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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Ceiling On Live
Cattle Will Aid


The OPA, with approval of the
Director of Economic Sterilization,
has placed ceiling prices on live
cattle, and an OPA spokesman
makes the following explanation:
AS you know, live cattle is the
only basic commodity that has not
been under price control. The abb
sence of ceiling prices was per-
hitting a small minority of slaugh-
terers to obtain the bulk Of the bet
ter grades of cattle at abnormally
high prices.
Cornering the market in this way
had two serious effects: I. 1t threat
ened the nations entire food price
sterilization program, and; 2. 1t in
terfered with the fair distribution
of the better grades of beef.
A quick review of the abuses
created by the absence of ceilings
on live cattle will, I believe, lead
you to agree that OPA has acted
in the best interest of all concern
ed. The nations entire food price
sterilization program was threaten
ed. Slaughterers who bid abnor-
mally high prices for choice" and
good grades of cattle could sell
them profitably only by charging
wholesalers more than the legal
ceiling prices. This started vicious
cycle of over ceiling sales which
ultimately reached housewives.
And-a strict adherence to ceiling
prices at the retail counter is the
real test Of the success of our en-
tire food price control program.
Overlooking by an unprincipled
few was very unfair to the great
majority Of retailers, wholesalers
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Local Scouts To
Observe Scouts
Week Feb. 8-14

Today finds us on the eve of the
thirty-fifth anniversary of Scout
ing in America. At recent hurry
up called meeting of the district,
the Scouters approved and recon-
mended to the leaders of the dis
trict the following program for
Boy Scout Week.
February 8, Birth of Scouting
and Parent night combined. The
following suggestions may be used
in carrying out this program:
l. Opening ceremony
2. The history of scouting, by
four boys. Each of them will speak
on this subject: the best speaker
to receive prize.
3. Scout songs, led by different
scouts.
4. The Purpose of Scouting, is
the subject of a fifteen minute adj
dress by an adult.
5. Demonstrations by Patrol.
6. Closing ceremony.
Feb. = A Court of Honor at
Lanier high school.
Feb. 10 = Waste paper collec-
ton, Mr.. M. Lewis incharge.
Feb. II - Scout day at the
church. Enter and leave the service
in single file.
February IL = Window display.
All troops from two groups; each
group secure a window down town
for display; tag each article
February Is = Fun night. Songs,
games, jells, campfire, taps at Mt.
Helm church.
February ii = Scout day at
school, Scouts will choose their own
leaders; make arrangements with
school officials for carrying out the
program and carry it out.
February % = Scout anniversary
closing night-Lanier high school
l. Opening ceremony.
2. George Washington.
3. Scout songs.
S. Troop inspection and demon
stration.
6. Closing ceremony.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Sonny Boy Williams, His Plan
And Orchestra At Skating
Rink Thursday, February s
Sensational Decca Recording
Artists First Appearance Here

Music and dance lovers who al
ways appreciate real entertainment
will receive the treat of a lifetime,
on Thursday. February 8, when the
exclsive Decca recording artist,
Sonny Boy Williams, his piano and
his orchestra appear at the color
ed skating rink for four hours of
swinging, singing and jumping.
Always anxious to give his pa
irons the best in entertainment,
promoter Willie j. Miller, has al
ready secured list of top ranking
attractions for the spring and sum-
mer. Sonny Boy Williams being one
of the biggest and best.
At present this super attraction
is turing Texas an dother South
ern states.
On his first personal appearance
in Jackson here the following Son.
ny Boy Williams juke box fits:
Reverses the Charges, Shake 1t But
Don't Break 1t, Honey it Must Be
Love, Savoy is Jumpin, Worried
Live Blues, Wee, Wee Hours,
Want a Little Girl, One Little Date
With You, Poppin, You're the One
For Me.
Don't fail to hear the band that
plays the Blues, boogie-woogie
style.
Featured with this great orches-
ira is little Beau and his saxa-
phone
Much has been done at the skat-
ing rink to insure comfort and the
best of order will be kept.
Advance tickets are on sale at:
Travellers Inn, Stevens, Inc, Shep-
herds Cafe, Mill & Oakley Cafe,
Blackstone Cafe. Acme Cafe, Coons
Place, Modern Cleaners.
Advance tickets are SIPS tax in
Guided, at door $1.50, tax included.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
CARD OF THANKS

