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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-03-27
Crittenden County
Sponsors Live-At-
Home And Garden
Contest Awards

Fort eh fifth consecutive year
the Crittenden County Farm Bu-
reau will sponsor a Countrywide
Live at Home and Garden Contest
among Negro families in the coun-
ty. This viii include every Land
owner, tenant and sharecropper
in the county, stated Jesse w. Ma
son and Estelle M. Wright, Assis
tant County Farm and Home A
gents for Negro work. $4,000 in
cash prizes will be awarded to
the farm families who have made
the most progress with the farm
ing program, at Marion during
the Annual Negro Farmers Con-
ference. The score card Judging
the winning families is as follows:
l. Garden, continued production,
umber different vegetables gar
den large enough for family and
insect and disease control, 40
points; 2. other foods, meats, poul-
try, milk, potatoes, corn, peanuts,
and syrup, 20 points; 3. saving
food, canning drying, curing and
brining, 20 points; a. storing, Gel
lar, pantry, mound house or other,
10 points and 5. home improve
ment, repair steps, windows, toll
cts, screening, weeds cut and
cleanliness, 10 points. Total points
100.
The awards will be broken down
into three divisions; land owner
division, 1st, $4,000, End, $500,
3rd, $500 and 18th, $1,000. Ten
ant Division: 1st, $4,000, 2nd,$25,
3rd, $500 and 4th, $1,000. Share
troopers Division, 1st, $4,000, End,
$500, 3rd, $500 and 4th, $1,000.
The Agents stated that since this
program has been in operation in
the county some of the families
have increased their incomes so
per cent yearly.
In order to become eligible for
these awards, each family must
enroll in the Live at Home and
Gardenn Contest on or before the
1st of June. Farmers may CON-
tact their community leaders or
their agents for enrolment cards.
County winners will be eligible to
compete with other county win
ners in the State Live-at-Home
Contest sponsored by the Arkansas
Press Association.
Crittenden County's Winners
will get an expense paid trip to
Little Rock for a get-together Gel
ebration and the presentation of
State Awards. They will also be
the dinner guests of the Arkansas
Power and Light Company. The
following Crittenden County win
ners were State and Tri-State win
ners in 1947: The Clint Gordon
family of Towns Farm Community
Landowner Division) and the
Will Stephen family of Ebony
Community (Tenant Division). s.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-03-27
rresruensg WILLOWS

A pension La not granted automat
Acally to the widow of q former
President Of the United States but
10 given In individual cases by a
special act of congress. Not ali
OF the widows Of Presidents re-
ceived pensions. In the few cases
In which they have been granted
the amount generally has been
5000. although this IL not invart
shla.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-03-27
Relocating Vegetables


Good average production per hen
In a small home flock. which. is given
adequate feed and care Il about $50
eggs a year. The average In farm
fiocks Is considerably lover =. about
100 eggs a year but It could be
raised by better feeding and man
agement. An excellent producer
Il a fen that lays from $50 to 20
eggs q year.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-03-27
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Travel Ala

For travelling day coach with a
baby, carry a mans travelling case.
1t opens easily from the top, holds
your things and baby's and you can
open 1t with one hand and reach In
without letting 60 of baby.
Frozen Foods
Housewives who do their own bak-
Ing will get some measure of help
from the frozen food industry.
Frozen pies and cakes soon viii be
available which need only 10 be
popped into the oven and baked.
Dust Outline
To prevent picture from leaving
q dusty outline on the wall, put a
thumb tack or carpet tack In the
bottom Of the frame on the side next
to the wall. This leaves space for
dust to drop through.
Poisonous Snakes
The four kinds Of poisonous snakes
sound in the Southeast include the
rattler, the copperhead moccasin.
the cotton-moutb moccasin and the
coral snake.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-03-27
Gathering String BeanE

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String beans should not be gath
cred when the plant 10 wet with dew
or rain, to prevent the spread OF
bean rust
Relocating Vegetables
TO reheat vegetables use the toy
Of the double boiler. II win pre-
Jent that warmed over" flavor.
Fishy Smell
To get rid of a hshy smell on
dishes, soak the dishes In salt wa
ter before washing them.
Corn Silk
Use a stiff hand brush for remov.
ING silk from corn In jiffy.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-03-27
IS La. Farmers
Form Tractor
Coop

