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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
Gave Chorea Its Name

A medieval mania for religious
dancing gave chorea its common
name. Once started, says the Wash
ington Post, people found they
couldn't stop, made pilgrimages to
various shrines, found most relief
at that of st. Vitus. Chorea usually
strikes boys and girls between five
and fifteen, strangely, those of
above average intelligence. In Sc
we're cases the patient cannot walk,
talk, eat, sleep, do anything for
himself. His muscles twitch invol-
unfairly, act SO wildly the disease
sometimes is called insanity of the
muscles"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
Union Officials Protests
Paw ReversalS

George M. Harrison, president of
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks,
has vigorously objected to President
Roosevelt against the action of Eco
nomic Sterilization Director Fred M.
Vinson setting aside proposed 8
cents an hour wage increase for L.
100000 railroad workers.
Harrison, it was understood, de-
clared he was greatly shocked by the
action, believing on the basis of pre-
vious conversations with the Presi-
dent that the proposed increase would
be approved without any difficulty.
Harrison is in Washington with
representatives of the IA other nom
operating railroad unions involved in
the wage boost to consider the situa-
tion.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
In Poetry "Rubai" Means
q Stanza of Four Lines

"Rubaiyat," pronounced ROO
bye-yaht," accent on the last sylla-
BILE, is the plural form of "rubai,"
a word of Arabic origin meaning
something made up of four parts.
In poetry, notes writer in the In
dianapolis News, "rubai" means
quatrain or a stanza of four lines.
The plural form of the word has be-
come famous in connection with the
'Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam,
Persian mathematician, astron-
omer, freethinker, and epigrammat-
ist, who was born in or near Mai
shapur in the early part of the
Eleventh century. 'sKhayyam,"
pronounced ''Kye-yam," is a Per
sian word signifying tent-maker
and probably refers to the occupa-
ton of Omar's father.
Although Omar is known in the
western world chiefly as poet and
freethinker, he was a man Of pro-
found learning and by profession a
mathematician and astronomer. His
treatise on algebra is considered the
greatest contribution of his country
and age to the subject of mathe-
mates, and it led Sultan Malik-
Shah to appoint him one of the eight
distinguished scientists to make as
Economical researches with the view
Of reforming the Mohammedan cal
endar. When preferment at court
was offered him Omar requested
that instead an independent income
be given him and that he be permit
ted to live in retirement and devote
his entire time to scientific pur-
suits. Nominally he was a Moham-
medan, but his verses clearly re-
veal freethinker protesting against
the creeds of the Moslem sects of
his time.
1t is doubtful whether Omar
wrote all the more than 500 epi-
grammatic verses ascribed to him.
No critic has been able to estab-
lish their absolute authenticity.
Omar bears about the same rela-
ton to the "Rubaiyat" that Aesop
does to the writings known as
"Aesop's Fables" Edward Fitzger-
aid (1809-1883), an English man of
letters, made Omar famous in the
western world by his classic trans
lation of the "Rubaiyat."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09

WITH YOUR responsibilities,
w can you afford to let a Head
ache, Muscular Pains, Functional
Monthly Pains or Simple Neural
gia slow you down? DR.. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills have been bring
ing relief from these common dis
comforts for nearly sixty years.
Countless American housewives
consider Anti-Pain Pills almost
as much of a necessity in the
medicine cabinet, as is -four in the
kitchen cupboard. They have DR..
Miles Anti-Pain Pills in the house,
many Of them carry these little
pain relievers in purse or hand
bag. They are prepared for these
minor aches and pains that some
times occur in almost every family
ARE YOU? DR.. Miles Anti
Pain Pills are pleasant to take
and do not upset the stomach.
Get DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills
at your drug store. Regular
package 25 tablets 25e, Economy
package 125 tablets $1.00. Read
directions and use only as direc-
ted. m
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
WHAT'S COOKIN'?

