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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out of
Separate Road District No. One, for
Salaries, Labor, Supplies, and etc.
II. S. Terry, los 80, Clinton Booth,
$500, Cliff Hughes. $3.50, Rich Keal-
hofer, $3.50, Walter Tucker, $3.50, Bill
Turner, 31.5O, Herman Griffin, 1880,
Glenn McNeer. 70.40, Sidney Stewart.
54.00, Frank j.. Devine, $3.50, Jessie
Grantham, "a, l.. c. Johnson, 1Os.30, H.
c. Downer, T., Western Auto Assoc, g.
Is, Weathersby Chev. Co., 210.67, Jack
son Rd. Eqp. Co., 77S.9S, Cullander
Mchy Co., 3.9s, Z. & N. Products, 1885,
20, The Fincher Co.. STA, Standard Oil
Co, 1898, Peoples Service Station 49,
Al, Terrys Garage 67.9S, W. A. Harvey
Store, las, Peoples Service Station $780,
40, Lee Cade. s2I2, Lexington Wagon
and Blacksmith. 1875. George Downer,
G..
1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out of
Separate Road District No. 2. for Sal
aries. Labor, Supplies and ETC., as fol-
lows:-
A. C. Autry, 1l4.s0, Jake Manuel, So
so, Jake Manuel, 90, Elum Mcbride, g.
60, Dennis Mcbride. 81 so, Bit Kyzer
62.60, Fred Manuel, $3.50, W. NJ. Nc
Bride, $3.50, Dock Todd, l., Holmes Co.
Beat One, 21., Miss. Tr. & Eqp. Co., s.
66, Jackson Rd. Eqp" Co., 1912, same,
1850, Miss. Tr. & Eqp. CO.. 1.0S, Hanec
nil A. Craasa To l0T 81 parr-G Min "a
$50, A. B. Clements Chew. Co., 49,. Hand
Motor Co, 244.o5. Red T. Service Sta.
$40, Red T. Oil Co., 52.47, Standard Oh
Co., 57.1s, Mrs. Mildred Holmes, $50
1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out OF
Separate Road District No. 3, for Sal
aries, Labor, Supplies and etc, as 70!
lows:
Raft Hartheock, 1890, lobe Dickard
So. Ollie Mclean, So, Bilbo Marshall
$3.50, H. C. Brock. $500, Yazoo Vale,
Elec. Power, 7,9S, Heinrich Drug Store
l.53, j. J. Marlborough, sos, j. W. Bur
well, 1921, Humphrey-O'Reilly, 2.5o
same, 1895, Ebenezer Cash Store, 21.41
f. l.. Faulconer, 1896, Western Aut'
Store, 9.S4, Miss. Lubricating CO., s1.u5
Lexington Wagon a. Blacksmith, A., Lex
ington Compress CO., 3.35, Earl Coving
ton, 1.85, Miss. Oil Co, 1880, Westerr
Auto Assoc, 23.10, Miss. Tr. & Eqp. Co.
AGO, Mansfield Oil Co.. COILS. Peopla
Service Station, 4.25, Standard Oil Co.
96.10, j. H. Hocutt, 1.
1t is hereby ordered that the follow
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18
Proceedings Of The
Board Supervisors

BE 1T REMEMBERED, that the Board
of Supervisors of Holmes County, Mis-
sissippi, met in the Courthouse in the
City Of Lexington, on this the LIST day
of May, AID, 1914, it being the first
Monday and the first day of said term,
with the following Members and Of
ficers present, to-wit: f. II. Fowler, NJ.
BIS. No. 1; NJ. S. Rogers, MBS No. Il;
X. p. Thomas, MBS No. 8; M. l.. Smith,
MBS No. 4, President; G. W. Ellison,
MBS No. 8; Parham H. Williams, Clerk,
w. l.. Murtagh, Sheriff and II. H. John
son, Attorney for Board.
When and where the following pro-
ceedings were then and there held and
had:- In Re; County Depository.
beg to hand you herewith list show
ing the balances in the various funds
of the County.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18
Current Comment
By Henry Willis


