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Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-12

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Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-12

Dora Ozhuwan, from the Ko- dlak Baptist Mission was a pa tient fer several days
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
FARM SUPPLY STORE NOW
OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The Clintwood Farm Supply, a
Southern States Cooperative ag-
ency, is a new business establish
ment here, with Audie B. PhippS
and John Bill Chase as managers
This business house is located
on the site of the old Dickinson
county stockyards and will han
die a full line of seeds, feeds and
fertilizers, as well as many other
items.
This place is now open and bids
for the patronage of farmers and
gardeners. They will maintain a
delivery service at all times.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
FLOWER GROWER GIVEN
RECOGNITION

James NJ. Skeen, local flower
grower, received special recogni-
ton this past week when asked
by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Club to make an exhibit Of his
flowers in its annual show to he
held in Philadelphia this Septem-
Der. This show is the largest OF
it's kind in the eastern part of the
United States. Last season it oc-
cupied more than $4,000 square
feet of floor space, with flowers
exhibited in more than 200 class :.
es.
Mr.. Skeen was. also asked to
contribute a small quantity of
his mountain grown gladiolus
bulbs as a prize for the winner
in some particular flower class.
His mountain grown bulbs are
becoming well known to the flor
list trade and during the present
winter season orders have been
booked from several states.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
Miners Resume
Quantity
Output

Miners resuming quantity out
put Of babies says a headline
in the papers this week. Then
follows news that Mr.. and Mrs.
Buddy Baumgarner's anticipated
first born turned out to be trip
lets Tuesday when she gave birth
to two girls and a boy at Clinch-
field general hospital at Dante.
One of the girls weighed five
and one-half pounds, and the sec
ond girl four pounds, while the
boy weighed five pounds.
Both Mrs. Baumgarner ard the
babies were reported doing well!
Baumgarner, 24-year-old min
er, and his wife, whose parents
are Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hammons
live at Wakenva.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
REPUBLICANS To NAME
CANDIDATE FOR SUPERVISOR
SATURDAY

Posters announced last week
that Republicans of Clintwood
district would meet at the vari-
Gus precincts at p. m. Friday
and elect delegates to a district
convention, to be held at Clint
wood at II a. m, Saturday to
name candidate for Supervisor
for the district.
However, according to Elder P.
S. Mullins, the convention was
not held because the weather was
too severe for meetings to De held
Friday night to elect delegates.
So it was arranged to hold mass
meetings Friday night of this
week to elect delegates to con-
vention to be held at Clintwood
Saturday to name a candidate.
1t is understood that Nelson
Stanley, Garfield Baker, F.. Nj.
Hawkins and several others are
seeking the nomination.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
PATRON FINED FOR NOT
SENDING CHILDREN TO
SCHOOL


In Trial Justice court last Sat-
urday, Ernest Deloacf1, patron Of
Flemingtown School, was fined
$40 and given a 30-day jail SER
tence for not sending his children
to school. r. L. Rosenbanm, Wis
til ng teacher, asks that all teach
ers in the county report to him
at once children between The ag-
es of 7 and Is who are out OF
school, and similar action will be
taken.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
Real Estate
Transfers Show
Decline

Real estate transfers show a
decline in the county, according
to records of the County Clerk.
The following transfers were
made during the past month or
so:
E. Fl. Moore to Willie Mullins,
10 acres of land on Buffalo creek.
Consideration, $500
Emit Yates to Fred N. Fetch
er, acres land in West Clint
wood. Consideration, $4,000.
Dorsie Owens to B. H. Edwards
tract of land on Skeetrock
Branch. Consideration, $500.
Gabe Hughes to J. G. Dotson,
2 acres of land near Hibbitts Gap.
Consideration, 500.
w. NJ. Bowman to J. A. Ccllev.
l acre land on Mill Creek. Con-
sideration, $1,000.
Vesta Robinson to S. D. Pow
ers, tract Of land on Prater creek.
Consideration $500.
Riley BARLEY to Levi Hall, 2.z7
acres of land near Splashdam.
Consideration, not stated.
w. B. Trivitt to w. NJ. Ca, Idly,
tract of land on Long Fork. Con-
sideration, $4,000.
James F. Stanley to Kenneth
Stanley, 245 acres land on Ram
sey Ridge Consideration, $1,000.
A. L. Kiser to w. M. Phipps, |
lot in Clintwood. Consideration
not given.
Jasper Artrip to Marvin Null
Inns, 18 acres land near Nlckels
Gap. Consideration, $500.
Lundy Wright to Maude Hay,
tract of land near Sandlick Con
sideration, $4,000.
Fred J.. Smith to Ted B. Erwin,
lot at Mcclure. Consideration,
$4,000.
David Grizzle to Paul N. Smith
Is acres land on Open Fork Of
Mcclure. Consideration, $500.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
HARRISON STANLEY
REMAINS VERY ILL

