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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

Mrs. Eliza Rhodes and her son
Mr.. Calvin Rhodes, of Detroit
Mich, spent several days in Hol-
landale and Laurel in the homes OF
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tommie Smith OF
Grand Rapids, Michigan, recently
spent several days in the city with
relatives. The Smiths are well
known in the city.
Mrs. Ruby Gardner Of Poindexter
st. has recently returned to the city
after two weeks visit in Chicago,
III.
Mrs. Alma johnson sends greet
ings from California that she is do
ing fine and likes the west fine.
Mr.. Ollie Jones of Everett St. is
up and about after a few weeks
illness. His many friends are happy
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
NEGRO TENANT WINS
COTTON CONTEST

With yield 999 pounds of lint
cotton per acre, Will Mcleod, col
ored tenant farer, won the Scotland
County, N. c., five-acre cotton con-
test,according to a report received
by the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture from the North Carolina
State Extension Service.
A check for $50 was presented to
Mr.. Mcleod by the president of
the local Chamber of Commerce
with Coker 100 wilt-resistant cot
Farmer Mcleod won the award
ton.
The county's three-acre corn con-
test was won by J. c. Parker with
a yield of 70.7 bushels per acres.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
West Jackson
News
Naomi Terrell, Reporter

Mrs. L. B. McInnis of Seattle,
Wash, was the house guest of Mr..
and Mrs. John Polk and her sister,
Mrs. Laurence Smith. Both of East
View st. Mrs. McInnis and her SIS
ter visited relatives in Prentiss. In
route home she stopped in Little
Rock and Chicago.
Mr.. John Martin Oats of Boga-
lusa, La, recently visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Oats.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Stewart of
Eastview ST., are happy to have at
home their son and his wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Jessie Stewart.
Mrs. Mary Ella Graham is yet
confined to bed. We are hoping for
her an early improvement.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Thompson are
the proud parents of a lovely baby
girl, who tipped the scales at eight
|
pounds. two ounces. Mrs. Thomp-
son will be remembered to her
many friends as Juanita Allison.
Mr.. Isom Hardy spent the Yule-
tide holidays in the home of his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. John Hardy
of Cox Street. He left Thursday for
Chicago, where he is enrolled in
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sanders OF
Chicago, ILL.,, are the proud parents
OF baby girl. Mrs. Sanders is the
former Cleo Bingham of this city
and a graduate of Jackson College
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

We still wish to remind you that
you can SKATE AT THE RINK
every Sunday and just as soon as
we can get our gas meter in, the
place will be opened every after
noon for dancing and skating.
Our regular Club Meeting will
be held Sunday beginning at 3
p. m. So come on out and lets
have some fun.
A word to the Georgetown bows.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
Tattling Tess
TATTLING TESS TELLS.

Still the weather has prevented
us from getting around to see some
thing or hear something to tattle
about. but you readers just be
patient and we are sure before long
we will be bringing you plenty of
newsy news about all the really
hepped cats and booted chicks. ).
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
PAGE THREE