"And Please, God, Take Good Care OF
Yourself. If anything happened to you
ws'd all be sunk" Thus Editor Sullens
in the Daily News squotes. a small boy
at his bedtime prayers after he had
dutifully asked God to take care OF
Mother and Dad and little sister and
everybody.
Durant Does a Kindly Thing for its
men in Services. Sponsored by the
Rotary Club and paid for by them, a
one sheet weekly news letter is gotten
out filled with school news for the
Younger boys and about town news for
all-lively, light, current. High School
pupils write some of it, townspeople the
balance. 1t is mailed to each Durant
boy and girl in Service and gives each
a weekly letter from home filled with
the names of friends and the little do
ings about town, some joking, some
serious items.
Soil Conservation in the Brown Loan
area has been discussed freely and fire.
auently of late by Thompson and Ross
and Carson and Tom Williams. Most OF
upland Holmes County is brown loan
which Is the best of soils and responds
most quickly to bring it back efforts
It's single draw back is a tendency to
wash and that is not too hard to control
by proper handling and terraces. When
the country was new our fathers Kept
up side-hiu bitches to prevent washing
In the fifty years of uncertainty follow
ing the Civil War most of the bitches
were abandoned and it is only some
twenty-five years since the new form
of side-hill bitches called terracing be-
gan to be much practiced. We won't be
able to compete after the war in world
markets with foreign cotton, therefore
it behooves us to care for the land, re-
claim it, get it is grasses-all the year
pasture-for cattle which requires sc
much less labor. Cattle includes any
thing that grazes) Oats and such feed
take a minimum of work and are best
of stock feeds.
Few Of us Knew there is a Republi-
can party in Mississippi. Well there
are two. One is THE Independent Re-
publican Party, its Secretary is Geo. L.
Sheldon, former Governor of Nebraska
and it polled 4549 votes in Nov. 1910.
This is the faction called lilly whites
and is trying to make the party ere
spectacle in this state. The other par
ty is headed by Perry Howard (son OF
Perry Howard, farmer, smith, useful
man, who spent his life in Ebenezer)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

Rev. and Mrs. f. C. Driskell, Mrs. Nell
Doty, Mrs. Frances White, Mr.. Jack
White, Mr.. James Wilburn, Mrs. Will
Hoover, Mrs. Swayze, Mrs. Hood May,
Mr.. and Mrs. st. John, Mrs. Williams,
Miss Jonell Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. C..
V. Maxwell, Mrs. Annie Guyton and
Mr.. Davis.
Mr.. Charles Mullen of Memphis spent
the weekend with his wife and son in
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. e. Atkinson,
Sr.
Mrs. Nell Davidson is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. A. A. Aston in Hollan-
dale.
Mrs. Clyde Anderson left Monday for
New Orleans, La, to visit her daughter.
Mrs. Raymond Heritage and will go from
there to Wichita Falls, Texas, to visit
her other daughter, Mrs. Leo Doninan.
DR.. and Mrs. H. H. Puryear and sons
were visitors in Kosciusko Sunday, Hrs.
Puryear's mother, Mrs. Smith returned
with them for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Maxwell will leave
Wednesday for Chattanooga, Tenn, to
attend the graduation of their son, Ed
win Maxwell.
Mrs. Zennie Simpson Of Sails, spent
the weekend with her son, Mr.. Doyle
Simpson.
Mrs. J. F. Wilburn is in Jackson for
a few days for a physical checkup.
Mrs. Geo. Alley, Jr., and sons, Geo.
iii. and Ronnie of Memphis, are visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. G.
Meeks.
Mrs. Frank Wilson and wee daughter
Sylvia Diane came home from the Kinp
Daughters Hospital in Yazoo City, last
Thursday.
Mrs. Carol johnson and daughter
George Carroll, Mrs. E. A. Stewart and
Mrs. VI. d. Anderson, spent last Wed.
nesday afternoon in Yazoo City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack CASTOR spent last
week in Ethel with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Pullen.
1t. and Mrs. Billy Atkinson of Camp
Shelby were recent visitors in the home
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Atkinson,
Sr.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18
Ration Reminder

