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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13
Recreation Program Needed

The d~esirabilty Of an adequate recreational program for the
city of Lexington was discussed at the Friday meeting OF u :
ington Rotary Club. The proposition was discussed WIN par'ic"-
lar reference to the young people OF the community
We believe the problem of recreation IN a community - -
second in Importance only to ITS hea,tn, seno sons,ti oSp is related
churches. AS a matter of fact the problem OF recreation IS eiao
directly or indirectly to all of the forementloneo. go.
A healthful community with adequate hospltal aci naes
good schools and churches to answer the educauohai aho moi
needs of its citizens is a good place to i've.
Lexington has and is all that. -,
If. in addition to providing a healthful community IN whlcn
to live, good schools and churches, we would provide provide an no equ and
helping build a community in which everyone would oehght "
live.
Plain cake is good but it better with frosting.
A recreation program, carefully planned, would prove 10
be the frosting on life in this community.
The greatest single asset of any town is it's young people.
They are the boys and girls of today but they are gong to De the
men and women, the fathers and mothers OF tomorrow. IL W.
want them to develop into the kind OF citizens we need IN NE
community, if we want them to remain in tins community we
must make life here pleasant as well profitable.
Think what would happen if all our young people lett mere
after reaching maturity the community could not help u
dry up and blow away. Thus it seems to us that money spent II.
devising a recreation program designed to make this community
a more attractive place in which to live and rear a famly
pay dividends in the long run.
The sad truth of the matter is there is absolutely nothing
for Young people to do in Lexington and our young peope,
being young and normal, are going to find something TO 90. II"
behooves us to see it is the right thing.
The ideal situation would be a community house for Lex
ington large enough to hold community dances, banquets
and other public affairs with club rooms to accommodate
various civic organizations that serve the community. In connec-
ton with the community house we should have an adequate COM
munity swimming pool with enough tennis and badmlnton courts
for the young people of the community.
This would cost money but it would mark progress Tor
Lexington by helping make this community a place III Whlch oi
young people love to live. :,
This same situation exists in literally hundreds of small
cities throughout the south. Summed up it means lots of young
economic opportunities here they find elsewhere and coupled
with economic opportunities is the problem of recreation.
Many young people are leaving the south today for better
having Jobs who would be content with less money in a southern
community which offered them a better way of life.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

Fashion changes which have brought the radically new styles
to the United states are merely another onslaught by foreign de-
signers ON the American pocketbook in the opinion of Philip Wylie,
noted author, and observer of the contemporary American scene
For modern fashion has become a big business, controlled
not by mlady's real desire for novelty, her good taste and proper
love OF ornament, but by a mere commercial greed of the most
cynical and explorations variety Wylie says in an article in the
November Cosmopolitan.
"The world of fashion has one purpose: to make as much
money as 1T can, as fast as possible, from Mrs. and Miss America.
Thus, the changing fashions no longer follow cultural tendencies,
but, if anything, preciptate such tendencies,
Designers is a very good name for those who promote the
fraud; they have designs on one thing: Americas p~ocketbook.'
Fashion designers who have designs on the American poe
textbook have one tried and true formula, according to Wylie, who
assets:
Each new style has been one that has made milady's extant
wardrobe obsolete. Fashions aim has become to shame American
women into constant buying without any real need at all. The
technique of mass panic has been merclessly employed, through
advertising and high-pressure public relations, to keep the ladies
afraid that what they have in the way of clothes is forever too long
short, wide, narrow, plain, or ornate.
IS, Today 1t is impossible for a woman to be dressed correct
ly Tor more than a few months without new clothes"
American women should be bright enough. in Wvlie's opin
ION, to apply the brakes on an exploitation of themselves which
periodically makes them look absurd, often INJURIES their health
and constantly sabotages their bank accounts.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13
An Open Letter To The White House:

