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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-04-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Ford, of Good
man, were guests in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. George Mcclellan Sunday.
Mr. Cecil Mason attended to bus
mess in Meridian Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Wells and Mr..
and Mrs, Emmett Reese attended
the Holmes Couty Sunday Shcool
Convention at Goodman.
MIR. and Mrs R. D. Majors of
Brozville, were guests of Misses
Edna and Sarah Majors Sunday.
Mrs. 0. S. Williamson has been on
the sick list for the past few days.
MIR. and Mrs. Joel Power have re-
turned oLexington to make their
home.
Allison's meols ere delightful and
well-served the year ground.
MI. and Mrs. Hoy Gelston VISITED
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Gelston at West,
over the weekend.
The following attended a union
meeting in Greenwood Sunday:
Miss Shirley brennan, Mrs. Ohio
Bradley, Miss Rachel Rodgers, Miss
Lucille Kitchens and Miss Martha
Mcdaniel.
Miss Elizabeth Skinner is visiting
her sister, Mrs. w. K. Bean, at De-
Land Florida for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Scott spent
Sunday with Mr.. SCOTS father at
Louisville.
Mrs. w. G. Palmertree left for her
home in Kosciusko Saturday after
spending few days in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Skinner and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Cohen and child
rem, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Stern, went
to Helena, Arkansas Sunday, = :.
tend the marriage of Mr. Freddie
Miller and Miss Vera Mundt,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-04-03
'Soeiiefy
Lexington Ladies'
Attend Greenwood Show

The following ladies attended the
Rug Show in Greenwood one day
last week; Mrs. c. A. Glover, Mrs.
E. w. Rainwater, Mrs. r. M. Gwin,
Mrs. L. P. johnson, Mrs. Herman
Flowers, Mrs. A. Flowers, Mrs. o. D.
Hooker, Mrs. Effie Swittenburg,
Mrs. Leslie B. Gilliland, Mrs. Leroy
Paris, Mrs. Eugene Herman, Mrs
w. D. Wilson, Mrs. Wilburn Hooker,
and Mrs. E. H. Shaddock. The show
was put on by the Girl Scouts and
Mrs. Dudley McBee, leader.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-04-03
Mrs. Tom Shepherd
"Wednesday Hostess

Mrs. Tom Shepherd was hostess
to her club on Wednesday with Mrs.
Allie Povall and Mrs. Walter Hook
er as substitute players.
The beautifully appointed rooms
were decorated with flowers from
the hostess own lovely garden.
High score went to Mrs. c. w
Carr, and second high to Mrs.
Hooker.
Bingo prizes went to Mrs. Adam
Heinrich and Mrs. Shepherd.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-04-03
Mrs. J. M. Powers
Hostess To 800 Club

The 600 Club met with Mrs. J. M
Powers in her lovely country home
on high way II south. The living
rooms were beautifully decorated in
spring bulbs of different types.
Mrs. w. P. Lewis won high score
in the games.
After the games the hostess serv-
ed a delectable salad course.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-04-03
Mrs. Norman We0thersby
Entertoins Club

Mrs. Norman Weathersby was
hostess to the Thursday Club at her
lovely new home on Boulevard Str
eet. The rooms were beautiful with
arrangements of spring flowers.
Mrs. Eugene Herman was substi-
tute player for the afternoon.
Mrs. w. E. Thurmond made high
score and Mrs Pat Barrett won at
bingo.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-04-03

DR.. and Mrs. o. D. Hooker spent
several days in Memphis.
The Rev. and Mrs. L. E. Burnette
attended the Holmes County Sunday
School Convention in Goodman Sum
day.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-04-03

Little Beth Flowers, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. Herman Flowers, has
been on the sick list for few days.
Miss Inez Fink, of Jackson, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Fink.
Mrs. A. S. Huntington visited her
daughter, Mrs. j. H. Odom in Durant
last week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-04-03
Mrs. M. K. CHM Is
Hostess To Club

Mrs. M. K. CHM entertained her
club on Wednesday in the home of
Mrs. John Martin on Spring Street.
Mrs. Martin and Mrs. L. N. Herring
were guest players for the afternoon.
Miss Jean McRae won at bingo.
After the games the hostess assis-
ted by Mrs. Martin served delicious
refreshments and coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-30

