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Evening star., 1943-08-25
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Truce,pell.

1t is true that the bat skin does
smell, at close range-but who Is going
to get that close to a bat?
Not many evidently, II we can believe
the calls for help which have come over
the phone.
All this terror is mostly needless, be-
cause our common brown bat wants
nothing more than to be left alone to
gather its dinner.
Because insects come around human
homes, attracted by cooking odors 80
DO the bats; they come after the night
flying ones, and their erratic flights are
caused by their pursuit of their game.
When they get into houses, as they
often do, it displays one of their most
marvellous faculties. that of being able
to fly in the dark without touching
anything.
Just how the bat does this is matter
OF scientific speculation still. One
eminent specialist believes that the bats
send out short waves. and that these
In some way enable It to know when
1t Is approaching a wall, or even a
clothes line.
This means that 1t is so sensitive that.
coming suddenly to a window. 1t is able
to escape hitting it by going through the
smallest hole or crevice 1t can fnd.
Perhaps they do this by pointing a
wing and heading In after It, thus
bringing the narrow part of the body
through.
Brown bats are larger than the red
ones.
Both species hang themselves up by
their toes, and are able to wrap them
selves against the cold in their own
arms.
They carry their babies in flight, too
something which no bird can do.
1t Is said. on good authority that
bats are faithful to each other, and II
one Is lost, the other seeks out q new
mate-and always young one.
They live about seven years.
The little ears and eyes of the bats
give them a sinister appearance. but
one which remarkably resembles mod
ern bomber
Persons who have kept them as pets
swear that in time they can speak two
or three syllables, if great patience Is
used In teaching them.
When excited. these pet bats will
speak at such high frequencies that
they cannot be heard by human ears.
A Frenchman by the name of Darenne,
wrote book in 1925 called THE Life
of the Bat"
He ended 1t with words prophetic
enough for the dificult days which
wereeto come to the world some IS years
| later:
Between men and animals, as betweer,
men and women, evil speaking grows out
OF uncertainty, chiefly; and it is into
ignorance that hatred and terror plunge
their roots. most energetically.".
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Old Man and Bow

No10 phtle they labor side bv side is
time -,
When precepts like a crystal-rinoinq ..
rhyme
Are spoken 1DiSely By the lips OF noe,
To be the boys untathomed HERITAGE,
He'll not forget the meaning OF
dat0n-red.
Or red OF nest ,phen day slips into
bed:
He learns to plant ,ohen the moon is
light or black
And by the ,oonders OF the zodiac.
And age recalls ho,u his otpn whis-
Ting song,
Too, ansaDered calling quail, thouohsl
it t0as long
Ago, remembers still his ot0a surprise,l,, \,
When out OF hiding, ,oinos rose
to1Dnrd the skies.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS. ~
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Water Bill Complaints

While there is nothing new in the
fact that complaints from citizens
over the size of their water bills are
being received at the Water Depart
ment, some of them furnish addi-
tional evidence of the need for far
reaching changes in the system Of
billing These are being studied now
by special committee headed
by Corporation Counsel Richmond
Keech, appointed as result of a
strongly critical report submitted to
the Eenate Subcommittee on District
Appropriations last spring by the
Controller General
The cost of water in the District,
although commonly pictured as being
relatively low, is too high when the
Districts investment in the system
is taken into account. And one reason
1t is so high is that the citizens are
charged not only for the water they
use, but for the enormous quantity of
water used without charge by the
Federal Government.
But the size of the individual con-
sumers' bills, under a sound system
of billing and collecting, would not
cause the complaints now being
registered Some of these result from
the rather confusing practice of first
billing the consumer for water at the
annual minimum rate, then billing
him again for the amount used in
excess Of the minimum while COL
lecting in advance the minimum bill
for the following year.
Such a practice means that con-
sumers are occasionally presented
with bills which seem extraordinarily
high, especially when they include
the correction Of tardily discovered
errors in meters or meter reading.
In the case of some houSeholders,
paying such bills represents an out
lay in cash that is not available. And
when water is cut off after such bills
have been permitted to accumulate
for long period, the penalty is
excessive.
One of the Controller Generals
recommendation was that the prop
erty owner, rather than the tenant,
be held responsible for payment of
water bills. Practice here generally
has been that the landlord paid the
minimum water rent, while the
tenant paid for the excess. A change
here would in some cases affect
landlord-tenantr relations and rentals,
but the investigating committee may
decide that from the municipalities
point of view, the best assurance of
bill collecting is to make the property
owner responsible.
There have been complaints for
years over the functioning of the
water registrars Office. The COM
plants are directed at a neglected
system, rather than individuals. But
If the Commissioners committee,
composed Of men who know their
job, Is given sufficient freedom. its
recommendation are sure to produce
long g-needed changes, comparable
with the excellent reforms that have
been made in the system of collecting
property taxes. Such reforms may
cost money, but in the end they will
prove to be a real economy.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
USO Area Representative.
Private Credit Discussed
In Relation to Justice and Peace.

