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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-06-17
RAIL SERVICE PETITIONS SENT

A petition has been circulated to
groups in Durant and Tchula by
Junior Chamber of Commerce Off
Gals as the result of action taken
to secure passenger train service
through Lexington and nearby
towns, it has been reported. AS soon
as the petitions are heard from, fur
Their action to secure the service will
be made; a spokesman for the group
stated.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Gilbert and
son, Bobby, of Kosciusko, will make
their home here as soon as they
a find a place to live.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-06-17

VFW And Legion Sponsor Center
The youth center to be built for
teen ayers here will be on American
Legion and VFW property and is
being built under the joint spon-
sorship of the two organizations, it
has been reported. Last weeks Ad-
vertiser enormously stated that the
building would be located on Legion
property.
Evening star., 1948-03-05

Georgia, urged the committee to
add a provision to whatever bill
is finally approved to take care
of Federal workers paid on an hourly
basis.
Also appearing before the subcom-
mittee we're:
Democrats: Representatives Rog-
ers of Florida, Larcade of Louisiana,
Engle Of California, Grant OF
Georgia, Andrews and Boykin OF
Alabama, Murdock of Arizona and
Jones Of North Carolina.
Republicans: Representatives
WEIGH and Gearhart of California
Barrett of wyoming, McGregor OF
Ohio, Lodge of Connecticut. Bishop
Evening star., 1948-03-05

Bell Is satisfied with small ). !. very small profit!
We believe that Bell clothes stitch for stitch, style
for style, quality for quality, will prove outstanding
values SO we invite you to compare! Our 38yeor
reputation is your guarantee Of satisfaction.
Evening star., 1948-03-05
Reopening ofCorridor
To Mukden Seen
By the Assoeiotsd Press

PEIPING, Mar. 5-National armies
today were reported on the verge
of reopening the vital Southwest
Manchurian corridor to isolate
sMukden.
Pro- government dispatches said
relief forces attacking the Com
munist northeastward along the
Mukden-Peping railway were only a
few miles from Sinmin, 80 miles
vest of Mukden.
0f true, this would mean
forces striking westward out of
Mukden and the relief columns
are about to form juncture at
Sinmin. Recapture of Sinmin
and the reopening of trail traf-
flc from there to Mukden was re-
ported in dispatches reaching
Nangink)
Communists closed the land route
20 Mukden last fall, wrecking the
important rail line in many places.
Reopening of this supply line and
could change the ebbing tide of the
governments military fortunes in
Manchuria.
The Communists control more
than 90 per cent Of the vast terri
tory, but the nationals have chung
to its major cities.
Chinese dispatches reported the
recapture of Penki, coal center IS
miles southeast of Mukden. Pre-
vious reports said the Reds, after
removing machinery from the mines,
Withdrew southwark to Anshan-
steel center which they captured
recently.
Skirmishes were reported at SEE
pingkai, government stronghold
about 100 miles northeast of Muk-
den. The Communists yesterday
were said to be intensifying the
siege.
Government military quarters
said the action around Szepingkai
indicated the Communists had
shifted to the north because they
didn't have the strength to take
Mukden.
Evening star., 1948-03-05

Of Illinois and Kersten of Wisconsin.
Other witnesses were George War;
fel, president Of the Special Deliv-
cry Messenger Association of the
Postal Service; Paul Castiglione,
legislative representative Of the Ma
tional Association of Postal Motor
Vehicle Employees: G. D. Butler, rep
resenting the Fort Benning tGa.)
unit of the American Federation of
Government Employees; Burris Jack
son of the National Association Of
Postmasters, and John McMahon,
president of the National Associa-
ton Of Postal Supervisors. They all
urged substantial increases for all
categories Of postal employees.
Chairman Rees recessed the hear
Evening star., 1948-03-05
Labor Department Veterans
Honored on Anniversary