Late word from Norland is to
the effect that Elder Harrison
Stanley's conditions remains
about the same. Our readers will
recall that he has been reported
gravely ill for several weeks. He
recently spent a week or longer
in the Coeburn hospital.
Landon Haynes, of Richmond,
is visiting in the county this
week,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
SGT. SLUSS WILL MAKE
CAREER OF ARMY

FIT. Bragg, N. C.--Parachutjst
Sgt. Thomas I Sluss, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Garland Sluss of Rt. /,
Clintwood, has recently been as
signed to Company E. 325th Gid
er Infantry, sd Airborne divis-
ion.
Sgt. Sluss returned from over
seas in Dec, 1945, after having
served Is months with the 5th
amphibious corps in Hawaii and
other parts of the Pacific.
He received the right TO wear
the boots and wings of the para
troops Nov. 10, 1945, at FIT. Ben
ming, Ga, completing S parachute
Jumps during his training.
Sgt. Sluss plans to make ca
reer of the army.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13
Democrats Name
Ticket Here
Saturday

For Treasurer, German B. Suth-
erland, Of Haysi.
For Commissioner of Revenue,
B. S. Powers, Jr., Of Clinchco
For Commemorative Attorney,
Hansel Fleming, of Clintwood
For Sheriff, Truman Fleming of
FlemingtoWn
The above is the ticket named
by the Democratic convention
here last Saturday.
All nominations were made by
reclamation except for Sheriff
Truman Fleming, French Turne-
and Fred Yates were placed in
nomination and balloted on. The
first and only ballot gave Elem.
ing SO, Turner 81, and Yates l8,
Fleming having received a major
ity of all the votes was declared
the nominee.
Maynard Lambert and Jailer
Tiv Fleming, who had been ex-
pected to enter the contest, with
drew their names from consider
alton in Difference to the veteran
candidate.
German Sutherland is veter-
an of World War I and a PRINT
tive Baptist preacher. B. S. Pow.
ers, Jr., and Truman Fleming are
veterans of World War II.
Despite the bad weather, all
precincts except Grassy were rep
resented by full delegation. The
crowd filled the court room and
overlooked into the corridor.
Sam Wright, Democratic chair
man, called the meeting to order
at l p. m. Upon motion, Edgar r.
Beverly was elected chairman
and E. J. Sutherland, secretary.
Then followed the calling Of
the roll of delegates and seating
them together. Then the usual
committees were appointed and
after they had reported, nonnina-
tons for the county ticket were
declared in order.
Levi Hall placed the name Of
German B. Sutherland in nonin
alton for Treasurer There being
no other nominations, he was
FOGSO LIl6 nominee.
Foster Hill, veteran, then
named his war comrade, 3. S.
Powers, Jr., for Commissioner Of
Revenue. Since there were no 9th
er nominations, he was likewise
nominatd
E. A. Carpenter nominated Hen
sci Fleming for Commonly aalth's
Attorney, and since he was with
out opposition, he was voted the
nominee.
(See back page) III
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13

Mrs c. L. Colley, of Rt. /, was
in town today and dropped in to
renew her subscription to The
Herald for another year.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13

Watson Davis, of It. l, was a
pleasant caller at the Herald Of
flee Wednesday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13

Miles Sutherland, of Hazel, was
a business visitor here Saturday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-02-13

Mrs. Otis Hill, of Norland, was
business visitor in town Thurs
day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
Corruption On The Coast