In Relation to Justice and Peace.
TO the Editor VI tn. Star:
If the investments, and so the prop
erty incomes, of an economic empire
are dependent upon the system of usu-
rious forced saving so learnedly de-
scribed by Father Bernard Dempsey in
his recent monograph distinguishing be-
tween Interest and Usury'' on the basis
of the nature of the loan or investment
rather than on the extent of interest
charges (usury is not defined as excess
sive INTEREST,", then should not every
such empire, even that which Anglo
American interests propose to hold as
"our own" be hquidated?
That the ability to whip Germany
and Japan does not establish any moral
standing for the conduct of such a
usurious system of exploitation, with
its highly speculative effect as a DOM
mating factor in international exchange
should be obvious enough from Father
Dempsey's endorsement of the con-
demnation placed upon such a system of
finance by the Archbishop of Canter-
bury in the following words: The pri-
vate issue of new credit should be re-
garded in the modern world in just the
same way In which the private minting
of money was regarded in earlier times.
The banks should be limited in their
lending power to the amount deposited
by their clients, while the issue of newer
credit should be the function of public
authority"
Lest 1t be said that these divines do
not have a practical and factual under
standing of the financial state of affairs
in money changing" it may be we'll to
quote also from highly educated and
financially experienced Englishman.
Vincent Vickers. who held position as
director Of the Bank of England In
Evening star., 1943-08-25

not until 1927 that the link between
the two wings was completed. How
ever, the central section, as it then
appeared. had only "a small wooden
dome" The Capitol in its present
form traces back particularly to the
labors of Thomas U. Walter of
Philadelphia, whose metal dome was
crowned by Thomas Crawford's efflgy
Of Freedom, December 2, 1858.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the Driter, although the use of
a pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerDes
the right to edit all letters Nth
a Die10 to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
And Girls!

From the New York Sun.
Before taking sides in this music-in-
factories debate the prudent man will
want to know whether 1t covers whistling
by once boys.
Evening star., 1943-08-25
1t is reported that Sienors Rachel

1t Is reported that Signora Rachele
Guidi Mussolini, wife of the former
Italian Premier, has arrived at a
town In Eastern Spain. Does this
mean that the fallen Duce will not
seek sanctuary in the land of Franco?
Evening star., 1943-08-25

There Is no such thing as blue
blood" when In the plasma state.
Evening star., 1943-08-25

@. What are the four lightest ele-
ments7-S. Y.
A. Hydrogen. helium, hthium and
beryllium are the four lightest known.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02
LABOR SUPPL YAND
DISPUTES

War manpower chairman, Nc
Mutt announced that a compreh-
ensive list of essential occupations
has been prepared to guide Sc
lective Service Boards in determin-
ing occupational deferment and to
aid the U. S. Employment Ser
vice in deciding activities hav-
ing prior claim on worker av-
ailable for placement.
The Office of War Information
reported that approximately Is
million u. S. women, less than
% per cent of the total female
population, are now gainfully en-
ployed, million of them in war
jobs. The office estimated that
there will be Is million women in
paid employment by next year, 6
million of them in war work. Ger
many as early as 1889 had 81 per
cent of her women working. The
WLB announced the number of
man days lost from war industry
strikes decreased from 1882 in
September to 167, 1865 in October
the lowest since January.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02
WHAT AM DOING IN WAR