In an effort to compete Win
larger farmers in reducing labor
costs. Is colored farmers of Lou
isiana have formed tractor CO.
operative. according to a report
received by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture from the Louisiana
State Extension Service.
Each of the Is farmers put $loO
in a pool and made the down
payment on a $4,000 tractor equip
ned with trailer, double disk, and
other attachments. The coop has
employed a man to operate and
maintain the tractor and has deve-
loped a farm-by-far schedule OF
operations with tractor power. Co
Cd members have agreed to pay
$3.50 per acre for land dlsked'
non-members will be charged
$500 per acre. All monies will
go into the treasury to pay
the notes on the tractor, and
TO cover cost of operation and
maintenance.
BITS AND CHIPS
Mrs. Adelia c.. Shanks
In Indictment: Two students
dies Gas goes the story They
went to hell. They were dissatls-
fled with the place and wanted
to leave. They were given ques-
lions to answer for their leaving
Needing the assistance of a teach
er the devil granted the favor to
stand each day on the road to
heaven to hail a teacher. They
met a woman and asked, Are
YOU a teacher?" Womna: No
wasn't recognized as a teacher
so I did the will of the master
in my ignorant way. Next came
a stewart and finally a Minister
came along. They asked eagerly
4'are you a teacher| The Minis,
ter replied, well I tried to tel.
the story of the crucified Savior
in broken language. I was sn1g
gled and grinned at and many
times critizied. I left a plenty
of them in the world. Just have
patient and wait. Exhausted anc
tired the two students turned tt
Peter who was extending welcome
of heaven to weary travellers and
they asked when has a teacher
travelled this road to heaves. Pet.
-er replied, 1T has been nearly
five hundred years. The actions
of the holy spirit is old fashion.
ed. They are still resting on Sun.
day. Now is Christ risen from
the dead?
Evening star., 1948-07-02

dence" that any of the 1923 en-
ployes possessed inside information
which might have led to highly
profitable operations.
legislative Ban Considered.
Chairman August H. Andersen
told a reporter that a final fall
report would disclose names of any
found in continuing investigation
to have had inside information.
Mr.. Andersen also stated that the
committee is considering recon-
mending legislation to prohibit any
Government employe from specu-
lating in the commodity markets.
The committee said the names of
the 1923 employees were included in
the lists of thousands of persons
engaged in speculative trading made
public last winter by the Agriculture
Department at a Senate committees
request.
Many Lost Money.
Most of the 1923 we're small opera
tors" the report said. Some made a
small profit and substantial num-
ber lost money, it added.
BY purchasing on margin" a
speculator can gain control of a
quantity Of a commodity by paying
only a part of its value.
The committee also reviewed the
commodity trading of Edwin w.
Pauley, former special assistant to
the Secretary of the Army, Gen.
Graham, and other. Details of these
transactions had been brought out
in public hearings. .
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Rerouted Transit Schedule

Route 2O-Cabin John.
eenth snd streets NW thence east on
G street to Massachusetts, avenue east on
Massachusetts, avenue to Union Station
Plaza, ,nd r thence to Thirteenth and D
Westbound-over the above route in re-
Route so-Tenieytown-Penn'yivania
southbound-overr regular route to Fiji
teenth and 6 streets. thence east on G
street and Massachusetts avenue to Union
First street to Independence avenue and
then over the regular route.
Northbound-Over the same route as
Route Ve-Fourth Street
-Northbound-Over regular route to
Fourth street and independence .aM avenue 1e
Seventh street, north on Seventh street
to Washington drive, west on washington
drive to Ninth street. then on Ninth street
to Constitution avenue to west of Seventh
Southbound-Esst on Constitution ave-
nue. to Seventh street, south on Seventh
street to Independence avenue. east on
Independence avenue to Fourth street. and
then over resular route.
The following lines will proceed over
vania avenue whenever a break in the
s.E;Ss ,q:.t e. Raa. III ofs5sia %
Street. street cFoarteenth % and Colorado to Bu-
reau of Engravins); Route J-6, Takoma-
Petworth limited; and Routes "; 4, Con.
quite to Eleventh and E streets. thenes,
on street east of Twelfth street.
In case buses of the and L routes are
at Thirteenth street these lines will be
rerouted at Thirteenth and I streets to
east. east on street to Twefth street street then then
west on "A street to Thirteenth street
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Palestine
Continued From First Page