know how tough the going is get
ting for some of your fellow Amer
leans. We are not undernourished,
no; and we have a roof over our
heads here in San Diego because
we bought and paid for it nine years
ago. And we drive a seven year-old
car, which puts us in the privileged
class. But a lot of our friends who
have children and doctor bills and
housing problems are really being
squeezed between the twin millston-
es of high taxes and rising costs OF
living.
1t seems to me that if a depres-
| sion it will be because peo-
pie cart afford to go on buying:
| Careful housewives aren't going to
spend three times the price for a
dress worth fifteen dollars. These
luxury taxes on low-priced items
like bags and cosmetics aren't war
ranted either. When we can't pur-
chase their wares, that leaves our
merchants in a pretty bad spot, ana
they don't buy from the manufac-
turers, and then the real trouble
begins.
AS for the situation overseas
Lord knows | wouldn't leave other
countries to Starve, but | do con-
slider that charity should begin at
home, and what we do send abroad
should be according to foreign
standards of living and very care
fully administered too. I'm skepti-
cal about buying friendship with
dollars. An Individual constantly
SUPPORTED becomes inert and even
tually resentS the benefactor. ]
think nations are like that too. Look
at the billions we lent to the British
Most of 1t is gone, and they are ap-
parently worse off than ever before
Seems to me we are being taxed
to substitute foreign buying which
keeps domestic prices up. Does thi.
make sense in the long run?
, AS I said before, I am no econom
list; just a housewife, but
know that under the pressure O
high taxes and rising costs of living
my standards of living are goini
down, not up. And l don't think thi
makes sense in the richest, mos
: productive and most powerful
I country on Gods green earth.
Do you, Mr.. President? Do you?
Sincerely,
MRS. L. KRETTLER
4 (Reprinted from the November
, 1947 issue of Cosmopolitan maya
J zine.)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

under high pressure. . Inc Raulo
CORPORATION announces a new por-
table wire recorder expected TO i'm
favor with educational institutions as
well as in the business world. =. . To
keep baby high chairs from tipping
over a resourceful manufactures IS
introducing a sort of web-foot thai
anchors to the bottom of the chair
legs. . Soon you will be able to put
a cap on your gas tank hat Will
operate like a combination lock. d.
Here is another high-speed automa-
tic electric cooker said to cook a 30
pound turkey in one and one-halt
hours.
ENOUGH TURKEY There
should be ample supplies of turkey
and fixing's for the Thanksgiving
holiday meal, according to the A q
p Food Stores. Basing their report
on a U. S. Department of Agriculture
survey which lists the total turkey
population at more than 34,667, 900
birds, the company said that this fig
ure, although it represents a 10 per
cent reduction from the previous
year, would still an adequate
supply for all, due to further reduced
military demands.
Cranberry supplies will also be
adequate, the company said, with
producer states reporting a total OF
771,000 barrels. No shortage is ex-
pected in other fixin's either, with
citrus fruits, potatoes-both Irish
and sweet-nuts, celery, apples,
pumpkin, squash and sugar all IN
good supply. Leading the league IN
turkey production is California
whose turkey flocks total 3,918,OO0
birds followed closely by Texas with
a reported 3,631,0 900. Minnesota, it
reported, should market approxima-
tely $4,000 birds this year. Mas
sachusetts is tops in cranberry pro-
duction with 100000 barrels and
Wisconsin is runner-up with $4,000.
BITS O. BUSINESS-The nations
freight cars are working as hard and
as efficiently as during the war. They
have to-there is more work for
them to do. They carry heavier loads:
1925 tons per car compared to 30.9
tons last year. They travel further
in a day: 44.9 miles a day on the
average against Ali last year. And
they turn around faster. There IS
n day less between car loadings
now than there was last year.
Dealers in electrical appliances ex-
pect this Christmas trade to be OF
the best. Reason: housewives have
money, and now the dealers have a
fine supply of new merchandise. .
Makers of Harris tweed in Scotland
are said to be planning an increased
production, aimed for the American
market. This product should help
bring dollars to England. =. Despite
shortage of scrap, the steel industry
is still operating at high level. .
Sugar prices dropped following de-
control, thus proving that radio COM
mentators can be poor business
prophets.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13
Behind The Scenes In
AMERICAN BUSINESS
BY KNIGHT