I am collecting scraps for Uncle
Sam, such as tin cans, rubber, Dr.
ass and iron to make useful things
for our soldiers on the battlefield
all over the world who have put
forth their efforts to fight for us.
am also buying saving stamps
and bonds to lend this money to
Uncle Fam to buy tanks and guns
and other things needed. I'll contin-
lie to help the War so long as
a single American citizen is called
on to give his life in behalf of me.
WHAT I'M DOM FOR DEFENSE
am a newspaper boy and sell
defense stamps. Once when I went
to a mans house and asked him
to buy some stamps, he replied
Il do not want any defense stamps
what good are they?
Then he said that he had a son
in the war and he thought he had
already donee his part. I explained
to him all I had learned about
the country's need for money to
make fighting Equipment for the
soldiers. After I had finished tai
king he bought one dollars wor-
tn of stamps and his wife bought
fifty cents worth. Then I told them
their son would feel proud of them
This encouraged them and they
became my regular customers.
They bought two dollars worth
the second week and three dollars
worth the third week. When their
son sent them fifty dollars, sent
home by soldiers with dependents,
they bought bond apiece.
The couple I have written a.
bout are Mr.. and Mrs. George
Marsena Lenyon. I am very proud
to speak their names.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02
Gainesville News

The Egypt Hill M. B. Church
was blessed to have the pastor.
Rev. w. L. Gates, of Collins, Miss.
with them on Christmas day and
report fine spiritual service.
Rev. A. r. Thomas of Gates
vile was the Christmas guest of
his son, Mr.. Murphy Thomas, 1427
Banks Street, Jackson, Miss, also
daughter, Mrs. P. L. King, grand
son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert Brown, all of 2O3 e. Hamilton
Street, Jackson.
Mrs. Arcola Apoe of 203 E. HAM
ilton Street was a holiday visitor
in the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Ayers of Gates
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elree Brown and
daughters, Miss Geneva Brown
and Miss Catherine Brown were
guests in the home of their dau-
ghter, Mrs. s.. A. Brent of Crys-
tai Sphings.
Mrs. Maggie Thomas and dau-
ghter of Gainesville visited Mrs.
Thomas mother, Mrs. Nellie An
derson of Crystal Springs.
Mr.. Garfield Nixon departed this
life Saturday, December 10. Inter-
ment took place in the Egypt Hill
Cemetery, Rev. N. G. Lackey, Of
ficiating.
Pfc. J. D. Quinn from Camp
Claiborne, La, was fortunate to get
hi sfurlough in time to be able
to attend the funeral of his cou-
sin who was buried in Pinola. He
visited his wife in Silver Creek and
brought her back for a few days
in Gatesvxille with his sister, Mrs.
v. L. Lackey, his mother, Mrs.
Sarah Jackson, and another sis
ter, Mrs. Amanda Evans who had
the couple for dinner guests Chri-
stmas day.
Mrs. Velma Coleman also enter
tanned honoring Pfc. Quinn.
Mrs. Susan Glasper was happy to
have her many friends visit her
on Christmas day. They all reported
a joyful time. Santa Claus was
very good to Mrs. Chester, brin-
ging her a new machine and many
other useful presents.
He also brought Casceal a watch
and dresser set, Artmitte Thomas
a dresser set and blk of handker-
chiefs, Etha Mae a dress little
Zeal Lackey is very happy over
his scooter.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02

The old wheel of time ushers
out 1912 and quietly brings in the
Babe of 1943. How, oh how, shall
we greet and nurse him?
Countless numbers will greet him
with numerous and sundry resolu-
tons never to remember them a.
gain. They will simply follow the
custom without ever seriously thin
king of their resolution.
But, there are always, and there
shall be this bright and promis-
ing year, those few honest souls
who will resolve to give their all
though it be the widows mite, to
make this a world fit to live in,
hard as that, under the circumst-
ances, may seem. This group will
do things both by precept and ex-
ample, that will tend toward ma
king this world place dreamed
of by the late and lamented lin
coin, a world, of the people, for
the people and by the people. VIII
ere the people, Negroes included
with all other people, may feel
safe and secure, with equal oppor-
tunities to contribute their right
full share in the world of progress.
Security Life Insurance Company
while acknowledging with thanks
your support in 1912 asks that we
all join hand in hand, and of good
will, march to a created victory
in 1913.
So, let Security Secure, Protect
and Give you Gainful and Respect
full Employment in the great year
of 1943, and those to come. Happy
New Year To All.
Security Life Insurance Co.
j. H. Coates, Manager
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02

