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Evening star., 1944-11-26

quests that the board order all en-
ployes to contribute to establishment
OF a fund for steelworkers in the
armed forces.
The unions proposal was that
employees contribute $40 each out of
any wage increase which the board
might direct and that each steel
company be ordered to match the
amount. The board said it felt that
while such fund might be arranged
by voluntary agreement, it should
not be ordered by the board. The
labor members dissented on this
decision.
Evening star., 1944-11-26
Doctors
Continued From First Page.

tCOIlClnueQ from First Page.1
coming quarterly meeting Monday,
December IL, it was learned from
Paul Foley, assistant secretary.
The licensure commission, whose
president is J. Russell Young,
chairman of the Board of District
Commissioners, has been issuing to
Maryland doctors borderline GER
tificates also at a cost of 81 so they
Evening star., 1944-11-26

Ship and plane symbols
mark area where Jap convoy
of four ships was smashed
yesterday off Cebu. Previous
ly, two Jap conveys were
smashed at Ormoc Bay (A)
and another off Masbate Is
land OBJ. Arrows indicate
areas of land drives on Leyte.
"A. P. Wirephoto.
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
Fred M. Branch Rites
Held November 22nd

Funeral services were held Wednes-
day, November 22nd for Fred Mabry
Branch, As, who died November 18th.
The Rev. j. L. McElroy, former pastor
of the Methodist Church in Senasha
officiated.
Interment was in Senasha Cemetery
with Southern Undertaking Association
of Durant conducting.
Mr.. Branch is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Susie Ellen Branch of Rt. 2, SAL
lis; four daughters; Maxine, Billie
Merle, Ruthie Jean and Tommie Sue
Branch; four sons; Cpl. Hayes Branch,
who served sixteen months in the Euro
pean Theater of War; Fred Lemar
Branch, with the U. S. Army in the
Pacific; F. M. Branch and Earl Branch;
two sisters; Mrs. Hal Albin, Goodman,
and Mrs. J. C. McCrory, Goodman; and
two brothers; Tom Branch and Tillman
Branch, both of Goodman.
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
n. v. Thornton Rites
Held Sunday

H. v. Thornton, 66, Of Swiftown and
Itta Bena passed away Saturday morn
ing at the Community Hospital, follow
ing several weeks illness.
Mr.. Thornton was a retired planter
and the son of the late DR.. C. C. Thorn
ton. He was an active worker in the
Methodist church at Swiftown.
Surviving are his wife; two daugh-
ters: Mrs. T. c. Castleberry, New Or.
leans; and Mrs. L. M. Hamberlin,
Thyatira; his mother, Mrs. Laura
Thornton, Clarksdale; one brother, Bon
nell Thornton, Clarksdale. Also surviv-
ing are two grandchildren: Ellen King
Castleberry and Lee V. Hamberlin.
Funeral services were held Sunday in
Lexington and burial was in Thornton
Cemetery. The Rev. w. w. Bruner, Pas
tor of the Methodist church at Swiftown
and the Rev. A. Y. Brown, Methodist
Pastor of Lexington conducted the SER
vices.
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30

nave fins, the Fins fought the Russians.
russians are Reds, fire engines are al
ways rushing, and so they are red.
That came from mighty smart people
the Scobeys. Oh, they were amusing
the children with it.
DIR. Frank NJ. Phillips, Doctor of
Medicine and Surgean, departed this
life forty-two years ago, on the 25th of
November 1902. His death is recalled
by his old friend at this renewed hunt
ing season to point a caution Almost
daily We read-"A.B. was killed TODAY
while cleaning his gun after returning
from hunt; or, preparing for hunt
or, mistaken for game. Frank was
from line of Doctors. His grandfather
and father practiced in the country
about Phillippi Plantation on Chicopa
Greek in the early days of the State.
Frank had graduated in medicine and
been an Inferno in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, City; practiced for a time
on the Brazos River in Texas; then
come home to locate here and practice
with his father. One of the best auali-
fled and trained young men he was a
success from the start, performing
some, for that time, miracles of surgery.
Like all his ancestors Frank loved the
great quiet of the woods and the ex-
citements of hunting so each November
the opening of the deer season found
him in the woods with a choice lot of
good friends. In 1902 it was late in the
month before the start from here was
made, and camp pitched near Culver
River east of Ruleville. Frank. in a
dark suit and his usual wide brim
light color Stetson, was scouting near
camp. A stranger heard the crackle OF
his feet in the leaves, caught a glimpse
OF the light hat through the switch
came. "mistook" it for deer and sem
two buck shot through Franks head
1t is the sort of inexeusable TRACED,
that happens many times every season
and it may not be amiss to repeat thai
sit can happen here"
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
Moil Christmas Gifts Now