We take this method of express
ing our sincere thanks and appre-
Citations to our many friends for
their kind sympathy. cards, mes
sages and beautiful flowers at the
death of our husband and father,
the late Bonnie Wells.
We especially wish to thank the
friends of Parish street at the
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company.
May God bless all of you.
Signed:
Mrs. Nettie Wells, Wife
Bonnie Melvin Wells, Son
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Negro Farmers Get
Set For Another
Record Crop

While the War Food Administra-
ton was announcing the final ag-
ricultural production goals for 1915
last week, white and colored farm
ers were repairing fences, check
ing their tools, learning how to care
for their livestock and poultry at
clinics conducted by extension
agents, and in general were putting
their farm plants in readiness for
another record crop, according to
reports received by the U. S. De?
partment of Agriculture.
The final goals call for 362,635, 900
acres in crops. This is nearly three
per cent larger than last year
Among the commodities which Ne
grof armers will play an important
part in producing are: peanuts, cot
ton, tobacco, poultry and eggs.
They will also raise hogs and cat
tie; produce increased quantities of
milk, according to estimates.
The national goals for these pro-
ducts is as follows: peanuts, 1885,
600 acres; cotton, 20,507, 900 acres;
tobacco, 100000; sweet potatoes,
841, 900 acres; sows to farrow in
spring, 9,569,OO0; chickens, 745,8O0,-
600, not inclding commercial broil-
ers; eggs. 4,35O,00O dozens; cattle
and calves for slaghter, 100000
head.
Aside from the colored farm peo-
pie who will help the nation attain
the war time agricultural goals this
year by operating farms as owners,
tenants and troopers, may pitch in
as day laborers to help with the
cultivation and harvest of the
crops.
The part played by day labofers
will be increasingly significant this
year because of the expected short
age of workers The Department
of agriculture says that all indi-
cations point to a further shrink
age f the farm work fore due both
to increased demands of the armed
forces, and to further migration
to industry.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Nitrogen Said
Necessary For
Oats In Mississippi

That nitrogen fertilization is nee
essary for the profitable production
of oats in Mississippi, is shown by
DR.. Russell Coleman, associate
agronomist for the agricultural ex-
pertinent station, in summary of
recent tests at several locations in
which nitrogen increased yields by
so per cent or more.
Many farmers are producing
more oats these war days, and
questions asked Of research work
ers indicate. that farmers want to
know how much nitrogen can pro-
fitably be used, and whether phos-
phate and potash should also be
used.
In an attempt to answer these
questions, tests were conducted in
1914 on eight different soils, four
in South Mississippi and four in
North Mississippi. Six different
rates of nitrogen, 0, is, "a, 80, 48,
and "a pounds, were used with and
without phosphate and potash.
In. summarizing the results, DR..
Coleman stated that yields on many
of the soils were not as large as
usual due to unfavorable weather
conditions In most cases the re-
Spouse to nitrogen was not as good
as is usual, but results contain val
liable information which may be
helpful to oat producers.
Outstanding observations were
made on several of the tests. The
oats grown on Sumpter clay were
heavily grazed until the first week
in April, and in addition to the
grazing, where adequate amounts
of nitrogen were top dressed, so
bushels of oats were harvested. On
the more fertile soils where 48 and
GA pounds of nitrogen were used,
the oats lodged badly, making it diff
ficult to harvest them.
The average of all tests shows Is
bushels per acre on unfertilized
plots; Is bushels were 16 pounds of
nitrogen was applied; q bushels
with "a pounds nitrogen, and 80
bushels where 80 pounds of nitro
gen was applied.
THE greatest profit was made
from the first 16 pounds of nitrogen.
This emphasizes the fact that every
acre of oats should receive at least
16 pounds of actual nitrogen. The
"a, 80, and 48 pound rates continued
to give increased oat yields. Oats
treated with "a pounds of nitrogen
yielded less than those treated with
48 pounds. The results, like those,
of previous years, suggest that 80
pounds of nitrogen is about the
most profitable rate on most soils
in the hill section of the state"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03

Buy another bond TODAY.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03

and slaughterers who are making
sincere efforts to abide by our
wartime price and ration rules. In
the face of the big wartime market
for meat this condition was build
ing pressures for widespread black
market operations up to a danger
Gus point. These pressures had
reached a point that retailers in
various parts of the country refus-
ed to handle beef on the grounds
that it could not be sold profit
ably at ceiling prices. 1t contained
a threat to our entire ceiling price
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
643 Million Pounds
Of Food Went To
Islands In IA