2. The total area shall be par
toned into independent Arab and
Jewish states.
3. The Jewish state shall include
areas provided for in the partition
plan. except the Negeb southern
desert, to be included in the Arab
state, and Arab-assigned territory
in the Sea of Galilee region, to be
Joined to the Jewish state.
4. The Arab state shall include
Arab areas in Palestine and Trans
Jordan.
S. Special arrangements shall be
made under U. N. supervision re-
garding the status OF Jerusalem and
free access to holy places.
Council to Re Formed.
6. A central council shall be
formed by representatives OF the
two states, Differences between the
two states shall be submitted to
the council. ...
7. The coordination of defense
foreign and economic affairs shall
be made by the Central Council.
| 8. Disputes between the two states
not solved by the Central Council
shall be referred to the U. N. Trus-
teeship Council.
! o. The Jewish state shall have the
right to admit immigrants into Its
territory. but in numbers not ex-
ceeding the capacity of the land.
Evening star., 1948-07-02

The Capital Transit Co. an
nounced today that 1t will reroute
street car and bus lines during the
Washington Monument Centennial
parade on Pennsylvania avenue to-
morrow, beginning at noon.
Here is the detailed schedule for
each route affected:
Route F2-MichiEan Avenue.
Westbound-Over regular route to Ninth
and E streets NV: thence east on street
to Eighth ST.. south on Eighth street to D
street. west on D street to Ninth and D.
EastboundEFrom Ninth and d streets
Route AZ. 4. q. s-Anacostia -ConEress Hts.
Northbound-over regular route to
s.w.. thence west on independence avenue
to Seventh street. north on Seventh street
to Washineton drive, west on Washington
TO Constitution avenue and east on Com
west Of Seventh street.
nue. to Seventh street. thence south on
east on Independence avenue to Second
Route 54-Fonrteenth Street.
FouEteenth GusTaaa and streets NV, thence es St
way of the Courthouse to First street NE,
thence south on First street to Independ-
ence avenue and over regular route to the
y Northbound-over the above route in
Route 5a-Fourteenth and Decatur to
Sixth .ha ans E,.,istn rsGn's'''"i. Ave- NV: VI.
soathbound@over regular rout. as far
as Ninth and e streets NV only;
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Lucas Eliminates Himself
From Vice Presidential Race
By the Assoeioted Press

HAVANA, ILL.,. July a. Senator
Lucas, Democrat of Illinois said
yesterday he is mot a candidate
for Vice President" and Il would
not accept it" If the Democratic
nomination Is offered to him.
He also told = reporter that he
thought Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
would be excellent" as a Democra-
tic vice presidential nominee. Presi-
dent Truman said yesterday Mrs.
Roosevelt would be an acceptable
running mate.
Senator Lucas said he has not
made up his mind on his choice for
the Presidential nomination and
won't know until he arrives in
Philadelphia as a convention dele
gate-at-large.
He refused to comment on reports
that the 60-vote Illinois delegation
is split on whether to support Mr..
Truman, Gen. Eisenhower, Justice
Douglas or other possibilities.
Senator Lucas is one of four
Democratic Senators prominently
mentioned as possible vice-presiden-
tial nominees to run with Mr.. Tru-
man. He is Sc years old. He is
Democratic whip and frequently a
White House spokesman in the
Senate. He gave no reason for be-
ing mot interested" in the No. 2
nomination.
Evening star., 1948-07-02
CIaiborne-R -Romancoke Run
Gets New Ferry This Month
By the Associated Press

by fNe %SsoS'utuu Ffsss
BALTIMORE, July 2.-Acquisi-
ton OF a new ferry for the Clai-
borne -Romancoke run was an
nounced yesterday by the State
Roads Commission.
The ferry was bought for $l55.000
and formerly was in service in New
York on the Hudson River.
Presently named the Jersey Shore.
the boat docked here for alterations
last night. After an overhaul 1t will
replace the Gov. Harrington.
The Harrington will be trans
ferred to the Sandy Point-Mata-
peake run to augment service be-
tween the Eastern and Western
Shores. Three ferries now ply that
route.
State officials said they hope the
new boat will be in service before
the end Of July.
Evening star., 1948-07-02
10 Accused as Core
0fUnion Left -Wingers
Ordered 10 Hearinq
BY the Assoeiated Press