II don't know" said her daughter.
But she did know.
When the refreshments we're served,
she took tray of cold wine and honey
cakes from the hands of one of the
servants and carried it herself to the
Prince. She sat down near him.
ut was your beauty" he said.
that vanquished me- Against beauty
all men weaken"
He drank and ate and laughed as
though the whole matter were of little
importance. But secretlyhe felt humili-
ated to have suffered so complete a
defeat before so large and distin-
guished an assembly.
HE next day he left behind him
the thousand horses, and slowly and
sadly he and his retinue rode out of
Samarkand. Light of the Moon
watched them leave from a window
of the palace She watched until the
very last rider was lost in the far off
horizon.
Prince Mengu, the son of the King
of Pamar, was the last. His horses
were the last to be forfeited, the last
to be brought to Samarkand. No other
princes came forward to try to van
quish this beautiful Monaghan prin-
cess.
In THE days that followed, new riv-
alries broke out with neighboring
chiefs, and King Kaidu had to send
armed horsemen to defend his vast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-30

time as though she would not free
herself. Slowly he bore down with all
his strength. He felt her warm breath
upon his face and her heart beat
against his. Her eyes were full and
round. Her lips we're close to his. .
Suddenly the violence of his force
seemed to weaken. Light of the Moon
felt this, and quickly taking hold of
his head. she lifted him off the ground
and over her bent back. For a mo-
ment he hung high in the air. Sud-
denly down he came, fat upon his
back. She pinned him deep into the
sand and held him there. 1t was over.
Never were spectators more disap-
pointed at the outcome of a contest.
All had wished that this fine son of the
King of Pamar should become the SON.
in-law of King Kaidu. And even the
King and Queen did not try to conceal
their disappointment.
Light of the Moon stood sadly
alone.
well, you've won" said her mother
with bitterness in her voice.
Light of the Moon did not reply.
Tears came to her eyes.
''You don't seem very happy about
it," said her mother.
II couldn't help it. A contest is a
contest"
why are you weeping"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-30

But Light Of the Moon had no in
tention of attacking this entire enemy.
As she drew close, she did not draw
her scimitar from its silver scabbard.
She raced to place where single
rider stood, and without reducing the
speed of her horse, she lifted this rider
bodily out of his saddle.
Now the enemy set up frightful
cry as they rode in hot pursuit. But
there was no chance Of overtaking
Light of the Moon and her captive.
Her horse was the very first to reach
the gates of Samarkand. :.
ALL this may be found in those init
mate pages of Oriental history: Al
last, writes Marco Polo, the damsel
rushed into the midst of the enemy. and
selling upon horseman, carried him
off to her oson people,:
But between the lines one can read
a little more than is recorded. And
when all the fragments are pieced to-
gether, you can guess the climax of
this strange true story of seven hun
dred years ago.
Light of the Moon, never van
pushed on the wrestling field, had at
last been conquered by the yearning
of her own heart. The man she had
brought back with her to be her lord
was Prince Mengu His words, spoken
in the gardens at Samarkand, II know
that love will make me your master"
had come true at last. The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-30

grazing lands. Often the King went
himself into battle. On these occasions
Light of the Moon rode beside her
father, on one of the proud white
horses brought to Samarkand by
Prince Mengu. In battle she distin-
g,hshed herself more than any single
warrior of the King.
Tins is the story of Light of the
Moon, as it is written down by Marco
Polo, in his Golden book of Oriental
travels - except for one last entry.
brief and incomplete.
Several years after the contest with
Prince Mengu, King Kaidu and his
unvanquished daughter we're advanc-
ing upon their enemies, and discov-
cred that they we're completely out
numbered.
King Kaidu gave the order to halt
The enemy before them also halted
and drew up in battle formation. Then
King Kaidu, confronted with the
hopelessness of his position, gave the
signal to retreat.
But Light of the Moon had seen
something in the far distance. She
gazed intently ahead. and instead of
retreating with the others, she rushed
upon the enemy alone.
Her father shouted after her, but
she did not hear him. Riding high in
the saddle, with a wild gallop she
dashed forward. No one knew how a
girl alone could hope to encounter the
enemy. All were amazed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-30
FLIGHT OF THE MOON"
Continued from page seven

