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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-04
Grand Jury Holds
0ne-Day Session
80 True Bills Returned
Members Of Grond
Jury Listed Herewith
Grand. Jury Report:

Grand Jury Report:
To the Honorable S. F. Davis,
Judge Of the Fourth Circuit Court
District of the State of Mississippi.
We your Grand Jury. duly elect
ed, empanelled, sworn and charged
at and for the regular April, IS46
Term of Circuit Court Of Holmes
County. Mississippi. beg leave to
submit this, our report Of the acts
and proceedings had and done by
and before our said body at this
term:
We have been in session one day
and during said time have made the
various inspections enjoined upon us
so to make, pursuant to Your Hon.
or's interesting and instructive
charge. and have examined 20 wit
nesses, and from our examinations
and deliberations, have found No
Bills In / case, and have found and
now return into open court concur
rently with this report . True Bills
which we herewith submit to Your
Honor.
On our inspection Of the County
Poorhouse we found only two negro
inmates. The. food and bedding as
good and the the screening and roof
we ascertained to be in good condi-
ton. On our examination of Bel
mont we found 70 negro prisoners.
The roof Of the cage is in a bad con-
dition of repair and new screen are
needed. The tool sheds and outhous-
es r also in a poor condition. The
food is wholesome.
From our limited examination of
the records of the county officers we
found them to be well kept. The
County Jail is in excellent condition.
And now having reported our acts
and proceedings in the premises, we
beg leave to be discharged, subject
of course, to recall when and if or
dered by Your Honor during this
term.
Respectfully submitted this the LIST
day of April, 1916.
HyrCu % UADMANn
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
Negro SOftball Stars
Here August Both
AMP
Travelling Ghosts" TO Play
Bucks Bar AT FaIstaff Park

The travelling Negro softball
team known as the Ghosts will
play at Falstaff Park on August
Both This team boasts some of
the outstanding Negro softball
players in the country. Each year
this touring team plays at the
Vinton Street park to a clubhouse
featuring their famous shadow
BALI which is well worth the adj
mission price.
The Bucks Bar team, Greater
Omaha league champions as well
as defending State champions,
will play the colored aces. Big
Ben Grain will be on the mound
for the Bucks Bar Team.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
THE COMMON DEFENSE
(by Rev. William C. Kernan)

way of persisting and of bringing
people who violate them into judge
ment@even of bringing a whole
nation into judgement which per-
mits them to be violated. And it
can be said today, with as much
forcefulness as it was once said
in the early days of our country,
that we must raise a standard to
which the honorable will repair.
Congressman, regardless Of all
other things, must be honorable
men.
But good government does not
end there. 1t does not even begin
there. II begins with the people
themselves whose responsibility TO
elect honorable men to the nation
al Legislature is as great as is the
responsibility of the men elected
TO discharge their duties honora-
bly,.
We need in America. in Con-
gress and in the body politic-a
reaffirmation Of personal respon-
sibility. Some people do not like
to be told this. II is not a popular
theme on all hands today. 1t is
easier to find excuses for Dur fail
IRE TO take personal responsibility
for what we do. Some people, who
have undertaken to educate the
public, even encourage US to be-
lieve that we cannot be held re-
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

Krupa), is a production executive
in charge of casting. ]. M. Lehr-
field, investments adviser, is secy.
and treasurer of the new copora-
ton.
In Shooting their initial pic
ture at the Fox Studios, the COM
pany will go on record as having
the first All Negro independent
production to be made in one of
the larger studios, using Western
niecL,ic sound.
The organization is opening dis
tributing and booking offices in
ucago, Atlanta. Dallas and Los
Angeles in addition to their home
ofTIces in New York City.
A building has been obtained
in Harlem which will be convert
ed into a motion picture studio,
Dlt cannot be made ready for oc-
cuDancy until after the first of
the year. When completed it will
be the only studio in the world
built expressly for the production
of all-Negro motion pictures.
According to Mr.. Goldberg, the
aires showing Negro pictures have
increased over 20 percent in num-
Der since the war, with sales in
foreign fields having jumped 800
percent. The advent of 16mm pro-
lection has also increased the sub
sequent income of Negro films, ne
said.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
Short Sports

