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Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
Self Service
Plan Expanding
Marketing Revolution Under
Way in Retail Stores
OF Nation.

NEW YORK. - A quiet revolution
in merchandising, spurred by the
word, "self-service," is under way
in retail stores from coast to coast.
Established during the depression
and expanded during the war, the
"do your own shopping" idea is
spreading from the grocery super
markets.
1t is stepping into such diverse
fields as drugs, hardware, home ap-
pliances, textiles and clothing.
Some of the country's greatest de-
partment stores are opening &C.
lions where the customer can be his
own salesman.
Supermarkets Spread.
Here's what's going on:
More and more supermarkets are
installing complete se~lf-service meat
and vegetable departments.
In many places the butcher has
moved to the back of the store where
he cuts, weighs, price-tags, and
packages meat far from the path
of the customer. The packaged
meats are placed in refrigerated
cases and the shopper picks them
out by cut and size just as she might
select a ear of beans.
A similar procedure is being fol-
lowed with produce. Fruits and
vegetables are prepared, weighed,
wrapped in cellophane and refrig-
Grated.
Independent food supermarket op-
orators are branching out into the
department store" field.
A recent survey showed that self
service stores now offer a variety
of merchandise including drugs,
cosmetics, wines and liquors, sta
tionery, magazines, greeting cards,
hardware, appliances, housewares
and house furnishings, toys, flowers,
variety goods and mems, women's
and children's wear.
Big Stores Catch On.
In one advanced "home center
self-service' store, the customer
walks through $4,000 square feet of
home appliances without ever en-
countering a salesman.
Traditional service stores are
moving toward the "get-it-yoursef"
system.
The government encouraged self
in department stores and
other large establishments to save
labor during the war. Now even
The biggest stores are committed to
the system in many lines.
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07

P. L. Page of SIG East Fourth
street has announced the opening of
the Five-Minute Photo Service. He
formerly lived in Sheridan, Wyo.,
and is now a resident of Laurel.
Arthur E. Schaubel, market man.
ager at the Safeway store, has been
confined to his home by illness the
past week.
Mrs. George Coy left Sunday
night to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Don Harmon and family, in Eugene,
Ore.
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07

Macy's in New York, for exam.
pie, has a self-service store which
sells only fancy groceries.
Where the stores are not going to
"supermarket extremes in self
service, they are making it easier
for the customer to see, feel and
handle the goods.
Even jewelry departments in
many of the big stores are follow
ing the trend.
If expensive jewelry were left out
in the. open, store executives say,
there would be a field day for the
light-fingered. So there's a compro-
mise: Attractive glass display
cases, where the customer can see
everything on sale, even if she can't
touch it.
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
.Nazi Files Reveal
Research Secrets
Data in Captured German
Documents Indexed for
Air Industry.

DAYTON, OHIO. - Any student
who ever tried to wade through just
a single page of German transla.
ton will appreciate this one:
What were once 1900 tons of Ger
man documents - a complete his
tory of the Nazi air research pro-
gram from 1888 to 1945 have been
evaluated, cataloged, classified, in
dexed and published in micro
film by air intelligence experts at
nearby Wright field.
AS a result, American aircraft in
dustries have at their call products
of the most intensified aeronautical
development program the world
ever has known.
Engineers estimate the actual re-
search contained in the captured
documents would cost between two
and three billion dollars if repro
duced today in this country.
Scan NaZi Documents.
The air documents division of the
air forces air materiel commands
intelligence department discarded
1,450 tons of lesser papers at the
beginning of Project Index. But it
handled $4,000 Nazi documents, all
written in technical German and
using at least 10, 1000 new German
aeronautical terms familiar only to
German scientists.
Included were tons of top secret
details on the worlds first produc-
ton jet-engine fighter, the Messer-
schmitt-262; design, production and
test information needed to duplicate
the deadly vi and w missiles, plus
hundreds of other ideas ranging
from swept-back wings for super
sonic flight to formulas for making
heat-resistant dyes and synthetic
rubber for airplane tires.
The moving spirit behind the job
has been a young air force officer,
Col. H. M. Mccoy, West Point
graduate and holder of two gradu-
ate degrees from the California in
stitute of technology.
1t was Colonel Mccoy who
evolved what seemed a fantastic
idea in 1915 when the project actual
ly got down to the work of abstract
ing and filing.
Colonel Mccoy wanted to cata-
log German documents so they
would form a nucleus of a huge
file embracing the entire science of
aeronautics, a ready-reference cata-
log which would save millions of
dollars and hundreds of thousands
of man-hours by avoiding duplica-
tons, costly literature searches and
wasted efforts.
Could Save Duplication.
With an air catalog such as
Colonel Mccoy envisioned, the firm
could have turned to a central
government agency before expert
mentation began and learned the
idea was impractical before they
wasted time and money.
Colonel McCoy's index dream is
in process of being realized. The
Institute of the Aeronautical Sci
ences, under joint air ~force-navy
contract, is compiling the standard
aeronautical index, considered the
most radical innovation in classified
ton history.
Wright field is serving in a SINH
ar name with its German infor-
nation. By August, 1947, the air
documents division had furnished
more than 10 million index cards
rom its master file to 35 qualified
government scientific and industrial
organizations throughout the nation,
)lus hundreds of thousands of docu-
nents in microfilm to $500 govern
mental agencies and contractors.
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
Better Shoes for Farm
Women Urged at College

