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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-02-06
LOCAL NEWS
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Mr.. Scott Fowler is a Lexington
visitor this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Parker and
Mr.. Earl Fowler attended the fun
eral of Miss Ethelyn Blanchett at
Fletcher's Chapel in Yazoo City
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. j. B. Sudbeck and family
were weekend visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs M. l.. Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Lundy, Miss
Kathleen Lundy and Mrs. B. O.
Howell spent Sunday in Greenville.
Mrs. r. c. Moore and Miss Jean
McRae visited relatives in Holly
Springs last week.
Mrs II. A Scobey was Jackson
business visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Nash and
Mrs Phillip Taylor, of Tchula, were
Lexington business visitors Thurs
day.
Mrs. c. Truitt of Greenville is
visiting her mother and father, Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor.
Mr.. J. r. Watson was a Greenwood
business visitor Thursday.
Mr.. George Lannon's, of Millsaps,
spent the weekend here with his
mother, Mrs. Minnie Lannon's.
Pvt Harvey Roberts, son of Mrs.
Addie L. Roberts, is in the hospital
at San Antonio, Texas and would
like for all his friends to write him
while he is shut-in. Harvey is
from the Bowling Green community
and enlisted during the Christmas
holidays in the army. His address is
Sodn. BM-9 Flight, 1881 Ind. Div.
ATC, San Antonio, Texas
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-02-06

enthusiastic reception the New Or
leans Symphony received in Jackson
last year, An extremely well-balan-
ced orchestra, its personnel has
been recruited from the ranks of
the nations greatest orchestras and
from the cream of Southern music
ianship. For the second year, the
New Orleans Symphony will be
heard on MICS "Orchestras of the
Nation" series over coast-to-coast
network on March 18th. Massimo
Freccia, the third conductor of the
orchestra, is now in his third season.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-02-06

his appointment coming upon recon-
mendation of his close friend and
colleague, Arturo Toscanini. Mag
nolia Coullet, soprano soloist with
the New Orleans Symphony is we'll
known in this locale for her except
ional musicianship and the beauty
of her voice. Her recent appearance
as Media in the remarkable local
production of "Pagliacci" was out
standing.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-02-06

FOR SALE-One portable 2-burner
oil heater; one 4-burner Florence
cooking stove; one oil bathroom
heater. Call Tchula q. 42-2tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-02-06
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to our friends for the
many kindnesses shown us in our
bereavement, also for the many
floral offerings.
MRS. jim WADE HARVEY
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-02-06

Mrs. John Gwin Jr. returned
Wednesday from visit with friends
in Texas.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

we could have reported further on
the new show with which Mischa
Bess reopened his Balalaika. Mr..
Bess has a notion that now is the
time to change the entertainment
pattern he has followed at his
popular rendezvous. Last season his
shows were taking on look of same
ness, no matter how hard or imag-
inatively he worked on periodic
changes of scene and costume, hence
his new guest star policy. The star,
of course, is Miss Markoff, and
Mischa has surrounded her with a
lively and colorful review, performed
ably by Vanya Orlik. Dagger Dancer
Gavrela, Nine. Olga and Yourloff
and Yoder. There will be new
music at the Neptune Room come
Saturday, in the person of Nat Con-
way and his Shoreliners. The Shore
liners are addicted to long engage
ments, coming here after II months
at the Biltmore Lounge in Balti-
more. Before this they spent two
years at Baltimore's Blue Mirror,
13 months at the Club Coronet and
10 months at the Summit Club.
Pianist Arthur Post will alternate
with the Shoreliners in the Nep-
tune Rooms entertainment. .
Two entertainers on the local After
Dark scene now are making regular
Evening star., 1947-09-18
After Dark
Latin Quarters Face Is Lifted
By Man With Some Lavish Plans
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