Subpoenas went out today for
10 labor leaders described in
congressional testimony as, the
hard core of left-wing union
leadership" In New York.
Chairman Hartley of the House
Labor Committee. who announced
this, said the 10 have been ordered
to appear next Wednesday morning
before subcommittee hearing in
New York.
Mr.. Hartley also disclosed he has
received dozens of letters from union
workers volunteering to tell the
inside story" of Communist leader
ship In labor unions
The offers came less than "a hours
after Mr.. Hartley, co-author of the
Taft-Hartley law, urged union men,
bers to come forward" and tell
what they know about the infiltra-
tion Of communism in unions.
Protection Promised.
MIR. Hartley made the appeal yes
terday during hearings before a
House Labor Subcommittee. Pro-
lection was promised any workers
who volunteered to testify.
Mr.. Hartley said many union
members signed the letters to him.
offering to testify if their Identities
are kept secret.
Chairman Kersten of the subcom-
mittee said of Mr.. Hartleys an
nouncement:
1T is most heartening that the
rank and file are beginning to take
courage and come forward They
have been intimidated too long by
these left-wingers.
Mr.. Hartley said the House group
will hold closed hearings in New
York TO hear the inside story of
union meetings where the workers
are brow-beaten by left-wing
leaders"
Described by GimbeI Official.
Mr. Hartley said subpoenas were
issued for:
Nicholas Carnes, president, Local
1850, of the CIO-United Retail,
Wholesale and Department Store
Employees Union; George Meisler,
vice president of Local 1850; David
Livingston, vice president, Local 65;
Irwin Wodin of Local 2; Anna
Blanck, business agent, Local 2;
Sadka Brown Of Local 5; Arthur
Osman, president, Local 65; Carl
Andron of Local 3; Sam Lewis, busi-
ness manager, Local 8, and William
Nicholson, business manager, Lo-
cal 2.
These 10 were described in the
current hearings by. Louis Broido,
vice president of Gimbel Bros, as
the hard core" of alleged Com
munist leaders in New York de-
partment store unions.
A subpoena for the same hearing
also was issued for Nathan Solomon,
president of Local $50. He was not
named in any of the testimony be-
fore the Kristen group.
Hartley Voices Warning.
Mr. Hartley told group Of New
York department store executives
they must combat Communist union
leaders or eventually management
will have no voice in business"
Il wonder If you businessmen
are going to stand up and be
counted under the Taft Hartley law,
even If it is inadequate Mr.. Hartley
said. "or If you are going to let
the situation get progressively
worse"
He said that coping with left
wing tactics is going to require "a
little more backbone" not only on
the part of business but also by
Congress and public officials.
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Woman Found Slain,
Another and 7 Girls
BIudgeoned in Tulsa
BY fhs Assoeioisd Press

| TULSA, Okla, July IA 42-year-
old woman was found beaten to
death in her apartment today only
a few hours after another woman
and two teen-age girls living in the
same neighborhood were discovered
savagely bludgeoned in . similar
attack.
Police identified the dead woman
as Mrs. Ruth Norton, ~, an elevator
operator in the National Bank Of
Tulsa building.
Her body was found lying on the
bed OF her bedroom, nude from the
waist down. The head had been
beaten with a heavy, sharp instru-
ment that inflicted deep gashes.
Earlier Mrs. j. B. Cole, 80, her
daughter Doris, Is, and Levon Cab
bard, IA, who was spending the
night with the Coles, were found
beaten in their apartment. Police
said the assailant left the names
Of two teen-age boys in indelible ink
on the legs of the girls.
\ Doris was near death with q skull
fracture. Her mother and Levon
are in a hospital with severe head
injuries.
Police arrested for investigation
four persons, two Of them the boys
whose names were inscribed on the
victims legs.
The latter attacks occurred within
a block and a half of q house in
which a mother and daughter were
found beaten to 1943 and only a
block from another apartment
where a woman war worker was
similarly slain two years later.
These killings never have been
solved
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Ferry Slip TO Be Opened
10 Carry Holiday Traffic
~ ths Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, July 2.-The State
Roads Commission announced that
an incompleted ferry slip at Mata-
peake Terminal will be opened tenn
porarily to help carry heavy traffic
expected over the week end.
The use of the second slip will
speed up traffic and eliminate the
need for one ferry to lie of shore
while waiting for another to load.
Evening star., 1948-07-02
YugosIov
Continued From First Page)

