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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Nv John SKIES

Col. Howell j. Hatcher will pay
US visit any day now.
There are lots of interesting
things about Colonel Hatcher. But
to identify him formally maybe
you'd better know that he is Major
Howell J. Hatcher and that he's
commander, or whatever term they
use, of the North Carolina Highway
patrol; and he, or his men, will
get you if you don't watch out.
To me there're lot more interest.
ing things about Colonel Hatcher
than the fact he's the chief highway
patrolman in the state.
First time knew Colonel Hatcher
we called him ''Doggie." His
friends still call him that. It was
a nickname he picked up as a boy
somewhere around Mt. Airy, I be-
lieve it was.
He was quite a football hero
at Trinity college, which later, Of
course, became Duke university.
He was star tackle and played
quite lot Of football, as the boys
say.
The most unusual incident in his
football career had nothing to dc
with an outstanding play, however,
1t was back about 1923, I believe,
The Trinitys were playing William
and Mary in Durham. Trinity was
short of tackles.
Well, some time in the first halt
''Doggie" was injured. They drag.
ged him over to the bench and it
turns out that his shoulder had
been dislocated in one OF his fast
and low charges.
The game was close and there
was only a minor substitute to
take "Doggie's" place. So what
did they do? At his insistence, thew
reduced the dislocation to Dog.
gie's" shoulder then and there and
when the second half opened up
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Editorial Comment
OUR CANAL SQUEEZE

The navy department admits that its last
four big carriers. built and building, cannot
use the Panama Canal until new and bigger
locks are completed. This recalls an old con-
troversy and perhaps a historic mistake.
The original design for the canal made by
Ferdinand de Lesseps, digger Of suez called
for a sea-level canal which would have been
much wider Grating French politicians il,
Paris and yellow jack in Panama brought
de Lesseps and his plans to costly ruin.
Private enterprise had been holder and less
money-rninded in canal planning than the
public enterprise of the United States govern
ment that completed the present lock canal.
Private enterprise at Panama was bold, but
corrupt and inefficient. Public enterprise at
Panama was honest and efficient, but stingy
and timid,-Chicago Daily News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

/ This particular night Eisen
hower's men were chasing the
Germans all over Europe and they
were capturing quite few of thu
Nazi big-wigs.
There came a flash on the wire
that Franz Won Papen, the intrigu
ing German diplomat who was high
up in the Nazi hierarchy, had beer
captured. Almost Immediately
thereafter the bells on the tele.
photo receiver began ringing. And
the machine traced out a picture Of
Won Papen with his American
captors.
Well, you can imagine my sur.
prise, when the managing editor
tossed the picture over to me and
said see what you can make OF
it, to see there beside Won Papen,
Just as big as life if not little
bigger, 'Doggie'' Hatcher. And he
had look on his face that remind.
ed me of the time he scored a
touchdown, even if he was a tackle.
I didn't know it at the tine-1
told you I hadn't seen or heard
hide nor hair of ''Doggie" for some
~ years prior to that night-but the
'Doggie" Hatcher I'd known back
then was a full-fledged colonel in
the Army. He and his bows had
captured Won Papen and there thew
were, in this telephoto, looking for
all the world as proud as Claud
Efird, here in Wilmington. after
he'd made 240-yard drive out at
the Cape Fear country club.
, 1t gave me quite a kick to write
the caption for the picture. Even
II the managing editor did tell
me the caption sounded like cold
Home Week"
The reason Pm telling you these
things about Colonel Hatcher is I
talked with him over the telephone
yesterday and he told me he was
coming to Wilmington soon for a
visit. "
Nothing particular official" he
said. Il just like the place and
I'd like to see some of nv friends
again."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
TheLiterary
Guidepost
By w. G. ROGERS
WEST COUNTRY STo.
PIES hxx Rax.sz ME-