II is still tough to run a business,
The man who a successfully run a
grocery store, a bank, a feed and
grain business or a music shop, even
IN these days of high consumer pur-
chasing power, is a man of substan-
tial ability. This is proved by the
latest figures on business failures.
Business failures are rising. They
| rose from a monthly average of ga
in 1916 to 277 for the first eight mon
tbs of 1947. So far, this is by no
means an alarming figure. War peri
DDS always bring a lot of new bust
nesses into being; after the war, the
rate of failures begins to rise. 1t was
so after the Civil War, after World
Wan l, and it is true now.
The figures on commercial fail
ures are much more important than
the attention usually given them. For
they reflect the risks that a man, or
a group of men, assume when they
start a new business and create jobs
for others. Instead of smearing all
business enterprise with harsh
phrases, Legislators would do well to
realize that business creates wealth
for others even while it may be los
ing money itself.
FARM SPENDING-Plenty OF
money is flowing into the pockets of
farm families these days. Agricul-
tural products and livestock this
year are expected to bring some $50
billion, nearly four times as much as
they did before the war, a fact which
means unprecedented farm prosper
ity. And the present record income
is being used wisely. Part is going
into savings accounts, or that final
mortgage payment. Much is being
spent on homes and better living
facilities. 1--WE got a tiled shower
bath at my house now" an Illinois
farmer said recently. "In all my
life the only other showers l ever
had was when l got caught in the
rain" About one in ten farm fami-
lies, surveys show, hope to build a
completely new home in the next
three to five years. Many of these
houses Will incorporate sue features
as central heating, tiled bathrooms
and modern kitchen facilities
Thanks to better income, a quiet re-
volution is taking place in rural life
and the day that farm homes will
have all the comforts and ~convenien-
ces is not far off.
THINGS TO COME-A camera to
take color pictures in three dimen-
sions. Of course, to see the third
dimension in the final prints you
have to look at it through a stereo-
scope. For schools, colleges and
other educational institutions a new
single unit 16 nm. sound film unit
-. A nylon fabric for slips and
nightgowns that dries quickly and
requires no ironing. The U. S.
Bureau of Mines announces a cheap
err process to make synthetic gasoline
out of low-grade coal. A NEW
gasket cement which, it is claimed,
will keep gaskets from blowing out
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1641 Cable Street
San Diego 7, California

The President of the United States
The White House
Washington, d. c.
Dear MIR. President:
| know you are a very busy man
but l wish you could spend half an
hour some morning standing in the
grocery line with me. | wish you
could hear the comments among
the housewives of this nation as
we exchange ten dollars for less than
half that real value in food. | think
you might find it more profitable
than listening to the members OF
your cabinet.
We are getting fed up Mr. Presi-
dent. Not fed up or steak at sixty
five cents or pork chops at seven,y p
two cents, or pot roast at forty-two
| cents that used to cost nineteen. We
| can't afford to buy those items, so we
aren't fed up on them. But we are
fed up with a situation in which
| prices keep climbing. while taxes
| hold our incomes level or actually
! force our incomes down.
| know that you vetoed two bills
designed 70 reduce taxes. | know
that you are a smart man and must
have had your reasons. In fact
read in the papers about your fears
that tax reduction might cause in
flation by putting too much pur'
chasing power in the hands of the
public, and l also read the opinion;
of those who said that high take!
were necessary to subsidiZe recovery
in Europe and hold back communism
in countries like Italy and France.
Well, Mr.. President, | am no &c
onomiSt, but the idea that my hus
band and l might have too mucl
purchasing power if taxes were re
duced makes me laugh-a rattle
bitter laugh. Lawrence is now il
the Fleet Reserve. He's a Mustang
THAT is, he rose through Navy en-
listed rates to officer status ant
pering a floating dry dock as a Lieut.
I spent fifteen months overseas skip
l enant, Senior Grade. During the LAT
ter part of the war, with Law
rence's overseas pay, we were gel
ting along all right, and we pu
: every spare nickel into bonds.
Nowadays we have to get by O
much less than that, and we're us
ing up u savings.
l know we r supposed to be dc
l ing well in this country from a
overall business standpoint blu
MIR. President, / don't believe yol
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13