to know he is improved
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Davis, Ever
EFT ST., recently had Mrs. Davis
niece of Lelan dto visit them. Every
thing was done to make her COM
Portable.
Mr. and Mrs Walter r. Stewart
of this city are happy to have at
home their son, Jesse, who has re-
Gently been discharged from SER
vice. He was stationed at T.A.A.F.,
Tuskegee, Ala With him is his
wife the former Jimmie Lee Walk
or of Union Springs, Ala, whose
marriage took place at her home
on Nov. 20, 1916.
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we appreciate your presence and
the purpose of the SKATING RINK
IS TO provide place wher young
people can Get and enjoy them
selves in a clean wholesome way
Most Of you have no idea what
is meant by clean wholesome fun.
SO we are asking that unless you
intend to come to the SKATING
RINK and act decent, we would
rather you didn't come at ALL
this goes for everyone of you who
persist in raising hell and making
a general nuiance of yourself.
this statement is issued by the own
er Of the Skating Rink. so you
will get hepped and realize we
just aren't going out any more for
the jives you've been putting down
]. D. Hollis says Annie Ruth
MCGEE is just what the doctor ord
cred for him.
Lamar Griffin says that his main
chick is Father Grace Kimble anc
he doesn't care who knows it.
Arthur Green and Helen Cole
man don't get around together much
any more, whats up kids?
Otha Berry is all out for chick
who lives at 80 Salem Ave. anc
we mean all out =.
So, the jumpin chick has jump.
ed herself into being a Mrs.
yes its Harry and they really seen
to be all out for each other. Won
der if she'll still be the jumpir
champion at the Rink, or settle
down to be a housewife?
Sam Pickens says that a certain
chick on Subway is much fine anc
he's very much interested in her
Leana Williams your friends want
to know just which one of those
boys you really like, Myles OF
Henry Taylor?
Seems that Gladys Harris ha:
gone sour on all her boyfriends
There seems to be something, OF
| somebody very interesting to Og.
eous Lewis and Simon Smith Out
on Campbell College campus
they can be found there every day
Get hepped, Clearance B., your
actions aren't getting you anywhere
anybody can act silly.
Yvonne Rasey seems to be JUS
what Walter Williams likes in {
girlfriend.
Lille R. Taylor and John B
makes very cute couple.
Lawrence Hayes and Edith Camp.
bell are coming on like Dick Tracy
wonder how Ogeous Lewis feel.
Or is Ogeous so interested in
Gladys Harris that he doesn't care?
And if that is true, what is Bern
ice G.'s story?
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN
Ada Mae Zackery was ace high
with c. w. Wren and Jaes Young
was also in the picture?
When Johnnie Mae Pace was
giving James Gibbs much of hel
time?
When popular threesome was
Willie Bell Horn, Nathaniel Will
las and Elnora?
When George Manning and julia
Lee Walker were very good friends?
When you couldn't pick up Tat
Ting Tess without seeing the fol-
lowing macs: Maggie Ruth, James
Selman, Sonny Ford; Darlene and
Eddie Robinson; j. D. and Rose
Ann; the Cotton Sisters; and the
Stubs sisters?
Well, don't forget, CLUB MEET
ING AT THE RINK, SUNDAY be-
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

The average intercity motor truck
gets 4.8 miles per gallon of gaso-
line and S2.9 miles per quart of oil.
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What Did He Say?
Backers Preparing to Ask Eisenhower
Actual Views on Initiation Question

even sitting at the same table with
Ike. Like the others, however, he
was attracted by the sudden Gen.
Eisenhower articulateness and drift
ed over to hear him as one presi-
Dental candidate to another.
Senator Taft has been generally
credited with jumping on Ike"
Some Eisenhower partisans have
even suggested the whole dinner was
rugged to put their hero on the spot
and that Senator Taft acted on cue.
The fact is that another guest
and presidential possibility who has
escaped most accounts, Senator
Vandenberg, first began to quiz
the General and quite pointediy.
With considerably more vehemence,
the Pennsylvania Republican Ma
tional Committeeman, Mason OWL
EFT, chimed in. The discussion was
lively but except possibly for Mr..
Owlett, a tariff lobbyist, not acrid.
Senator Taft broke In with what
he thought was tact to say that 1t
was no time to generalize on the
problems Of imitation because when
you start putting theories into legis-
lation, it's a different matter. When
the story broke, however, his repu-
tation for bluntness had jinxed him.
Senator Taft was typecast as the
rrible-tempered reactionary Re-
publican.
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On the Other Hand
Health Insurance Advocate Cites
Physically Fit Orphanage Boys