Sgt. Uhl and Corp. Adair have
completed a tour of duty with the
Treasury Department, during
which they composed several
songs to promote the sale of War
Bonds and Stamps.
Uhl is now back at Camp For
rest in Tennessee while Adair has
returned to Fort Jackson in South
Carolina.
Uhl and Adair came to the
Army from radio and met at Fort
Jackson, where they were as
signed to the orchestra. Uhl, one
of four brothers in military serv-
ice, is native of Wilkes-Barre.
Pa, and graduated from Prince
ton in 1899. Adair was born in
Newton, Kansas, and graduated
from Los Angeles City College.
Adair is well known in Tin Pan
Alley, having written several hits.
Among the songs for which he
wrote the lyrics are, Lets Get
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02

and wilt in transplanting some
species, and in preserving Christ
mas greenery. The ease and cheap
ness with which the hormones can
be applied, together with the re-
ports of spectacular effects, have
resulted in widespread interest
in the possibility of using hor-
mones to increase the yield or inn
prove the quality of seed, fruit
fibre, or plant products.
To answer numerous inquiries
from State farmers about the eff
fects of hormones on common field
crops, the Mississippi Experiment
Station at State College and the
U. S. Cotton Field Station at
Stoneville, cooperated in a rather
comprehensive investigation, the
results of which are published in
the December issue of the Missis-
sippi Farm Research. Seed treat
ments used included Rootone, lev
ulinic acid, Merk-o-Dust, Fruitone,
Staymone, Graino, and Seed Aid,
and were sometimes applied to
the seed and sometimes busted on
the growing plants. These treat
NETS were applied to cotton, corn,
and soybeans, and observations
were made on termination. seed
ling survival, root growth, plant
growth, and yields.
In summarizing the several tests
conducted, negative report was
brought in by o. A. Leonard, l..
A. Pincard, and j. F. O'Kelly OF
State College, and by S. C. Brain
A. S. Ramsey, end j. w. Nicely
of Stoneville.
''The results from the severa.
experiments conducted" says the
joint article, indicate fairly con
clusively that hormone seed treat
ment is of no value in increasing
Seeding survival, growth, or yielc
of crops grown in the field. Treat
ment with hormones by spraying
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02

Away From 1t ALL" and every
thing Happens To Me-"
The new War Bond theme
songs lyrics, written by Corp.
Adair, follow:
Ev'ryone can help to save the
nation
Ev'ryone can help to win the
war
There's no time for restin'
Let's begin investin'
In the things our country's
fighting for.
Ev'rybody ev'ry payday
Buy Bond the u. S. A. Wav
That's the job, it's up to you
and me
Butcher, baker, banker, scholar
Take dime from ev'ry dollar
Ev'ryone pitch in for victory.
Everybody ev'ry payday
Ev'ry farmer ev'ry hayday
Top the crop with dimes for
Uncle Sam
Ten per cent. That's the rent
Ev'ryone can pay
For q home in the u. S. A.
u ,. Treasury Department
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02

WASHINGTON, D. c. - Two
young soldiers have combined
their musical talents to write a
new United States War Savings
Bond theme song, Everybody
Ev'ry Payday" which will soon
be heard from coast to coast on
the radio, in theatres and from
juke boxes. The song will be re-
leased in sheet music and records,
all profits going to Army Relief.
The composers, Sgt. Dick Uhl
and Corp. Tom Adair, turned
over the copyright to the Govern
ment for registration in the name
of Secretary of the Treasury Hen
ry Morgenthau, Jr.
Release of Everybody Ev'ry
Payday at this time is particu-
larry timely because the War
Savings Staff of the Treasury De-
partment is preparing to launch
a nationwide payroll savings
campaign to sstop that 10 percent
by New Years"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02

Ell spent the holidays with her
husband.
JUNIOR GOSSIP:
Charlestine Wilson looked swell
in her brown outfit Christmas day.
Earnestine Stalworth really looked
cute with that multicolor dress.
Ethel Mitchell would have been o.
k. if her shoes had been large en-
ough. Trina McBeth, Lolitha An
derson, Doris Smith, Eloise Nc
Beth and the gang really got on
some times every day Well that
is all until school gets in full
swing.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02
HOrmOne Treatment
OF No Benefit To
Cotton, Corn, Soys

Growth hormone treatments,
some of which have an established
value in specific phases of agri-
cultural production, have no prac-
tical value when applied to such
Mississippi field crops as cotton,
corn and soy beans, according to
results from a series of investi-
cations by the Mississippi Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.
Certain of the hormone treat
ments have been Of decided value
for specific purposes, such as les
sening the pre-harvest drop of
apples, in inducing root develop
ment of cuttings, in reducing shock
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02
BrOOkhaven News