The Latin Quarter, opened dur
ing the war years on the top floor
of the Old New Orleans, has been
closed for several years and Mr.. G
thinks that condition ought to be
remedied. He plans to remedy 1t
sometime next month when the
Latin Quarters face lifting is COM
plete. His plans are expansive ones
too. He intends to bring In a
name" rumba band to provide the
dance music and when he talks of
possible floor show entertainers the
names are the widely -heralded and
attractive ones of Hollywood and
Broadway folk.
Mr.. CASTOR also has plans for
making this sort of thing pay de-
spite the relatively limited capacity
of both Latin Quarter and Sazerac
Room. He'll have the Latin band
in one, a United States band in
the other, and the entertainment
headliners will appear in each place
They do four shows a day in
theaters," says Mr.. G., 80 why
can't they do four shows in a night
club?" That logic is something for
which the stars may have a better
answer than we have, which is no
answer at ALL Why, indeed, we
say, can't they do four shows?
II X
A spy who failed to disguise him.
self in painters overalls was tossed
out of the new Mayflower Lounge
the other night faster than any
man in painters overalls will be
tossed out tonight when the Cham.
pagne and Orchids" opening is held
You will have to wait until after
the room is unveiled at this festive
affair for any word on the new
Evening star., 1947-09-18

You can add to the list of things
to come considerable increase
in the activity at the Old New
Orleans. Owner Nick CASTOR, as
lavish a host as there is around
the town, was talking about his
plans the other night over the din
ner table. Bob Simpsons orchestra
with vocal aid from Ted Alexander
and Ronnie Simpson mo relation)
. pretty student of Catholic Uni
versityS Speech and Drama Depart
ment, has so enlivened things
around the Sazerac Room that Mr.
CASTOR has turned his thoughts to
the Latin Quarter.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

appearances on the new Continen.
tai FIN Network (Which is WASH.
FIN. locally. The King Cole Room /
pretty and talented Dona Mason
sings on Wednesday nights at 7:3C
and the Carlton Congo Rooms Phi
Wayne and orchestra are heard on
Thursdays at 9 pm. >. If you hap
pen, incidentally, to hear a tune
titled you Blew Out the Moon,
Annette" Land in the Shoe" or
Pardon My Percussion" you will
Evening star., 1947-09-18

decor other than that of the hotels
publicity department, which uses
words like fabulous. exciting. etc.
You already know that the en-
tertainment in the new Lounge will
be supplied by a pretty singer named
Jeanne Shirley and yiolinist named
Florian Zabach. Mr.. Zabach, in
cidentally, had quite a lengthy ca
reer in concert music before dis
covering there was any other kind.
He made his debut as a violin vir-
tuoso at the age of IL and three
years later was making appearances
as guest star at the Chicago
Worlds Fair. In 1896 he toured Eu-
ropean capitals, receiving what is
reported to have been "a landslide
of continental acclaim" Mr.. Zabach
then toured the United States for
awhile as a concert violinist and
symphony soloist before he made
contact with radio.
That did it. Playing for the radio,
he discovered that some people had
taken those old familiar melodies
of Beethoven, Mozart and Tschai-
kowsky and set them to new tempos,
which made them popular" music.
Mr.. Zabach found that his classi-
cal training was no bar to the play
ing of this sort OF. music and he has
been at it ever since, with two years
out for the Army.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

Homing pigeons have carried
messages as far as 800 miles.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

The Midnight Merry -Go-Round: :
If we had not become so engrossed
the other day in Gypsy Markoff
which always has been easy to do,
Smyrna times., 1947-06-05
SCHOOLS OFFER
DRIVING PLAN

CONTINUED from Page One)
rector of health and physical edu-
cation of the Department of Pub
lie Instruction. Mr.. Ayars at the
same time pointed out that Della
ware at present holds another rec
ord in driver training. Although
only % of the 29 high schools in
Delaware are participating in the
program they are the only ones in
the United States that schedule
classes in driving on the same bas-
Smyrna times., 1947-06-05

is as other studies, with regular
periods during the week assigned
to this training. 1t is also the
only state in the union that carries
on such program with a fleet of
dual controlled cars on a statewide
basis. At present there are four
cars allocated to the program.
Next fall it is expected that this
number will be doubled. With the
appropriation this spring by the
General Assembly of S50,000 for a
two year expansion of this pro-
gram, all of the states high
schools will be included. A survey
is now being made of the high
schools, and letters have gone out
over the signature of DR.. George
Miller, state superintendent of
public instruction, asking for re-
actions on the plan.
Smyrna times., 1947-06-05

