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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-03
NOVEMBER RIVALS
WEATHER RECORDS
Past Month Proved On Par
With Record Warm Set
In 1881

Wilmingtonians, no doubt we'll
aware that the month Of November
was a little out Of the ordinary in
the way of warm weather, probab-
" will be surprised to learn,
nevertheless, that the month equal
led the record, set back in 1881,
for the warmest November known
since way back when the Depart
ment Of Comerce decided to keep
tab on such things as tempera-
ture and rainfall.
The mark which set November,
1916, UP as something a little spec
ial in the weatherman's book was
an average temperature OF 6l.4
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-03

port. The men are under the COM
mand Of 1t. Com. J. H. Wilson.
The boat will be returned to the
local port next Sunday by the a.
man crew SUPPLEMENTED by a small
contingent from the Charleston
base.
The craft will be used for train
ling purposes by the Naval Reserve
unit here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-03
STOCKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK, Dec. q @ -
Sales, closing price and net change
of the fifteen most active stocks
Monday:
Comwlth and Sou Is, 900 3% no.
Trans and West Air l 1900 1874 D
LIS.
East Air L $500 1871 D ".
Colum Gas and Ell $500 10 D w..
Pan Am Always 5000 11% D B.
Am Airlines 5000 9h D h.
Am Wooden 1900 47% D 1B.
Am Pow and 1t $500 12h D Is.
Sears Roeb $500 1874 D Vs..
Bait and Ohio $500 IS L Is.
Unit Air L 6,100 20% D Is.
Penn Cent Air 5000 1875 D VI.
Gen Mot $500 40 D B.
Westingh Ell $500 22A L Is.
Gen Elec $500 34b D %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-03
RESERVE
UNIT TO BRING
VESSEL TO CITY

Fourteen members Of the local
Naval Reserve unit left Whining
ton Sunday for the Charleston,
S. c. navy yard where they will
Join a crew from the naval OPP
Grating base there for a shakedown
cruise of a patrol craft slated to
be stationed at the Wilmington
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-03

ABOARD THE U. S. MT. OLYM-
PUS, Dec. 2 - R = The lead
ships of the Nays expedition to
Antarctica steamed through the
cold waters of Hampton Roads
Monday and headed for the i'm
mensly colder realms of the South
Pole.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-03

Candidates elected to con,,.
but not yet seated can Send
without stamps by wri.inu "''ll
name and INC. elect" in ,4e'
of the stamp. ""Ve
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-03

Enough gypsum wallboard has
been manufactured from Great
Lakes sources to make Z strip
eight feet wide reaching twice
around the earth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-03

The sproul Observatory at
Swarthmore college has the third
largest. telescope on the Eastern
coast.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-05-11
Call Rates Announced

The rates for the new radio telephone long distance phone now installed in Kodiak were received and announced thls week by Sgt. Gervis Floyd, oper- ator in charge of the local ACS office.
 Under the tariff, a call from Kodiak to Seattle Cor any other point in Washington will be S.50 for the first 3 minutes, in- cluding the 25 ger cent federal tax. Extra minutes increase the rate about a third
 A Kodiak to Anchorage call will be $2 l0for the initial 3 min- utes and 70 cents for each addi- tional minute or fraction, with no night, Sunday or holiday rate. The 25 per cent federal tax must be added to this Anchorage rate
 The rates are subject to change without notice, Sgt. Floyd said and as they will be quoted by
 Q the Seattle operator may vary slightly in some cases.
 The night rate IS only slightly cheaper than the accompanying chart, and will apply on Sundays and legal holidays observed by the ACS.
 It is expected when the ser- vice goes into operation in the near future that Kodiak will be required to share the time with Adak, Sgt. Floyd added, in such case Kodiak may be assigned each odd hour Cor even hour) during each day. These and other details will be worked out later.
 The accompanying chart shows the rates for civilians and mili. tary personnel. The chart may be saved for reference. (There IS no military reduction for calls within Alaska
Kodiak mirror., 1946-05-11