Delivery of food and other agri
cultural products for shipments to
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is
lands during 1914 totaled 643,965, 1893
pounds, the War Food Administra-
ton has announced.
Food shipments to Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands are made on
a cash sale basis under agreements
with the War Food Administration,
the Department of Interior and the
island governments.
Monthly deliveries varied but the
general average for the year was a
little over So million pounds per
month.
Lowest 1914 deliveries were in
June, when only 15,426,278 pounds
of foodstuff were delivered. Peak
shipments were in May, when the
total reached 86,258,54O pounds.
Foodstuffs delivered for ship
ment included 41,810,155 pounds of
dairy and poultry products; meat
and meat products, 65,727, 1856
pounds of which 28,556,980 pounds
were cured pork and 35,901 1886
pounds were lard; fats and oils, 15,-
C26 Am mounds of which ID 31f :
400 pounds were soap; grain and
cereal products. 461 sol, 344 pounds,
of which 262,682,998 pounds were
rice and 96,538,0OO pounds were
white flour; dry beans totaled 49,
374,700 pounds, and there were g.
018,062 pounds Of garbanzos, a
small pea bean.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Hear Sonny Boy Williams at Skating Rink, February 8
Negro Chamber Of Commerce
Conducts Business Clinics
Clinic For Grocery Stores
February

Having been able to increase the
business done by Negro business;
and having created an incentive on
the part of the Negro public, to
trade with Negroes, with the trade
week, the economic committee is
seeking further means of promoting
the progress of Negro business and
the economic interest of Negroes
in general. With this as an OBJ
jective the committee has set up
the following detectives:
l. Business clinics that will help
all Negro businesses.
2. Systematic advertising of Ne
gro business, with quarterly trade
boosters.
8. Promotion of projects that will
increase the income of, both Negro
business and the Negro public.
4. The establishment of a Negro
curt market.
The first clinic for the year will
start with the grocery business. On
February 6 ALI grocery merchants
are asked to bring their problems
to the chamber. The discussion will
be led by Messrs w. R. Stewart,
H. M. Harris and c. A. Christophe.
All problems presented will be
compiled by the committee and
every effort will be made to find
the best solutions for them. On Feb
ruary 20 all grocermen and their
employees will meet for the final
grocers' clinic. At this meeting
there will be representatives from
wholesale cmpanies, the OPA, and
experts in the grocer business.
The general theme of the bust
ness clinics: know your custom
ers," the theme of the grocer elm
ic, Helping to balance the fam
lily budget"
It is the hope of the committee
that permanent organization of
grocermen will be perfected. The
following tempory committee has
been asked to help make the clinic
go and to help in the organization:
Mr.. S. L. Allen, Mr. w. r. Ste
wart, Mr.. Allen Collin, C. E. Oats,
j. H. Dean, and Mr.. E. D. Lucket.
March $40 has been set for Bar
Der and Beauticians clinic. The de-
tail program to be worked out
April 3: Shoe repair and shoe shine
clinic. May /: Blacksmiths and
contractors.
One person from each type OF
business has been placed on the
economic committee It is the de-
sire of the chairman that each per-
son will from. subcommittee in
his type of business to help carry
forward the program of the econo-
mic committee.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Employers Urged
ToList Essential
Men Aged $3.50

State headquarters of selective
service sent the followin letter to
all employers engaged in essential
activities VIII chad previously op-
Grated upon Replacement sched-
ules' approved at the state head
quarters and which is applicable to
all employers engaged in essential
activities as listed by thewar man
power commission:
To all employers engaged in essen
tial activities, as listed by Ne
War Manpower Commissions:
Since it is quite evident that ply
sically fit men in the ae group of
Is to rs years are being exhausted
now and that the local boards of
selective service must turn now to
the age group of 26 to 30, | would
advise that you list these employees
in order of their Importance to the
operation of the plant. This can
be shown on the DSS form 42-A or
by a supplemental statement of
the comparative position of a CIV
en- employee on this list. For ex-
ample, No. l on list of 158 men
ages 26 to 80 years employed in
this plant, or NO 81 on a list of
So employees ages 26 to 80 years
working in this plant
when you or your employees
desire to know the physical status
of your employees as to accepta-
bility by the armed forces, we will
be glad to assist in their physical
examination without a change in
their classification until such time
as they are needed to meet the de-
mands of the armed forces.
Every method is being utilized
now to make available to you men
of all ages who are not acceptable
to the armed forces, either because
of age or physical condition. Also,
the returning veteran is being as
sisted in seeking employment with
you We hope you will secure and
train requirements for these ply
sically fit men from this group.
1T is quite evident that the ply
sically fit men in the age group of
| 26 to 80 years will of necessity
have to be made available to the
armed forces in an orderly manner
as they are required. believe you
can depend on holding those men
80 to 38 years of age who remain
regularly engaged in essential acti-
vities and upon whom you submit
DSS form Abb, occupational certi-
fication statement
Those employees who leave your
employment for which they are
being deferred, without the con-
sent of their local board, will be
classified in a class available for
service"
Attached to this letter was the
listof essential activities as listed
by the war manpower commission,
which is now accepted by all per-
sons concerned with essential pro-
duction.
Col. L. w. Long, state director
of selective service, emphasized
again the fact that any employees
ages 10 to SO engaged in essential
activities, who left sue hemploy-
ment without a determination hav-
ing been made by the local board
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03

