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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
Service Emblem Will
Be Awarded Employees

Sanders employees will be awar-
ded service emblems in the future,
according to an announcement this
week.
Employees who have been with
Sanders industries for periods rang
ing from five to twenty years will
be given a pin which can be put in
. lapel or pinned on a dress.
Under tibet proposed plan five
year employees will be given a sill
yer emblem; ten-year employees
will receive a gold inlaid emblem;
fifteen-year employees will be pre-
sented with a solid gold emblem
and twenty-year employees will win
q gold emblem with a diamond inset
This policy has been set up to re-
cognize publicity those veteran en-
ployees who have been with the CO.
mpany the prescribed time and to
show appreciation of their long
tenure.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

Lundy and Henri P. Watson OF Lex
ington. These farmers state that not
only are they protecting the forest
from fire, but in many cases they
are carrying a COW Tor each five
to eight acres Of woods and the cow
is producing a thirty to fifty dollar
calf each year.
We think farmers who have
woods should make every effort to
tense them for grazing. Where pos
sible, they should be fenced separate
fromthe main pasture. Then at sea-
sons Of the year when the seedlings
are very small, the cattle can b.
taken off and give the small plants
time to get larger than the grass 70
inactive and thin. 8. Keep pullets
that show good quality: skin soft,
that they will not be bitten of.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
CHENILLE LOCALS

Miss Grace spent Sunday with the
Stacy family in Alderman.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton S~tonestreet
and Billy spent Sunday in Lexing-
ton with Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Herrin.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Campbell, Mr..
and Mrs. Snavely and family spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. G.. Cade and family.
Shirley Fay Durham is spending
ten days in the Methodist camp at
Oxford.
MI. and Mrs. James Harrison and
baby spent the weekend in Europa
with their mother.
The workers welcome Mrs. Lizzie
Harper back after several days of
Illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coz, Rockford, Neb.
are visiting their mother, Mrs. Myr-
tie Ables.
new -
Mrs. Lucille Fowler's daughter,
Dorothy Jean, is visiting in Long,
view. Texas.
~La- IY
: Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Totten spent
Sunday with their mother, Mrs.
Valma Perry.
Mae Bess Hodges was a Sunday
visitor in Kosciuskb.
Nh: Roscoe Stingly and family
from Marvel, Ark. are visiting Mrs.
Mary Sheppard.
Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Cox from
Walden spent Sunday with Mabel
Edwards.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
Memphis Visitor

Mr.. Fred Overton, Memphis, who
works for Frank Zahner, cafeteria
equipment dealer, was in Durant
Wednesday and had lunch in the
plant cafeteria. The equipment for
the cafeteria was purchased from
Mr.. Zahner. Mr.. Overton expressed
himself as highly pleased with the
cafeteria and complimented local
personnel for maintaining it so well.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

Bayliss King, popularity known as
Bud has been with the Delta Chen
lille Plant at Durant for a year.
He works in the dye room at night
helping keep up production in that
department.
MI. King is married and his wife,
Mrs. Gladyce King, is consistently
one of the highest producers in the
chenille department of the Durant
plant. They have two children, Dor
othy Jean and Inez, who attend the
Durant schools.
The Kings make their home about
one mile and a half north of Durant
on highway 81. They live on a 1913
acre farm which they own. How
ever Mr. King has rented the place
for farming and they only maintain
their home there. With both of them
working for Delta they have their
hands pretty full without trying to
farm on the side.
Mr.. King says he likes his job in
Durant with Delta Chenille plant
just tine. Mr
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
Visitor From Summit

Miss Dorothy Ryan, office manag-
er of the Delta Chenille Co. at Sum-
init, paid us a visit Wednesday and
wene with Mr.. and Mrs. James Per-
rim to Koscuisko that evening to at
tend the state softball tournament.
They were accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. r. B. Hare also.
Much to their disgust the Apon-
aug was defeated by the VIEW about
I'll thus being eliminated in the
state tourney.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

Charlie Gulledge is the faithful
assistant to Mr. King in the dye
room at night. Charlie has been
working for the Delta Chenille plant
in Durant for two and one-half
years and likes his job very much.
Charlie is married to Lulu Gull
edge who works in the plant cafet-
eria as a cook. They have three chill
dren, Matte D., Carlina and Jane.
They own their own home and live
in Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

their woods where the study was
made are: Brown Brothers, J. L.
L%onginotti and ]. S, Cook of Durant;
w. A. Thomas, John Killebrew, SD.
Hall, and W.. r. Mcdaniel Of Good
man; w. J. Dodd. L. ]. Hand, Frank
Autry and Owen Mcclellan Of West;
DR.. o. D. Hooker, E. F. Rathell, nc.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
Banquet For Fire
Department Given