Top
 Bernard Coy climbed up these bars ol the gun gallery (aJ ar- row), spread the bars apart to knock out Bert Bu oh, Alcatraz guard and grab his keys to begin the bloody, attempted prison break. Altogether 3 guards were killed and 13 injured.
 Bottom
 Faces bloody, the bodies of 3 of the Alcatraz riot leaders lie on a slab in the San Francisco morgue, after 3 days fighting on the "kock" that ended May
 Left to right: raul CreCser, Los Angeles bank robber:
 Marvin Hubbard, Tennessee kidnaper.
 Bernard Coy, Kentucky bank robber
 James Leonard of the coroD- CTS office looks on.
 Bill Dickey, former owner of the Brown Bear cafe, which burned down next to the Town club, has remarked after his di- vorce from the former Sue Thomas. At last reports Bill was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army stationed in Kentucky.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Two Men Injured
In Gun Fight

Curtis Cockroth, Attala county, is
in a Kosciusko hospital in a serious
condition and Cotton Ramage re-
ceived chest wounds in a gun alter
cation at the Woodland Inn, on
highway 81 halfway between Du-
rant and West, about one o'clock
Sunday morning.
Two shots were fired by John
Mcbride, Jr., of Durant, according to
reports Of the fight. Both of the men
hit were hit by Mcbride, the report
said. Details could not be ascertain
ed.
Cockroth's lung was pierced by
one of the bullets and he was
thought to be in a serious condition.
Ramage, n of the operators of the
Woodland Inn, was treated for chest
wounds at the Kosciusko hospital
and left there Sunday morning.
Mcbride was brought in to the
Sheriff by his father Sunday night.
He was charged with shooting with
intent to kill. The Durant boy
already has one chare of shooting
with intent" hanging over his head
as the aftermath of another shoot
ing in which he shot another Nc
Bride several months ago.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Royal Arch Masons
Observe tooth Year
In Lexington
Dr.. HI. Murtin
Speaks Tonight;
Peterson Presides

Lexington Chapter No. 9 of TIA
Royal Arch Masons was one hundred
years old on Monday, July 9th.
A fitting observance of the GEN.
tennial will be held Thursday eve
ming at the Masonic Hall when MEM
bers will assemble with a large num-
Der of out-of-town guests for a ban
quet and session.
The banquet begging at $50
o'clock will be presided over by
George Patterson, local high priest
Prominent Guests
DR.. H. L. Martin, Senatobia, past
grand chaplain, will be the speaker
at the evening session.
Among other distinguished guests
expected to be present are the Hon.
Tom @. Ellis, general grand RIA Cap
tain of the General Grand RIA chap
ter Of the u. S.; Ruble McKenney,
Amory, Grand High Priest; William
o. Rainey, Deputy Grand High
Priest; Carl b, Greenwood.
Grand King; ]. E. Fojolsong, Oxford.
Grand RIA Captain; Sid Curtis.
Meridian, Grand Secretary; Olin
Gore, Jr., Water Valley, Grand
Lecturer, and many others.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Jefferson D. Tate
Passes Suddenly

Jefferson D. Tate, SIS, died at his
home in Bowling Green early We'd
nesday morning. He had been suffer-
ing with heart trouble for eighteen
months.
According to reports Mr.. Tate was
doing his regular morning chores at
the barn when he called to his wife
to bring him his heart medicine. She
rushed to his assistance but his at
tack was too strong to recover.
Funeral services were held at
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. He was a
member of the Bowling Green Bap-
fist Church and the WOW. q.
Mr.. Tate was well known and
highly respected citizen in his COM
munity.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Ruby Gulledge Tate; one daughter,
Mrs. L. H. Baum, Petersburg. Va;
one son, Curtis r. Tate, Slower.
Two sisters and six brothers also
survive: Mrs. r. M. Smith, Clarks-
dale; Mrs. Jake Manuel, West; ]. s.
Tate, Durant; B. l.. Tate, Slower; w.
A, Tate, West; ]. A. Tate Dublin;
Stephen o. Tate. Dublin; G.. w. Tate,
Carthage.
Southern Undertaking Association
was in charge of arrangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Plans For Horse
Show On July 9th
Near Completion
$1,000. Prize To
Be Offered At 5th
Annual Co. Show