Nevertheless, we want to state the facts
frankly about the situation that the coast is
faced with. And the facts are that gangster-
ism, gambling and the corruption of public
officials has been undermining and rotting
the fibers of our neighboring coast counties
for a number of years. Biloxi, which many
Older residents can remember from years
gone by as a tranquil and pleasant resort
community, is now one of the toughest
towns" in this part of the country. 1t is a
playground for bootleggers, slot-machine
gangsters, and for younger petty criminals
looking for the nightmarish excitement of
the outlaws life. This petty crime sometimes
explodes into something ugly and sensational
like the recent murder involving the blond
bandit queen" But the petty crime stems
from the even more serious and general cor
ruption of much of the business community
and the law enforcement group.
That section of the coast is being inun-
dated by the rising flood of lawlessness and
graft. That flood has reached the borders of
our own county; it is tapping at the seawall
at Ocean Springs, just as actually as the
waves of Back Bay break against that barrier.
No one individual really imposes such an
experience on a county. The county, the peo-
pie, the voters, make their own choice in this
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
You're Telling Mel
BY WILLIAM RIFT
Central Press Writer

Ethiopia, which is a halfpint
patch of orange tucked away
IN a corner of the map of
East Africa, is rapidly becom-
ing one of our favorite little
countries, because it does so
often what doesn't come natu-
rally.
-!
The Philippians are small peo-
pie but they run big on cour-
age and they've a heart as large
and soft as a summer cloud.
Though flattened by war the
Ethiops refuse to hop a free
ride on any international gravy
train.
Take care of more needy
nations before u.s." Ethiopia has
told the United Nations. If that
isn't big league behavior on
the part of a small fry out
fit, our judgment of national
character needs a drastic over
hauling.
While on the subject slip an
other bow to Halle S~elassie. the
hve-foot-minus ruler of Ethi-
opia-but every inch of him
spells king
II!
Through war and peace Halle
mas conducted himself with
more dignity than any half-a-
dozen European stiff shirts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15

This week our neighboring city of Biloxi
has gotten the kind of publicity-printed in
newspapers all over the country-that no
community can stand a great deal of, and
especially a community which depends on
the good opinions of travellers for a large part
of its income. The publicity involved such
lurid items as a blond bandit queen, hypo-
dermic needles, drug-crazed young men, in
Guiding an army d~eserter, and finally the
cold-blooded murder of a tavern keeper.
1t is a juicy item for the sensation-hungry
press and it will give Biloxi and the Gulf
Coast more concentrated publicity in one
week than a year of tourist travel advertis-
ing can undo Once an evil stencil has assailed
the public ~nostrils, no amount of perfume can
efface the memory of it.
We do not believe anything is served by
shallow community rivalries, where one
community tries to advance by knocking the
other. And we are not. attempting herein to
promote the attractiveness of Pascagoula by
knocking Biloxi. The truth is, that our two
communities will never advance by one an
others misfortunes, but will always share in
the bad publicity of one another.
To the out-of-state tourist speeding down
Highway 80, the mississippi Coast" is a geo.
graphic unit; and when one coast town goes
wild and corrupt, all coast towns suffer from
it in some degree.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
; 81 N!E ;HI!l|ll1tES
By NOLLE T.

Perhaps we should have stud
led law, as we intended be-
fore stumbling into the news
paper business, for all court
trials are fascinating business
as far as we are concerned.
We particularly enjoy hear
ings before Justices of the
Peace, where the judge, the at
torneys and the principles
sometimes indulge in three
way arguments. But in these
cases you ordinarily miss the
jury, whose reaction is an i'm
portant part of the steady
drama.
Lawyers r usually as ignor-
ant as the layman about how
a jury will react, they will adj
NIT to you in private conversa-
ton. Particularly in damage
suits, automobile accidents, and
cases of that nature which di-
rectly involve the human ele-
ment.
With all respect to the legal
profession, we believe a good
courtroom lawyer is nine parts
Snowman to one part attorney,
at least when operating before
the jury. He fails the air,
shouts, whispers, crys, laughs,
pleads, demands, all with an
eye cooked to jury reaction.
But when all of the shouting
has died down and the jury
files out, the judge on the
bench and the man sitting on
the back row of spectators have
about the same knowledge of
what the jury will do. The man
on the back may have a little
better idea-the jury was Sc
lected from men like him and
not from men trained IN the
legal profession.
And quite frequently it does
not matter. When the case goes
to the Supreme Court, they
may reverse the decision hand
ed down either for or against
the plaintiff. They have heard
the shouting before and can
study the case according to the
law.
No doubt this is an import
ant phase of the checks and ba-
ances under which our govern
ment is set-up, as is the theory
that all men are innocent until
proven guilty. 1t is better, as
has often been said, for one
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
Doctor Tells
How to Live
After Fifty
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
AP Science Editor