A group of Labor Department en-
ployes with long records Of service
were honored yesterday as the
agency marked the 35th anniver-
sary of It's founding, with ceremonies
In the department auditorium.
A message from President Truman
urging that labor's hard won
gains" be guarded zealously" was
read at the meeting here, as well
as at other celebrations In several
large cities throughout the country.
To-day, with full employment
estimated at 10000, 900 workers. the
wage earners may well feel proud
of what the Labor Department has
done for them in the administration
of laws designed for their protec-
tion," President Truman said.
Brief addresses congratulating the
agency on its anniversary were de-
livered by Senator Thomas. Demo-
crat Of Utah, and Representative
SABBATH, Democrat. Of Illinois.
Undersecretary of Labor David L.
Morse, who presided at the meeting
attended by more than $500 agency
employees, introduced the speakers
land the group of employees with long
service records.
Names of employees introduced,
and their length of Government
service, follows: Solon Larry, Al
years; Benjamin r. Sherwood, "A;
Gail r. Judd, Al; John r. Demorest,
80; Jesse Watts. SO; Frank r. Sny-
der. IS, and Mason A. Winston, SO.
Miss Ella Merritt, who had Al years
of service. could not be present at
the ceremony.
Also introduced were five recently
retired employees: Edna L. Stone,
John r. Donnelly, Ella Nieman, NJ
Nelson Parker and William 3. VIII
liams. 4
Evening star., 1948-03-05
Strip Dancer Bores Technique
|AtL. S. u. Gets Ducked in Pond

She emerged to cloak herself in a
fur coat and comment that boys
will be boys" Finally, Stormy"
took refuge in a campus police sub
station. At this point she was res
cued by members Of the football
squad and the police.
In the ensuing melee the bands
piano was smashed and the truck in
which 1t was carried was pushed
away. When last seen group oi
students was merrily showing ii
around and singing One wheel
later was found on the second tie1
of the football stadium.
Miss Lawrence had gained meas
ure of campus fame when the stu
dent publication featured her night
club performance in its last edition
which was banned by school au.
thoritieS.
Evening star., 1948-03-05
Truman Says'Prices
Necessitate Raise
In Minimum WAGE
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 5.-President
Truman said last night that the
Nation, in the light of its rapidly
changing economy, must enact addi-
tional social legislation, including an
increase In the minimum hourly
wage.
The present minimum wage, Mr..
Truman said, was outmoded during
the war and made almost insignif-
cant at its present low level" by in
fiationary trends since the end Of
price controls.
The Presidents message was read
at a dinner marking the 35th anni-
versary of the elevation of the Labor
Department to cabinet status.
Green Criticizes Taft.
The 1,700 dinner guests also heard
William Green, president of the
American Federation Of Labor,
criticize Senator Taft of Ohio,
Republican presidential aspirant
and co-author of the Taft Hartley
Act. 1t was Senator Taft's father
the late President william Howard
Taft, who signed the act creating
the Labor Department on his last
day in office.
Now" said MIR. Green, "35 years
later we find one Of the sons of
that President leading the reaction
ary forces of the Nation in a drive
to tear down the noble principles
approved by his. distinguished
father and to fnjure the welfare OF
the wage earners Of the United
States"
Pledges Record Vote Turnout.
The AFL leader pledged mobiliza-
ton of his unions 100000
aroused" members for a record
election day turnout next November
to obtain a 'Hberal mandate" from
the country's voters.
Another speaker, Secretary OF
Labor Schwellenbach, called fol
raising to rs cents an hour the
present minimum wage scale OF
10 cents.
Management was represented at
the dinner. by Robert r.. Young
chairman Of the board Of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Mr.
Young urged labor and manage
ment to abandon their traditional
roles as antagonists"
Evening star., 1948-03-05

Koo as saying Chang was a ina
tlonal traitor to Korean independ-
ence" and Ought to be killed"
Kim Suk Whang, an associate OF
Kim Koo when the latter was Pres
ident of the provisional Korean gov
ernment in exile in China, said he
considered Kim Koo's remarks as
IAN order"
Evening star., 1948-03-05
Bills for Increasing
Federal Pay Backed
By Is More in House

Pay increases for Federal en-
ployes won the Endorsement OF l6
more House members today.
The majority of the Is appeared
before a House Civil Service SUBJ
committee which is considering a
number of bills to increase Federal
pay.
This brings the total House wit
nesses before the committee to near
ly 100 in four days. Virtually all
today's witnesses cited high living
costs as a convincing argument
for pay increases for all Government
workers. A few members confined
their support to postal service en-
ployes.
Representative Pace, Democrat, of
Evening star., 1948-03-05
U. s. Told Kim Koo Ordered
Killing Of Korean Leader
BY the Assoeietsd Press