Meats, Fats-Red stamps AS through
rs, good indefinitely.
Processed Foods-Blue stamns Az
through Qs, good indefinitely.
Sugar-Sugar stamps 80 and 81. each
good Tor five pounds Indefinitely. Sugar
stamp 40, good for five pounds of can
ming sugar through February, next year.
Shoes-Airplane stamps / and 2, good
indefinitely.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

200, Dorothy McBee, 1856, Ruth Hol-
loman, 90.40, Dorothy McBee, IL go, Hol-
loman 4 Son. 1915, Delta Elec. Power
Assoc, 1.95, d. T. Ruff, $50, DR.. Bott,
40, A. j. Stevens, 90, Tom l.. Ketchings,
ZIG.
Dorothy MeBee, Supt. of Education
has this day filed her report.
1t is hereby ordered that the Clerk of
this Board issue warrants payable out
Of the proper funds to pay bonds and
coupons when they become due and are
presented for payment.
Pursuant to due and legal advertise
nent for a gravel truck for the ,.se and
~,encfit of Road District One, the bid
of Weathersby Chevrolet Company be-
ing the lowest and best bid is hereby
.cceEted.
Under authority granted Gy Chapter
$50, Laws of 1884, the sum of 5000 is
hereby donated out of the general
eoanty fund for the winner of the Tenn
,eiance Essay contest which will be held
n Holmes County for 1914, and the
-Ierk of this Board is hereby directed to
ssue a warrant in the above amount
when the winner has been certified to
him by the county superintendent Of
education.
County Fund
1t is hereby ordered that the follow.
ing accounts be allowed payable out OF
County Fund.
Earl II. Fowler, MBS No. /. one day
attendance in April, 10 days examining
roads and bridges, 1880, NJ. S. Rogers
MBS No. 2. same, 1880, X. P. Thomas
MBS No. 3, same. 1880, VI. L. Smith
President, MBS No. /, same, IO9. 40, G
W. Ellison, MBS Nc, 5, same, 1920
Parham h Williams, Clerk. one day at
tendance in May g., W. L. Murtagh
Sheriff, same, 5.
1t is hereby ordered that the Boart
10 no" vsourn untll IT'S next regular
June meeting, AID. 1914.
NJ. l.. SMITH. President
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18
PICKENS

Staff Sgt. Sterling Crawford is home
on furlough after finishing his requir-
ed number of missions over seas.
The piano and dancing pnpils of Ms.
L. r. Porker were presented In q rss3A3
Thursday night, May IL, in the school
auditorium, Pickens.
Those piano pupils taking part were
Harry Puryear, Barbara Reeves, Eloise
Dickerson, Fay Hart, Elsie Castan, Cor
nelia Staten, Nance Dodd, johnny Var
borough and Virginia Helm.
Outstanding with amazing interpreta-
ton by the young performers were
"Minuet a L'ontique"-Podrewski, play
ed by Johnny Marlborough and Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue" played by Virginia
Helm.
Unusual talent was shown by the tiny
dancers, Lena Lou Linn, Bobby Chamb-
ers. Betty Worthy, Margaret Ann Nc
MILAN and Polly Chambers. Included in
the more advanced group were Dixie
Johnson, Caleb Reed, Gertie Bunch,
DR.. c. H. Ingram and DR.. II. H. Pur-
year attended a Medical meeting in
Jackson last Wednesday.
Friends Of Mr.. f. j. Spengler are glad
that he is able to be home and out
again. He has been in Jackson for quite
a while taking treatment.
Mrs. Vincent Liberto and son, BUS
ter" Of Thornton, spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. W. Boiling.
! Mrs. Boots" Boiling spent the week
/ end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Sanders in Madden.
Mrs. +. l.. Weeks and children, Billy,
+. L.. Jr, and Geo. Ray of Jackson,
were weekend guests Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Stroud.
Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Walter Lee Craw-
ford Of New Port, Ark, are visiting in
the homes of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Crawford and Mrs. Annie
Guyton.
Mrs. NJ. ID. Thomson Of Birmingham,
Ala, is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. Mel
cher.
Mrs. Hilary Davis and daughter, "Har-
die" returned Sunday from Shelby,
Miss, where they had been visiting for
two weeks with Mr.. Davis's mother.
Little Miss Dixie Gene Boiling Of
Louisville, Miss, is visiting her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A.. Stewart.
Mrs. Lee Crawford made a business
trip to the Capital City Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Worthy and
children, Bettye and Wallace, Jr.. spent
Sunday with Mrs. Worthy's mother, Mrs.
T. NJ. Booth in Winona.
Mrs. f. b. Wray and Mrs. o. W.
Scott Of Duck Hill came down last
Thursday and attended the dancing re-
cital.
Mrs. Josie Sledge was advised by the
War Department that her son, 1t.
Thomas f. Young, Jr., is a prisoner of
the German Government.
Pvt. Pellum Pope of Fort Bragg, N.
c., is home on furlough with his wife
and daughter.
Cpl. Marvin Hoover Mcpherson of
the Marine Corps Air Station, Santa
Barbara, Calf. is at home visiting his
mother, Mrs. L.. d. Mcpherson and sis
ter, Miss Carolyn MCPHERSON.
Those attending the Commencement
Sermon in Goodman Sunday night,
were: Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.. Maxwell, Mr..
f. Atkinson, Sr.. Mr.. E. W. Atkinson,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