Promptly at nine o'clock Christ
mas morning in the living room of
her parents home, lovely Miriam
Faith Howard became the bride
fof Rev Charles Tyler, of Birmin
CHAM, Ala. Nuptial music was
played throughout the ceremony
by Mrs. Alice Brown Smith Fol-
lowing the ceremony, a tasty lun-
cheon was served by the brides
mother. Mrs. Tyler is a graduate
of Samuel Houston College, Aus
tin, Texas, and is a member of
Delta Sigma Sorority. Rev. Tyler
is a graduate of the Southern u
University and Stillman Institute.
He is q member of Phi Beta Sig
ma Fraternity. The couple will live
in Birmingham Ala.
Christmas services were held at
Ii o'clock at Kynett Chapel Chu-
rch.
Miss Margaret Pickett, who at
tends school at s. C. /. spent the
holidays with her parents.
The daughter Elks held their
regular meeting Tuesday night and
a social was given by them Fri
day night.
Mr.. Roscoe Brown, of Alcorn,
and Mr.. John Henry Brown of
Tougaloo spent the holidays with
their parents.
Mr.. John Dow of S. G. State
spent the holidays with his parents
Also spending the holidays with
their parents were Misses Joseph
inc Collins and Claudine Culver of
Jackson College, Miss Jean Martin
of Tougaloo, Miss Martin brought
two lovely ladies home to enjoy
Christmas with her.
Miss Leontine Culver Of South
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02

or busting cotton, corn, or soy
beans similarly are apt to produce
negative results and not to result
in any increase in yield. These re-
suits in Mississippi are in ag-
reement with results by qualified
investigators in North Carolina,
Nebraska, and Louisiana, though
at variance with results reported
from Oklahoma"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02
THE TIGER
HILL-REYNoLDs PTA NOTES

HILL-REYNOLDS PTA NOTES
The Hill Reynolds P. T. A. held
their regular December meeting
last Thursday afternoon, December
10, in room 80. The president Mrs.
w. o. Blalock presided.
Fifty two parents were present
and were entertained by we'll pre-
pared program, participated in by
children from the Jim Hill Scien-
ce Department taught by Prof. w.
H. Walton and by children from the
sixth grade class taught by Miss
Mae ISom.
A high point of interest on the
program was talk by Principal
Marshall on School Activities.
The program committee headed
by Miss E. M. Haley announced
that at the next meeting a group
of parents would give panel dis
cussion on what parents can do
to help in a School at War pro-
gram. Parents asked to take pare
in this discussion were: Mesdames
Nolan, Powell.
Flowers were sent to Mrs. l..
c. Campbell, Vice President of
the Association who has been ill
for several weeks. The association
also donated cakes for party of
soldiers at the USO center.
At the close of the meeting the
group was served by the faculty
mebers with delicious cakes and
cocoa. The meeting adjourned to
meet again the second Thursday
in January Reporter j. H. Miller.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-01-02
SAVING LIVES

The use of air ambulances to
carry wounded men from battle
fields to base hospitals is saving
the lives of many soldiers.
Evening star., 1943-12-07
1t. HoAglAmd Weds
Marie Kepser

The marriage of Miss Anna Marie
Keyser. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Thomas Keyser and 1t. Ralph
Hoagland, jr, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Hoagland, took place Satur-
day evening at the Brookland Meth
odist Church. the Rev. DR.. S. Paul
Shillings officiating. and was fol-
lowed by reception at the home of
the brides parents.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore white
satin gown made on fashioned
lines and flnger-tip tulle veil which
fell over coronet of lace and orange
blossoms. She carried an old-fash-
ioned bouquet of white roses and
forget-me-nots.
Miss Lorena Helms. the maid of
honor, wore blue satin and NOUS
seline de sole, and shoulder length
tulle veil Her bouquet was of Ameri-
can Beauty roses.
Ensign Philip Hoagland. brother
Of the bridegroom, served as his best
man, and the ushers were MI. Carol
j. Barnett and Mr.. Gerald L. Key
ser, brother Of the bride.
1t. and Mrs. Hogland left follow
ing the reception for Santa Monica
Calf. where the former will be
stationed.
1t. Hoagland. who is a graduate
of Mckinley High School, and who
was a student at Maryland Univer-
sity and later employed in the Navy
Department, recently returned from
North Africa. He has been awarded
the Air Medal with silver oak leaf
cluster and Distinguished Flying
Cross.