In the picture above are the
Golden Panthers of Alexander high
school, Brookhaven. Prof A. A.
Alexander, principal and Prof. Tan
ner, coach.
This superior team is made of a
group of 9th and lot hgrade boys
along with 6 seniors and 8 juniors.
Alexander high school leads the
state in fine quality of students
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Miss. Clubwornen.
Sponsor Board
Program

The recent bulletin of the Miss
issippi State Federation of Color
ed Womens Clubs, incorporated
contains reports which cover many
varied interests.
Among the departmental reports
included were those fro mthe fol-
lowing chairmen: Mrs. R. C. Lee,
Lexington, law observance; Mrs.
Sudie Terrell, D'Lo, health; Mrs. B..
Rice CHM, Tylertown, mother,
home and child.
Club reports included in the
same issue of the Bulletin are:
Aimwell Club, Alcorn, Mrs. r. R.
Sanders, president; Lucy Jefferson
Club, Canton, Mrs. T. E. Bowman,
president; Mary Mcleod Bethume
Juniors, Canton Mrs A. M. Rog-
ers, sponsor; Matron's Art Club,
Columbus, Mrs. L. S. Griffin, pre-
sident; Home Improvement Club,
Columbus, Mrs. A. L. Wheadon,
president; Women's Club, Green
wood, Mrs. M. A. Scales, president:
L'Entre Nous Club, Greenwood,
Miss Clara Alexander; White Rose
Club, Hattiesburg, Mrs. N. r. Bur-
ger, president;
Annie Bell Harper Club, Halle
hurst, Mrs Mary F. Cottrell, pre-
sident; Matron's Fedelis Art Club,
Laurel, Mrs. B. E. Powell, presi-
dent; Deed-A-Day Club, Leland,
Mrs. Alma B. Percy, president; So
journer Truth Club, Lexington,
Mrs " l. Jefferson, president, Just
Being Neighborly Club, Lexington,
Mrs. Nellie Hall, president; Com
munity Aid Club, Jackson, Mrs
Lizzie Oates, president
Harmonic Music Club, Jackson,
Mrs. E. E. Redmond, president;
Jackson College Community Club,
Jackson, Mrs. M. L. Brown, presi-
dent; Mary Church Terrell Literary
Club, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hubert, president;
Phyllis Wheatley Club, Jackson
Mrs. l. S. B. Lacey, president; Pro-
gressive Literary and Art Club
Jackson, Mrs. w. o. Blalocke, pre-
sident; Violet Sewing and Child
Welfare Club, Jackson, Mrs. Anna
Dexter, president; Home and I'm
provement Club, Monticello, Mrs
Viola Terrell, presi dent;
Reapers Club, Natchez, Mrs. A
B. Dumas, president; Pastors Aio
Club, Natchez, Mrs. P. L. Scott
president; Dorcas Walker Club
(NatcheZ, Mrs. A. B. Dumas, Jr
sponsor; Home Demonstration Club
Newhebron, Mrs. Lizzie Newsome
president; Camille Art and Liter.
airy Club, Vicksburg, Mrs. l.. c
Jefferson, president; Carnatior
Club, Vicksburg, Mrs. B. M. War.
rem, president; Lucy Jefferson Jun.
ior Girls, Vicksburg, Miss Marian
Tye, president; Paul Laurance Dun.
bar Club, Yazoo City, Mrs. E. B
Miller, president.
At the call of Mrs. M. M Hubert
chairman, the board of Directors Of
the Margaret Murray Washington
/ Recreation Center met at Jackson
College January 81. The recreation
center is located near Clinton, ano
is owned and operated by the Mis-
sissippi State Federation of Col
ored Women. According to Mrs. Ru-
by E. Suits Lyells, president of the
| Federation, the summer camping
schedule of the recreation center i!
being made now. The boy scouts
/ extension service groups and vel
fare organizations have already
scheduled their camping dates fol
the summer.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Growing Child
Needs Balanced
Meals Always