John D. Rockefeller may be a tough
business man when it comes to deal
ing with financial things but he is
a real Sentimentalist about his boy
hood days. Out at Tarrytown up the
Hudson from here where his family
has maintained a home for years,
the old home of Washington Irving
was opened the other day to the
public. Inside were the actual desk
Irving used and the pen with which
he wrote "The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow" On hand to witness the
celebration of the restoration of this
immortal shrine of American litera-
ture was John D. himself-and well
he might be on hand-for he had
given about half a million dollars
to get the old house into this fine
shape. You see, even like is, he re-
memberd those delightful afternoons
whei as a boy he listened to The time
less stories of Irving or read them in
school books; and today, living in the
very setting himself, he pays tribute
to the memory of the author.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-13
GueU GaznI1
AMother's Plight And A Nations Shame
From The Memphis Press Scimitar

A Brooklyn home was declared unsafe and condemned by
the Department of Housing and Buildings on August 7.
1t was occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Mcdonald and nine
of their ten children.
When the McDonalds ignored notice after notice to get out
an inspector and a policeman appeared the other day and left or
ders that no one was to enter the building.
Mcdonald was at work as a longshoreman. When he came
home he couldn't get in unless he promised to leave Immediately.
The same order was given to six children when they returned from
school.
In the building was Mrs. Mcdonald, and three sons, John A,
James 2, and William, the oldest boy, who works at night.
William went to work but Mrs. Mcdonald and the two young
est children remained in the home. Mrs. Mcdonald refused to
leave because she had no place to go and both the police and the
housing department were stymied. The house may be unsafe but
it is still home to her until she can find other shelter.
Other national resourcefulness and ability to produce during
the was was unparalleled in world history.
But how can we take pride in that when long months after
the firing and the bombing haved ceased we still are Enabled to
supply shelter for our citizens?
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-03-14
BRAVORU DARBININkU
STREIKO EIGA

Trys Pittsburgho alaus bra
vorai, varginami penkiu meme
siu alaus darbininku uniju ka-
ro, pareikalavo teismo uzdrau-
dino AFL isveziotojQ unijai
trukdyti bravoru darbus. Pa
sirodo, iSveziotoju unija pasi-
Soko suorganizuoti alaus isve-
ziotojus septyniose valstiiose.
Tie trys bravorai - Fort
Pitt, Duquesne ir Pittsburgh
Brewing Co. - reikalauja tel
sma iSleisti draudima unijai
kiStis il kliudyti braVoru biz
niui. Alaus darbininku karas
uzsitese penkis menesius If 10
begyje atsibuna visokiu riausiu
If peStyniQ; kurias tarp saves
veda CIO if AFL unijos bra
Voru industrijoje.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-03-14
STRIDES IR VETO LIGU
MIRTYS PADAUGEJO

Is mirciu statistiku Pitts
burghe 1916 metals pasirodo
nepaprastas padaugejimas mi
rimu nuo Strides il veto ligu.
1920 metals cia nuo Strides
ligu mire 800 asmenys; 1916
metals - 1862.
Nuo veto ligos: 1920 metals
mire 513 asmenu, 1916 metals
- 1901.
Plauciu uzdegimas nukovota
Xxi to kad 1920 nuo to mire
2249, 1916 m. - 1874.
Nuo dziovos 1920 m. mire
706, 1916 m. - 1872.
Savizudysciu pernai buvo 81
gi 1920 metals - 50.
Pernai Pittsburghe nuo vi
sokiu priezasciu mire 8615 as
menys.
Pernai gyventoju Pittsbur
gho miesto ribose buvo 694,
271; 1920 metals - $4,000.
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III :
ARGI JAUNAS GE-
RIAU PALEKIA?