"Tampola" is the name of a new
green leafy vegetable lately developed
by seedmen and said to be an improve
ment on spinach 1t is prepared and
cooked like spinach but has finer
flavor, retains its tenderness longer
and shrinks less in cooking The
stem, almost the size of your little
finger, is as tender as the tips of as
paragus.
Get sugar facts we'll in mind. A
home Gamer may get up to 10 lbs. of
sugar for each person in her family
by using stamps in Ration Book | de-
signated for that purpose. If she
needs more sugar than that she may
apply to her local War Price and Ra-
tion Board and get coupons which will
allow her to buy up to Is lbs. per
person in addition to the original al
lotment.
The guide is, l lb. of sugar to each
quarts of finished fruit.
*
According to present predictions
| lamb will be the most plentiful meat
during the summer Most Americans
like lamb well done. A few drops of
lemon juice sprinkled over chops be-
fore broiling or rubbed on roast will
kill any strong odor and also tender
ize. A lamb roast should be rubbed
with garlic Glove to bring out flavor
| Tarragone or dill is excellent added
to the lamb gravy. Lamb should be
scared over very hot fire until very
brown, then roasted over low heat
without water.
A honey cut of lamb makes a more
fiavorful stew. Dumplings, besides
being an appetizing addition also act
as meat extender.
When your butcher is unable to cut
meat exactly to a pound you are
charged whole point for the fraction.
So get few slices of ready cooked
meat to fill out the point 1t can be
used to stretch out casserole dishes or
for sandwiches.
X u
A good summer drink and a nour-
ishing one is made by mashing ba-
nanas through sieve, add two table
spoons sugar, dash salt and quart of
milk. Beat with egg beater or in cleo
trio mixer. Serve in tall glasses with
plenty of ice. Vanilla ice cream can
also be folded in, if you have it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
Labor Men Added to Boards

Cleveland (ILNS). - Thirty two
more labor men are now working on
Cleveland's' local rationing boards, as
a result of a recent drive to get more
labor men participating in OPA's
program. The records shows that 80
labor men and women officially chosen
by their organizations, now sit on 81
Cleveland boards. Previously 81 union
people sat on 81 boards.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
IS Draft Plan Headed
For Pigeon Hole

President Roosevelt's plan to draft
strikers in Government-held plants up
to age 65 for noncombat military
service appears headed for congress
sional pigeonhole
Ranking members of the House and
Senate Military Affairs Committees
said they contemplated no action on
Mr.. Roosevelt's recommendation be-
fore the congressional recess, and
voiced doubt whether anything would
be done in the fall.
FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09

They say lather of brown soap
and water applied to exposed skin will
prevent poison ivy if applied before
going out into the woods or fields!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
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Tips
Hints
Helps
DO YOU KNOW j?