Plans r going forward rapidly
for the fifth annual Holmes county
horse show at Lexington Saturday
evening, July 9th. The affair will
again be held at Beall Athletic Field
and will start at eight o'clock in the
evening.
The premium list this year will
be about $1,000.
Twelve classes of competition
have been planned with lots of
prizes in each class. Nearly $50 entry
blanks have been mailed to lead
ing horsemen in the state, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama.
Already enerted are the well
known Sweet and Lovely, Major
Bowes, Pal O. Mine, Lady and
Trigger. A complete list of horses
entered to date together with the
names OF their owners will be listed
next week.
Young Peoples Clss
The Young Peoples class promises
to be bigger and better than ever be-
fore this year. Any Holmes county
boy or girl may enter and ride any
horse. They do not necessarily have
to own the horse ridden. They will
be judged entirely on horsemanship.
The affair is being sponsored
again by the Lexington Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
John F. Pickens Cites
Local Compress Work

Will Barrett, July Rotary program
chairman, presented R6tarian John
F. Pickens who spoke on the work
Of the Lexington Compress Com
pany at the Friday meeting Of the
Lexington Rotary Club.
Mr.. Pickens introduced to the
club Mr.. w. G. O'Leary, formerly
with the Extension Service at State
College, who Is now interested
financially in the Lexington Com
press and who has been acting as
manager since July LIST.
MI. Pickens stated that Holmes
county ginned about $4,000 bales OF
cotton last year and out of this
numbers only $500 weer handled by
the local concern which should
handle at least 10000 bales.
He cited the annual payroll Tor
last year and said it was a concern
that spent every bit Of its money
locally and certainly deserved the
consideration shown any home
owned and operated business.
The speaker showed where cotton
could be stored in the Lexington
Compress and sold anywhere with
out any penalty OF any kind and
asked for the cooperation OF the club
in building up Lexington as q cot
ton center.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Lexington Baseball
Team Plays Canton

The American Legion Junior
Baseball team of Lexington meets
Canton here Saturday afternoon,
July 18th, at 800 at Beall Athletic
Field.
Everyone is cordially invited to
come out and help support the home
team.
The locals played Canton Satur-
day afternoon losing IL and hope to
be able to give a better account OF
themselves Saturday. The team has
been working hard and showing a
great deal of improvement according
to Buddy Marks, of Tchula, coach.
Mr.. Marks was catcher on the Mis-
sissippi State squad last spring.
The Lexington team plays Silver
City there this afternoon
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
civil Air Patrol
Plans Pidens Flight

The Mississippi wing Of the Civil
Air Patrol is sponsoring a Break
fast Flight to PICKENS AIRPORT
Sunday morning July 14th and are
scheduled to arrive at Pickens at z:
80 am.
Members Of the Pickens Rotary
Club and others will meet the fliers
at the Pickens Airport and take
take them to REEDS CAFE where
they will have breakfast and after
the breakfast they will be taken to
the Southern Natural Gas Pumping
Station for a tour of inspection.
This tour is one of several planned
by the Civil Air Patrol and has been
arranged by 1t. Lucille Christopher,
Acting C~ors1nander Of the Mississip-
pi Wing who will also have charge
of the program at Pickens.
This flight should consist of 40 to
so planes and 80 to 100 people and
Pickens Citizens feel honored to
have Pickens Airport selected as the
first of several towns and cities visi-
ted by these tours Of Breakfast
tIlgntS.
The planes will arrive at Pickens
Airport at 7:30 and leave at 1000
AN. This schedule will allow the re-
spective fliers get back to their home
ports by noon.
Pickens citizens will be glad to
have anyone interested to drive
down and see the filters come in at z
100 Sunday Morning.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Two CoIored Youths
Confess To Killing

Fred Hymon, 10 and Albert Stew.
erson, IS, colored youths, have con.
fessed to the killing Of Emanuel
Austin, so, colored man, in Lexing.
ton Monday night, July LIST.
Accounts said the youths entered
the home of Austin that night and
awaited his return from his work at
the Elite Billiard Hall. Robbery was
said to have been the motive. They
took $i48.00 currency and his purse
The Sheriff has recovered both.
The youths repeatedly jumped on
the man with a stick and crowbar.
Shots were fired in the house and
heard by neighbors. But these shots
were fired by Austin himself, the
youths stated, as they did not have
a gun.
Austin hit one Of the boys in the
leg with the gun necessitating med
ical treatment.
They were taken to Jackson this
week to be fingerprinted.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
New Rotary Officers
Take Over July 5th;
Committees Named