Thirty visiting firemen expressed
themselves as having a wonderful
time Friday evening when they
were guests of the Delta Chenille
C~~nany in Durant at a banquet
zen in the plant cafeteria.
7ir,i n from Lexington, Kosciu-
sho and Durant were present. These
men were the ones that responded
to a call for help last March 10th
when the Durant plant caught fire.
Mayor w. E. Howell was among
the honored guests.
James Perrin, manager of the
Chenille Plant at Koscuisko, and
husband of Mrs. Annie Ward Perrin
manager of the Durant plant pre-
sided. Mrs. Perrin was also present.
Guy c. Collier, safety engineer
for the Sanders Industries, was
present and gave an interesting talk
on fire, safety control methods and
ways to help prevent disasterous
fires.
Herbert Carver was present and
lOOh q lOl VI RlNtuiSo oOAiiS Va wanna
will be published in the Beacon
later.
Lovely roses in low bowls were
used on the cafeteria tables and a
delicious dinner featuring steak,
French-fry potatoes, and combinat-
ion salad was served. Ice e a and
cake were served for dessert.
Mr.. T. c. Gum
Mr.. T. c. Gum, fire chief of Dur
ant, said men of the Durant fire de-
partment will cooperate to the full
est extent with Delta Chenille Co.
mpany in any way possible.
Mayor Howell expressed his app
recitation for the nice banquet and
his pleasure in visiting the Durant
plant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
Production Reports

Production honors of the week 60
to the folowinog:
Lucille Threat leads in styl BAL
with atotal of 387 pieces.
Ruth Mitchell has highest in style
GIL with a total of $50 pieces.
Lorena Richardson leads in the
multi-needle with a total of 1877
pieces.
The trimming department contin-
ues to lead plant departments with
9,401 pieces this week.
Edna Holly was a Winona visitor
Sunday. g aa
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

Two fire gongs have installed
this week at the Durant plant. One
is installed upstairs and down.
Fire drills are planned for the
near future to train personnel what
to do in ease of fire.
Allen Terry in the shipping de-
partment, is fire chief for the CO.
mpany.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
Winono Visitor

c. N. Poore, office manager at
Winona, spent today at the Durant
plant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

Mrs. Ryan, Summit, Mr.. Stone
street, Nj. Martin and D. Dickerson
from Kosciusko went to McComb,
Saturday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

WY aCdiCSt uiiNliOWIl ALdOlCS,
Annie Ward and Minnie Mae
Erwin and Mrs. H. Brooks
First of all l pray to God to keep
you all well and to bless you with
comfort for your great goodness and
for your charitable deeds towards
us, the most miserable people in the
world today. | cannot with words
thank you and my mechanical pen is
not able to transcribe our thanks
and u great gratitude toward you.
Our good uncle writes us thatyou
have given him many good things to
send us and our relatives and COM
patriots. For all of these things my
good strangers I want to personally
thank you in behalf of all of these
relatives of ours, also my compatr-
lots that shared them with me With
this noble act Of yours you have
given happiness to many destitute
creatures and helped many naked
families and orphans which the cri-
mnal Germans along with their
Satellites the Bulgarians caused in
umerable hardships and agony. And
again through this noble act of
yours you have soothed many wou-
nded souls. which l can't describe
you the extent of their offerings.
These few words my dear Ladies as
l may have already ccaused you to
get tired reading about our condit-
ion, and with our love and respects
Of all our relatives and compatriots
we send to you a thousand thanks.
With our utmost love and respect.
Elene Nannou
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

Patricia Bailey spent the weekend
with Edith Mae Elliot at Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Fillyau spent Sun
day with their parents.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08

A brief visitor in Durant this
week was Mr.FV. A. Webb, Of the
Sanders Company, Jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-08-08
Employees Get Letter
From Forowoy Greece

Mrs. Annie Ward Perrin, Mrs. Min
ME Mae Irving and Mrs Hub Brooks
have received a letter from faraway
Greece which they prize very high
ly. 1t is from Miss Nannou, a young
lady who is a nephew of Mr.. A. X,
Dinas, of Durant, owner of the Cal
ifornia Cafe. 1t was in response to
some gifts sent by these three ladies
to Miss Nannou and has been trans
lated from Greek as follows:
Kavall Greece
5th and 10th and 46
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-05-10
Juneau RapS
 Bartlett Bill
 For Statehood
REPORT OF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF JUNEAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON H. B. 3S98, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS THE
 dQfb cTATE
18th STATE

