR SALE-Six-roam dwelling.
4ia Lincoln avenue. on cerner,
zoned for dwelling or commercial
One block from shtpyard gate. \
extra lot included. Priced right
See Z II. Bacot OF call Sc.
s-z7 &C
FOR SALE-Pedigreed Cocker
Spaniel puppies. 2 champions in
three generations. us s pssca-
gouis. 1913 oh
FOR SALE VERY choice Hol-
stein. Guernsey and Ayrshire hei-
ferk SIS each and up. Shipped
COD If desired. Bail free with
FIVE heifers Homestead Farms,
McGrsw, N Y l0-l Ste
PERMANENT WAVE. Sec Do
your own Permanent with
Charm-Kurl Kit Complies equip
ment including 20 curriers' and
shampoo. Easy TO do. absolutely
harmless Praised by the thou
sands including Fay Mckenzie.
aiamor0us movie sta. Money re-
funded il not satisfied Peoples
n4uR Store. s-T iotp
CONE to the Advertiser Office
for your Christmas Card orders.
Oh
F6R SALE-cols with mattress.
e. Apply 507 W. Howard street.
Biloxi. Miss. Phone 1888.
1912 2tc
FOR SALE-is40 4-door Ply
mouth, : new tires. Day phone
1911, night phone 266I 1922 ZIP
FOR SALE-A farm bargain.
9Bn acres good land, fenced and
cross fenced Nice s-foom house.
bath running water. shades.
shrubbefy. flowers. big barn.
three laying houses, one brooder
house. $50 large white leghorn
hens, 81 Stewart and Success pc.
can trees. Estimated pecan crop
$500. Ia acres sweet potatoes.
mule. COW and heifer, SIX sheer,
ell farm tools. Priced 70 sell
Grand Bay and Bayou Id Batre.
Ala, road D. v Smith
l0-zz ztp
FOR SALE-Manss rev leather
coat. size 20. and 50 Base Hohner
Accordion. n perfect condition
Clos. Esstiswn Apis 1913 itp
FOR SALE-ls4i Tudor chevro-
let. radio E Crane. Telephone
2D4. Z Moss Point. Miss 1919 tip
FOR SALE 3 Pat Clarinet.
practically new. p Pat Trumpet
Ampliiier set Can D. seen ~
1908 18th ST.. on cal 6zs 81
FOR SALE-one large baby bug
q priced so. Telephone zeT-W
4ls Polk 81 ie-2s-itp
FOR sALE-s7 sefe farm wIth
house 26x46. Is story. Has barn.
chicken house pecan orchard
Small down payment with terms
arranged On balance monthly
Joe Msh0cek. r. Z Grand Bax
Ala JOB ST.
FOR SALE-Eght-noom house
lots and farm land / z Evans
SIS Williams s. Telephone SO 4
l0-z8 SIP
FOR SALE-ls4l Fond o. DE-
Soto. RO0d uTea radio II La
fsyeite s. Back af Stag Hotel
Phone sss-J ie-9 a.
FOR SALE@cnIds 30 ii good
e0ncih0n Priced IS Apt O.
f03. Essilawn IaI itp
FOR SALE-Bef8 Ut Never
been woln Size - husky c
~ Ates 80 Convent akeHA
FOR SAL[IazH Tudor Ply
mouth. good trss = bargain ~
Lafayeiis s. haeE - Stag Hoz
srL Phone sszI 1913 81
PoR sALE-H msszsI bIzeE FaFd
coupe Z So aHa SEE msHH
Nay HaaHa IIaz ~ -
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CARpENTERiNG Fof 81 car
pcnter work vrite { i Hudson
?. o Box 10. Pssesaoula. Miss
to-zz ttp
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FOR SALE TMa stsw ee1k Can
b. sesn = itzz lsth s. - e en-
Evening star., 1943-02-21
slDEllNEs

PROXY. We've just heard about the.
Young lady who received letter - ad-
dressed in a familiar, well-loved hand
writing - from a distant, overseas Army
post. Eagerly, she tore open the envelope.
There was no letter inside. though -
only small piece of paper which said:
"Your boy friend still loves you, but
he talks too much. - Censor"
SHOCK. Our cartoonists are constantly
surprising us. We're used to the one who
wears bedroom slippers to the office, the
gentle wit who raises goats between car
tooning and the four brothers, with four
different last names, who play chess while
waiting in our reception room. But one
thing we didn't expect came from Law
renee Lariar, who drew the cartoon on
Page 10. He announced the other day that
he had turned mystery-book writer. His
newly-published opus is called Death
Paints the Picture" Maybe you'll be sur
prised, too, if you read it.
EFFICIENCY. Three years ago, Janet
Atkinson took a job as an Office worker in
the RCA Victor plant When we went to
wal, her fiance enlisted (hesnow in Africa.
Janet, deciding she'd like to do her bit,
asked to be transferred to the factory
. where she could help turn out equipment
for our Armed Forces.
She became the middle operator in
three-girl assembly unit. She began study
ing her job. trying to find ways to do it
better. She found one: by changing the
first and third operations slightly, She
could eliminate the middle one. A good
Evening star., 1943-02-21