RlES, by A. L. Rowse. Mac
milan; S2.50.)
Fiction, history, biography and
writing in other classifications are
grouped together in this warm and
friendly book, nicely unified by a
common subject, the authors
birthplace, Cornwall.
From Lands End and Lizard,
whose lights have been the last
glimpse Of Britain for many re-.
returning American travellers,
RoWse guides you back through
the picturesque country with its
delightful place names, follows
the blackened paths cut by Eng
lish armies in the Civil War 300
years ago, visits Sherborne, Ex'
eter, Okehampton, the ancient
seat of the Arundells, Falmouth,
Plymouth on the Devon border,
St. Austell, the town where John
Opie was born.
He digs up ghosts, too, some
evil enough to send shivers up
your back but some we'll mean
ing, like the invisible ancient who
wear the "Beneficent Shoes"
All dating back before the din o.
our noisiest war, it seems slight
and inconsequential, but it's
stouter and more lasting than you
think.
OVER TO YOU: OF Stories
of flyers and flying by Road
Dahl (Reynal & Hitchcock;
$2.50.)
Your first reaction TO these sto'
ries, some of which you may nave
read in magazines, is likely to DC
that here's another Hemingway
imitator with few odd plo'
twists. Dahl cuts dialogue often 70
monosyllables and Wisecracks III
the familiar way, the Hemingway
But there's more to it. "heEs
the author of Farewell to Arms
was realistic, this former RAi
flyer is partly a romantic ou.
more notably a mystic. AS agalns.
the Americans abiding, alTnos.
Spartan preoccupation with u,
last few moments this SIDE =.
death, Dahl shows a strange eeI!
concern for the first few hl0r7leH'
on the other side. -.
You see it in "death Of an O.a'
Old Man" "Katina" ard eSPs
cially 'They Shall Not O[o ,t
Old" For Dahl this world IS ~.
enough; he must venture mo ~.
next, which he describes In ea.I ir
ly terms but with an uneaIudd
delight. His dead like being desq !,
war isn't all bad if for many i.
ended in these visionary Spi'N
doris.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

good art works than it is to the produc-
ton of electric irons, base hits or news
paper stories.
For another thing, it promises to
develop peaceful new business in these
days of industrial strife. With the sculp-
tor combining the functions of labor,
management and capital investment,
the corporation shouldn't have any
strike troubles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Religion
DayByDay
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
THE PREACHERS PART

A1AG l. 1e-E1OAA1Ae ~
As a practical contribution to-
ward solution Of the world
acute problems, l have this sug.
gestion to make, 1t is based upon
an acceptance Of the influence oil
the pulpit in shaping public think,
ing. If all sermons could be con.
centrated upon the primary pur.
pose of preaching, the immediate
result would be phenomenal.
So my proposal is that every
preacher devote his sermons for q
period of three months to THE
Winsomness and Power of Jesus
Christ"
Let the atomic bomb, and all
other problems, rest for while,
as the clergyman devotes himself
to an exposition of the character
and work and message OF the Saw
ior.
He will find that Christians will
do for the sake Of Jesus what they
would not otherwise do for politi-
cal or business or group or other
selfish reasons. We would see the
fulfillment of the Masters word,
"And I, if I be lifted up, VIII draw
all men unto Me-"
A fresh and a clearer following
Of the, Redeemer is the worlds one
way out.
For the love of Jesus, and in
loyalty to Him, Christians will no
what they would not do for any
other incentive. So we pray, o
Father, that His ambassadors
may hold Him up in all his VIM
someness and power. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
By VILLAIN E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

For several years, Mrs. Helen
Sobel Of New York has been rank
ed as the No. 1 woman bridge
player OF the world, and also out.
standing among men. Another
great woman player is Mrs. Will.
kinson Wagar of Atlanta, Ga. When
these two play together, it is a
combination hard to beat. During
the national wonan's team-of-four
championship, watched them play
hand or two. certainly got lot
OF action on this one.
Mrs. Wagar opened a rather
light hand, and I was amazed when
Mrs. Sobel jumped to six no trump.
Even with several favorable
breaks, it did not seem possible
to make that contract; but she did.
She won the opening lead with the
king Of clubs and played the dia-
mond queen, West winning. The
I'VE OF hearts was returned and
MRS. Sobel finessed the Jack,
which held-break number one.
she overlook the nine of dia-
monds with dunmy's ten, cashed
tne ace, and East and West follow
ed TOR break number two. She dis
c. carded club from her hand on
.he diamond eight and finessed the
Jack OF spades for break number
A club was led to dummy's ace
ana the lead of the seven of dia-
monds squeezed West, who was
down to the king-ten of spades and
queen-ten-eight of hearts. IF West
discarded the ten Of spades. mrs
Sooel could win the last three
spade tricks; II the eight Of heart
was discarded, the ace-king.nine
Of hearts would be established for
Mrs. Sobel ~oA
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
STAR Dust
Privileged Character