w. E. Thurmond took over as
president of the Lexington Rotary
Club Friday in the first meeting OF
the club year.
Other new officers are A. S.
Povall, vice-president; William Ellis,
secretary-treasurer; Will Wilson.
Allie Povall and Herman Flowers.
Board Of Governors. MIR. Scobey, the
retiring president, Is also a member
Of the Board.
MI. Thurmond has named his club
committees and chairmen for the
year as follows:
international Service, Rev. r. G.
Valentine, chairman; Jack Williams,
I. A. Lail, G. d. Russell.
Community Service: Allie Povall,
chairman; John F. Pickens, w. A.
Ramsey, George Povall.
Youth Service: Joe Berman, chair
man; Wilburn Hooker, Norman
Weathersby, Will Barrett.
Vocational Service: D. c. Lundy,
w. p. Hammett, S. E. Henry and B.
w. Humphrey.
Public Information: Miss Hazel
Brannon, chairman; Henri p. Wat
son, W. D.. Wilson, and w. E. Strider.
Fellowship: Edwin White, chair
man; H. w. Watson, j. r. Williams,
j. F. Williams.
Membership: w. B. Kenna, chair
man; 0. l.. Ellison, w. H. Fincher,
Herman Flowers.
Crippled Children: DR.. w. H.
Weeks, chairman; J. r. Patterson,
D. T. Ruff, George Patterson
Attendance: T. M. Williams, chair
man; Morris Lewis, H. l.. Nichols,
G. II. Marlborough.
Rotary Information: W. r. Ellis,
chairman; E. D. Boyd, c. w. Carr,
A. p. Carroll.
Classification: M. A. Scobey, chair
man; H. H. johnson, DR.. J. H. Leigh,
p. p. Lindholm.
Club Service: Rev. A. Y. Brown,
chairman; c. o. Allen, B. S. Beall
Jr.
Program Committee: A. S. Povall,
chairman; Gene Herman, ]. M.
Hoff, William Ellis.
Sergeant-at-arms: w. E. Strider.
Monthly program chairman for
the year are: July, Will Barrett;
August, Gene Herman; September,
T. A. Lail; October, DR.. G. D. Rus
sell; November, Wilburn Hooker;
December, Allie Povall; January, j.
M. Hoff; February, Jack Williams;
March, Rev. r. G.. Valentine; April,
JoewB erman; May, George Poxallsl
June, Edwin White.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
First Aid Station
Planned For 81

Mrs. w. T. Hand, West, county
chairman of First Aid in the Red
Cross Chapter, is formulating plans
to establish an American Red Cross
First Aid Station on Highwy 81.
Mrs. Hand feels the critical need
of this since the highway is travelled
so constantly and highway accidents
are almost daily occurrences. At the
details are worked out and persons
are qualified to do this volunteer
work the public will be notified and
the Chapter is looking forward to
eventually having these stations at
several points on our cross-country
highways.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Statement Issued
By Tom @. Ellis

Hon. Tom Q. Ellis, candidate fol
the us. Senate, issued the following
statement following the official tab
ulation made by the State Democr-
attic Executive Committee.
The State Executive Committee
has officially spoken and l grace
fully yield to the verdict.
Here are some interesting facts
concerning this unusual race onsid-
erably more money was spent, vol
unfairly, by friends in various coun-
ties by way of circulars and adver-
tisement, than was spent by head
quarters for all purposes. We didn't
have it to spend. A liberal estimate
of the total amount spent in this
campaign by. friends in various
counties, plus the total spent by the
headquarters, would not exceed
Eleven or Twelve Thousand Dollars
at the most. Compare this with
your estimate Of amounts spent by
other candidates in any major ace
in Mississippi politics. Then compare
the votes received. Now think OF
some fellow who a smile in defeat
and I'll know you r thinking of
me. We threw u all into this fight;
we pulled no punches, but never one
time did we hit below the belt. It is
my sincere conviction that the type
of campaign we waged was q service
to our State and al not be evaluat-
ed by formal counting Of votes.
Defeat must be unbearable when
accompanied by bitterness and hat
red. / wouldn't know about that. I
do know that much of the unpleasa-
ntness of defeat is swallowed up in
thoughts Of nearly sixty thousand
loyal friends whose confidence I did
not betray in the heat of the battle
lust ended.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Billy Rhymes Memory
Honored In Memphis