his chore against Tami Mauriello
next month, it is likely that he will
affix his signature to a contract
for an indoor slug-fest for Uncle
Nike Jacobs. His opponent will
be the winner Of the Jersey Joe
Walcott-Tommy Gomez battle
which is scheduled to take place
on August Is. If you're inclined
to tilt your nose or to hold the
same because of the calibre of the
opposition, just remember that
there isn't much of a selection to
be made If you have any friends
who think they can lick Louis
send their names to Mike Jacobs
he'll appreciate the assistance.
There must have been some
pretty hot contests up at Yankee
Stadium, the House That Ruth
Built, but the home team has
never turned out the sizzling,
crack-shot plays that were in evil
dence a few Sundays ago when
four top Negro teams broke it ur
with exhibitions of thrilling pro-
portions.
In a twin bill that left the most
avid baseball fan desiring moth
ing, the Cleveland Buckeyes op-
posed the Newark Eagles while
the Memphis Black Sox lined uI
against the famed Black Yankees
1t was scorching baseball played
with a lively professional touch
The Stadium rocked with thrills
and cheers, and you wondered as
you sat and watched, why the mo-
guls who have the say-so don't
step on the gas and get some color
in their line-ups-
Those of us who have been shout
ing our heads off for Sugar Ro-
binson to get a much deserved
crack at the welterweight title
are keeping Our crossed at the
date for his bout with Marty Ser
vo draws closer. Ray is scheduled
to exchange blows with Servo in
the Yankee Stadium of the even
ing of September 6, and the event
promises to be a sell-out.
Even though Robinson is fire.
quently referred to as the uncrow-
ned king of the welters, it won't
be official until he gets in there
and Makes Servo yell uncle OF
whatever it is a defeated fighter
yells when he is connected with
the finishing touch or punch.
While waiting for his big chance
Sugar Ray has been doing a little
tuning up. The final session in his
pre-championship campaign will
take place in Hawkins Stadium al
Albany, New York on August Is
Ray will do battle with Winnie
Vines, a tough little scrapper from
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

sponsible for anything that we do.
They lay the blame on environ
ment, or weakness under temp
tation, or on the state of our gland
or the influence of other people
around u.s..
In the end, this kind of teaching
cannot but result in a general
breakdown Of public morality. For
the cornerstone of all morality is
the recognition that our actions
T not determined ahead of time
by circumstances-but that as free
people we can choose our course
by taking personal responsibility
for what we do.
There is nothing virtuous in in
difference to our country's welfare
to the corruption that marks
so much of the political life OF
Jul nation-to the racial and re-
ligious hate which is fostered by
people who cannot stomach the
American principle of liberty and
justice for ALTO the attack OF
both fascism and communism on
our free institutions. Every Amer
lean has the personal responsible
lily to uproot these things. We
shall fare better and go further
toward pgfecting our democracy
when we embrace again and hold
fast to high moral standards by
insisting that personal response
bflity is inseparable from the pre-
servation of free American soci-
ETY..
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
News
NEWS FROM VETERANS
ADMINISTRATION

AT the state American Legion
convention in Lincoln this week,
E. R. Benke, head Of the Veterans
Administration Branch s office,
whose jurisdiction covers Nebr-
aska, called upon state and local
agencies to provide additional
training and educational facilities
for veterans.
He pointed out that in Nebraska
as Of July 1, 121a thousand vet
Grams were in school or being
trained with government help and
that another II thousand Nebras-
ka veterans had been approved
for training but had not begun
their training courses, either in
college or in on the job training
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
NEW COMPANY TO MAKE
DELUXE G. FILMS
BY Ed Hurley

That the production and distri-
button of all-Negro motion pic
lures has gone into the "big mon
ey" bracket is seer this week with
the incorporation at Albany OF
Herald Pictures, Inc, whose an
nounced purpose is the production
and release of twelve feature pic
lures at the rate of n each
month.
Heretofore, over six hundred
theatres throughout the country,
catering to Negro audiences, were
forced to depend upon spasmodlc
independent production and indif-
ferent distribution in relation to
the presentation of pictures fea-
turing an all-Negro cast.
In addition to being able to
contract for twelve programs, it
is now possible for an exhibitor
to book and advertise a complete
all-Negro show months in advance
naming stars and titles.
The Herald company, through
its president Jack Goldberg, a
pioneer in this field and a booking
executive Of Loews' theatre cir
cult, announces that production
values on the new picture will be
raised to a $4,000 negative cost.
This is almost three times greater
than has been spent on such type
Of pictures in the past
The first feature, Boy! What A
Girl!!!", is scheduled to 60 into
production on September 18th at
the Fox Movietone Studios in NY
City, under direction Of Arthur
Leonard.
Mr.. Leonard, prior to his entr-
nee in the Navy spent seven C7)
years with Vitagraph directing
shorts.
John Gluskin, manager and dir
ector of orchestras (including Gene
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
INDUSTRIAL -
| NEWS
| REVIEW
AWAY FROM
SQUANDERMANIA