us the following genuine true
story. 1t seems he saw his son
Dave and five other fellows, all
members of the band which Gre
ated such a sensation at their first
appearance Memorial Day, busily
practicing last Saturday P. M.
When asked for an explanation,
they explained that they were go
ing to enter the amateur contest
scheduled for that afternoon at the
Lake. They did, the people and
the judges liked them, and they
walked off with the $40 first prize.
Naturally we wondered what they
were planning to do with the
money and "Jake" told us that
they had turned it all over to the
Boy Scouts that very day. There
must be name for things like
that.
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You haven't lived until you've
heard Bernie Grier (the frankie of
Smyrna, Del-a-ware) grooming
Goodnight. Sweetheart" through
a cardboard megaphone. Absolute
ly guaranteed to "send you".
Have heard many, many favor
able comments on the play held
here last Friday night. Talent and
everything that goes with it was
there for the asking. Especially
was the audience pleased to see
Bob Carrow, many of them for the
first time on the stage. The SEN
iors entertained them Saturday
morning and afternoon at doggie
roast on the Como beach. They
were quite taken with Smyrna and
Smyrnians in general and the feel
ing seemed to be pretty generally
mutual. Many of them have
agreed to come back for week-ends
later in the summer.
They tell us that one local ball
player was so pleased with himself
when he knocked one of the few
home runs of his career the other
night, that he rushed around the
bases and forgot to tag second
and third.
Smyrna times., 1947-06-05
Card of Thanks

We want to thank the many
friends and relatives for the flow
ers, cards and expressions of SYM
pathy during the illness and death
of our father, Enoch F. Davis
Augustus Davis and Mrs. Ernest
Schrader.
Smyrna times., 1947-06-05
On Main Street

Jack" Jacobs stopped by the
other day to pick up the latest
scoop. Being Monday we didn't
know much (might ~ well blame
1t on something) and 80 he gave
Smyrna times., 1947-06-05
FOR SALE

so acres of land, 200 yards off
DUPONT Blvd, near Brenford Rd..
suitable for farming, poultry or
home site. Apply
VIM. KELLUMS,
Phone 2286
Smyrna times., 1947-06-05
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
HOBART-DAYTON Scales, Meat
Grinders, Slicing Machines, Coffee
Mills, Meat and Bone Saws, Mixing
Machines, Food Cutters, Potato
Peelers, Etc.
f. A. ESSIG CO.,
w. Main ST., Salisbury, Md.
Phone 1155
The union times., 1947-08-16
Another Test For T-HLaw

Allentown, Pa. (LPA)-Organized labor here will give the Justice Dept a second opportunity to make test prosecution of the Taft-Hart1ey law next month.
 The three labor groups in this area together with a large local of the Int'1 Association of Machinists are plan ming an a11-out election campaign to send Philip Storch, former president of the Lehigh Valley American News paper Guild, to Congress on Sept. 29. Storch, former Marine running as a Democrat, is a candidate to fill the House seat vacated by the death of reactionary Republican Rep. Charles Gerlach.
 Nationally known members of the writers and artists colony in this sec tion have pledged Storch full support as has the Farmers Union and Demo cratic leaders in the strong farmers cooperative movement in Lehigh. The union newspaperman has the full en- dorsement of President James J. Nc Dewitt, of the Pennsylvania Fedora ton of Labor and top rail labor off, cia1s including President A. F. Whit ney, of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainnen.
The union times., 1947-08-16
COP Populated By Labor Leader For T-H Deceit
Boilermaker's Head, Him self A Republican, Thor
 oughly Disillusioned

Chicago (LPA)-The leader of one of the AFL's largest unions-the Boilermakers-1ast week called for repudiation by labor of the present Republican Party because of that party's sponsorship of the Taft-Hart- ley law.
 This blast was issued by President Charles J. MacGowan of the Boiler makers at a special national confer ence here of delegates of the unions 600 lodges. His denunciation was re- garded as especially significant be- cause he has been known as a Repub- lican politically.
 MacGowan recalled that during the fight over anti-1abor legislation on Capitol Hill, he had spent weeks talk ing to most of the COP leaders of the House and Senate They assured him, he said, that while some legislation would be passed, yet it would be mild and constructive"
 And then came the Taft Hartley Act, which is a complete contradic- tion of the assurances given me by all the leaders," he said.
 "But based upon the record of this Congress, I am prepared to assert that liberal thought and progressive action have not only been destroyed within the Republican party, but that it has supinely become the willing in strumentality of every reactionary force in this country, to the extent that the leadership of the Republican party is today morally intellectually and spiritually bankrupt"
 He declared his opposition to new party on the claim that it would "dis- sipate" liberal and labor strength and entrench reactionaries, but he called for the most intensive drive in history to defeat the enemies of labor and support the friends. "In that fight" he said, 'labor should recruit all possi- ble support-from farmers, small businessmen and right-thinking peo- pie generally.
The union times., 1947-08-16
Green Dares COP To Choose Taft For President
Tells Teamsters Ohioan Would Get Worst Defeat
 In US. History