Every year we urged to "do our Christmas shop
ping early and year put it off to the last min
ute and get our gifts in the mail the last possible minute
This year those persons who wait until the last min
ute are gong to be left behind In the first place the
early shoppers have already started buzzng around and
II you don't believe it just ask any merchant So if you
don't do your shopping early this year you are liable to
De lett out on limb with money and nothing suitable
TO buy One large department store year even ran
out OF war bonds on Christmas Eve and this year prom
ises to be even worse.
In the second place unless we get our Christmas
packages in the mail within the next few days we have
no assurance they will reach their destination until after
Christmas.
The railroads (including the Railway Expressly are
already with shipping and transporta
ton problems arising out Of moving millions of pas
sengers and troop trains The problem will be further
complicated by Xmas furoughs granted to our men in
service ~ -
SO do not let this warning of shop and mail Christ
mas gifts now go in and out the other Unless
gifts are mailed the first week in December and deliver
les spread out in the three weeks left before Christmas
holidays ~ ~
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
Current Comment
BY HENRY WILLIS

The State Game Department, express
- the hope that we bird hunters who
had the extra day of Thanksgiving to
practice in, observe the remainder of
the closed season and refrain from bird
huntinv until December 10th. On and
after that DAY we can go daily until
February 20. Game Warden, Warner
says he will be here. there and yonder
every day and hopes he will not hear
any fast shooting before the time
comes.
In Passing, IT isn't often that we
have so much color in the fall as this
year has given us. The black gums,
hickorys sumach, beeches, the sweet
gums and white oaks, have put on
their most colorful dresses this season
in contrast to the more frequent rusty
browns.
A Correction in the initials of Cap
tain Hoskins, U.S.A. Mrs. Dyson and
Miss Belle Stigler tell me it should
have been John S. Hoskins-instead of
"J.H." as given last week. Also there
were three of the Hoskins girls-Mss
Ella, married Barnes Humpries; Miss
Lalla, married Dave Humphries; Miss
Evelyn, married kier. Besides the boys
W. w. and John, who was killed il
1887. Thanks. Any information of alc
times or old people is welcome.
Victory Day in Europe seems delayed
until sometime in the early summer oi
next year. The Huns are fighting des
perately and effectively to carry tn,
war over the winter. They hope, per
haps, to see a rift develop among th
Allies. Or, maybe they are building
great hopes on new "secret" weapon
that will turn the tide in their favor
Or, it might be that they expect to re
new the submarine attack with sue
improved subs as to be able to serious
ly affect the flow of munitions to ou
forces. Obviously something is keepin
alive their hopes and it is up to US an
the British, on the western front, I
disable their minds so effectively the
only few of them will be left to star
preparation for the next war. As 70 tina
they are known to be planning alread
to assert their rank as the "Maste
Race"
A Bit of Foolishness. "Why are fir
engines red? News papers are read too
and two and two make four. and fou
times three is twelve, and twelve inche
is ruler. Queen Elizabeth was a rule
and Queen Elizabeth is the name of
ship too, ships sail the seas. there ar
little fishes in the seas, little fishe
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
tuberculosis Greet Enemy

One of the greatest enemies fought by Americans
of all ages and is tuberculosis. Every citizen in
the LA class when it to the disease that has taken
American lives since Pearl Harbor than been
lost through enemy action.
tuberculosis kills $4,000 persons annually in Amer
lea although death rate has been reduced three
fourhs in the past forty since the organization of
the tuberculosis Association.
The Importance Of the work done by this Association
in the crusade against TB cannot be overemphasized
deserves hundred support the Christmas
Seals buy every at Christmas time helps in this
great crusade
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30