Well balanced meals are neces-
essary for the growing child to get
a good start toward reaching adult
hood, said Miss Eleanor Wilson,
state supervisor of the school lunch
program, asserting that malnutri-
ton can result in poor vision, i'm
paired action of the heart. irrita-
bility and poor mental health.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03
Sec'ty Report for
1914 Mt. Helm
Baptist Church

All regular business meetings
were held in the church annex on
Thursday night after the second
Sunday in each calendar month.
Number of meetings held IL. On
accounty of the few members pres
ent and the inclement weather,
there was no business meeting held
in June.
Number of active members en-
rolled 209.
159 members have paid in full
their 1914 pledges.
so members are delinquent; II
of the delinquent members are out
of town.
Number of deaths in our mem
bership 2.
Letters of dismissal granted l.
Number Of members added to our
church in 1914, Is; six by restora-
ton, s by baptism, and IS by let
ter or Christian experience.
Because of physical disabilities
six members were exempted from
all financial obligations of the
church.
Special Drives and Donations
April ID: Project for improve
ment of the parsonage.
Cost of project $148.68.
The pastor donated $40.
The Sarah c. Williamson Circle
donated $25.
May Is: Mrs. Hill donated SIS to
the Girl Scouts.
July 10: Special contribution to
the college fund drive, amount con-
tributed $1O7.
October 81: Special drive for
William Johnson Center, amount
raised $57.06.
November II: Special donation
for Mrs. Mabel Ford Davis, amount
donated $4027.
At the present time there is a
continuation of the special drive
for church repairs. The amount
raised up to December IA, 1914, is
$685..
A special collection is taken once
a month for Sister Talley and the
Rev. Mr.. Minor.
The total amount raised on drives
and for special contributions, not
including the collection for Sister
Talley and Bro. Minor, is $1,OS9.O1.
Repairs
The following repairs were made
in 1914: Reservoir at parsonage,
leak in water main at parsonage,
repair of window in church bel
fry, repair of lawn mower, repair
of steps at church, other repairs
at the parsonage were the fence,
the driveway, the steps, and the
library.
Each month the junior matrons
donated 81 for the church water
bill.
Total amount of money collected
and brought forward in the church |
for 1914. not including that for pro-
jects an Especial drives, is S3,381.-
81; paid out $3,33088; balance on
hand on December 4, 1914, is $780,
70.
Total amount collected and
brought forward in the Sunday
school for 1914 is $24059; paid out
balance. on hand on De-
cember IA, 1914, is $135.34.
Our largest attendance night was
July Is. Number of members pres
ent 26.
Rev. A. L. Rice, Pastor
Miss Albertine Hopkins, Sec.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-03

There is an urgent need to con-
tinue the victory garden program
in 1945 and maintain vegetable pro-
duction to at least the level of the
last two years, horticulturists of
the extension service say.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-19
Pyrosheen I.S0
.ShOsCeF. Curtain SETS

Shower curtain 72x72 notchinq
window curtains fully cut with
ruffled tops ond tie-bocks. Fresh end
pretty, nice color choice. Voluel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-31
Hiroshima Destruction
 Dunlbfounds Witness

store, a five-stOry newspaper buiid- ing, and tw0-stOry bank.
 Privnte Dwellings Demolished
 Except for parts of brick gates and burned-outi underground air raid shelters, there was no trace of private dwellings. also found very little corrugated iron left. This was significant, inasmuch as every Japanese city hit by firebombs were found after the fires to be filtered with corrugated iron.
 The sight before me as I headed for the outskirts of the city where my mother lived was unbelievable It was unbelievable because only fortnight before the bombing ] had seen the cit yintact when l evacuated my wife and two daugh- ters to Central Japan.
 Except for one -or two bombs dropped on separate occasions by B-29's, Hiroshima had not been subjected to heavy incendiary at tacks, although the smaller cities of Western Japan had been hard hit.
 Nearby Kure, site of a big naval station, had been the target oi heavy firebomb attacks on several occasions, and the people of Hiro- shima had wondered why their city had not been attacked,
 However, as trod my way through the debris, wondering fl my mother was still alive, realized that in reality Hiroshima had been destroyed through the stupendous destructive power of single atomic bomb,