1t is expected that there Will be a
tremendous volume of home building
after the war is won and that the cost
of homes will be materially less.
Furthermore, the time taken for con-
struction of these new homes will be
decidedly decreased.
These future homes will be definite
ly prefabricated, but with marked in
dividuality in their outward appear
ance. Plastics will dominate the ma
terials which go into their construc-
ton, with much synthetic rubber, now
in process of perfection, being used
The latest wrinkle in modern design
was thought up by the Army. Victory
Bus" is the name and one will seat Is
persons. Brand new five passenger
sedans are sawed in half and six
foot section inserted. Of course there
are few other changes made like
larger wheels and tires, hotter spark
plugs, added spring strength, ETC., and
off it goes-big ones out of little ones
this time!
They say a lather of brown soap
and water applied to exposed skin will
prevent poison ivy if applied before
going out into the woods or fields!
GLAMOR
There is talk that the hatless era
is definitely on its way out, evidenced
by the number of women buying mil
linery lately. The hat merchants at
tribute it to the fact that women have
more money to spend and less to buy
than they previously had, but | think
it's because the new hat collections
are designed to compliment the sum-
mer classics.
These arresting big hats are made
of milan, horsehair or rough straws
and are light as feather and cool as
a breeze. They are really wearable
and irresistible. Black wheat, or lush
DldCh CHeIIleS are uoSu 1o1 u IliIIIIlHiS
and many are swathed in yelling,
caught up under the brim or worn in
a snood effect.
Trim little pique sailors have double
ripping brims and saucy appear
ance Lovely hats for lovely ladies is
the milliners theme song.
If you've been shopping for vaca-
tion togs you've probably noticed
there are no rubber bathing caps
available, but there are helmet shaped
caps of rubber substitute which will
keep your hair practically as dry.
Neither are there any rubberized
bathing suits, but cotton, taffeta and
jersey are used to smart advantage.
Rubberized tennis shoes are extinct,
unless you find pre-war stock.
Anti-sunburn creams and oils are
low because phenol, a sun-screen in
gredient, is a war production mate
rial Even sun glasses are made with
plastic rims instead of metal. But
with all of these shortages and sub
stitutes you can still enjoy vacation
if you've mind to.
Doing your own sewing? You can
eliminate the tedious sewing on of
separate fasteners when finishing
plackets in dresses or slacks, making
removable slip covers or binding the
front of a cardigan by investing in
those hooks and eyes, snaps, or but
tons and buttonholes neatly spaced on
twin tapes or grosgrain ribbon. They
are sold by the yard and you simply
stitch the tape in place.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
FOR
w ON N
.
Keeping
Ahead of
the Times
WOMEN
By Mary Moore

For the first time in the history of
the University of Miami summer
session of adult education is being
offered, using summer nights to good
advantage with war training and
other technical courses added to the
regular courses.
Many women are training for labor
atory technology and general bacteri-
ology. The course gives the student
the background needed for efficient
laboratory work, especially for those
women in training for hospital labora-
tory technicians and assistants in
doctors and dentists Offices.
Air navigation, taught by woman,
is being studied by large numbers of
students. Most of these women stu
dents are preparing for jobs where
they will be of vital use to their coun-
try.
Among the language courses which
are always important, Spanish and
Portuguese are being stressed.
Enlisted and non-com WAACS at
Fort Meade, Maryland live in bar
racks exactly like the mems barracks
cots in a row, a G. |. barracks locker
at foot of each cot, and gas mask at
the head; clothes on rods along wall
behind bed and shoes in a neat row
on floor under bed. A small locker on
the wall holds cosmetics and small
personal valuables.
Officer WAACS have separate quar-
ters. They are no more luxurious than
the enlisted girls, but they do have
desk, table, easy chair and a small
closet.
Reveille sounds at $50 a. m. and
bed check at 11:15 p. m. except week
ends when those not assigned to duty
are free from 4:30 Saturday until
midnight Sunday.
The girls take turns at KIP, help
serve and prepare food, wash dishes
and clean kitchen. Girls in the kitchen
are not only cooks and bakers, but
butchers as we'll.
Il Took A War job" current book
by Josephine Won Micklos (Simon &
Schuster) is the story of woman
machinist in a shipyard. Frank and
real without being sentimental. De-
scribes fundamental problems of
women working among men, at mems
Jobs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09

TVIE ANALGESIC (painreliever)
in Alka-Seltzer acts quickly
because 1t Is fully dissolved
and ready to go to- work as soon
as you swallow t. It's painreliev-
Ing action Is made more positive
by alkaline buffers which protect
It and speed up its action.
Because Alka-Seltzer contains an
analgesic and alkaline buffer salts,
1t is used by millions for the relief
not only of Headache, but of Cold
Symptoms, Acid Indigestion, Mus
cular Fatigue, Morning After"
and Muscular Pains
At your drug store in handy
packages and by the glass.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09
Dedicate Recreation Field
Sunday