Prince Mengu seemed confident.
But after few light encounters, ex-
changed in friendly and bantering
spirit, they set at each other with seri-
Gus intent. Soon that early confidence
OF the Prince vanished. He understood
that the strength and power of this
Monaghan girl was most formidable
AS for Light of the Moon. she stood
her ground, and like rock of granite
resisted all effort to put her down.
In the first half of the encounter she
seemed content to remain on the de-
fensive. Some holds she broke quite
easily, but others required great effort.
Every trick he knew in the art of
wrestling he tried twice. But when he
began the same strategy for the third
time. then Light OF the Moon sud-
denly turned upon her adversary and
became the aggressor.
She, too had her favorite holds, and
it was time that they should be dis
played. The first he slipped from cas-
lily. The second he broke by sheer
force. The third put him down. but he
brought her down with him, and he
was soon back on his feet.
Now they stood facing each other.
Tho x,o,,no pr;pca vuo opv;o,,c ~ ~or,a
back into the offensive. He threw his
arms around her, and it looked this
Evening star., 1947-03-25
Johnson S Sons Seek 10 Bar
Removal 10 Federal Prison
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 25.-Pend-
ing court action on appeals, attor.
neys for four men, including two
lawyer sons of a former Federal
judge-who were convicted of con-
spiracy to obstruct justice and de
fraud the United States in connec-
ton with receivership cases-sought
today to bar their removal to Fed
eral prison.
Charles J. Margiotti, counsel for
Donald M. and Miller A. johnson
sons Of former Federal Judge Albert
w. johnson who was acquitted on
the conspiracy charge-planned to
ask the United States Third Circuit
Court of Appeals here today to re-
lease the men on bail.
A District Court jury Of nine men
and three women at Harrisburg, Pa,
yesterday convicted the Johnsons
and John Memolo and Jacob
Greenes. Immediately Federal Judge
James Alger Fee. specially presid-
ing, ordered the four to pay $4,000
fines and serve two years in prison
He refused to set bail.
Acquitted with the 74-year-old ex-
judge was another son, Capt. Albert
w. johnson, jr. The former jurist
had sat on the bench in the court
room he was tried for 20 years be-
fore his resignation in 1915.
The four convicted men are now
in Dauphin County Jail pending
designation by Attorney General
Clark of the Federal institution in
which they will serve sentence.
Evening star., 1947-03-25
10000 Illegally MumchKeep
Threat of Nozi Revival Alive .ox
By Morion' 'Wode Campbell
Stor Sioff Correspondent

tiles so much as their possible future
activities. According to Chief Pitzer,
who was serving in the Munich
police force in 1919, the situation
today Is greatly similar to that
which spawned Adolf Hitler in 1920.
Party Might Be Launched.
The city was hungry then, with
similar black market traffic and
terrible imitation. The helpless peo-
pie listened to the new voice among
them, as it promised richness for
Munich. Should one of his rowing
nonidentif1ables get political ambi-
tions, Chief Pitzer fears, he might
be able to launch secret, mutinous
political party with little trouble.
The black marketers, with money
in their pockets and plenty of hate
in their hearts for the Allies, would
be potent hackers of any such re-
sistance, Chief Pitzer feels.
So far no such party has been
organized, police say. AS Gen.
Joseph T. McNarney, retiring chief
Of occupation forces recently put IT.,
German resistance up to now has
consisted g, of anti-Allied posters
pasted on walls at night. Also once
In a while former German soldier
will put on a uniform and wear it
around the house in sullen defiance.
But the Munich authorities know
that lot Of trouble started in their
city u years ago. They are work.
ing now to make sure that no one
can accuse them of letting the same
thing happen here again.
Evening star., 1947-03-25
90-Pound Boy, ID, Gets
Seven Years in SIuyinq
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BONNEVILLE, KY, Mar. 25.-A
90-pound, 14-year-old boy so small
that extra bars were put on his
Jail cell was convicted on a man
slaughter charge by Circuit Court
jury yesterday.
The jury fixed Lester Little's pun
ishment at seven years imprison-
ment. z.sss. ..--. ..-..
Little's jailer said extra bars were
added to keep the boy in his cell
after his arrest last December.
The boy was accused of Staying
his cousin, Price Little, %, last De-
cember IS after an argument over
a chain. They and three COM
panions were engaged In target
practice in a remote section OF
Owsley County. The defendant de-
MED shooting his cousin
The boy was tried on a murder
charge, but the jury amended it to
manSlauphter.
Evening star., 1947-03-25

MUNICH, Mar. 25.-This city
where Nazism started II years ago
is once more a German danger spot,
German police declare.
They base their fear on the large
number of ex-Nazis and escaped
prisoners of war who have been iv-
ing a secret existence here since the
war ended.
Police Chief Franz Pitzer estimates
there are about 10000 men who have
come black"-that is, without the
identity and food cards Germans
are supposed to carry wherever
they CO.
Systematic checks of railroad sta
tions, restaurants and other public
places have netted the police about
5000 dishonest ones" But many
more take refuge in Munich each
month, Chief Pitzer says.
Refugees from denazification courts
and prisoner OF war camps-no mat
ter which Of the four zones Of Ger
many they come from-usually flee
to Munich. This shattered city is
still the gateway to the rich Bavarian
farmlands which are easy prey for
even the amateur black marketer.
To live in hunger ridden Germany
for two years without a food ration
card can mean only black market
dealings. Chief Pitzer says the 80 900
are chiefly responsible for the city's
current position as Germany's lead
ing illegal food center. They serve
as go-betweens for the Bavarian
farmers and the meat-hungry cities
of Northern Germany.
To fight the rising menace of a
lawless population living in appar-
emily ruined houses and Easements,
the Office of Military Government
permits Munichs $500 German
police to carry guns. German police
in other cities carry wooden "billies. "
Some OF the heaviest single black
market offenses have been discov-
ored in Munich. One man had
rounded up 80 oxen in his back
yard. Before he could butcher them
for sale, he got eight years in prison.
Another man had managed to COL
lect 5000 pounds of sugar, 5000
pounds of lard, six cows, four oxen
and two calves.
However, the present occupation
OF illegal residents In the black mar
kets does not worry German author
Evening star., 1947-03-25
Kohen Is Appointed Director
Of Annual Soap Box Derby
Legion Leader Here
Predicts Event Will
Be Biggest and Best

Charles Kohen, leader in Amer
ican Legion activity here since it
was organized after World War I,
has been appointed director of the
Sixth Washington Soap Box Derby.
Mr.. Kohen was named to direct
the coaster car race by Guy L. Ma
deau, District Department COM
mander of the Legion AS assistant
director, Mr. Nadeau appointed Gail
T. Judd, who held similar position
last year.
The appointments were an
nounced yesterday at the first meet
ing of the Derby General Committee
in the Raleigh Hotel.
The derby will be held this sum-
mer on date and over a course
to be announced later. AS in the
past, 1t will be sponsored by The
Star, the Legion and Chevrolet
dealers of the Washington area.
Boys II to Is Eligible.
Boys II to Is, inclusive, will be
eligible to compete. Ten-year -olds
who become II on or between June
and August II and boys who
reach their 18th birthday on or be-
tween these dates also will be ad-
mitted.
This years derby will be the big
gest and best ever held" Mr.. Kohen
declared at yesterdays meeting.
He outlined plans for the annual
event to District police, highway,
traffic and sanitation officials and
representatives of the Office of Ma
tional Capital Parks and the deal
ers. All pledged cooperation toward
making the race success.
The Derby director is department
entertainment chairman of the
Legion and vice e-chairman of the de@
partment ways and means commit
tee. He is a member of Cooley-Mc-
Cullough Post. Mr.. Kohen is we'll
known in local Legion circles as an
energetic worker in juvenile well
fare and community service pro-
jects.
/ Mr.. Judd is q member of Labor
Department Post sand former cap
tain Of the Legion National Guard
of Honor. He heads the Sons of the
Evening star., 1947-03-25

Legion program in the District De-
partment.
As he did last year, Mr.. Judd will
plan the pageantry for the Derby,
including the pre-race parade.
William A. Rogers, chairman of
the dealers committee, announced
entry blanks and rule books would
be available next month at Chevrolet
showrooms. No rule books will be
issued until registration lists are
declared open by announcement in
The Star, he emphasized.
Approved-type wheel-and-axle sets
will be on sale next month, the
committee was assured. There is
no cost limit on the sets, but most
will sell for $10.95, it was said.
Entrants will not be permitted to
spend more than Sc on their racers,
in addition to the cost of wheels
and axles, it was explained.
Boys may salvage wheels from
wagons, tricycles, baby carriages or
other small vehicles, provided they
have tires of solid rubber and are
not more than IL inches in diam
eter.
The prize list for the Derby will
be topped by the trip to Akron, Ohio,
given the city champion. There, he
will compete with other city winners
for the grand prize-a four-year
college scholarship.
I All official Derby announcements
will appear in The Star. 8~
Evening star., 1947-03-25
Turkish Government Wipes Out
Food, Currency Black Markets
BY Constantine Brown
Star Foreign Affairs Analyst.

ANKARA (By Mail)-This is the
first country I have visited where I
have not been approached by cur
rency black marketers.
There is no black market in Tllr-
key. The government beat the ex-
change racket which is so wide
spread throughout Western Europe
by paying a higher price for certain
popular foreign currencies than eX-
change operators could afford to pay.
Money never has changed hands
much in the rural districts of Tur-
key. The resources of the country
were not drained by war like those
Of France and Italy, or by civil
strife like those In Spain.
/. Turkeys small gold reserves are
intact and exports during, and par
ticularly after, the war have kept
a how of foreign currency coming
into the treasury. But because of
heavy imports of war materials, the
Turkish currency deprecated in re-
lation to the strong foreign cur
rencieS.
Forced Out Of Business.
As q result spectators appeared,
particularly in the commercial CEN
ters of Istanbul and Izmir. Prison
sentences and frequent raids were
of no avail. But when the govern
ment, with its strong financial re-
sources, began to compete with the
money changers, the latter were
forced out of business, and Turkey
got rid of an economic evil which
prevails throughout most of Europe
A strictly controlled economy per-
mits the government to maintain
this degree of control over its cur
rency. Much money was spent
abroad in the past on importation
of certain luxuries. This loss has
been eliminated to large extent by
the substitution OF domestic products
for foreign imports.
For instance, it is impossible to
buy any foreign wines or liquors.
Nor can foreign feathers, silks or
woolens be found in the local stores.
But there is no dearth Of these lux
uries because, while eliminating i'm
Evening star., 1947-03-25
$1,000 in Equipment
Stolen From WGAY

More than $1,000 worth of radio
test and spare parts equipment and
Ia typewriter were stolen from the
studios of Station WGAY at Silver
Spring last night, police reported.
The studios are on Kemp Mill road
near Four Corners. Il
The station said the rear door
glass, panel had been broken for
entry. Police believe the property
was taken by a person or persons
interested in radio, because Of the
type of materials missing.
Evening star., 1947-03-25
Hoition Finance Group
Fails in TuIks Here
By the Assoeio,ed Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Mar.
'25.-A Haitian financial mission re-
turned by plane yesterday from
Washington, where it had discussed
with United States officials the pos
sibility of an Import Export Bank
loan for the development Of Haiti's
industry and agriculture.
The mission also had sought to
modify the system under which
Haitian customs are supervised by
an American Government repre-
sentative to guarantee the payment
of a Haitian debt to American bond
holders. }9 ''e.-+
Foreign Minister Price Mars, who
headed the mission, said at a news
conference that the delegation had
not achieved satisfactory results in
four months of discussions in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1947-03-25
MussoIini Met Death a Coward,
Reputed Executioner Reveals

They shook my hand as I left. I
don't remember who was present at
the meeting.
II didn't know that the armistice
terms said Mussolini was to be
turned over to the Allies.
The Communist Party has rec
commended that Italy award Audisio
the highest military honors and
said it was making his identity pub
lie to counteract 'reactionary news
papers and neo-Fascists who have
the effrontery to treat as a criminal
act that which was one of the most
meritorious political and military
actions of which the partisan move
ment can boast"
Evening star., 1947-03-25
BY the Associated Press

ROME, Mar. 25.-The reputed ex-
ecutioner Of Benito Mussolini de-
clared in an interview today that
"Mussolini died a coward"
"He stood against the wall shaking
with terror" said Walter Audisio,
37-year-old bookkeeper, who was
identified by the Italian Communist
Party Saturday as II Duce's killer,
and was known to the Italian under
ground as "Col Valerie"
"He kept babbling But, but, but,
but, Mr.. Colonel
II killed him with five shots from
a submachine gun.
II had no intention Of killing
Claretta Petacci," Audisio continued,
adding that the woman, Mussolini's
mistress, threw herself in front OF
II Duce to protect him.
"She said, 'Mussolini must not
die" Audisio declared. II told her: !:
Get out of the way, or I'll shoot
you, too" '-,'>.-'- - -
"But she kept moving in front
of him. - ~ '|'7 a - .-
II feel no sorrow for having killed
her, too. You can't dramatize the
role Of this woman; events were su-
perior to her forces"
Mussolini was slain in Dongo on
April 20, l945. ri 5. 1t-N,s 4.t.
Audisio Is dark, 6 feet tall and
wears a small black mustaohe. He
smoked necessarily while being in
|terviewed, but he did not appear
nervous. He refused to say whether
the Communists have assigned a
bodyguard for his protection. The
Communist Party announcement
Saturday said he had been men,
Der of the party since 1881.
II got the order to kill Mussolini
from the command of the Volun-
teers Of Liberty on the night Of April
q, 1945," Audisio said. They were
all agreed he should be executed.