This proposed enabling act ia- . troduced by Delegate Bartlett in the House of Representative on July 21. 1945, and now pending . before the Committee on Terri tories, provides for the admission of the Territory of Alaska into the nion as the 18th State. It follows the general plan of procedure out lined by Congress in other prior Acts enabling territories to acquire statehood No fault can be found with its general principles
 It provides for a constitutional convention of 26 elected delegates tc meet in Juneau, for a session not exceeding 75 days, to form constitution and state government Tor the proposed State of Alaska and appropriates $1O0,O0O for pay ing the members and for defraying the expenses of the convention and Of the elections provided by the Act.
 .s 1t provides that any constitution formed by the constitutional con ventlon shall be republican in form: that it shall make no dis tinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color; and that it shall not be repugnant to the constitution of the United
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-05-10
LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Lena hIcKlbbon has made application for Homesite Anchorage Serial V!oeP7 under the act of May 26, 1884 GAS Stat. 809) for a tract of land described as Tract HI" con- tsining 3.68 acres, embraced in U. s. Plat of Survey No 2321, Wran- gell Group of Homesites Sheet No. |, and eliminated from the Tongass National Forest February 26, 1944, ky Public Land Order No. 210, and Is now in the files of the District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska.
 7 Any and all persons claiming adversely the above mentioned land should file their adverse Claim in the local land office at Anchorage, Alaska, within the per iod of publication, or thirty days thereafter. or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO
 Register
 First publication Mar. 15 1946 .i.4.l :<Jlication May 10. 1946
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States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. ft provides that such constitution shall safeguard the usual American constitutional liberties guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States and expressly provides that perfect freedom of religious wor- ship shall be secured; and that no inhabitant of the proposed State shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship.
 It provides that the debts and liabilities of the Territory of Al- aska shall be assumed and paid by the State of Alaska; and that all jebts owed the Territory shall De collected by the State.
 It provides that provision shall be made for the establishment and maintenance of a system of public schools. which shall be open to ull children of the State, and be free from sectarian control.
 It provides that the people in- habiting the proposed State agree forever to disclaim all right and title to the property and lands of the United States within said State in actual possession of and used by the United States: and that all other public property and lands shall become the roperty of the State of Alaska. as rovided in the Act.
 The Act further provides that the State of Alaska shall have and retain from the United States all public property and all vacant and unappropriated lands in Alaska. in- cluding lands reserved or with Grawn from entry. EXCEPTING:
 (a) All such lands and property as are in the possession of and act ually used by the United States CT some department or agency thereof for some governmental purpose; and excepting
 (bl All lands with adjacent wa ters and other property set aside or reserved for the use or benefit of the Native Indians, EskimOs and Aleuts of Alaska; and excepting
 Gel Lands reserved or devoted to the support of the common schools of Alaska and the University of AL aska, namely:
 Sections 16 and 36 in each town ship in the State of Alaska shall be reserved from sale or settlement for the support of the common schools of Alaska and
 Section 33 in each township is reserved from sale Or settlement for support of the University of Alaska,
 PROVIDED: that where settle ment with a view to homestead en- try has been made prior to approval | of the proposed Enabling Act (H. R. 389S) on any part of Sections Is. B and 36 so reserved, or where same may have been sold nr otherwise appropriated by or under the authority of any Act of Con
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-05-10

gress (such as Homesite, Home stead, Mining laws. Townsite, etc or are wanting or fractional in quantity, other lands may be des- | ignated in lieu of the reserved sec tions in such manner as the State
 may direct; PROVIDED, that the
 State, by general law, may provide for leasing land in said reserved sections not to exceed one section each to any person, association or corporation for not longer than 10 years at any one time: and except ing
 (d) Mount Mckinley National Park: and excepting
 (e) Glacier Bay National Monu- ment, as established. described and delimited in the Presidential pro clamation of February 26, 1925; and excepting
 CD The Pribilof Islands; and excepting
 (g) The naval petroleum reserve situated in northern Alaska, as es- tablished, described and delimited in Presidential Executive Order dated February 27. 1923; and eX- cepting
 (h) All of the Aleutian Islands lying west of the 172nd degree meridian west longitude, which may be required by the United States for military purposes
 The Bartlett Enabling Act fur. ther provides for transfer to the State of Alaska of all the property of the United States in Alaska used in connection with the conser- yation and protection of the fish cries and of the fur and game of Alaska, except technical and re- search plants and establishments and appurtenant property; and that the State of Alaska shall possess and exercise over the fish cries. fur and game of Alaska the same iurisdiction and control as are possessed and exercised by the several States within their respec- tive territorial limits including ad- jacent waters.
 It provides that after a consti- tuition and State government have been formed by the Constitutional Convention under the proyisiona of the Act same shall be submitted for ratification or rejection to the people of Alaska. at an election in which citizens of the proposed State who are qualified to vote for members of the Territorial Legis lature may vote; and if a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the Constitution the Territorial Gov ernor shall sertify the result of the election to the President of the United States. If the Constitution and government formed by the Constitutional for the proposed State of Alaska are republican in form, and the provisions of the En- Act complied with. the President shall certify such facts to the Territorial Governor, who shall then issue a proclamation for the election of officers provided | for in the Constitution, including a Governor, members of the State one Representative and two United States Senators, and such other officers as the Con- stitution shall rescribe; and, f so provided in the Constitution, an antecedent primary election shall
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PAGE THREE