The tim. to harvest Irish potatoes will
soon be here, and it is one of our valu-
able food crops. In harvesting potatoes,
every precaution should be taken to cut
as few as possible. Do not pillow up pota-
toes and leave them more than 20 min
utes exposed to the sun. 1t is best to
pillow and pick them up early in the
morning or late in the afternoon.
Throwing them from one row to another
is bad practice. Handle them just as
little as possible. This will cause less
bruising and enable you to carry your
stored potatoes over a longer period. Be
sure to store in a dark cool place.
Pastures can be greatly improved at
this time of the year by clipping. This
is a practice that the Triple A will pay
for but even if no pay is applied for,
this is a job that will dc the pasture
more good than anything else that can
be done during this season. Cut your
weeds SO that they will not compete for
food and moisture with your pasture
grasses; clip your long grass so that
it will be tender and palatable.
Silage is the cheapest feed that can
be produced to carry cattle through the
winter. Sorghum should be planted as
soon as possible to be made into silage
for next winters use. At least one ton
of silage per grown COW should be plant
ed. This kind of feed can be put up
while it is raining; hay crops are often
lost due to rain. Land that will produce
two tons of hay per acre should yield
more than IL tons of silage.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

Don't forget to salt your livestock,
beef cattle, dairy cows, sheep, hogs and
work animals. Many of them suffer at
this season of the year for salt. Still
better a mineral mixture containing salt
should be kept before farm animals at
all times. 1t is cheap.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

in some parts of the state at a cost of
$195. go, which are ready to put up. These
bins have a capacity of 1900 to 1000
bushels.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

Our oat crops this year promises high
yields per acre. Frequent inspection
should be made of the oat acreage for
cutworms. If this insect should be dis
covered, poison bait should be used as
a control measure.
100 pounds wheat bran or some other
ground feed; 4 pounds Paris Green or
white arsenic; l gallon cheap molasses;
Approximately 10 gallons water should
be thoroughly mixed and distributed
over 5 to 6 acres.
The bait should be put out at night
or on a cloudy day and should be dis
tributed evenly over the ground. Some
farmers have used end gate seeders and
cyclone seeders in distributing this bait.
Wooden grain bins are available now
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