merit, directs that whenever any singular
meritorious action is performed, the author
of it shall be permitted to wear on his fac
ings over the left breast, the figure OF
heart in purple cloth Not only instances
of unusual gallantry, but also of extraor-
dinary fidelity and essential service IN
any way shall meet with due reward. :.
The road to glory in patriot army and
free country is thus open to all"
HE names of those awarded the Order
of the Purple Heart - and the facts on
which the awards were based - were to
be enrolled in The Book of Merit. This
Book of Merit has not yet been found,
but three men are known to have won
the Purple Heart. They were Sergeant
Daniel Bissel of Windsor, Conn.,, Sergeant
Elijah Churchill, carpenter from the
town of Enfield" and Sergeant William
Brown, who distinguished himself at
Yorktown. What these men did was very
like what our own boys are doing today.
Many of these lads, too, will wear the in
sigma that hangs on that worn tunic in
the museum at Exeter, for the award was
re-created by executive order of President
Hoover in 1882, and has already been
bestowed in this war on numerous occa-
sions for an "act of singularly meritorious
service or act of extraordinary fidelity.
and for wounds received in battle"
The story of the Purple Heart somehow
brings Washington close to me. No more
do | think of him in frozen dignity" l
think of him assailed, DETAINED and as re-
sentful and distressed as you or might
have BEEN In this resentment and dis
tress, see him sitting on the edge of his
bed, or pacing the floor, as we have done,
trying to find some way to express his
pride in and his affection for, the men who
served nobly under our flag. Partly be-
cause he found that way, the road to
glory in patriot army and free country
is still 'open to ALL - still trodden by
todays millions in, and from, what must
forever remain free country.
Evening star., 1943-02-21


idea, but it meant eliminating herself. But
she turned in her suggestion anyway.
turned herself out OF job. But Janet is
still working for Victory: next day she was
assigned to new, more important job.
SOUVENIR. Hugh Gibson, former Amer
ican Ambassador to Belgium, has unique
souvenir of the Spanish Civil War. 1t is
large page, nearly three feet high, which,
in the course of the conflict, had been torn
from the great Missal in the Cathedral OF
Toledo. Nathalia Crane, young American
poet, bought one of these pages in Madrid
and gave it to an American friend, who IN
turn presented it to MIR. Gibson. M.
Evening star., 1943-02-21

in 1882 There were countless intrigues
against Washington, and anonymous
SANDERS The press was full of false and
petty accusations. Soldiers had not been
paid, and some of the officers, moved by
resentment, had plotted to march west,
seize public lands and leave Congress to
negotiate for peace without an army.
Worse still, this Congress, which had
nearly lost the war by its meddling now
made the most of every opportunity to
harass and humiliate the Commander in
Chief. 1t sunl1narily dismissed officers
who had been vital to him and ruled that
no more commissions were to be granted.
Whatever a man had accomplished, there
was no way to reward him.
The Commander in Chief plainly was
troubled by this inability to recognize
distinguished service. But way was
found In Washington's Order Book, filed
in the Library of Congress, the following
entry was made on August 7, 1882: "The
General, ever desirous to cherish virtuous
ambition in his soldiers as we'll as to foster
and encourage every species of military
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commission: g

OOIIIIIHSoIOII. ofR0oI0 SlfHtTN my o~ff
greatly deficient in the love owe
my country =. were | to require
more than a distant hint of its dis
satisfaction to resign a commission
which l confess to you l am in no
ways fond of keeping"
That distant hint of dissatisfac-
ton" had become a public clamor
when Washington was at Newburgh
Evening star., 1943-02-21
The ROAD To GLORY

It's open to every man in patriot armY-as
George Washington dec1eed when he originated
the decoration of the Purple Heart For Valor
by Charming Pollock
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single exception (the Russian Cross of
ST. George this was the first award for
gallantry ever given anywhere in the world.
Washington had gone through the long,
terrible years of our War for Independence
without reaching smooth waters. Hehad
served without pay as Commander in
Chief, had survived almost incredible
hardship and heartbreak, and had achieved
liberty for his countrymen without, as
yet, achieving their love and gratitude.
Many of his letters are full of the pain he
expressed in an earlier offer to resign his
Evening star., 1943-02-21
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

The ond descriptions Of oil eoefes fbof appear In short
stories. sssoIs ond sseien articles In TINS WEEK MAGAZINE
wholly efHovs Any Of which kupesns b tie
fbut Of ony vas dsod sasy eeisesnoi
Evening star., 1943-02-21

- NcE had very human friend who
achieved distinction in the last
~ war, chiefly because of his hu-
manity. His figure, in bronze, now stands
in a public square in New York - and
often think of its likeness to the heroic
images we erect in our minds. We seem
never to understand that bronze is mold
ed from common clay, and that no one
was ever great who was not greatly
human.
In my childhood, George Washington
was such a figure of bronze; never tried.
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never faltering, never warmed by the
small concerns of ordinary mortals.
Later, l wondered whether any man
could 20 through the agonies and
anxieties of that winter at Valley
FORGE in the calm and unruffied ser
enity handed down to us in the stat
ues and portraits of him. Washing
ton, it occurred to me, had been cold
and hungry and harassed during a
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enity handed down to US in the stat 1t
ues and portraits of him. Washing X
ton, it occurred to me, had been cold
and hungry and harassed during
very large part of his life, and, in some
measure, even the noblest of us must react
the same to cold and hunger and harass-
ment. The Father of His Country had
been stern and just and surprisingly cou-
rageous but one read what was written
of him without discovering that he had
any interest in the hopes and ambitions
of his fellows. l received my first real
understanding of that interest when read
a certain article that was published ten
or twelve years ago.
lMs article told the story of how William
Brown Meloney, while teaching at Co.
lumbia University, had seen, in museum
at Exeter, N H., the faded uniform OF
soldier of the Continental Army of ITS,
and had speculated on the purple silk heart
that was fixed to its left breast. Poring
over records in the Library of Congress,
he found that the supposed trinket was
really a decoration devised and bestowed
by General Washington - the Badge OF
Military Merit that came to be known as
the Order of the Purple Heart. With