Trains are another place where lines
form for the diners. and harrassed
stewards have hard time pacifying
their old customers who once could
walk leisurely into the dining cars and
greedy customers insist on sitting for
half an hour after they have finished
eating, smoking or gossiping and ap-
parently unmindful of the long lines of
tired people waiting to get bite. The
other night I saw perspiring steward
out of his seat to make way for some
soldiers, and he was roundly cheered
by the surrounding crowd.
A local Army officer has become
somewhat embarrassed over a situation
which has arisen. Every morning this
officer waits on First Avenue for the
car in which he rides downtown to his
office. At exactly this same time, a
doorman who works at a nearby apart
ment hotel passes this way. Now this
doorman is dressed in utter splendor
wearing bright blue trousers vi a
scarlet stripe, a smartly cut waistcoat
of contrasting pink and a shiny uniform,
cap to match, fronted with slick pat
ent leather bill. His uniform is far
more colorful than that of the Army
officer whom he passes. But this is not
the worst part. Apparently super-con-
scious of the military goings-on in this
world, the doorman regularly salutes
the officer just as he passes. The Of
ficer hates to be impolite. Yet there is
nothing in the Army regulations which
requires him to salute a chasseur of
the Beaux Arts Apartments. So the Of
ficer just grins foolishly and mods.
An official of the Pullman Company
told me recently that he was almost at
his wits end during the election cam
paign. A U. 8. Senator travelling to a
certain town to make a speech, lost his
false teeth on the train en- route. Vow
ing that he was helpless to speak with
out his teeth, the Senator called on
the railroad to make good. The Pullman
man conducted search-and fortunate
ly located the plates-right under the
seat in which the lawmaker had been
riding.
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
December 7th Is "E" Bond Doy

Patriotic citizens of Holmes county have over
subscribed every of the war loan drives made to
date The 9th War Loan drive is now
Our quota in the 9th War Loan drive is $64O,OOO.
Our 'E" bond quota is $273,0O0
We have set goal the achievement of our
"E" bond quota to observe Pearl Harbor Day to show
by bondbuyng that have not forgotten American
lives and ships sacrificed when the Japs struck Pearl
Harbor . that we, the little people of Holmes county,
pledge dollars to back up the hundreds of brave
Holmes county boys the battefronts throughout the
world.
We know that Holmes county will reach and over
subscribe its 9th War Loan quota What want is to
be of the first counties in Mississippi to the
top in the "E" bond drive
That will be fitting tribute to every fighting
in uniform and to those who have made the supreme
sacrifice We're going to buy the bonds anyway why
not buy them NOW and make that December 7th goal?
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
West Senior Gloss
Presents Ploy 9th

The Senior Glass of West School will
present the play Aunt samanthy Rules
the Roost" in the school auditorium
Friday night, December Sth at eight
o'clock.
Remember the date don't let anything
interfere with your coming to see "Aunt
Samanthy Rules the Roost".
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30

Above is shown CPL Howard Grantham, of Lexington who
eagerly scans book about Mississippi in his outfits day
Oahu Island where he member
tectng Pearl Harbor and the Hawaiian Islands from the Japs
The book CPL Grantham interested published by
Mississippi Power and Light Company full
figures about the State of Mississippi and its development He
says the book just the thing he needed
Yankees right when they referred Mississippi backward
state CPL Grantham is married Mabe Roberts
and they have one daughter Patricia Ann.
Photo courtesy MPL News
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30

'ng secretve. For twenty years he work
ed in his spare time behind locked doors
in shed behind his house, making a
miniature theatre with wooden figures
that moved acknowledgement this
ancient tableaux was brought out be-
fore the public gaze here the other day
and hawk-eyed antique dealers paused
for few minutes to watch q wooden
George Washington slowly and some.
what jerkily expiring in his bed while
puppet followers shed sawdust tears
over his dramatic passing
Governor Bottolfson of Idaho has
given a certificate of exceptional serv-
ice to d. l.. Toffenetti, Times Square
restaurant owner, for plugging Idaho
potatoes in his restaurants over the
past 25 years. These big mealy spuds
ire one of the featured items on the
Toffenetti menus, along with straw
Berry shortcake. Such restaurants
would be more enjoyable nowadays,
'owever, if one didn't have to stand in
line so long to get into them. A soldier
home on furlough was heard to observe
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
So This Is New York