The Mississippi State College Expert
ment Station shows that a 81 inch rain
fall during the month of March caused
the loss of 1l6 of an inch of soil or
slightly more thar 26 tons per acre on
a 8 percent slope where the plot has
no vegetative covering. 1t is estimated
that the top five inche of one acre of
soil weighs approximately 1000 tons. 1t
is easy to understand from the above
figures how rapidly our soil can be lost
by erosion if it is not properly protece-
ed. More and more attention should be
given to a vegetative cover and terraces.
A plot with a z 1/2 percent slope COW
cred with vetch lying in the same area
with the bare plot mentioned above
showed about So pounds of soil loss per
acre. Another significant thing about
these two plots was that most of the
water ran off of the bare plot while
most of the water soaked in the soil
| which had a vetch covering.
The lack of labor on many farms of
the county is causing a serious problem.
Farmers are having to change their
Hletnou Oh farming III OrueT 10 uLllIZe
their surplus land. This is being lone
in some cases by planting more oats
and converting more of the cultivated
acres to pasture crops. Either one of
these crops can be handled largely with
power equipment and livestock. Com
mon lespedeza, white Dutch clover, hop
clover, crimson clover, dallis grass and
bermuda grass are some of the plants
most successful on these pastures. Too
much emphasis can not be placed on
thorough preparation and the a~pplica-
tion of lime and phosphate before soils
are seeded.
There has never been a time when a
farmer has such a wonderful opportun-
ity to build pastures. The triple A pro-
gram pays the cost of practically all of
the seed and minerals needed on pas
lures.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-18

ing accounts be allowed payable out OF
pickens-R ichland Separate Road District
for Salaries, Labor. Supplies and etc.
as follows:
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-13

REVIEW t*+*t Tues,
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-13

SWITZERLAND is PREPARED Although surrounded
by bellgerens in World Wars and H. the little republic of Swz
out of these great conflicts while the United States
has been drawn into BOTH although them
Switzerland
tary training which enables every abboded
so take need be- defense his Swiss soldiers
have been drilled gymnastics from boyhood An example of this
early instruction physical culture illustrated picture
showing of small boys Just completing foot
Evening star., 1944-02-26

nen, unuer our peace
ions, the Navy had to
Evening star., 1944-02-26
H. 6. Meem Reflected
By Home for AGED Men

Harry G. Meem, president of the
John Dickson Home for Aged Men
5000 Fourteenth street NV, was re-
elected to that Office yesterday at
the annual meeting of the trustees
of the institution.
Charles H. Doing was named vice
president, filling the vacancy created
by the recent death of Arthur Peter
1t was announced, and Alfred H
Lawson, vice president and real
estate officer of the Washington
Loan & Trust Co., was elected a
trustee. Other officers of the home
are: Harry w. Gauss, secretary
Leonard D. P. Worthington, assist
ant secretary, and William H. Baden
Floyd E. Davis, Theodore w. Moves
and Walter S. Pratt, jr., members OF
the board
Mr.. Meem announced that vacan-
cies were available in the home to
a limited number of men able to
meet requirements Of age and per-
SOnal qualifications.
Evening star., 1944-02-26
Landon Says Nation
Must Elect President
Friendly 10 Congress
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 26.-Alf M.
Landon interpreted the tax veto
battle as evidence of increasing fric-
ton between Congress and the
President and suggested today "Mr.
Roosevelt should be unhitched and a
willing and able team mate be sub
stituted."
"A new President-Democrat or
Republican-would not have sus-
picious and unfriendly Congress to
work with as Mr. Roosevelt must
have from now on" the 1896 Repub-
lican presidential nominee declared.
"A new Commander in Chief who
will not be contemptuous of his fol-
lowers and who will not confuse his
legislative leaders so they will be
marching right when he is march
ing left Is essential to the Nation s
security"
president Has Lost Touch"
Mr.. Landon predicted that when
the American people grasp the true
significance Of the chaotic condition
created by the President in his in
tolerance toward the Congress then
I am certain that this most unusual
and unprecedented and dangerous
situation will be corrected next No
vember"
Grass roots sentiment indicates
the President has lost touch with the
people," he added His II years in
office has apparently given him a
royal complex, which accounts for
his waning popularity"
The former Kansas Governor re-
ferred only in general terms to the
series of events which eliminated in
passage Of the tax bill over the Pres
ident'S veto. But he pointed to
lack of unity and coordination
between the legislative and execu-
tive branches and added:
Charges "Bungling."
ut Is perfectly obvious that Mr.
Roosevelt has bungled the Presi-
dents historic relations with the
Congress just as he has bungled the
administration of war regulations
This bungling jeopardized our mill
tary accomplishments present and
future. 1t will be a terrible hurdle
for postwar reconstruction both at
home and abroad. World confidence
in us Is being shattered.
"The Presidents petulant attitude
and intemperate language in the
midst of our greatest national
emergency aroused righteous indig-
nation in the Congress regardless OF
party Affiliations"
Evening star., 1944-02-26
Ickes Maps Fight
Against Coal Crisis
By the Associated preS