LINCOLN, NEB. - Shoe manu-
facturers, a University of Nebraska
clothing specialist claims, are not
doing right by the nations farm
women.
Practical, reasonably priced shoes
have been designed for nurses, ten
mis- players and girl scouts, but not
for the girls on the farm, Helen
Rookie complains.
The farm homemaker, Miss
Rookie says, wants shoes she al
wear for outdoor work.
, 1948-06-05
Cruciun Youth in u. S.
Muking Good

A thirteen-year-old Crucian
boy, little Maurice Brady, who
left here just about nine
months ago with his parents
to take up residence in San
Francisco, is already making
good in his new home, accord
ing to a publication called
THE San Francisco News
Junior, which carries a very
excellent photograph Of Maui
rice with the heading "Hails
from Virgin Islands. The ar
ticle states:
Very shortly after settling
here, Maurice leased a San
Francisco News route in the
vicinity of Phelan-av, and
Staples-st, and is throughly
enjoying the opportunity to
learn basic business methods
and at the same time earning
a substantial income of about
$35. a month.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Reuel Brady, recognize Maui
rice's newspaper venture as a
valuable asset. It keeps him
busy after school hours which
might otherwise lead to idle
Continued on Page A.
, 1948-06-05
Hetozan Treatment
Proving Successful
New Hope TO Filarisis Victims

Hetrozan, the new wonder
drug now being used in treat
ment for filarisis, is proving
to be highly successful, a pre-
llminary survey shows. OF
eighteen case specially. listed,
the number of worms in three
drops of blood before treat
ment, with the tablets which
are taken after each meal for
from 5 to 7 days, were sos; af-
ter two weeks this number
was reduced to "a, and after
three to four weeks Is.
The percentage in reduction
after two weeks was 93.3 and
after four weeks GIL. The
great majority of worms were
Killed IN all the patients, DR..
Redginald Hewitt said, and
none can serve as reservoirs
for injecting mosquitoes.
Developed by the Lederle
Laboratories, Hetrazan is being
used successfully in other
parts of the world. Credit for
carrying out Of the program
is due to Ward M. Canaday,
Chairman of the Board of FL
nance of the Willys-O Overland
Company and owner Of Es-
tate Annaly, and frequently
described as st. Croix's new
est citizen.
, 1948-06-05

reviewed the work of all the
civilian Governors of the
Virgin Islands.
Living up to his reputation
as "The Hatchetman" for the
group Che is always allowed
to speak first) Harris opened
up with a violent attack on
Brodhurst, for editorials
which appeared. in the Avis
following the recent session of
the Assembly. Coward, spin
less, crab, and rat, were just a
few Of the transformations.
The Avis was called a slime
, 1948-06-05
AxeI Schade OfVico To
Speak AT Grove Place

Axel Schade, Vice-president
of the Virgin Islands Company
will be the guest speaker on
the St, Croix Labor Unions
program to be held at Grove
Place tomorrow evening at
3 PM.
The Honorable Ludwig E.
Harrigan, President Of the
Union will preside.
, 1948-06-05
Dr.. LoVett Writes
His Autobiography