A fitting tribute has been paid tc
the memory of Billy Rhyme by Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Rutstein of the
Kirkpatrick Coal Co. Of Memphis.
The Neighborhood House of that
city notified Mr.. and Mrs. J.K
Rhyme that a very generous donat-
ion had been made in Billy's mem
DRY.
This home gives to needy children
the opportunity to enjoy some of the
better things Of life that would 9TH
erwise be denied them.
This was their way of saying, : ]
care and the thought is deeply app
reciated by his family and friends.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Bill Ellis Given
Year In Jail

Bill Ellis, operator of ISL" Driven,
Durant, was given six months in
Jail for possession Of slot machines
Second offense) and was fined 500.
and six months in Jail for liquor
(second offense) in JP court Friday
morning by Judge r. E. McNeer.
The raid on this case was made
by Sheriff w. L. Murtagh on June
9th.
Drunken Driving
At the same term OF Up court
Thomas Upton Curtis was fined 100.
and costs and had his drivers
license revoked for drunken driving
Saturday afternoon. He was arrested
hvnHi vPatrolman Smith,
Bolen Arrested
During the same afternoon (Satur-
day. Patrolman Smith arrested
Willie Bolen, operator of a joint on
highway 81 north of Pickens, for
drunken driving and carrying a con-
cealed weapon.
Bolen was tried in JP Curtis
Meek's court and was find $138.85
including costs on the two charges.
His drivers license was revoked.
Bolen was placed in the Durant
Jail about 2:30 o'clock and made
bond later that afternoon
Foust Fine $500
Howard Faust, named as n Of
the operators of Woodland Inn, high
way 81 joint between Durant and
West, was fine $500 Give dollars,
that is) for possession Of one slot
machine in Judge E. M. McLellan's
JP court in West.
This case grew out of a raid made
at the Woodland Inn on June 9th,
the same time the Ellis place was
raided. Sheriff W. L. Murtagh was
the raiding officer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Disaster Chuirmun
Reports On Work
OF Red Cross

A. p. Carroll, county disaster
chairman Of the American Red Cross
has made a final report to head
quarters on the boats and boots
which the Army Headquarters In
Memphis loaned our flood district
in the early spring. ;
The Red Cross Chapter acted as
the medium through which the u. S.
Army served our county. The boats
and boots were sent us on a loan
basis and were brought down to the
Hooded district by arny trucks out
of the Memphis depot which has
since that time been moved. There
were 200 boats sent direct from
Memphis and 5 boats were sent out
of Greenwood. HUNDREDS Of pairs Of
boots were sent in also. Since the
army headquarters has moved in
solar as the trucks for hauling, 1t
became our responsibility financi-
ally and otherwise to return this
property to Memphis. Mr.. Carroll
and his key workers did a splendid
job on locating all but six of the
boats and finding and returning AZ
pairs of boots.
The expense of this project was
borne entirely by Red Cross, the
Southeastern Area office, Atlanta,
Ca, authorizing Mr.. Carroll to pro-
mote the work. A local concern took
the job of hauling and the Atlanta
office has been forwarded a bill in
the amount of 1014.00 to w We
felt it might better show something
of the Red Cross in time of disaster,
and also we wanted the public to
know what a splendid work Mr..
Carroll did as chairman, which work
was entirely on a volunteer basis.
FANNY E. LUMPKN,
Executive Secy. Holmes Co. Chap.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Donce At Country
Club Wednesday
For Young Set

There will be a dance at the Lex
ington Country Club next Wednes-
day night for the high school and
college crowd, according to an an
nouncement today by Mrs. Thomas
A. Lail, club entertainment chair
man.
The dance Is open to the public
and seventy-five cents script will be
charged. Dancing will be from nine
until one o'clock.
Invitations are being sent to young
people in adjoining towns and a
large crowd is expected.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
Holmes Will Send
Cattle To Greece

Only one week remains in which
to raise funds to purchase thirty
head of dairy cattle to send to
Greece as Holmes county's cont
tribuition toward rebuilding that
war-ravaged country.
Anyone interested i naiding this
worthwhile undertaking is asked 70
contact A. X. Dinans in Durant or
Dimond Klonaris at the Welcome
Inn in Lexington.
1t is hoped to raise at least $2,400,
in Holmes county. Around $4,000
has been raised to date.