By the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes to-
day announced an extensive system
for fighting domestic coal shortages
next winter.
This spring the Solid Fuels Ad-
mlnlstration, which Mr.. Ickes heads.
Will set up regional and local organ
1zatlons, composed of men serving
without pay-coal dealers for the
most part. They will help the STA
build up stocks of coal and coke in
spring and summer, and when cold
weather returns will mobilize" dis
trlbutlon facilities when necessary
in order to insure that distressing
shortage won't be caused by maldis-
trlbutlon. The committees will ::
Arrange with the STA for emer-
gency shipments to avoid threaten
ing shortages;
Ascertain which dealers or con-
sumerS are actually in need of
preferential deliveries to avoid dis
tress, and
Maintain headquarters through
which consumers who cannot OBJ
tain solid fuels from normal sup
plies may get emergency relief until
permanent arrangements can be
made.
Evening star., 1944-02-26
\X&:'f7iS' \X:; +; s.
"

DANCES.
Veterans Administration Lodge,
No. II, American Federation Of
Government Employees, New Co.
lonial Hotel, $50 o'clock tonight.
Get-acquainted dance, sponsored
by Government Employees Group As
sociation. National Press Club audi
torium, o'clock tonight. Service
members invited.
Africa" Pierce Hall, 8 o'clock
tonight.
MUSIC.
Organ recital, Washington Chapel,
8 o'clock tonight.
SHOWS.
Helen Catch Durston sketches.
Corcoran Art Gallery, $50 am. to
4:30 pm. today and 2 to S pm. to-
morrow.
Azalea exhibit, Botanic Gardens,
$50 am. to 4:30 pm. daily.
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco The
ater, tonight: Catholic University
band, Treble Clef Club, Walter
Reeds WAC chorus, Casino Royal
show and Kaplowitz Accordionettes.
Officers Service Club dance, May
flower Hotel, 9 o'clock tonight.
Leap Year Backway Dance, :"
YMCA (USO) 9 o'clock tonight
Servicemen may obtain informa-
ton on numerous other dances and
other activities by telephoning the
United Nations Center, National
1900.
Evening star., 1944-02-26
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Which is the surname and
which the given name of the Chi
nese generalissimo?-S S. H.
A. Chang is the family name
and Kai-shek are his given names.
Evening star., 1944-02-26
Carrier Bennington
Launched in BROOKLYN
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Completed
within Is months after the laying of
her keel, the 27000-ton Essex class
carrier U. S. S. Bennington was
launched today.
Chosen as sponsor for launching
ceremonies at the New York Navy
Yard in Brooklyn was Mrs. Melvin
u. Mas, wife of Representative
Mas of Minnesota, and invited
guests included Francis E. Morris
sey, president of the village of Ben
nington, VT, for which the first
U. S. S. Bennington was named.
The original Bennington was a
gunboat which was used when the
United States took possession of
Wake Island on January II, 1899.
Building Of the Bennington was
authorized December Is, 1941, and
her keel was laid December IS, 1892
1t was the first carrier to be built in
its entirety at the New York yard.
Plans for the launching differed
from the usual sliding down the
ways. Instead, arrangements called
for admission OF 16 feet Of water to
the building dock through gates. so
that the vessel could be foated of
her keel blocks.
Evening star., 1944-02-26
Anacostia Citizens Want
Peoples Counsel Named

The Anacostia Citizens Associa-
ton voted last night to petition the
President to appoint peoples
counsel for the District. The as
sociation demanded that the Presi-
dent abide by the intent of Con-
gress as shown by the fact that
it created the position and appro-
priated the necessary funds.
Resolutions also were passed fav-
oring in principle of home rule for
the District.
And endorsement of the book
"Foundation of Good Citizenship. -
by Judge Vincent A. Osterman of
Prince Georges County, was voiced
after he had spoken on juvenile
delinquency.
The meeting was held at the An
acostia School.