(4) The provisions of sec re- serving to the United States "all lands with adjacent waters and other property set aside Or reserv- ed for the use or benefit of the Native Indians. Eskimos nd Aleuts of Alaskay are so indefinite that doubt remains whether 1t means only such reservations as Annette Island reserved by Act af Congress for the Metlakatla In- dians. or whether is included all the reservations set aside Cor claimed) by the Department of In- terior for Indians. This matter Is akin to the aboriginal Indian rights and claims and ought to De clarified.
 C51 The Act makes no provision for State use of existing public buildings It would seem practicable for the federal government to pro- vide some method, at least tenn porarily, whereby the State could occupy and use for State purposes, on rental basis or otherwise, quarters now available in such buildings to Territorial offices and officials for Territorial purposes. For example, the federal and ter- ritorial capitol building at Juneau is now jointly occupied by federal and territorial offices and agencies and no reason is apparent why the State succeeding to such Territor- ial offices and agencies should not continue to occupy and use such quarters. This is true of other pub lie buildings throughout the Ter rltory. Such provision would elim- mate the immediate necessity of the state building new quarters for it's capitol. courts legislature, governor auditor, treasurer, sec retary, attorney general, commls- sioner of education. commissioner of mines, territorial guard. mus cum and library, jails, etc. Other wise. the State would forthwith be compelled to set out on an exten- siye and expensive building pro- gram. which might not be practic- able. and certainly not required for the present.
 t1 The provisions of Sec. of the Act that "all of the property of the United States situated in the Territory of Alaska used m with the conservation and protection of fisheries and of the fur and game of Alaska, except technical and research plants and establishments and apurtenant vro- pertv. are hereby transferred and conveyed to the State of Alaska" should be clarified so 1t may be understood what property is in- tended Does it include boats, etc, of the United states now used in enforcement of the fisheries and game laws? Does it include quar- ters now used and occupied by these federal agencies?
 (8) The claim of aboriginal rights to lands, exclusive rights Of fishery. etc, by the Natives of Al- aska should be extinguished by the federal government; otherwise the public lands and adjacent waters to be turned over to the proposed State would be burdened with these claims. Congress has already provided for suits in the Court Of Claims for satisfaction of any
 (Continued on Page Four)
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period from territoral te statehood status; and provides for the sue cession from the Territorial Courts to the federal court of all matters over which federal courts have Jurisdiction, and of the created State courts of original jurisdic- tiOn of all matters over which the State courts would have jurisdie- tion; and provides for appeals from the United States Court to the Ninth Circuit court of Appeals. and 10 the United States Supreme Court: and provides for appeal from the court of last resort creat- ed by the State 10 the Snreme Court of the United States.
 The Legislative Committee ap- proves and endorses in principle the royisions of the Enabling Act. which, if enacted. would authorize the establishment of a Constitution and State government and the ad- mission of Alaska to statehood; but believes that the Enabling Act should be amended so as to elarify certain matters and problems per tinent to Alaska lnot common 10 states carved out of territory in the continental United States) with relation to the respective rights and obligations of the federal and the proposed state government. Some of these matters are:
 CD The Enabling Act provides, (Sec. A that the State shall pro- vide for the establishment and. maintenance of a system of public. schools. which shall be open to all children of the state This presents the question of whether the federal government will continue h school system now maintained the Department of the Interior and it's Officer of Indian Affairs for ed- ucation of Native children in the Territory; or whether education of Native children is to be assumed by the proposed state of Alaska We believe that some provision should be made for the federal government to continue the Native schools. hospitals, etc, for these wards of the federal government; or that some financial assistance should be given the state if 1t is to relieve the federal government of it's presently existing obligation concerning the Natives of Alaska.
 (2) The Enabling Act does not provide for any federal assistance for highways in Alaska which tex cepting highways in the reserya- tions retained by the United States) under the provisions of Section4 of the present Enabling Act would presumably be included with the public land to be convey ed to the State of Alaska. We be- lieve the Act should provide for extension of the Federal Highway Act to Alaska on a feasible and practicable percentage basis: or| that some other provision be in cluded SO that Constitutional Convention could intelligently act on the subject of highways; and that the people of Alaska kno" what their burden would be foi highway expense.
 (S) The provisions of Sec. 4 of the Act should be made r:ore def mite and certain so that it can be what lands are except ed under the provisions of the Act. l