Robert Morss Lovett, one
time Professor in the Univer-
sity of Chicago. and former
Government Secretary of the
Virgin Islands, has written his
autobiography in a book
which he calls Cali our years"
A review of the book by John
S. Wilson in the Book Section
of PM, describes DR.. Lovett
as zone of the more notable
figures in liberal movements
during the past Is years" In
his book DR.. Lovett presents
his rather pleasant academic
life as professor of English
literature at Chicago, up to
the First World War. This is
the first section of his record,
the book having been divided
into two sections.
Following that the writer
recounts his experiences as
editor of The New Republic,
and his association with many
liberal organizations includ-
ing the American Civil Liber-
ties Union. This second section
Continued on page 4
, 1948-06-05
Three To Take Up
Perm. Residence Here

Three New York residents
plan to settle down for a quiet
er life in St. Croix with rela-
tives. Two of them, Mrs. Lii
liam A. Small and Mrs. Rose
Joynes arrived a few days ago.
Mr.. Small is expected to ar
rive shortly.
Mrs. Small, Mrs. Joynes and
Mrs. Kathleen Dunlap are the
daughters of Mrs. Mary Rich
Continued on Page A.
, 1948-06-05
Mrs. Louisa Benners
Passes Away

Mrs. Louisa Benners af-
fectionately known as Miss
Deny, passed away at 5 Pm.
yesterday at the home Of her
neice, Miss Mariel Epperson.
She was 81.
Mrs. Benners had been all
ing for the past six years,
Among those surviving her
are three nieces: Mariel, with
whom she lived, Vivian, Maud
and Mrs. Eugene Barbel.
Funeral services will be
held at the Anglican Church
this evening at 4:3O.
, 1948-06-05

sheet which printed nothing
but lies. Hon. Earle Ottley of
the Photo News held some of
the spotlight as well.
Harris, always a Snowman
for those who enjoy his type
of lectures, attempted to be
humorous by telling the aud
fence that everytime a bill
came up he would see Brod-
hurst's shirt tail just going
around the door. To top it off
he revealed the finding of a
note, ostensibly written by
Continued on page ~
, 1948-06-05
Distinguished Physician
Wife Kacationinq Here

DR.. and Mrs. Alan Brown Of
Miami, Florida, have been va
cationing here for the past
several days. The couple in
tended to remain over for just
a day but decided to make it
indefinite. They are guests of
the Armstrong; at the Buc-
cancer Hotel.
DR.. Brown is a specialist in
skin diseases.
, 1948-06-05
Junior Class or CHS
Sponsors Dance Tonight

Members of the Junior Class
of the Christiansted High
School are sponsors Of a dance
tonight at the jungle Casino.
The Motta Brothers orchestra
has been engaged to play for
this occasion.
The evenings program is
being directed by Miss Ger
trude James,, homeroom tea
cher of the class, which will
become the Senior Class for
1949.
, 1948-06-05
ST. Tho. C'lmen Blast Brodhurst
OWNING WORK OF CIVILIAN COWS.

Three of four ST. Thomas Counclmen. the Hons. Roy p.
Gordon. Oswald Harris and Omar Brown, leveled their guns
at Canute A.Brodhurst Of the ST. Croix Avis for two consec-
utive nights-in Frederiksted on Thursday and in Christian
sted last NIGHT. The fourth. the Hon. Carlos Downinn.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-01
cHANcEf-y SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI


TO: Mrs. Ethel c. Day and to John
Michael Howard, a Minor, and to
Mrs. Ethel c. Day. Guardian of the
said John Michael Howard, a Minor.
the Post Office address and Street
address of each of whom is 1897 w.
Street N. w, Washington, D. c.:
You and each of you are sum-
moned to appear before the Chan
Gerry Court of the County of Holmes
in said State on the fourth Monday
of May, A. D., 1913, then and there
to show cause. if any you can, why
E. c. Howard should not be appoint
ed as Trustee for Ruth Howard under
the terms and provisions of the last
will and testament of Mrs. Florence
c. Howard, Deceased, as prayed for
by E. c. Howard, Chester M. Howard,
Benjamin Arthur Howard, Louise
Howard Morris and Ruth E. Howard,
in aus numbered 1926 in said
| Court.
This the 9th day of March, A. D.,
1948.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk of the Chancery Court of Hol-
mes County. Mississippi. 47-4tnp
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All JUNIOR LEADERS
TO RECEIVE 1874 FREE
TRIPS FROM UNITED GAS