SEOUL, Mar. 5.-Koreans on
trial for the Staying of Chang Duk
500, rightist Democratic Party
leader, told an American military
commission today the killing was
ordered indirectly by Kim Koo,
chairman of the Korean Independ-
ence Party.
Chang, a Columbia University
graduate, was murdered December
q. Ten Koreans are charged with
murder and conspiracy to murder.
Five defendants, in statements
read to the commission, quoted Kim
Evening star., 1948-03-05
BY the >A.soeiaied Press

BATON ROUGE, La, Mar. S.
For her revealing enterprise in Of
fering university students here a
short course in a very liberal art,
Stormy" the strip-tease dancer,
got dunked.
Stormy" whose real name is
Stacie Lawrence. came up from New
Orleans to present a few bare facts
to students at Louisiana State Uni
versity. She even brought band
Using the visual instruction tech
nique while some of the boys as
sembled before the L. S. U. field
house yelled Take 1t of, Stormy
got down to q bra and q pair OF
black and white striped panties.
At this point group of young
men hustled Stormy" off her i'm
provised platform and dumped her
in a knee-deep pond.
Evening star., 1948-03-05
Cotton Journal Urges South
To Cast Votes for Macarthur
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Mar. 5.-Elec-
tion of Gen. Macarthur as President
was proposed by the Cotton Trade
Journal in an editorial today as
way out Of the South's political
dilemma.
The editorial proposed that South
ern Democrats support Gen. Mac
Arthur for President whether he
runs on q Democratic or Republican
ticket"
The editorial attacked President
Truman's proposed civil rights legis-
lation.
Macarthur, the, editorial said.
els above attempting to make a
political football Of any section Of
the country in order to WOO leftist
political support"
Evening star., 1948-03-05

ing until Tuesday. At that time,
q number of Government employe
associations will be heard.
Evening star., 1948-03-05
Far north In Canada a herd Of
wild buffalo still roams.

The United States had l,751 insti.
tutions of higher learning In 1910.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
Project Gigantic PlutOnium Plant

WASHINGTON, (P) - A new plutonium production plant being built at Hanford, Wash, will cost an estimated half billion dollars, chairman David E. Lilienthal of the atomic energy commission has disclosed.
 The project, Lilienthal told neWsmen, is the largest peace time construction job in American history"
 We are now considering in our report to Congress just how much may be said about production ca pacity," he replied, "but certainly it is intended to increase the pro- duciton of plutoniuum as well as to assure continuity of production.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
Makes Plans For "New Deal" Program

WASHINGTON, (P)--President Truman called a strategy huddle with top lieutenants today to chart the course of the new deal' pro- gram he plans to lay before the 81st Congress Wednesday.
 Feroign policy, which dominat- ed Mr. Truman's news conference yesterday, was expected to weigh heavily in his discussions with four Congressional leaders.
 Invited to the White House talks were vice-President elect Barkley, who will preside over the new Senate, Rep. Rayburn (TexO slat- ed to be House speaker, Senator Lucas IllD due to become Senate majority leader, and Lucas House counterpart, Rep. McCorm a k CMasS.).
 Barkley has just returned from a trip to Europe, and MT Truman was likely to want first-hand re- port on his observations there.
 But domeSticNmatter appeared to be up for review as well.
 Barkley arrived at national air port yesterday in an air force plane with Ambassador to Mos cow Walter Bedell Smith and sec retary for air w. Stuart Syming- ton.
 Smith told reporters he hopes MT. Truman will accept his resig- nation as envoy to Russia.
 Smith, asked whether he agreed with MT. Truman's Kansas City statement this week that some Soviet leaders would like to be
 Continued on Page Ten)
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
Airlift Pilot Can Go Back To Alaska"

BERLIN, (H) - An American plane from a British loading base landed at French airfield in Der lin today, completing the l00,000th flight of the airlift. The lift over the Soviet blockade, began June 26.
 AS the pilot, lst It. Robert w. McGuire of Clifton Forge, Va, tur1ied over a ten-ton load of coal to German police guards, he grim ned:
 Now I can go back to Alaska"
 It was McGuire's 161st sortie with food and fuel for Berlin since his squadron, the 18th troop car rier, joined the airlift last July.
 Tomorrow McGuire is scheduled to leave for the United States on rotation, en route to reunion with his family at Fort Richard son, Alaska.
 He was accompanied on his last airlift mission by his squadron commander, Capt. Gene M. Patton of Harlingen, Texas, who acted as co-pilot, and his crew chief, S/Sgt. Richard Hosmer, as New Haven. Conn. Both also are eligible to re- turn to Alaskan duty in a day or two.
 Tegel Field artists proudly painted 100,000th Vittles" on the nose of McGuire's craft. Otherwise there was no ceremony.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
SUP, Employers
 Reach Agreement