New York-In The Years
After So" a book by DR.. Win
gate Johnson, of the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine of
Wake Forest College (Whittlesey
House, New York; there are a
lot of suggestions anyone can
follow readily for his health.
If you are sick, go to a doc
tor; but maybe you won't have
to 60 SO often, if you remem-
Der that one of the most impor-
tant causes of high blood pres
sure is emotional strain and
that what you eat is not so
important as how much.
Still about high blood pres
sure, DR.. Johnson writes: Far
be it from a humble practition-
er to offer any advice about
finance. My professional obser-
walton, however, has taught
me that most men pay dear
ly, from a physical standpoint,
for profits made by marginal
trading and for highly specu-
lative dealing of any kind.
Where sex has wrecked its
thousands of homes, financial
worry has destroyed its tens
of thousands"
Other SUBJECTS discussed by
Johnson include:
l. You are sick after you
get well from flu because it
leaves you with low blood pres
sure.
2. tuberculosis is one of the
diseases most frequently over
looked in older people.
B. A stitch in the side, usu-
ally believed by laymen to be
pleuriSy, is more frequently an
Inflammation of a muscle be-
tween the ribs, due to gas trap
ped in the colon or under a rib.
to neuralgia or to a spur on the
spine.
4. Coronarv thrombosis, the
heart trouble that is high
among executives, and actual
" higher among doctors than
almost any other profession, is
not nearly so often fatal or so
disabling al was once believ-
ed.
1t is a mistake. DR.. johnson
SAYS, to think that ulcers are
likely to become cancers.
"A poor way of reducing"
he declares, is TO omit a meal.
One of the chief factors in the
formation of gallstones is stag
nation of the bile. The gall
bladder is merely a reservoir
in which bile is stored and CON
centrated until the stimulus of
food in the stomach causes it
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15

in the fact that his father was
engaged in a business which
most of the world looks upon
with distaste. The rest of us
poor struggling youngsters, who
rarely had an extra dime in
our pockets, looked upon the
boy as an over-bearing rich
mans son who had too much
gall ever to be ashamed of his
fathers business. But White
halls whole life must have been
one of disguised shame. That
was why he was such a defiant
trouble-maker.
There We're lots of young
trouble makers in our school
generation, but most of them
tried to perform their misehiev-
Gus pranks on the sly, and to
carry out their rebellion in a
secret way. The thing which
made Whitehall different was
that he worked in the open. He
was the only boy in school who
actually did not care whether
or not the teachers caught him
in his deeds.
In the illogical world of the
teen-agers, that made him some
thing of a hero-at least
enough of a hero to win our
respect in spite of his snooty
ways. We staged our little re-
volts against the school dis
eipline but we were all afraid
of the ultimate puniShments
that might be dealt out-weeks
or months of being kept after
school. or suspension. or ire
vocable expulsion from the
school system. What we were
chiefly afraid of was what
would happen at home when
such a punishment was dealt in
school.
But not so, Whitehall.
One day the impish fates die
tated that this very unstable
boy should toss a rock through
a basement window Just as the
most peculiar member of the
faculty walked around a cor
ner of the building. The teach
er was a big husky bully who
fancied himself one of the wit
test and most forceful and
brilliant men of his age. Aetu-
ally he was a poorly educated
and rather childish mediocrity.
The teachers eyes flashed
with evil glee at Whitehall And
Whitehall's flashed back with
the same eccentric challenge.
Both of them were bad ac-
tors"-the teacher as much as
the boy. The teacher was ae-
tuauy very childish, and loved
the play a part. He looked at
the large lunch-hour crowd
standing in the yard, by the
broken basement window, and
he seized the opportunity to
play to this audience.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15