Elaborate plans are being made in
New Miami for the formal presenta-
tion to the village next Sunday Of a
playground and recreation field, the
gift of the American Rolling Mill
company which operates the Hamilton
Coke and Iron division at New Miami.
Never say shut up! to your wife or
anybody else unless you are willing to
take the consequences.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-07-09

ly. In most cases, the questionnaires
indicate that combination of several
of these means Of meeting higher
costs are being used"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08

months in the year and some grazing
during the winter months. Pasture i'm
proyements, as outlined above, are cost
ing from $1,000 to $3.50 per acre, but
about s5R to 90eo Of this cost is Off
sc. by Soil Conservation payments for
these practices.
The production Of beef cattle is be-
ing adopted by a great many farmers OF
the county and during the past year
more than Is excellent registered White
Face bulls have been brought into the
county. Three times this many, better
than average, bulls have been purchased
by farmers with smaller herds in an
effort to improve their cattle.
All Club boys have been specializing
in the production of baby beef calves
during the past two years. This year
nine boys will be able to exhibit calves
of highest quality at the spring shows.
The training in good management prac-
tees have been instilled into these boys
to the point that they are now able
to start a small herd. Many of them
are planning to start this year, using
as their foundation animals, registered
bulls and high quality grade cows.
Fully as many All Club boys and
girls are raising dairy type animals.
Many Of these high type animals will
be among the TOP premium winners at
the spring show which is to be held in
the next few weeks.
Farmers and All Club boys have been
doing an excellent job raising hogs dur
ing the past several years and at the
present time in driving over the county
one sees pure bred animals on every
hand. Not only are large quantities Of
hogs going into pork for home use, but
big shipments are being made daily to
the market. The All Club boys have
taken as one Of their major projects
this year the production Of fat hogs for
the market. Hundreds Of these animals
have already goine into the channels Of
trade.
The raising of work animals has been
a speciality with Holmes County farmers
FOR many years., and when Holmes
county is mentioned in Mississippi, one
Immediately thinks of good home-raised
work animals and excellent walking
horses. More than 1000 mules are
raised annually by farmers and All
Club boys. This number is sufficient
to practically replace workstock needed
on the farm.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08
Rubber Program Progresses

Rubber Director William M. LETTERS told Congress
last week the rubber program is in good shape and sym
thetic production should begin providing enough tires
by the end of this year to keep the nations q million
cars rolling.
This is just about the best news to be heard in
some time regarding developments on the home front.
There are so many other bureaus, departments and
agencies not making the progress expected that it is a
relief to think at least one man has been able to start
accomplishing what his job demands.
If the American Congress is bent on protecting the
future interests Of this country it will adopt and foster
the policy of seeing that America has a synthetic rubber
industry to take care of all her needs.
It is foolish for the greatest nation in the world to
be crippled for want of rubber. 1t is equally foolish for
us to continue our past policy Of allowing ourselves to
be held up by an international cartel of foreign interests
who controlled the production and set the price Of crude
rubber.
There is a great future for the synthetic rubber in
dustry in the United States. We are going to need this
industry and many others to meet the demand for jobs
when the war is over.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08
Holmes Conservation
Payments $685.
$3.50 Formers
Shore In 1912
AAA Program

Agricultural conservation payments
totalling $269,35 have been made to
6,480 Holmes county farmers under the
1912 AAA farm program, County Ad-
ministrative Officer Eugene R. Trotman,
announced this week.
Payments under last years program
have just about been completed Mr.
Trotman said. The county AAA commit
tee is urging all farmers to carry out
all Of the soil building practices they
can under the 1913 AAA farm program
to earn payments and increase farm
production urgently needed in the wal
effort.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08
Holmes County Goes To Work