Winners in the Mississippi All
Club Junior Leadership program
during the l947-194S club year
will be awarded 3S4 free trips to
district camps It State College,
Chicago and Washington by United
Gas Pipe Line Company. according
to an announcement issued this
week by Mississippi Extension
Service. In addition to the trips,
United Gas will award S5t to the
best Community All Club in each
of the states five Extension Dis
tricts for its library fund or other
needs.
II. S. Johnson. Mississippi All
Club leader. expressed apprecia-
ton to United Gas for the awards
on behalf of State Extension Serv-
ice and Ali Club members. lin
Offering these awards to All Jun
for Leaders. United Gas IL helping
to build a firm foundation for the
future development of Mississip-
pi," the club official said. I'VE ex-
tend u sincere thanks to United
Gas and its president, Mr.. N. C.
McGowen, for all they have done
and are doing to stimulate the
agricultural economy of the state"
Mr.. McGowen, in completing ar
rangements for sponsoring the
program. said his company wanted
to develop intelligent leadership
among the farm youth of today.
"The purpose of this program"
he said, lis to help produce lead
ers from the ranks OF All Club
members, and to encourage all
older members to develop the
qualities of leadership upon which
future progress and the foundation
Of wholesome community life must
depend. 1t is also the aim of this
program to provide leadership as
sistance to adult leaders a d
agents, and to develop %opportuni-
ties for service and helpfulness to
others"
United Gas will award 164 trips
to the Mississippi State All Club
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scented to the university as a gift for
its Tooth birthday.
Bill Harmon, president of the La
fayette county group, served as
POSTMASTER Monday night in Oxford.
Judge Taylor H. McElroy, vice-pre-
sident of the Alumni Association, de-
livered the principal address. R. M.
Guess, dean of men at Ole Miss, pre-
sided at the campus supper. Other
speakers included DR.. Alfred Hume,
chancellor emeritus; Mayor Harvey
Lee Morrison of Okolona, chairman
of the building fund steering COM
mittee, and John Dulaney of Tuni-
ca, member of the Alumni Associa-
tons Board of Directors.
The proposed building, to be an
alumni center, will contain 35 hotel
type looms to provide accommoda-
dations for various professional
groups such as lawyers, editors, doc
tors, and insurance men holding con-
ferences or taking special short our
ses at the university. Building archi.
tect is r. w. Naef of Jackson.
When Clothes Are Dirty Call Two
Thirty,
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Congress at Mississippi State Col
lege in July of this year to the
highest scoring All Junior Lead
ers--one boy and one girl-in
each county. A similar number of
trips to District All Junior Lead
ers Training camps during June
and July will be awarded 10 high.
est scoring All Junior Leaders,
one boy and one grim each
county. Two boys and two girls.
State Winners In the program.
will receive trips TO the National
All Club Camp TO be held I'm
Washington. u C.. this June
United Gas will also award State
Winners-one boy and one girl
trips to the National All Club
Congress In Chicago in December
of this year. Total value of the
awards offered by United Gas was
set at approximately $1,000 by
company officials.
Mr.. johnson. stated that In or
der to be eligible for awards. All
members must be enrolled in a All
Junior Leadership project; take
one or more regular production OF
conservation projects: have been
a club member for 3 years prior to
participating in the All Junior
Leadership program: be over IA
and under 81 years old: submit a
report on Junior Leadership acti-
vities and submit standard report
forms indicating total achieve
ments in All club work.
United Gas is sponsoring a SINH
lar program In Louisiana for All
club members OF that state In CO.
operation with the Louisiana Ex-
tension Service. rwo Jackson men
head up United Gas operations In
Mississippi. They are ]. l.. Davis.
in charge Of pipe line and produc-
ing activities, and r. l.. Mcclure.
in charge of distribution opera
lions.
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the song of the Lord in a strange
land. They had hanged their harps
on the willow trees.
With a sensitive soul, Ezekiel
comes to them with the word Of
hope. He reminds them Of the
goodness and mercy Of Jehovah
to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. He lifts their droop-
ing spirits with clear and ringing
words Of promise. He pleads with
them to confess their sins and
claim the pardoning mercy Of a
loving God.
He used numerous means of gain
ing their attention - symbols of
their former communion with God.
Patiently he traced the dealings
of God with them and their fathers
before them.
They listened, and all who heed.
ed the pleas of the faithful watch.
man were saved and restored to
faith in the goodness and mercy
of God.
We, too, are watchmen among
exiles. Let us learn the high art of
Ezekiel in our ministry as watch
man.
The churches will fail if the les
sons of Sunday are FORGOTTEN on
Monday and are laid aside for spe-
cial observance on only one day of
the week. Wayne Morse, u. S.
senator from Oregon.
(Copyright by the Intern ational Council O,
Religious Education on brh7H ~ n P-o.estsut
combinations Pereasnf y" ~%rV Festures
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Zechariah and Ma
lachi. Sundays les
son is found in Eze-
kiel IA and 33:1-9
It would be well
for us to read again
.the history Of this
most ~interesting
man, Ezekiel
how he came to be
among the cap
tives by the river
Chebar. He is one
of the most attrac-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-01
ole Miss Alumni
Building Campaign
lis Now Underway