j. Tysliava atsilepdamas !
mano pastaba tilpusia Dirvoje,
apie jo nevykusi politikavima
apie 1926 metu perversma Lie
tuvoje, sakosi kad tame per-
versme jis nedalyvavo, mes jis
tada buvo Prancuzijoje. Taigi,
mano suteikta patriotic garbe
jam netiko.
TO perversmo metu bunant
taip toll nuo Lietuvos, p. Tys-
liawai eme net 20 metu kol lis
surado kad tas 1926 metu per-
versmas Lietuvoje nebuvo rel
kalingas ir tik po 20 metu ia
savo ''genialiska" atradima pa
skelbia visuomenei, pataikyda-
mas tue laiku kai j sia Sail at,
vyko buves Lietuvos preziden,
tas Dri K. Grinius. Tai stebe'
tinas supuolimas.
"Senas .ir nepalekia" aisku
kan tai p. Eysliava tailIo, Ia
ciau ieigu jaunas butu gerlal
palekes tai jam nebutu relkelf
laukti net 20 metu kol jis radt
proga ir vieta nutupes uzgiedo
ii kad perversmas LietuvoJ'
nebuvo reikalingas.
Jeigu p. Tysliava per 20 me
tn nemokejo issiaiskinti to per
versmo reikalinguma ar nerel
kalinguma tai jam reikeJo nu
duoti nezineliu ir dabar apl'
ia perversma visai neuzslmln
ii, kas p. Tysliavai butu buV'
daugiau sveikata If nebut'
pasirodes kad jis yra polltlkle
rius be nugarkaulio ir keturl'
veiu blaskomas. p. p. Jaras
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PARYZIAUS LIETU-
VIAI SVEIKINA VA
SARIO 16 PROGA
Paryzius, 1947,
Paryzius, 2 II AZ

Didziai Gerbiamas Pone
Ministre,
1947 metu Vasario 16 diena,
liudnose musu tautai apllnky-
bese praeinant dar vienai Lie
tuvos laisves atgimimo sukak-
eiai, Paryziuje gyvena Lletu-
Vial, susirinka atgaivinti savo
dvasios bent keliais Lietuvisko
memo trupiniais, siuncia Tam
stat visu nuosirdziausius svel-
kinimus ir visiska solidarumo
pareiskima SUI linkejimals IS
| tvermes siose sunkiose salygose
stovint Lietuvos reikalu sargy-
boje.
Drauge maloniai praso Tam
sta perduoti visiems savo ben,
dradarbiams, talkininkams, vi.
SONS uz Lietuvos Laisve kovo,
iancioms organizacijoms bel lal
krasciams, Lietuvos reikala at
Ljaudiantiems neorganlzuotlems
tautieciams ir Kittens to kras
to gyventoiams, talkininkauJan
items Lietuvos teisiu gynlm'
kovoje, 81 pareiskima:
"Mieli Tautieciai, Br n g Y
Lietuvos Draugai ir Uztaryto
jai! :.
Sunkus bet teisus If garbin
|gas uzdavinys jungia musQ min
tbs ir valia. Reiksdami jun
visiems savo besalygini solida
ruma, neabejojame kad tas SO
lidarumo rysis jungia visus p
ivairius pasaulio krastus 1851
blaskiusius Lietuvius If tikime
Jog kiekvienas is musu vlsu
ir visada atliksime kiekVlen
veiksma, kuri atlikti mus lpa
reigos musu bendras tikslas.
Nepamesdami vilties if mes.
salindami reikalingo, kad !
sunkaus, veiksmo, lalmeslme'
Paryziaus gyvenanciu Llett
viu vardu
Vasario 16 d. Paminetl
Komitetas.
Pix. J. Banskoronskl
Pirmininkas.
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KAIP JIE kOVOJA PRIZES
TAUTININKUS