Joe Smith says he doesn't know why
80 many holidays are crowded into the
last weeks of the year. Just about the
time he is trying to recover from the
big meal on Thanksgiving, he must be-
gin to get ready for Christmas and the
New Year. To say nothing of attempt
ing to round out his business for the
year and take inventory with a view
Of what is to follow. Joe claims he
would like to have one of these holi-
days in the hot midsummer Anyway,
the wartime crowds are SO thick any
where he goes, it's hard to tell when a
holiday arrives.
So many shows and exhibits go on in
New York constantly that 1t would re-
quire volume issued frequently to
describe all Of them. Whether it ia a
desire for the things of yesterday or
natural swing of the cycle to objects
of the past | do not know, but antique
shows seem to grow in popularity here.
Apparently people with money consider
1T good hobby to replace their COM
Portable furniture with that which
George Washington is alleged to have
slept in. To look at some of the beds
on view downtown last week, one won
ders how anyone ever was able to sleep
in them. And the older and more de-
| crepit they get, the more money these
pallets of peace bring. One lady we
know has her house so filled with
antique furniture that she is afraid for
you to sit long in any chair for fear it
will fall apart. Her living room might
be called the house of squeaks, and it
is wise to take a cushion and sit on
the floor when you visit there
| One of the fathers of the antique
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30
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The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30

One of the fathers of the antique
urge appears to have been Selba Calk-
ins, a wagon-maker of Altamont, N. Y.
who also established a record for be-
The Lexington advertiser., 1944-11-30

recently when he sighted one Of these
long lines. well, l might as well have
stayed in camp and in my own chow
line"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-13
Wrap Overseas Supplies
To Withstand All Chimes

To the packaging industry goes
the credit for wrappings which
protect American food and sup
plies in shipment to the front lines
through sub-zero temperatures,
blazing heat, and penetrating hui
Nudity. Great quantities of war
material are delivered in contain
ers which can be immersed in wa
ter for days without damage.
Goods are often unloaded at re-
mote points where there are no
docks. 1t is simply dumped onto
the surf to be carried ashore by
the waves or the tide.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-13
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HARD WATER SCALE

Question: have some water pans
that are used with radiator covers
for humidifying the air Of the room.
After seasons use these pans have
heavy coating Of white sediment
due to our hard water. I have pre-
viously scraped and painted the
pans, although scraping does not re-
move all the accumulation. What
kind Of paint should I use to pre-
serve them?
Answer: Fill each pan with water
mixed with cider vinegar in the pro-
portion of cupful to the quart.
Bring to boil and allow to stand
overnight. The scale should then be
loose enough to be scraped out cas-
lily. A good paint would be an alu-
minum paint with a spar varnish
base, or a heat resisting black as
phaltum paint. You may have
substitute that will serve until after
the war. II
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-13

Flags Have Two Designs
Among the many flags in the
world having a different design on
each side are the state ensigns of
Massachusetts,, Oregon and South
Dakota.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-13
Difficult Job Confronts
New Democratic Leaders
Chairman flanagan, PubIiCist Porter, Must
Rebuild Party Machine; Answer COP
Attacks on Bureaucracy.
By BAUKHAGE
Ne,Os ANALYST and Commentator.

real responsibility falls on the shout
ders of Michelson's successor, Paul
Porter, and they are broad Shout
ders with very good newspaper
head between them.
But flanagan has another, bigger
problem. It is job for a master
mechanic. It is repair job on the
Democratic machine which is
euphemistically designated in the
language of party politics as the "or-
ganization.
Broken Machine
Hannegan is a young, energetic,
open-faced Irishman, and it is good
thing he is young and energetic and
optimistic because he has had to
start his job of organization at
scratch. Anyone at Democratic
headquarters will admit that.
The reason is revealed in this SIM
pie chronology:
Jim Farley took over a pretty
well running machine built up by
Raskob. Farley did a splendid job
of keeping it spinning until 1886. It
was hundred-per-c Roosevelt
for-President machine that far.
Then Farley got other ideas-one,
that two terms was enough for
Roosevelt, and the other was that
the next term, it would be Farley.
The machine changed to one
man dog which, for four years,
would only come when it's master
spoke and its master was Farley.
After the historic split, it fell apart
except as the states kept their seq
ments intact. "
So all Mr.. flanagan has to do is
to put it together again if he can
find all the parts.
That is the first job as far as the
Democratic offensive goes.
AS to the defense, they feel they
already have pretty clear picture
Of the Republican war plans as have
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-13
WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, ID. G.

WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, ID. G.
Bombs one day will cease burst
ing, ships will sail the seas undis-
turbed by torpedoes, and cities will
no longer be levelled, but politics
knows no armistice.
The political forces are already
laying down their preliminary bar
RACES.
Two weeks ago, reported a visit
to Republican headquarters up on
Connecticut avenue and attempted
to outline the job that Chairman OF
the Republican National committee.
Harrison Spangler, has laid out for
himself.
Since then, I have been admitted
into the front lines in the Demo-
cratic sector and now that am
back safe in limb and, I hope, sound
In mind, shall attempt to report
the strategy that Field Marshal
Hannegan's cohorts seem to be en-
ploying. Democratic Chairman Han
negan is young man, who has
served in the ranks and worked his
way up from ward politics to City
Chairman for st. Louis whence he
leapt to the national Craftsmanship.
Just to give you a little Of the
atmosphere in which the Democrat
ic CHG operates, let me say a word
about gathering held recently in
the Mayfower Hotel (Which also
houses the Democratic headquar-
ters) just few blocks down Con-
necticut avenue from the old resi-
dence that the COP has taken over.
This gathering was the occasion
of the retirement of Charley Michel
son and the assumption of his duties
as Number One publicity man for
the Democratic committee by tall
and personable Paul Porter, who
said he felt as If somebody had put
him down in Carnegie Hall, handed
him Kriesler's violin, and said:
''Now play"
That was a pat remark. We all
know Charley Nicholson. We all
know Porter, who has been around
Washington in one important job or
another ever since the New Deal
began dealing. And we know the
typewriter Of Charley Nicholson is
as hard for anyone but it's possessor
to play upon as Kreisler's fiddle
would be. However, when I was up
at Democratic headquarters a few
days later, there was Charley ap-
parently giving such aid and COM
fort and encouragement as might
be needed from the wings.
One thing that makes it hard for
the Democrats is that the Republi-
cans are in position to lift their
copyright.
AS one Democrat explained it to
me, it is like this:
Nobody will have a chance to do
the job that Charley Nicholson did
for us from 1922 on until the cleo
ton of FDR. The trouble is the
Republicans are in position to use
his theme song adapted, of course,
to suit their needs.
''They have already started to do
to the administration just what
Nicholson did to Hoover. They have
started to attack the war agencies
and all of the administration depart
ments and activities, exposing ev-
cry blunder, playing up failures and
trying to show that everything the
people think are burdens and annoy
ances can be traced directly to the
administration.
''And you know" this wise old
veteran added, what you write and
Ssy about how bad the other guy is
makes a lot better reading than
what you say about how good you
think YOU are"
That is one obstacle Chairman
Tro~~o~oxo Sc ,,x~ - ro;nc% o14bo,,o1, %ha
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-04-13
The OPA Fight


damning the administration adj
ministering-has been revealed in
congress too. The fight over the
OPA is a current example. Minority
Leader Joe Martin announced at the
beginning that nobody wanted to do
away with price regulation but that
present regulation must be i'm
proved. What the Democrats expect
is that the Republicans will drag
out the hearings as long as possible,
parade what they call "a chamber
of horrors" before the people, at
tempting to associate all the irrita-
tons, limitations and restrictions
which are annoying the public, on
the administration.
There are other obstacles which
are product of the time which the
Democrats have to meet. They are
realistic about them.
One is the fourth term, of course.
That may partially be offset by the
don't change horses in the middle
Of a stream" argument which is
counted upon to influence a great
number of people who think it might
be disastrous to shift leadership,
whether you like it or not, while
the war is going on.
Campaign Weapons
Here are two main dishes the
Democrats probably will offer the
voter!
The first, I have already men,
toned. Don't change horses -.
The second can be encompassed in
one woodwork! You can call it
security, or any other name that
smells as sweet. But the Democrats
count on the fact that the average
American fears another depression,
or at least temporary unemploy-
ment when the boys come home.
The argument is, 'They (the Demo-
crats) did it before, they can do it
again the Republicans brought
you panic, the New Deal got you
through it."
Circumstances alter the best laid
plans Of mice, men and national
committees, but that seems to be
what they are shouting at along
Connecticut avenue today.