presented by the SOVlet COmIhulllSt
Central Committee and others.
1t accused the Yugoslav leader
ship of a hateful policy" toward
Russia and a departure from the
Marxist feminist line in foreign and
domestic affairs.
Tass, official Soviet news agency,
said the Russian committees okay
OF the resolution was by unanimous
vote in q special meeting.
Vafiades Backs C0minfOrm.
A Moscow radio broadcast said
the committee heard the report OF
its delegates to the Cominform
meeting-Col. Gen. Andrei A. Zhda-
nov, G. M. Malenkov and Mikhail A..
Suslov-and "adoptede the results
of the work of the meeting and the
resolution OF the information bu-
reau of the situation in the Commu-
mist Party of Yugoslavia.
Belgrade dispatches to Rome
newspapers said yesterday the Greek
guerrilla radio OF Markos Vaf1ades
had sided with the Cominform.
They said it broadcast a charge that
the Yugoslavia Communist Party
was trying to upset Balkan equi-
librium" by proposing a Balkan
bloc.
United Nations commissions have
accused Yugoslavia of helping the
guerrilla fight against the Greek
government.
The Hungarian, Austrian and
British Communist parties, like Rus
sia's, Endorsed the Cominform at
tack. All three said they hoped the
Yugoslav Communists would correct
the errors alleged.
But Yugoslav army division and
the Communist Central Committee
of Slovenia, a Yugoslav state, voiced
faith in Tito. A Belgrade broadcast
picked up in London protested "or-
ganized insults" to Tito in Albania
The Belgrade newspaper Borba
accused Bulgarian Communists of
'unprincipled methods" in approv-
ing the Cominforms action.
A Bulgarian cultural subcommis-
sion left Sofia last night en- route
to Belgrade in connection with ap-
plication of a Bulgarian-Yugoslav
cultural agreement, an of1ciaf an
nouncement said.
There was no indication from
Sofia as to what this development
might have to do with the relation
ship of the two countries in the
light of the Cominform resolution
and subsequent events.
Demonstrate for Tito.
In Trieste, newspapers quoted
travellers as saying the people of the
free territory's Yugoslav zone as well
as of Yugoslavia were demonstrat-
ing for Tito against the Cominform
| The travellers, pro-Italian, anti
Communist and anti-Yugoslav. told
the papers Yugoslav civil police hac
relaxed a ban on talking politics tc
allow demonstrations.
Police of the Yugoslav zone took
the unusual step stopping the cir
culation of two Communist dailies-
| the italian Language II Lavoratore
and the Slovene-language Primorski
Dnevnik.
They did the same to the leftist
but non Communist Corriere di Tri-
este. which had reported break
imminent In Trieste Communist
ranks.
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Holiday
Continued From First Page.'

all priests, ministers and rabbis to
mark the occasion of the Monu-
ment anniversary on Sunday and
to raise the level OF thinking on
patriotism and to increase a
thoughtful love for these ever more
dear United States"
Navy Ships Open.
The Navy, meanwhile. announced
that three naval vessels from the
Atlantic Fleet will be in Washing
ton Saturday through Monday as
part of the independence Day cere-
monies. They are the destroyers
vogelsang and Ellison and the at
tack transport Randall.
The vessels will be open to visitors
at the Naval Gun Factory between
and 4::30 pm. on all three days,
The Gun Factory itself will be
open from 1890 to 4:30 pm. Sun
day and from $50 am. to 4:30 pm.
Monday.
One of the features of the Monday
celebration at the Monument. prior
to the fireworks, will be the narra-
ton of the History of the Ameri-
can Flag" by Guy A. Caponnetto,
exalted ruler of Washington Elks'
Lodge No. Is, with servicemen from
Walter Reed Hospital serving as
color bearers for nine historic flags,
The National Archives, in OBJ
servance of the Monuments CEN
tennial, will put on display in the
exhibition hall tomorrow an ex-
hibit of documents. drawings and
photographs relating to the his
tory of the monument. The dis
play may be seen from 8:45 am.
to Sis pm. daily and on Sundays
and holidays from 80 to S pm.
The exhibition will continue
throughout July. Photographic
facsimiles of five of the documents
shown are on sale to the public
at 20 cents EACH
Owing to the Monument celebra-
ton. the regular meeting of the
Admiral George Dewey Auxiliary.
United Spanish War Veterans, is
bing postponed from Monday to
July 10. The department president
has urged that the patriotic in
structor of each auxiliary be present
with large flag of her auxiliary at
the. base of the Monument by 7:30
pm. Monday to take part in the
ceremonies there.
Parks Outings Offered.
For those who prefer historical
tour. a snake walk, nature ramble
or q horse-drawn barge trip, all are
offered by the National Capital
Parks during the week end.
The historical tour. under His
torian Stanley w. Mcclure. will meet
at the Jefferson Memorial at 2:30
pm. Sunday. The snake walk
through upper Rock Creek Park will
begin at Sixteenth and Geranium
streets NV, at 8 pm, with Park
Naturalist Drew Chick in charge.
The nature ramble near Fort De