SAN FRANCISCO, (P) - The settlement of wage dispute be- tween the Pacific American ship owners association and AFL Sail ors of the Pacific yesterday ended strike threat.
 Terms of the agreement were not announced, but spokesmen for the employers and the union pre- dicted their respective member ships would accept the settlement. They have been negotiating for three weeks.
 The SUP was not a participant in the recent, lengthy waterfront strike but asked for the wage boosts after sea-going members of
 Continued on Page Ten
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
Chiang Offers IntOlerable Terms For Peace Pact

HAWKING, GeneralisSimo Chi ang Kai-Shek declared tonight his government was ready to discuss ending the war with the Chinese communists-but set up condi- tions which appeared to rule out any possibility of such a settle ment.
 In a written New Years state ment to the Chinese people, the Chinese president declared:
 If negotiated peace Is not detri- mental to national independence and sovereignty, but will contrib ute to the welfare of the people, and if the constitution is not vio- lated, constitutionalism is pre- served, a democratic form of gov ernment is maintained, entity of the armed forces safeguarded and if the peoples free mode of living and minimum living standard are protected, then I shall be satis fled"
 It seemed to observers in this ist-threatened nati n capital that these requirements outlawed the slightest possibility of a settlement if Chiang insisted they be followed.
 If the communists are not sin cerely desirous of peace and will insist on continuing the armed re- bellion," Chiang continued, "the government shall have no alterna- tive, but will fight them to fin ish."
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
Alaska s. $. Not
 To Raise Freight Rates At Present

SEATTLE, (P) - There will be no immediate raise in Seattle Alaska freight rates, flask a Steamship company said yester- day.
 The company is the only major steamship line to remain in serv- ice to the Territory following the west coast shipping tie-up.
 An increase in passenger tar ifs to provide IS per cent boost in revenue went into effect De- cember 20, but there was no change in freight rates.
 Passenger rates were revisd in an effort to have passenger service carry itself and not depend on the general revenue as hereto fore," explained F. A. Zeusler, ex- cutive assistant to the president.
 "We have not filed for a freight rate increase, however, despite higher operating costs. We are de- Continued on Page Four)
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
Major Tax Pro- gram Will Be Given Legislature
By The Associated Press

By The Associated PreSS)
 What new tax recommendations will Governor Greuning make to the Alaska session when it con venes next Thursday in special session? His message to the last legislature may provide a clue.
 The Governor has remained si- lent on what his proposals will be. He said in Washington, D. C., that their disclosure will have to wait his message to the legislators.
 That major taxation proposals will be made is considered a cer- tainty, since the session was called to cope with the Territory's emer- gency. The special session call cited the inability of the treasury to pay S750,0OO in claims, while more claims are accumulating.
 Governor Greuning's message to the 1947 legislature may be Weathervane of what's in the wind. He showed in that message the lines of taxation he considered feasible for the Territory. In the absence of indications to the con- trary, there is a strong possibility they will form the basis for his recommendation to the special
 Continued on Page Ten)
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
Weather Promises To Be COOd---COld
 At Ice Bowl Game

FAIRBANKS, (P) - Fears that the "Ice Bowl' game here tomor- row might turn into a "Sherbert Bowl' affair were quieted by the weather bureau today with a promise the temperature wouldn't get hotter than minus 20.
 Degrees, that is--beloW zero.
 When the mercury started climbing out of the bulk Git was 37 below today) the sponsors of the game began to worry that the ice goal posts might melt, not to the ice throne for Queen Kathy Daly.
 The squads of the ice bowl op- ponents-the University of Alaska and the Ladd Field Air Force scrimmaged today just to prove that football was possible in sub- zero cold and foot-deep snow.
 Spectators decided the game un- der such conditions would be more spectacular than proficient.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
NEWS IN BRIEF