When Lincoln freed the sI,ves
Uncle Rufus, enjoying the indul.
gent favors of old Col. Morsbv on
his Georgia plantation, refused tc
be emancipated. He remained on
the place until the Colonels death,
and then proceeded to attach him.
self to the new owner, the ColonePs
son, with all the adhesiveness of
a porous plaster.
One day, when Uncle Rufus had
been guilty Of some shameless
dereliction of duty, young Morsby,
his patience worn to a FRAGILE
called the old man into his library
and said:
''See here, Uncle Rufus, you
have become an intolerable nui-
stance and a positive detriment
to my interests. You are a hope
lessly incorrigible old faker and a
shirk, and I have finally and ir-
revocably determined that we
must part company right now and
forever"
The old Negro listened to these
harsh words and considerably
more Of the same with becoming
calmness, twirling his dilapidated
bat in his hand until the master
had exhausted is ire and reached
the end of his sulphurous vocabu-
larry. Then, bursting into tears, he
sobbed out bitterly:
ooh, Marse John, Use heart
broke. dat we's got to part; but
fore I packs yoh grip, won't yuh
please tell me whar yuh is gwine?"
Wall Street Journal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
QUOTATIONS

Rackets aimed particularly at the returning
veteran and former war worker are being re-
tective agencies. The files of these agencies
contain over $50 ways, with thousands of vari-
ations which swindlers have developed in past
years.-Charles H. Kellstadt, chairman, Ma
tional Association of Better Business Bureaus.
Upward q 100000 persons now living in
America can be saved from death by cancer
if they learn the danger signals of this disease
and the importance of seeking medical aid at
the first sign of trouble.-Dr. Clarence C. Lit
tie, director of Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial
Laboratory. Bar Harbor. Me-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
A CORRECT ASSUMPTION

President Truman says we must assume
shat another war would strike much more
suddenly than the last and that it would strike
directly at the United States. Any other
assumption would be exceedingly dangerous
and would involve risks that we simply CAM
afford to take.-Roanoke (Va.) Times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06
Footsteps

Footsteps
Footsteps made in sidestep'
ing issues leave no impress
sions on the sands Of time
Minneapolis Star-Journal'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-06

TOP O. THE MORNING
"Put yourself in his place" is the secret
Of helpfulness; no unsympathetic person
can really aid another.
Amos r. Wells.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22

For Good Printing Cal! Main l2o
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
Preparing For
 Dope Smuggling

SEATTLE-(P)-Business agent Ed Coester of the sailors union of the Pacific said an agreement had been reached with the War Ship ping Administration and ship op- erating agents providing for first class passage home for crews Of ships sold aboard.
 Last week Coester said the union would refuse to man such ships until first class return trans portation was assured. He said the action was the outgrowth of charges by returning crewmen that they had been quartered Tn ships holds and forced to work enroute or ''g0 to the brig"
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
RUTH REhT AND MOTHER LEAVE FOR STATES

Miss Ruth Reat, who has been employed by the Lomen Commer- cial Company for many years left for the States Wednesday evening with her mother who has made her home here. Miss Reat is going on an extended vacation, for at least year, and states that she does not know if she will return to Nome. They plan to be guests of the Olympic Hotel in Seattle for a few months before making fur ther plans.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES

Passengers on the plane last evening were Whitey Washburn, from Fairbanks and Harry Pan uck, Emmanuel Labardero, An drew Cook and Dick Webb from Kotzebue. Passengers leaving for Fairbanks were Emmanuel Labar- dero, Andrew Cook, Steve Horn yak.
 Jack Westfall, manager of the Golovin store was taken home yesterday by Pilot Whaley, who left this morning with George Hite and Earl Coulthard for Spencer.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
PIONEER CARD GAME SERIES