schools. When the orphanage doc
tors found remediable defects they
corrected them. If teeth were de-
caying, they were filled.
THE child was not sent home
with a card advising his parents
to take him to see a dentist, a
recommendation which they might
not be able to follow, or which they
might neglect to follow even If they
could afford to do so. II eyeglasses
were needed they were provided. No
notice to the mother suggesting
that she take Johnny to an ocullst
or optometrist. If infected tons1ls,
or a mastoiditis, or a hernia, or a
fever of mysterious origin was dis
covered, the child was sent to the
hospital promptly, operated on If
necessary. and cared for until fully
recovered.
SO of 100 Met Test.
mo surgeons fee, no nursing
charges, no hospital bill. And no
serious consequences because OF de-
lay in getting proper treatment. In
short, there was never any question
Of payment for medical care. .
And when the time came for these
youngsters to fulfill their duty as
citizens, more than SO out OF every
100 met the test"
The book is worth the reading OF
every American citizen. 1t should
be required reading for members
of the Senate and House, since 1t
summarizes the information Con-
gress will need in order to act intel
ligently on proposed national health
legislation during the coming regu-
lar session.
Mr.. Malmberg is a warm advo-
cate of the bill introduced last May
by Senators Wagner, Murray, Pep
per, Thomas Of Utah, Chavez, Tay-
lor and MacGrath, and by Repre-
sentative Dingell, following list OF
recommendations made earlier by
President Truman. The essential
feature Of this bill is provision Tor
national health insurance plan,
an extension Of the social security
system. The so-called Taft bill,
sponsored by the American Medical
Association, according to the author,
would merely preserve the present
state of affairs while appearing to
do something constructive.
Copyright 1947, Globe syndicate)
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are DeulS SUOCh.
piled, as are certain manufactured
products, such as cloth, leather and
gasoline.
The rank and file Russians in all
likelihood will have more difficult
time than in the past. Foodstufts
which now are unrationed will be
more difdcult for the people to OBJ
tain, because at least so per cent
Of the crops have been placed in
government storage, according to
the estimates OF foreign observers In
Moscow.
Consequently, it is believed that
since farm products will be as scarce
as in the past, the new ruble will
not purchase much more than the
old inflated currency.
Work Bonuses Wiped Out.
Furthermore, those who managed
to save some money during the war
when the government was compla-
cent about black market opera
lions, today find their nest eggs
reduced to one-tenth. During the
war the Russian government offered
substantial bonuses to workers and
members of the armed forces. The
value of those bonuses now has
been almost wiped out.
Russian factories are working over
time to fulfill-and exceed-quotas
imposed by the government. But
only about Is per cent of the out
put is earmarked for consumers
goods. The rest is intended for the
armed forces.
The truth about Russia's wartime
industry is gradually coming out
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readily appreciated by any Amer
lean who has participated in an
after-dinner discussion that was
both convivial and controversial.
The following Is contributed by an
eminent Republican guest brought
out OF hiding by various incorrect
versions. His careful recollection is
that the general said all business
men should meet voluntarily and
forego profits for two years as 1t was
the only way to bring prices down
Benjamin Fairless, president of
United States Steel, was suggested
as witness one. If voluntary meth
DDS failed, said Ike, another course
should be tried but action was i'm
perative. Nothing was said about
compulsion.
Fervor Impressive.
This participant found Gen. Eisen-
hoWer's fervor and sincerity in dis
cussing the need for action to be
truly impressive. He could not say
as much for his suggested methods.
This harmonizes with the dictum in
liberal circles that Gen. Eisenhower
Is IAN ignorant liberal"
Gen. Eisenhower's friends have
also decided it's time to get from
him an idea Of how he feels about
the New Dealers who are backing
him, including Judge Rosenman,
Anna Rosenberg, Robert E. Sher-
wood and others.
They have had some reason to be
grateful to these New Workers who
were influential in promoting the
presidency of Columbia for the
general, the job that enables him
so gracefully to dof khaki and be-
come available. But the dinner
episode has given rise to the horrid
suspicion that the New Dealers
have some access to the Eisenhower
brain cells which is denied the gen.
eral public. AS Republicans know
to their cost, the imaginative brain
trusters of Franklin Roosevelt have
had few equals as political pipeline
layers. 1t is a ghost that must be
exercised.
II 1t is any consolation to Gen.
Eisenhower. who has endured all
with stoical calm, one OF his fellow
guests also ranks himself as o fall
guy In the matter. This Is none
other than Senator Taft.
The Senator went docilely to what
he thought was just Laura Curtis
dinner because Alice Roosevelt
Longworth telephoned Martha Taft
that they ought to 60. When the
great bull session began, he was not
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V1OuS. Inc STORE nenh' "Ao1caO'e'
people want to get us customers so
keyed up that we will throw eau
ton to the winds and storm into
their stores like animals fleeing be-
fore a forest fire and buy indis-
criminately without taking time to
shop around. They hint in bold
face type that the laggards among
us may very well ind the counters
completely empty even two or three
days before Christmas.
Those Days Are Over.
used to be a sucker for this sort
Of thing. There was a time when
there wasn't a harder driving
Christmas shopping fullback than
myself. I would plunge for five at
the glove counter, spin for six at
the matching tie and handkerchief
section, bull my way for first down
at the B. v. D. counter and slash
over for a score at the point where
perfume was selling (and smelling)
like hot cakes.
The totter with which I walk is
partially due to the hours, not to
mention days, In which I stood In
line waiting to get things gift
wrapped.
But those days are over for me.
For, as I said in my brilliant open
ing sentence, have the storekeep-
ers' number.
I have discovered that the best
day to do Christmas shopping is on
the day after Christmas.
Gone are the tumult and shout
ing. Gone are the female shoppers
who tear about as If they were shop
ping for reprieves for their hus-
bands instead Of for a simple lace
jabot. Gone are the cross tempers
Of the regular clerks and gone are
the temporary clerks who don't
know where anything is and who
send you to the fifth floor when
what you want is in the basement.
But, best Of all-oh, yes, best Of
all-gone are those Santa Claus
prices. You'd be surprised how much
stuff Is left in stores after the pre-
Christmas day locusts have finished.
Matching rake and hose sets which
were going for $8.75 only two days
before can be picked up for 1928.
Ukuleles that sold for $3.50 can be
strummed at SO saving.
Merit in Being Late.
OF course, the presents which I
buy the day after Christmas are
always late getting to the remem-
bered ones, but there is even merit
in that.
In the first place, when your
present gets there early in January
1t makes the person who cussed you
out for not having received any,
thing from you on Christmas mighty
ashamed of having cussed you out
for forgetting him. He feels like a
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This Changing World
Ruble Retaliation to Have No Bearing
On Russian Overall Foreign Policies