The President, along with other
national leaders, has done consi-
derable talking concerning the
need for strict control of govern
ment expenditures. This policy is
urged as initiation control, no less
than practical necessity to a ma
ton confronted with a debt of al
most $500, 600, 900.
If Congress is interested in fol-
lowing the Chief Executives adj
vice, it has many fertile fields for
action at hand. AS a starter. it
coud do worse than to investigate
thoroughly the various appropria-
tons for waterpower development
flood control, etc, which are con-
stantly coming before it. These
costly tax-exempt power develop
ments measures. and their total
sums runs into the billions. are
unnecessary. At best, they would
simply duplicate a service which
is already being provided. with
out cost to the taxpayers. by the
private, business-managed cleo
trio utilities. At worst, they would
lead to the destruction of private
enterprise in the power business.
and the loss Of the gigantic sums
in taxes which the publicly regu-
lated private utilities pay to all
units of government.
AS the Chicago Herald-Ameri-
can said in a recent editorial. IF
the 10000, 900 life insurance pol
icyholders, the $4,000 900 owners
of savings accounts, and the mil
lions who hold government bonds
understand their own true inter
ests, they will insist on REMEDIAL
fiscal policies at the nations ca
pital. In political terms this calls
for a radical transition from
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
PRIMO CARNERA IN TROUBLE
IN WRESTLING TOUR or u. S.

New YORK CTTY-(Calvin's
News Service)@Once stopped in
the sixth round by the then (1935)
fast rising Joe Louis, Primo Gar
nera, a former heavyweight cham
pion, is in another tangle. It APP
pears that Commissioner William
P. Haughton is refusing Camera
a wrestling permit until there is
an investigation of his war record.
Haughton is seeking to find out
if Camera elaborated with the
Nazis in World War II. Camera is
in the states to make a wrestling
tour.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

Schenectady. Because the unex-
pected can happen in a matter 50
important as this, Robinson's bac-
kers are hoping hard that Vines
doesn't upset the dope and polish
Ray off. Evidently there isn't too
much worrying being done aFout
it, because the tickets from tire
main event are disappearing fast
AS it looks now Robinson viii have
a nice, shiny crown to put under
his Christmas tree.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
AND REPORTS
ABOUT NAMES IN SPORTS

Ho00 fIN -
NEW Notwithstanding that
there is a shortage of fodder for
the Joe Louis fighting machine, it
would not be altogether an idle
umor to report a slight possib-
lily that the fleet-footed sprinter
Billy Conn VIII be given another
crack at the title before Joe signs
off to join the ranks of the re-
tired undefeated. Billy who lost
two foot races to the champ has
acquired new wisdom, and should
lie get another shot at the dia-
dem, he will not depend on his legs
to keep him out of range.
Recently Conn BOUGHT himself a
Jwift three year old racing colt
hat answer to the name Of Hon
ey Town Admittedly the boxing
rules will have to undergo some
changes before Billy the Kid is
Jer-nitted to enter the ring noun
led on his trusty steed, but you've
got to admit, that Conn astride a
proud and sensitive filly will be a
swifter and more interesting op-
ponent than he has been on foot.
The reported price paid for the
racing nag it 5000, money that
Conn earned by being sure of foot.
It is reasonable for him to expect
that Honey Town will at least
double the money since he has 4
legs and a lot more space in which
to travel.
Speaking of Joe Louis. and that
is what everybody seems to be
doing these hot August days, he
seems to have his work all layed
out for him for the balance of this
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
Tami GETTING Ready
For What2