to empty. When a meal is skip
ped, there is no stimulus to
empty the gall bladder"
Sex life definitely does not
end with the menopause, he
SAYS.
DR.. Johnson thinks that bro
mide drugs are the most fire.
quent cause of mental disturb
ances. Bromides, he SAYS, have
been until recently the chief
habit-forming stuff in nearly
all headache powders. Now
most of the manufacturers have
agreed not to use bromides for
headaches.
An essential, more important
than a vacation, is frequent,
short respies from tension, he
says, adding that everyone
ought to have at least one af-
ternoon a week free, and every-
one should make Sunday a real
day of rest.
About death, he writes: AS a
physician who has witnessed
death again and again, l can
testify there is almost no rea-
son to fear the actual process
of dying. Almost invariably
death brings its own anesthe-
tic, which is usually effective
for a period of time varying
from a few hours to DAYS,
weeks, or even months.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15

nesses, they comb the wreck
age for any parts that remain.
These r sent to the Bureau
of Standards, where scientific
tests frequently turn up a SOL
ution.
Agents of the Civil Aeronau-
tics Administration, who police
the air lanes, are called in to
produce their records of the ia
tai flight. Chrisp pointed out
that CAA is as susceptible to
investigation as anyone else.
II must keep tabs on such
things as flight loads, proper
check-outs and radio contacts.
When active detective work
is finished, they hold public
hearings at which all findings
are aired.
The list of successful CAB
Investigations include every
imaginable cause from a hawk
gliding into the propeller orbit
to an explosion resulting from
an electric arc. But these are
not the real detectives of CAB
sleuthS.
We're out to discover what
went wrong so that remedies
may be found and repetions
prevented" Chrisp said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
II You Have Tax Tears
Prepare 10 Shed En- Now

OPGCidi W 1GIllI dl GTeSS
Misunderstanding ex-
perts believe that if the COP
tax reduction bill fails to be-
come law this session and is
revived next fall or spring, it
will not have much chance ever
being enacted.
The e~rystal-ball gazers on
Capitol Hill agree that the four
billion dollar tax relief meas
ure, which would cut person.
al income taxes los to 80 per
cent, reached the crest of its
congressional strength on its
second round through the mill
and would poll less support
next year.
There is a possibility that
the next session of Congress
will vote some reduction in
taxes in an overall tax adjust
ment bill. Next year will be a
presidential election year, and
both Democrats and Republi-
cans would like to throw the
voters a little something.
However, with the rivalry be-
tween the United States and
Russia becoming more intense,
and with government costs
sure to rise, any out-and-out
tax cut bill is almost certain
to have tougher shedding in the
coming months.
Flying Dollars-The flying
saucers which had the nations
eyeballs popping apparently
n mythical, but the aviation
industry is seeing flying dol
lars-the real thing, that is.
The recent increase in con-
gressional appropriations for
Navy and Army plane construc-
ton means rapid progress in
the production of new trans
onic-type aircraft, and Brick
Bradford planes more sensa-
tional than the famed flying
saucers.
Airplane factories are all set
to produce flying machines
with low aspect ratio wings,
swept wings and tails, and Jet
propulsion refinements.
Jet engine manufacturers are
going about in anticipation of
large orders from the Army
and Navy. They are determined
to outstrip the Russians, who
+ said to have accomplished
wonders with the ME-262, a
German twin-jet fighter.
Republic aircraft is grooming
its P-84 for an assault on the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
Seen
At Gypsy Bier
#AP Newsfeature

Sydney, Australia Hun
dreds of gypsies from all over
Australia, including scores of
ragged children, came to Syd-
ney for the funeral of the queen
of the gypsy Sterio tribe, rs
~year-old Mrs. Mary Sterio.
Amid ~ceaseleSS chatter, &C
companied by the traditional
pouring of wine on the coffin
and throwing of silver coins in
the grave, the gypsy queen was
buried in Sydney's lockwood
Cemetery.
The body of the queen. wrap
ped in rich silks, had lain in
state at a Sydney funeral par
lor for eight days in a special
" made cedar casket. gold
painted and adorned with sill
ver-colored designs. Funeral
officials said the coffin. which
was larger thar normal size.
was one of the most expensive
made in Sydney in years.
On the day of the funeral.
gypsies packed into the parlor
to chant and wall over the
body of their queen. One wo-
man smoked a long pipe in be-
tween sobS, and a man. while
sobbing over the coffin, took