UNIVERSITY -CSpeciaD- Oxford
and campus collections had topped
$4,000 Wednesday in a contribution
campaign for an alumni building at
the University of Mississippi as the
Alumni Association launched a state
wide drive for contributions.
Paced by a $1,000 pledge by the
Oxford Junior Chamber of CONNER
&c and an equal amount by DR.. Chris
TOPPER Longest, head of the Depart
ment of Modern Languages, the
drive was gaining momentum this
week. DIR. Longest, an alumnus and
an Ole Miss faculty member for 40
years, made his pledge Monday night
at a centennial banquet for faculty
and staff members in the auxiliary
cafeteria.
THE eyes of Mississippi are going
to pretty well be on Oxford" Mayor
Branham Hume told a similar BAN
quet at The Mansion in the univer-
sity town. What Oxford does will
60 a long way to cement the rela-
tons between Oxford and the Uni
versity and Oxford and the rest of
the state"
The second In a series OF centen-
NAL banquets was scheduled for Co.
lumbus Wednesday night with Carl
Mcclellan, president of the Lowndes
County alumni group, serving as
local chairman. Other meetings will
be held throughout Mississippi and
in Memphis. New Orleans. end Wash
ington to seek alumni contributions
of $383,000 for a building to be pre-
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Tree Furnished Pipe

In New Guinea, when U. S. troops
wanted water, they followed out aer-
ial roots of the pandan tree, joined
them together to form a pipeline,
and piped fresh water from a mount
tain spring one-half mile distant.
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the Old Testament - a man of sur
passing culture and charm-and yet
enabled to 'sit where they sat-"
A MESSENGER OF GOD
.EZEKIEL could never have adapt
II ed himself to the role of minis
tering to the captive slaves apart
from the knowledge that he was the
messenger of God - the messenger
of Gods hope to broken, beaten
souls.
God spoke to his people through
Ezekiel. He speaks to his people
today through chosen messengers
parents, teachers, the Bible, the
Holy Spirit. God may be speak
ing to you today.
HEAR We THE WORD
EZEKIEL'S approach to the Jews
- in captivity was by the author
ity of Gods direct message to them
through him. Ezekiel was faithful
to Gods appointment and mission.
He knew that what he had to say to
the Jews meant their hope Of re-
lease and return.
He studied their plight. He
studied their mood. And then he
spoke to them. But not only did
he speak to them, telling them
what God wanted them to know,
but he moved among them. He
loved them.
He had Gods message, and he
went in Gods mood of compassion.
We cannot help people until we un-
derstand them and love them.
GODS WATCHMAN
EZEKIEL reminded the people
~ that he had been sent from God
as a Waterman, and he told them
what terrible responsibility was
upon him in warning them to re-
pent and return unto God. Read Eze-
kiel 33:1-9.
If the Waterman faithfully
warns the people, and they refuse
to heed the warning, their blood
will not be on his hands; but If
he fail to warn the people, their
blood will be on his hands. Here
is a lesson for every teacher and
preacher and parent today.
And in this same 33rd chapter,
Ezekiel goes on to declare Gods
attitude toward all sinners. "Say
unto them, AS / live, saith the Lord
God, ! have no pleasure in the
death of the wicked; but that the
wicked turn from his way and live
turn We, turn We from your evil
ways; for why will we die?"
A WATCHMAN UNTO EXILES
econ of man, l have made thee
a Waterman unto the house
of Israeli" Ezekiel 3:17.
This was the explicit commission
OF God to Ezekiel. And grandly did
Ezekiel accept and execute to the
limit of his ability that commission.
The Jews were far from their be-
loved home. They were driven by
hard masters. They could not sing
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Prophet Among Exiles
Lesson for April A, 194S

THIS quarter we study the Cap
l. .ivity and Return of the Jews,
using the Books of Ezekiel, Daniel,
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai,
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the Old Testament - a man of sur
passing culture and charm-and YET
enabled to "sit where they sat-"