San Francisco (LPA)-President William Green of the AFL this week issued challenge to the Republican Natl Convention to nominate Sen. Robert A. Taft (R., Ohio) as its 1o48 candidate for President. "For every labor vote Taft gets at least 100000 labor votes will be cast against him." Green predicted.
 ''I further predict that Mir. Taft will suffer the worst defeat ever handed to any candidate of a major party for the Presidency of the United States,'' Green told dele- gates to the largest convention ever held by the Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters.
 Organized labor, Green insisted, will never submit to such govern mental and bureaucratic domination" as provided in the Taft-Hartley law.
 ''This hateful law is part of a new legislative pattern in Washing ton,'' he told the Teamsters, 'sthat became crystal clear with the en- actment of the rob the poor rent boosting bill and two attempts to enact 'spare-the-rich' tax bill over President Truman's veto.
 'The 80th Congress has scorned the will of the people, It responds only to the dictates of entrenched wealth. All that is going to be changed!"
The union times., 1947-08-16
Building Trades Against Taxes
 On Small Homes
Conn. Council Seeks End Of Sales Tax On
 Materials

All afi1iates of the Connecticut State Building and Construction Trades were urged this week to work for an amendment to the state sales tax, passed by the last session of the Legislature, which would provide that the tax would not apply to building materials for small homes.
 This action is the result of a unanimous vote by the executive board of the Council, passed at its monthly meeting held in New Ha- ven Wednesday. The board mem- bers felt that everything possible should be done to reduce the cost of small homes, since many people in the lower income brackets are being forced to buy or build small homes because of the numerous evictions taking place. The board also went on record in favor of a five-year tax exemption plan for all small homes now under construc- ton.
 Other business transacted by the .,33odrd follows:
 1. A committee consisting of Pres ident Michael J. Barry Secretary Treasurer James O'Kane, and Bernard Chloride, New Haven Electricians, was appointed to confne and adjust jurisdictiona1 disputes on local basis.
 YEAR BOOK
 2. It was decided to close the ac- cepting of advertisements for the Year Book on Sept. IS. which will give all locals an opportunity to in- vite few contractors to take adver- Using space.
 3. It was voted to thank Bishop Henry J. O'Brien for his letter stat ing that all repair and construction work in the diocese would be done by union labor.
 4. Floyd Taylor was elected as delegate from the Norwalk Building Trades Council.
 The next meeting of the Board will be called by President Barry, because of conflicting dates with the State Federation Convention.
The union times., 1947-08-16
A.F.L. To Meet With Church Counci
Special Meeting
 For New Haven

Under the auspices of the Con- necticut Federation of Labor, a special meeting of the New Haven Central Labor Council, to be de- voted to the Taft-Hartley Act, will be held at the Labor Temple on Thursday, August 21, at 8 P.M., according to an announcement by Council President Vincent J. Mo Govern.
 The speaker will be Atty. Louis Feinmark of New Haven who has represented many A.F.L. unions in Connecticut. and who is one of the State FederatiOn's battery of law yers who are touring the state ex- plaining the Taft-Hartley Act to the various central labor unions and warning them of the dangers involved. All A.F.L. unions in the Greater New Haven area are invited to attend the meeting on Aug. 2l.
The union times., 1947-08-16
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