In spite Of official statements to the
contrary, the military equipment OF
the Soviet armies was provided in
great measure by American lend
lease.
The Russians produced high quail
ity cannon and rifles. But for the
rest of their military equipment they
had to rely almost entirely on i'm
ports from the United States and
Great Britain. These deficiencies in
the Soviet war machine are being
remedied now by intense activity in
all Russian factories which, in some
cases, are using the specialized
knowledge OF German technicians
who have been lured or coerced to
work in Russia.
The signing of a trade agree
ment with Britain last week tends
to assure to the U. S. S. r. some
highly technical equipment for the
Soviet armed forces in exchange
for cereals from the governments
stock pile.
Little Hope for Majority.
Thus, there is little hope for the
vast majority Of Russians to increase
their standard of living as a result
of revaluation Of the ruble and the
lifting of the rationing system.
Shrinkage of the currency by the
exchange of boarded rubles at the
rate of 10 for l in amounts Of 10000
rubles or more makes it impossible
for those who have saved money to
lead a more comfortable life.
The shortage Of foodstuffs and
consumers goods will nullify the
benefits that might accrue from sup
preston of rationing. Agricultural
and manufactured products now are
rationed at the source through the
controls imposed by the totalitarian
government. The ruble might pur-
chase more in its new form If there
were anything to buy.
Russia's economic difficulties are
not expected to affect In any way
the Kremlin's foreign policies. Eco
nomic troubles are endemic In the
U. S. S. r., where persons who COM
plain risk being sent to join the in
mates Of forced labor camps. That
is how the Soviet government man
ages to have at least 15,000,00 men
and women working IL hours day
for it without compensation.
The citizens Of Russia prefer the
scant supplies they can obtain out
side the labor camps to the thin
"hshhead soup" served twice daily
in those camps.
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. A-13


heel for having berated you and
is likely to send you . much nicer
gift next Christmas.
In the second place, . gift which
arrives late has an extra zip to
1t that the gifts which arrive on
schedule don't have. Too, the send
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16