This week a highly significant meeting was held in
Lexington. Attending were the various mayors and law
enforcement officials Of the several towns throughout
the county.
These officials at this meeting adopted a work or
fight policy to be applied universally in Holmes county.
This means that every person, man and woman, young
and old, white and colored, is expected to get to work on
q useful job. Whether this job is farming or in the fac
tory, or in private employment is beside the point. 1t is
desired and expected that every citizen contribute to the
winning of the war by doing his or her part on the home
front.
We cannot all be soldiers at the front, nor can we
fly q bomber over Berlin. But we can stay employed and
work hard in a useful job at home, so that we can make
it possible for others to be released for more active
service.
The meeting Of Holmes county officials is not with
out precedent. The same thing is being done all over the
state. These meetings serve notice to the world generally
that we, the citizens of Mississippi, will not tolerate lott
ering on the home front from anyone while our men are
being called on to give their lives in the far-flung battles
of the world.
Those who are not now working had better go to
farming or find a job somewhere else. Vagrancy from
here on out is going to be prosecuted by reinforcement
officials.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08

TOTAL --N ,779, 787.O0
With the increased prices Of livestock
and the increased quality and numbers
now being raised in the county, these
figures can easily be raised at least
three times.
Livestock farmers and All Club mem
bers of this county climax their pro-
gram by showing their best animals at
the District Livestock Show at Green
wood in April, and the Holmes County
Livestock Show at Lexington in August.
These events deserve q great deal Of
credit for improving livestock and live
stock management on our farms.
1t is the opinion Of many livestock
men that the brown loan soils Of Holmes
county are especially adapted to the
production Of livestock and 10 fast COM
ing into its own in livestock production.
Proof that Holmes county is destined
to become one Of the leading livestock
counties of the state can be observed
by the efforts many farmers are making
in improving their pasture, purchasing
good herd sires, and the adoption of
better herd management practices.
Although emphasis on pasture building
has been pushed for only about six
months more thar $500 acres have been
improved by approximately Is farmers.
These men are in some cases clearing
their pastures Of brush, logs, stumps,
and shooting the surface by disking 80
that a moving machine can be used
in clipping during the summer months.
Five hundred pounds Of agricultural
lime and $50 pounds Of 201o superphos-
phate per acre is being applied before
seeding is Undertaken The pasture
grasses being used are IL pounds Dallis
grass, 3 pounds White Dutch clover, and
8 pounds of common lespedeza seed per
acre. Pastures treated in this manner
will furnish. good grazing for one or
more grown animals per acre for 8
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08
BOARD MEETING SET

Starting April Is, lS4s, The Selectivs
Service Local Board No. l, Holmes
County, Durant, will be open between
the hours Of eight am. and five pm.
e am. to s p.m.) Mondays through
Saturday.
Board meeting are held on Tuesdays
and Fridays, converting at 10 am.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08
CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR SALE-Stoneville 2-B and Delfss
531 Cottonseed. Graded and treated
with ceresan. $50 per bushel. See
Fred HOLMAN, Sails. Miss. 4t-pd.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08

FURNITURE FOR SALE-Odd pieces in
good condition, including pieces for
bedroom and dining room. See or call
s. R. King, Durant 43.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08

FOR SALE: See your friend
Billups Service Station for Pre-War
Tires. Durant. Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08
Second War Loon Drive

Monday. April IL, is the day all America will be
called upon to loan more money to the government than
has ever been asked for in the history OF the world.
Thirteen billion dollars is the goal for the Second
War Loan Drive. To secure this vast amount every home
in the country must be reached. The money must come
primarily from individual Americans 4
Chairman of the Holmes county drive is Max Scobey,
well-known and popular Lexington banker. MIR. Scobey
has effected a splendid organization of men and women
throughout the county to work in this Second War Loan
Drive. However brilliantly conceived and organized this
drive cannot be successful unless YOU do YOUR part.
OF course the drive must be a success. Here on the
home front the least we can do is back up the man on
the fighting front by buying War Bonds and more War
Bonds.
1866 900 is our goal here in Holmes county. We must
keep working until we have reached or passed that goal.
YOUR support is enlisted today.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-04-08
Holmes Livestock
Program Rapidly
Coming 10 Front
Livestock Triples
Value From Lost
Census Figures

The census report Of 1910 shows the
value Of livestock owned by farmers Of
Holmes county as follows: