The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-12-11

AoJOAA NlObAA RA0AAb III WOANN
employ about $50 men the year
round. A building with 5000 square
feet of floor space, all on one floor
if possible, and convenient to rail
facilities, is needed.
8. A New York weaving company
is anxious to locate a plant in Mis-
sissippi which would employ be-
tween 100000 people. Labor types
and availability, local and state tax
laws and a list Of specific localities
are requested.
Fertilizer Production
Costs Estimated
The Boards recent survey to de-
termine the feasibility of locating
an anhydrous ammonia plant in Mis-
sissippi to help meet the demand of
farmers for a more abundant and &C.
onomical source Of this type fertilizer
indicates the following: A plant cap
able of producing 100 tons OF am
monia and ITO tons of ammonium
nitrate per day can be built under
present costs and wage rates for
S12, 100000. Production costs for am
monia viii be between $31 and S42
per ton, while production costs for
ammonium nitrate would run be-
tween $29 and $50 per ton.
Advice on City Plonning
Now Avuilable
As the result Of an announcement
in this bulletin several months ago,
two cities have made requests to the
Federal Housing Administration for
consultation service in connection
with their city planning programs. A
representative from the FILA land
planning section in Atlanta met with
the local commissions and other in
terested citizens in each of the cities
and after discussions made recon-
mendations to them as to how to pro-
coed. This service is available to
any community in Mississippi and
may be obtained by contracting: Will
lam ". Yates, Chief Underwater,
Federal Housing Administration,
Lamar Life Building, Jackson, Miss.
Trdvel Gers
Tips at Nato Meeting
T. d. Davis, assistant director OF
the Board and head of its travel
department. attended a 3-day meet
ing of the National Association of
Travel Officials in Chicago last mon
tn at which plans for promoting this
16-billion-dollar nationwide indus
try were proposed. NATO is backed
by the transportation and petroleum
industries, the automobile industry,
hotels, newspapers, travel agencies
and representatives of various COM
munity and state departments. One
of the principal points brought out
at the meeting was the fact that va
cations throughout he nation are
now q year-round proposition on
which an estimated SIC billion will
be spent next year. Officials pointed
out that the south particularly should
prosper under the year-round vac
tion idea, since its climate is con-
ductive to a11-year recreation. This
Board currently is carrying adver-
Using and publicity in various travel
media in an effort to encourage Mis-
sissippi's share of this big business.
The Connecticut Development Com
mission. which is conducting a
similar program, has found that for
each advertising dollar spent in lur-
ing out-of-state vacationists. it is re-
ceiving more than 5000 in additional
for the states business,
Country Gentlemen and Post
Feature Mississippi
Mississippi's growing importance
as a cattle raising state was given
nationwide publicity in the October
issue of the Country Gentleman,
most widely read agricultural maya
zine in the nation. The article deals
with the ranch of M. P. Moore at
Senatobia, who sees the cattle indus
try as a cure for the south's cotton
Jinx. The cover painting OF the
October 25th issue of the Saturday
Evening Post, with a description OF
the location, featured Biloxrs I'M
portance as a shrimp capital. =
picture Story of Truvel
Tour to Newspapers
A picture story OF the l5O0-mlle
tour conducted for travel writers ana
AAA Club managers by the A. and l.
Board this month has been sent TO