NEPTUNE, N. J. (Calvin's
News Service)-Tami Mauriello
went through the motions Of pre-
pairing himself for the world cham
pionship bout September 18th.
Having pitched camp here at Nep-
tune, he boxed rounds. two with
Cleo Everette and one with John
ny De Mail. Now scaling 205, he
is anxious to peel down to 1872
before he runs into Joe.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

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The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
Establishments.

establishments.
While some of the II thousand
Nebraska veterans probably have
not begun training because of
PERSONAL reasons, Benke said it is
reasonable to assume the training
and education of a large number
is being held up for lack Of suit
able training facilities and oppor-
tunitieS.
Stressing that the Veterans Adj
ministration is without legal au-
thority to provide training estab-
lishments or facilities, Benke said
it is the responsibility of the edu-
cational institutions, Of the state,
and Of industrial and business
groups sponsoring on the job train
ing establishments and of the pu-
bile at large to provide additional
facilities so that all veterans may
no wenter the training and edu-
cation programs they need to
satisfy their abilities and aptitudes
The 20 per cent increase in vet
Grams disability pensions and com
pensation ordered by congress and
signed into law this month by
President Truman will add about
1927, 900 per month to pension
checks received by Nebraska vets
and their dependents, Ashley Wset
moreland, manager Of the Veter-
ans Administration regional office
at Lincoln said today.
Currently in line for the increase
are some 10000 Nebraska veter-
ans of World War II, $500 of
War I, and $500 dependents OF
deceased veterans Of both wars.
Under the new rate, a totally dis
abled veteran will receive S13e
per month instead Of S115.
Westmoreland said the boost in
rate will be made automatically
but that the checks received by
beneficiaries prior to October will
not carry the increase. Those af-
fected. veterans or widows who
receive pensions-need not sub
nit applications to receive the in
crease as the raise will be granted
to all those on the rolls.
The increase does affect retire
ment pay and does not apply to
subsistence allowance payments
made to veterans taking training
under public law 16 or 346.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
The current revelations Of the
Mead Committee investigating war
contracts reminds US that public
office is a public trust Some su-
percilious people-who pride them
selves on what they call their So
phistication-may at this
odd fashioned standard Neverthe-
less. true moral standards have g
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
Daughter Of Jose Iturbi A Suicide

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April r, (P)-Climaxing an evening of piano musings by her famous father, Mrs. Maria Iturbi Hero, 28, slim dark-haired daughter of Jose Iturbi, died of revolver bull let. The concert pianist found her lying in his bedroom, her black tresses aflame from burning gun powder.
 Detective Sergeant Arthur Me Bain was called. It is "clearly a case of suicide" he said. She died in police receiving hospital two hours after the shooting while brain specialists stood by helpless ly. Her death, while her two chil- dred slept nearby, ended years court contests over their custody, involving the father.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
Halibut Fishers Refuse To Strike

SEATTLE, April l7, R)-The halibut men of the deep sea fish cries union voted l76 to 36 against the strike proposed as a protest against the Price Administration refusal to raise halibut ceiling pric eS. Canadian fishermen, watching the Seattle returns were expected to follow the local lead.
 Strike votes are being taken by the union branches in Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Juneau, but the total couldn't effect the decision, union officials said.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
Australia Provides Victuals For Britain

CANBERRA, Australia, (P) - Australia during the war sent Britain 9.8 billion pounds of food worth more than half a billion dollars. In the last two years about 360,000,000 pounds of food was supplied the British Admiralty, about two-third for the Pacific Fleet. The fleet now has moved its base from Sydney to Hong kong but still depends largely on Australia for food.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
Preparations Headache

It knows that it must pay in six years $500 million in separations to Russia, Yugoslavia and Czecho- Slovakia, and try meantime to bol- ster an internal economy, restore factories, build up agricultural production, prove that it can be a democracy, settle minority prob lemS, and try to live at peace with neighborS who fought on the right side of the United Nations ledger.
 The Hungarians argue that Ger nan pressure put them into the war where defeat found them and that German economic domination made their path One-Way, Wrong-Way road.
 There are many who fought them who agree, and the spectacle of Soviet Russia and the United States in a mild race to restore Hungary's diplomatic status, with the hope that industrial and eco- homie revival might follow, is one aspect of that attitude.
 But the printing press bank notes make for Wonderment.
 In the days when the English pound sterling was worth $4.86, an American dollar bill bought about five Hungarian pengos.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17

Ladies Aid Easter Food Sale on Saturday al The N. C. Store.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
ROOseveIt's
 Income Tax Paid

ALBANY, N. Y., April IT, (P)- The New York State personal in come tax on RooSevelt'S l946 in come was paid by his estate de- spite the offer of the state tax commission hearing on the late Presidents status as a serviceman. New York levies no income tax on a serviceman's income for the year of his death.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
MISSIONARY FLORENCE DALBOW ARRIVES IN NOME

Miss Florence DalboW of Ocean City, N. J., arrived in town yes terday by plane from Anchorage For the past year Miss Dalbow has been a missionary under the Alas ka Evangelization Society at Sel- dovia A graduate of the Philadel- phia School of the Bible, and an experienced children's worker she will be assisting Rev. and Mrs. Geo. H. LoveleSS in mission work, under their society here in Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
 AT FEDERATED CHURCH

A Good Friday service will be held in the Federated Church from 100 to 300 pm. with all ministers of the city participating. The program will be made up of Easter music, special singing, and short messages from each of the ministers with thought centered around the cross. Everyone is wei come.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
'Siam's' Popular But Still Lonely
tBy LYNN HEINZERLING)
 (P) NeWSfeatureS

BERLIN-Siam, the 25-year-old elephant bull who took up resi- dence in the Berlin Zoo the same year Adolf Hitler moved into the German Chancellory 1883, is still shuffling around in his compound there, but his eight best friends died in the war
 The eight friends, all elephants, were killed during the heavy air raids on Berlin, which together with the dwindling food supplies very nearly depopulated the zoo, once one of the best in the world. There are now only about 200 an- lmalS left in the zoo and they are living in the sorry ruins of a once gay and popular establishment.
 Cages are all askeW in many parts of the zoo. The heavy net ting of the aViary was pierced in many places by heavy bomb frag- ments. Walks are broken and the grass is intended. Nevertheless the zoo is open for business and both Germans and Allied troops are frequent visitors.
 Peanuts are not forthcoming and Siam shows it. His thick hide hangs about him like a CT blan- ket. The elephant is now fed on a diet of potato peels and weeds. The good hay is saved for the ze- bras which have been losing weight lately. The rhinoceros like wise is on diet of potato peelings and a poor grade of hay.
 The parrots came through the rough days of the war in the best shape and there is a large and noisy selection of them. The mon keys are having a bad time. They are eating lettuce, cabbage, tur- nipS and spoiled potatoes instead of the bananas, figs, dates, fruit and nuts they once got.
 The management had to do away with the sea lions and pen guinS entirely because of their rich diet. In the old days, the keepers used to drop fresh her ring into their big mouths at the rate of several hundred pounds a day.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
Money Nightmares Plague Hungarians
By A. I. GOLDBERG)
P) NeWSfeatureS

BUDAPEST-Hungary today is broke and getting broker every minute in mad dream world of printing press banknoteS.
 It is nation with 1000 years of independence housing and feed ing an occupation army variously estimated at from 750,0OO to l,- OOO,O0O-ro official figure is avail able.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
JOHN HUBERT FAMILY RETURN TO NOME

John Hudert, of the Alaska Road Commission returned Mon day evening from his trip to the States bringing his family from New Jersey. The family are guests of Father Anable until their home is ready for occupancy.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
GILLETTES RETURN FROM VISIT IN THE STATES

MT. and Mrs. Ben Gillette re- turned Monday evening after win tering in Bellingham. They are busy getting their home in order, as it was stripped of all furnish ings last fall when their home was imperiled during the storm.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17
ESCORT PRISONERS TO MORNINGSIDE

Deputy Marshal George Bayer, accompanied by Dorothy Bender as matron, left with three prison CTS last Monday. All prisoners were mental cases being sent to Morningside Sanitarium in Ore gOn.
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17

Sign in the office window Wanted young lady for perman- ent position-should be fair typ ist, silent gum chewer and able to powder her nose in thirty minutes or less"
The Nome nugget., 1946-04-17

the yield was 4,OOO to 5000.
 By mid-OCtober, a dollar bill one day bought 12,OOO, the next day 15,O00, the third day 18,0OO. And the end is not in sight as the printing presses roll.