Our story of last week, dealing with the difficulties the New Haven Building Trades Council is having with Center Church, was sent to the New Haven Register and to the Journal Courier, to be published simultaneously with this paper. Both newspapers failed to print the story. However, on Wednesday of this week, the Journal Courier printed an editorial defending Center Church, and criticizing the Building Trades. Such journalistic methods, in our opinion, are un- fair, and encourage those who wish to tear down our constitutional right to free press.
 The Journal-C Courier, we believe, should have printed the statement issued by the, Building Trades Council; should have obtained a statement from Center Church, and printed both as news. Having both statements before them, the public would then be in a position to judge whether or not it agreed with the editorial in the Journal Cour- fer. Or are we being naive?
 One of the reasons that many unions have determined to bypass the NLRB completely was cited this week by labor lawyer who pointed out that under the 'sabsurd vague ness'' of the law the NLRB has the right to decide what are reasonable initiation fees and dues.
 ''The act gives the NLRB abso- lutely no guide-posts," said the law yer. Arbitrarily they could find any dues or initiation scale exces. sive and unreasonable-just de. pending on who was on the Board and how sympathetic they might be to unions building up strike fund or organizing campaign
 FROM Boston (Mass.) Post: 'sThe boy fell through the rusted floor in the rumble seat of an old couple"
 Down in Mississippi in a recent election they barred citizens from voting if they favored federal anti. lynch anti-polltax or fair employ. ment practice laws. Wonder if that's where Taft and Hartley go, the idea.
 (Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1947-08-16
A.F.L. In Detroit Backs Murphy

DETROIT - (FP) u Whether Mayor Edward J. Jeffries will have united labor opposition in his bid for fifth term this fall is now up to the CIO, as the AFL is supporting Judge George Murphy of recorders court, brother of Justice Frank Murphy of the US. supreme court for the post.
 The Wayne County CIO Council official indorser for city and county candidates, will reach decision in a few weeks, Sec. Sam'1 Sage says. Jef- fries made speciality of smearing the CIO in his two preceding campaigns and his henchmen famed anti Negro sentiment into a flame. But some peo- pie in the CIO orbit, including Atty. George Edwards, now president of the common council, have already tied Up with Jefries
The union times., 1947-08-16
Representation On School Board Asked By Labor

The New Haven Central Labor Council at its meeting Thursday, unanimously voted to request Mayor William C. Ce1entano to appoint a member of the American Federation of Labor to the Board of Education. Harold V. Feinmark, business agent of Fire Fighters Union, No. 825, pre- sented the motion, and pointed out that the resignation of Chester Ke1- sey from the School Board gives Mayor Celentano his fourth appoint ment to the Board.
 ''It is important that all sections of the community be represented on the Board of Education,' Fein- mark told the Council. s'The vast majority of school children come from working families. It is high time these people had a represen- tative on the Board of Education"
 President Vincent J. McGovern urged all locals to be represented at the special meeting of the Council to be held August 21, at which there will be a full discussion of the Taft Hartley Law, and how it affects or ganized labor. The meeting has been called at the request of the Connecti- cut Federation of Labor.
 Miss Virginia Parsons of the New Haven Tuberculosis and Health As sociation addressed the Council on plans for loW-cost or free X-rays. Her talk was received with much enthusi- aSm.
 President McCovern was unani- mously elected the Councils dele gate to the Conn. Federation of La Dor Convention.
The union times., 1947-08-16
F.D.R., IT,, Takes A Union Job

PHILADELPHIA - (FP) = Franklin D. Roosevelt, IT,, son of the late President, has accepted ap- pointrnent as attorney for the Upho1- sterers Intl. Union (AFL), the un- ions president, Sal B. Hoffman, an nounced here this week.
 Hoffman said Roosevelt would make his first formal appearance on behalf of the union on Aug. 25 at Gettysburg, Pa., in case in which the upholsterers are trying to obtain arbitration on the firing of a furniture worker by the Gettysburg Furniture Co.
The union times., 1947-08-16
Miss Rose Named
 By Office Workers


 Pamela Rose of Bridgeport was elected president of the Office Elm ployes International union, Local 123, A. F. of L. at a recent annual cleo tion. Lorraine Hochman was chosen vice president; Henrietta A. Brands, treasurer, and Helen Casper, secretary.
 In statement, Miss Rose, an office staff member of the Conn. Federation of Labor, said the union planned to concentrate its efforts on increasing membership. Under her direction, a 1eafet was printed for distribution among office workers titled, "Has Your Salary Kept Pace?" and describ- ing the benefits received through union activities.
The union times., 1947-08-16
More Nurses Join Labor!

{ DETROIT-(FP) = The Detroit Federation of Nurses (unafi1iated) was given an AFL charter by Pres. Frank X. Marte1 of the Detroit & Wayne County Federation of Labor. Telling the nurses to go after living wage he said:
 q want to remind you that there is nothing wrong or against the best ethics of the nursing profession for nurses to be paid-everyone else gets paid"