Wednesday evening in the Ma sonic Temple the Pioneers held their fourth card party. Competi- ton is making the games particu- larly interesting. MT. T. Scott do- mated two gold nuggets for the first ladies prize for this game. The scores for the evening were:
 Ladies, Louise Hyndman, first; Mrs. P. Sather, second; Florence Wassmann, consolation. Mems s. David Mazen, first; Robert Scott, second; Robert Lewis, con- solation.
 Leaders m the series for the trophy prizes are: ladies: Borgny Reader, 445; Louise Hyndman, 437; {; Mrs. P. Sather, 437. Men: Amer Rydeen, 446; Jake Overbough, 431 :; Pete Seader, 428.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving Wednesday evening from the States were Capt. Homer Humphrey, MT. and Mrs. A. Cas- tel, Russell Ulrich, Charles Ben net, Elizabeth Cross. Departing passengers were Ruth Reat, Mary Reat, Alex Petroff, It. Roland Fly dinger, MT. and Mrs. Douglas Bunce, Mrs. Helen Bernier and Charles Bennett.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
GEORGE MARSHS WERE
 VICTIMS OF YUKON WRECK

MT. and Mrs. George Mash, for merly of Marshall, Alaska, and well known in Nome by oldtimers, were among the victims of the Yu- kon disaster. MT. Marsh is recup- erating in Seward from burns on his feet, sustained while trying to
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22

Diseases of the heart kill about 400 ,OOO Americans a year.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
CLASSIFIED ADS

Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22

warm them over an open fire on the beach where he and his wife awaited rescue for many hours, Mrs. Marsh is also suffering from shock and exposure. She had a perilous time leaving the ship as she is almost blind.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
AIRLINES
ALASKA AIRLINES

The plane arrived from Anchor age Thursday with load of ex- press. Passengers to Anchorage on the reutrn trip were MT. and Mrs. Al Hafner, Alex AlstroW and An thony Sheldon.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL

Frank Glaser, Kotzebue; Wal lace Porter, 'Haycock; Clifton Cou- dell, Cape Nome; MT. and Mrs. John Cross, Deering; Russell Ul- rich, Fairbanks; Margaret Echardt, Kotzebue; H. o. Jannish, Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
MIR. AND MRS. JOHN CROSS ARRIVE IN NOME

John Cross of the Northern Cross Airways, arrived from Kot- zebue yesterday to join Mrs. Cross who arrived from the States We'd nesday evening. They will both return to Kotzebue soon.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc.

Wishes to announce that all accounts for Ferguson Airways after February 2, 1946, authorized by Richard B. Webb, will be honored, payable at the Wien Alaska Airlines, Nome Office.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
Pacific Sailors Reach Agreement

SEATTLE-(P)-E. l.. Chitten- den of the U. s. Customs office here said customs enforcement of ficers were going through Gre fresher" courses to prepare for an anticipated upsurge of narcotics smuggling from the orient.
 We are preparing to meet what may be the biggest attempt in years to revive dope smuggling" he said, adding that huge stocks were believed hidden in Oriental ports, awaiting an outlet.
 Diseases of the heart kill about
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-22
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
 BY THE CITY OF NOME Lots 10 and North 51 feet of II in Block 29 with garage. Sealed bids will be accepted on or before the 18th day of February, 1946. at 500 o'clock PM. in the office of the City Clerk, Nome, Alaska.
 The City reserves the right to re- iect any or all bids. For further information contact the City Clerk. 14-23
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-08-01
KERN Rites Held
At Cruger Home
Burial Conducted
In Lexington For
Prominent Lady

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian
Rutledge KERN, wife of c. L. KERN,
of Cruger, prominent Delta planter
of Holmes county, were held this
morning at ten o'clock at the family
residence. The Rev. Drummer, pastor
of the Cruger Methodist Church,
and the Rev. A. Y. Brown officiated.
Mrs. KERN passed away at her
home early Tuesday morning. She
was taken sick suddenly Friday
afternoon while visiting a friend.
Mrs. KERN was born at Iuka but
had spent the larger portion of her
life in Holmes county, living at
Lexington and KERN before moving
to Cruger. She had a wide circle of
friends who mourn her passing.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs
Robert Johnson, of Indianola, and
one son, c. L. KERN, Jr., of Green
wood. Four grandchildren survive,
c. L. KERN, III. and Margaret Lii
liam KERN, of Greenwood; and
Claudia Ann and Robert johnson
Jr., of Indianola.
Two brothers and two sisters also
survive: Buell. and Matthew Rut-
ledge, both Of San Antonio, Texas;
Mrs. T. A. Addison and Mrs. B. I.
Shirley, both of Birmingham, Ala.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-08-01
Three Men Held
Admit Whipping
Leon McTutie