Yet in that same Tarheel State 1t
was also demonstrated how high
record Of physical fitness could be
achieved. The story is related in a
book just published under the title,
$40 Million Patients" The author
Is Carl Malmberg, formerly with
the United States Public Health
Service and the Senate Subcommit-
tee on Health and Education.
Came Out at Hearing.
As Mr.. Malmberg tells it, the story
came out at a Senate committee
hearing. 1t seems that five North
Carolina orphanages became curious
concerning their graduates. Inves-
tigation revealed that out Of total
of 1,138 former students called in
the draft only 16 failed to qualify
for military duty. The rejection
rate YVES only IA per cent. Less
than one and one-half per hundred
for the orphan boys, as against
nearly ST per hundred for the State
as a whole.
The explanation given the COM
mittee by DR.. Clarence Poe of the
North Carolina Hospital and Med
ical Care Commission was: "" /" .
these orphanages are supported by
poor people and the boys are not
coddled, are not given luxuries. They
are given sound nutrition and rea-
ADEQUATE medical and hos
pital care"
The author proceeds: when
these children needed medical at
tention, they got it. Nothing fancy
and nothing very costly. But when
ever the doctor was needed. he was
there. Like most other school chill
dren, these youngsters we're given
periodical physical examinations.
But there was one important dit
ference between the orpnanage ex-
and those given in most
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because pnySl-
c ally unfit.
9Th ere W a S
about the same
percentage of
reflections OF
young women
who applied for
enlistment in
the WACS and
WAVES.) In
some States the
showing W a S
much W RS e.
The rejection
rate in North
Carolina, for ex-
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er saves money on those Don't
Open Until Christmas" stickers.
Get my point?
See how wise I am?
I bet Solomon will want to play
chess with me when I get to Heaven.
Distributed BY McNaught Syndicate, Inc,)
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pepdli! Ing " doh
him a few ques-
tions.
They want a
slight preview of
his e con o m | C
views for their
own reinsurance
and for use at
their discretion.
Naturally their
starting point
mas Deen. "WndC
did he actually
say?" . TIL e / r
difficulties in ar
irving at the
forts MN h.
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out that there
are 50 few shop
ing days left
until Christmas
and that. we
must urry,
hurry, hurry.
They are like
a football an
nouncer who, as
the game draws
to q close, calls
of the seconds
to play--12, II,
10, 9, 8, 7, 6.
The idea be-
hind this ia oh.
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purely oomeSClc
matters which
will have no
bearing whatso-
ever on Russia
overall policies.
It is noted
here that ra-
tioning " q 8
lifted only after
all crops had
been gathered
and . a I e ! y
slowed away IN
z o v . r n -
ment grauarleS,
Farm products
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Bv Doris FIeeson

Now that the dust raised by Gen.
Eisenhower's after-dinner remarks
on imitation has settled, several of
his influential hackers are quietly
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McLennore
Solves Problem
Of YuIe Shopping
Bv Henry McLemors

The people who own and operate
stores are a tricky lot but I've got
their number.
They frantically keep pointing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-16
Bv Constantine Brovn

Official quarters in Washington
consider the revaluation of the
ruble and the elimination of all
rationing In the Soviet Union as
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Bv LowelI MeHen

Nearly everybody is familiar with
the fact that 40 per cent Of the
American men called up for service
in the recent war had to be rejected
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19
No Apology Intended

Elsewhere this have allotted
to letter from Mr. Walter ken former city attorney
and highly respected friend AS will be
violent exception to publication of article
Voice by a responsible and able friend vi
We take exception to his differences in the first paragraphs
of his article, but willing overlook them
discussed be his heart quite
ready to admit that there possibility that he is better
ed the question involved than correspondent
insist that he not justified in his implied
the Voice delayed publication of the article from Great
until too late to be answered We believe that when Mr. Ait
kens choer subsidies, he will be little more charitable
We try to live to title of being peoples Voice.
The Great Falls Tribune had been devong much
the affirmative side the the city
We therefore got in touch with newspaper
have implicit confidence asking him to prepare article on
the of labor and organized farmers issue This
received by just in time for publication 20