VIENNA, (P)-Hermann Goer- ing'S brother-in-laW, pr. Franz Hueber, was sentenced to Is years at hard labor by a Viennese Peo- ple's court yesterday.
 Eueber, 54, minister of justice before the Anschluss, was found guilty of high treason and illegal membership in the Nazi party. the court also ordered confisca- ton of all Hueber's property.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
NEW YORK, (PO - P

NEW YORK, (P) - President Truman is Time magazines "man of the year" for 1948. It is the sec ond time he has been so honored by the news magazine. P
 Time said in its Jan. 3 issue released yeSterday-that the Pres ident's election was personal victory almost without historical parallel; victory of the fighting spirit"
 MT. Truman was selected by Time as man of the year" for 1945, the year of the atom bomb.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31

FRANKFURT, Germany, (F)- American occupation forces in Germany will test their ability to operate under winter conditions in training exercises next month.
 L. s. army headquarters said last night the exercises will con- centrate on speedy movement through snow and cold.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
Internation'l News At A Glance ---
Thursday. December 90. l948 CBy The Associated Press)

CBy The Associated Press)
 Peace or war talks dominated China today while Chiang Kali Shek conferred with his leading generals, who have failed to stop the Communists.
 A government spokesman de- nied the meeting in Nanking was to discuss the overall future of China. The approaches to the cap ital, plus the great cities of Peip- ing, Tientsin and Taiyuan, all are beseiged by the communists. There were abundant signs that peace talks were in progress.
 The war itself was comparative
 Continued on Page Eleven)
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31

air.
 She took over the paper routes for her two boys while they were away at camp.
 And how was the paper-ped- ding business?
 "C-c-c--cold," Mrs. Eidem d-d- d d-d-eclared.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31

JUNEAU, (P)-Yes, boys, they play the game up this way, too. ' The Columbia Lumber five of Juneau tripped a visiting Priest River, Idaho, quint, 43-37, here Wednesday night.
 Bad flying weather prevented the Idaho squad from moving on to Sitka. If conditions permit, the team may go to Petersburg for games tonight and to Wrangell Saturday. Sitka will get the go-by.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
TOKYO, (P - Japanese army

lreutenantS NOboru HaShlyama and Teruo Akamine yesterday were sentenced to life imprison- ment for beheading captured American B-29 pilots after Elm peror Hirohito had announced Japan's decision to surrender.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31
NEW YORK, (R- New York

NEW YORK, (P) )-- New York City is going to skip such chores as sweeping streets and hauling garbage on New Years Day.
 Sanitation commissioner William J. Powell announced yesterday that for the first time in the sani- tation departments history, all of its 12,000 employees will be off New Years day - because they did such a good job of cleaning up the l9la-inch snow of 10 days ago.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-31

FAIRBANKS, (P) - The Boy Scout winter camp session is over, and Mrs. Nick Eidem breathes a steamy sign into the 37-below-zero
, 1948-04-10
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two or even three red lanterns
yet in that dark secluded spot,
Immediately in front of a
school gate where pupils have
got to pass there is no danger
signal and thus youngsters
are left to be trapped as they
come forth from the glare Of
the school lights into the dark
ness of night. Someone could
have lost his life and someone
is responsible. Is it you?
M. E. Russell
, 1948-04-10
CORRESPONDENCE
NO DANGER SIGNAL

Lear EQ1COr:
Last night while going to-
wards Gallow's Bay l passed
behind the C. H. School and
had just turned around the
corner of the Doctors premis-
es when behind me there
was a sickening thud and a
groan. The night was dark. /
could not see. Various
thoughts rushed through my
mind like a flash. / was mind
ed to go toward the trench in
which the pipes of the city
are now being laid. Sure
enough there Was the trouble.
A youngster, fat and sturd,
had just left school and was
buoyantly rushing through
the gate only to find himself
trapped in a "manhole" six
feet deep or thereabout.
Resolving myself into a Res
cue Squad of one | immediate
|ly helped him out as he could
scarcely help himself. His foot
was damaged. It panied him
to stand on it. Luckily it was
not broken. His books were
soon salvaged and others, in
.cluding Mr.. Miller of Queen
Street rendered valuable help.
This experience had its aft
er thought in my mind. Why
was not this trench properly
barricaded? Why was there
no red lantern to warn the
High School veterans of their
danger? The lad might have
been you or yours! Who is
responsible for such gross neg
.ligence?
While under glaring street
lights the trench carries one