The preliminary trial of five white
men charged with murder in con-
nection with the death of Leon Nc
Tatie, Holmes county negro, will be
held in Lexington Friday afternoon
at two o'clock. The case will be
heard by Judge w. D. Ford and
Judge Raiford McNeer, Durant, will
also sit on the case.
The men to be tried are Jeff
Dodd, ST., Jeff Dodd, Jr., Vernon
Vale and Spencer Ellis, all Of
Holmes county; Dixie Roberts,
Greenwood Taxicab Co. operator
and his nephew, Pvt. James E.
Roberts.
Body Found Gath
The dead negro's body was found
half floating in a Sunflower county
lake Wednesday, July Oath. He dis
appeared Tuesday, July 23rd
after an alleged beating occurring
about noon Monday after he was
taken out of the Lexington Jail by
Dodd. Mr.. Dodd, ST., dismissed the
charges against McTatie, paid costs
amounting to $15.25 and told Sheriff
w. L. Murtagh he wanted the negro
to go back making his crop. Dodd
was alone at this time
Admit Whipping
Three of the men arrested have
admitted to authorities the whip
ping of the negro on Monday, July
%, over the theft of a saddle belong
ing to Jeff Dodd, ST., on whose
place he lived. They were Doad and
his son, Jeff, Jr., and Dixie Roberts.
The negro had been jailed for the
theft of the saddle but stoutly main
tanned his innocence, reports indi-
Gated. He was released from the
Holmes county Jail on request of Mr..
Dodd, authorities stated, early Mon
day morning, July %. The whipping
took place after the negro got out
of Jail they stated on the Dodd
place near West. Shortly afterward
he disappeared.
Theft Confessed
Jerry Lee Haywood and Robert
Haywood, stepchildren of the dead
negro, have confessed to the theft
of the Dodd saddle and stated that
neither their stepfather nor their
mother knew anything at all about
it. They went to the home of Bar
rett English, a white man, and re-
covered the Dodd saddle.
Holmes county authorities were
told that the children became fear
full of their parents lives when MI
Dodd and the other men brought
their stepfather home from Jail and
he had apparently already been
beaten.
Seen BY Wife
The Negroes wife, Henrietta, stated
her husbands hands were tied with
a grass rope and that his lips were
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-08-01
Browns Store Gets
New Foil Fashions

Browns Department Store has
just received the first new women's
coats and suits for Fall. These new
fashions were shipped direct from
New York where they were created
and designed by some of Americas
leading ready-to-wear stylists.
Manufacturers are still unable to
provide a normal supply of goods to
meet all requirements and women
who intend to purchase a new coat
or suit should shop early as select
ions will be limited once the anti
cipated Fall buying rush begins.
The new fashion note in salts this
year is the big full look. in Shout
ders and sleeves, with the snug.
belted look at the waist. Colors, in
both coats and suits, will be wildly
bright or softly shaded -. with win
ter White, Sage Green and Cocoa
ranking as top favorites.
A big line of new, and the coming
seasons smartest fashions are now
on display at Browns Department
Store where their annual Lay-A-
Way, showing is in progress.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-08-01
Dot Love Sturs In
Beauty Contest

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H.
Love will be interested to learn
their granddaughter, Miss Dorothy
Dale Love, of Leland, starred in a
beauty contest at Vicksburg July g..
Mississippi's entry for the national
beauty title at Atlantic City was
picked in this contest in which Miss
Love drew second place. She was
put back to third place because she
has not yet attained the Is years
required to represent a state in a
beauty contest and it was feared
that if something happend to the No.
/ girl that the number two winner
must be able to take her place.
Dot is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Love, Leland, and the
maternal grandparents were the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Will Meek, of
Lexington, well known pioneer
families in this county.