Draugo korespondentai raSo
kad jie nuolatos kovoja SUI tau
tininkais Detroite. stat ju ke-
Iios zymesnes kovos., Kai tau
tautininkai rinko parasus pc
peticija prasancia Prezidenta
Roosevelta Juztarti Lietuva ir
nusistatyta surinkti viena mi
lijona parasQ. Tada, Draugo
korespondentai buvo priesingi
ir jiems gerai pavyko, parasu
Xxi milijono truko.
Kai tautininkai pardavinejo
nusitarta Penkiu Milijonu Ka-
ro bonu kvota Lietuviu vardu,
Draugo korespondentai kovojo
prizes tai ir juokesi, bet kova
nepavyko, buvo isparduota bo-
nu uz virs 5 milijonus dolariq.
Dabar, kai tautininkai siun-
cia paketelius ir vieno-kito pa
praso aukos arba pasiusti ko,
XII paketeli nukentejusiems, ar
surengia tam tikslui pramoge-
Ie, Draugo korespondentai ko-
voja. Isdalies jiems sekasi, bet
ne visai.
Ktaidinga butu sakyti kad
katalikai ar socialistai sitam
tautininku darbui priesingi il
kovoja prizes JUGS. Ne. Yra
daug kataliku kurie ir patys
dirba naudinga darba ir su-
pranta ir respektuoja kitu dar-
ous ir net Kittens padeda. Yra
cia ir socialistu labai pasisven-
tusiai dirbanciu ir kivirciu ne
kelianciu.
Bet cia randasi ir keletas "is-
rinktuju'', kurie mano kad ir
kunigai turf ju klausyti, ir ba-
5nycios netvarkoj, ir su tauti-
ninkais nuolatos reikia kovoti.
Fix jie didziausi ir "teisingiau-
81" tuzai ir geradariai. Jie su
visais tik kovoja.
Kaip teisingai issireiskia fl
losofas DR.. Vydunas apie TO-
kius veikejus. Anot jo, yra
zmoniu 'kurie visuomet dirba
kurybini ir kulturiska darba,
bet yra ir tokiu kurie nors ii
nori dirbti ir rankas TESLA, bet
lie nors ir dirbdami visgi dau-
giau padaro negero negu gero,
mes jie perdaug revoliucingi II
neismanus. M. Sims.
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BALTIMORE, ND.
MOTUZU-BELECKU FILMOs


Penktadienio vakare. Kovo
IA, nuo 1880 val, Lietuviu sa-
leje, S51 Hollins street, bus ro-
donna Motuzu-Belecku Lietu-
viSkos filmos BALI naudai.
Siose filmose matysit kaip
grail buvo Lietuva nepriklau-
somybes laikais. Toliau, kalp
okupantai Lietuvius naikino IL
kankino, ir kodel Lietuva my
Init zmones bego is savo te-
vynes. Matysite kaip gyvena
isvietinti Lietuviai svetimuose
kraStuose. Taipgi bus rodoma
garsine, spalvuota Lietuvos
vaizdu if Lietuvisku dainu fill
ma, Ten kur Nemunas ban
guoja'.
Kartu dalyvaus Jonas Va
laitis, BALI atstovas.
Fa-Mi.
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RHEUMATISM
ARTHRITIS
SKAUSMAI
Bandykit Sta Dykai

HJeigu niekada nenaudojot crosse
Tabs" nuo skausmp arthIitis, neuri-
tbs, rheumatizmo, pabandykit musu
rizika. Mes pasiusim jums pilno dy-
dzio pakeli is kurio JUS galit sunau-
doti "a Tabs DYKAI. Jei nenusteb-
sit skausmo paliuosavimu kuri 74tuoj
pajusit, grazinkit pakeli atgal ir me-
busit NUNS skolingi. Istikro taip!
NESITSK DTNrcr Tx prisiusk
save varda ir adresa ir mes pasku-
binsim jums Tabs pastu.
ROssE PRODUCTS co. Dept. XII
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