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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12
Advertiser Editor
Speaks At Rotary

An account of her travels in IL
European countries was given to
the Lexington Rotary club at its
regular luncheon meeting Tuesday
by Miss Hazel Brannon. Paul Lind
holm was chairman in charge of the
program and presented the speaker.
Miss Brannon also spoke briefly
of her trip to Berlin. Frankfurt and
Heidelberg in Germany, giving
some details of her exclusive inter-
view with General Lucius D. Clay.
American Military Governor Of
Germany, which was carried by
newspapers throughout the country
through International News Ser
vice.
w. E. Strider had as his guest at
the Tuesday meeting Mr.. Deaton,
of Jackson. L. A. Wilkins of Yazoo
City was a visiting Rotariah.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12
Young Attorney Opens
Law Practice Here

Chatwin Jackson, Jr., of Kosciu-
sko, this week opened law practice
in the former H. w. Watson Insu-
rance agency building at ITO Spring
street. A 1948 graduate of the Uni
versity of Mississippi law school,
the young attorney and his wife are
residing in the Burkhardt house,
recently completed.
Mr.. Jackson is a veteran of three
years service in u. S. Naval Avia-
ton on Hawaii and Okinawa. He
was commissioned an ensign, and
served with a patrol unit. At Ole
Miss he was a member of Phi Theta
social fraternity and Phi Alpha
Delta honorary legal fraternity.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12
Child Dental Clinics
To Be Held Next Week

DR.. w. H. Weeks, county health
officer, announces that dental eli
MICS will be held by the dental hy-
gienist the week of August 16
through Goth at health centers
throughout the county.
The schedule is announced by DR..
Weeks from from $50 a. m. to
4 p. m. as follows: Lexington Health
office, Monday, August Is; Good
man Health center, Tuesday, August
II; Durant, Wednesday, August 10;
West, Thursday, August 10; Tchula,
Friday, August 20.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12
Negro Given 90 Days,
Fined 500 And Costs
For Assault On Officer

Webb Honey, Cruger Negro tried
before Judge H. B. Jones of Tchula,
Monday on charges of assault and
battery against a peace officer, and
public drunkenness, was given W
days in the Holmes County jail dat
ing from arrest, and fined $500 and
cost of Court.
The man was involved in an al
~tercation with Highway Patrolman
Ernie F. Ray, when he attempted
interfering in the arrest of another
Negro. He was apprehended by
county law officers on July 80, but
was not heard in court due to hav-
ing been wounded in the left thigh
when shot by the Patrolmar. The
Negro was trying to escape.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12
|PreGnct Officials
For August Primary
Named By Committee

At a meeting held recently the
Democratic Executive committee of
Holmes county named precinct Of
ficials for the primary election on
Tuesday, August "a.
Officials named by precinct are:
Lexington-returning officer, w. d.
Ford; Manager, w. o. Thompson
and w. B. Barrett; clerks, Mrs.
Walter Hooker, Mrs. L. B. Gill;
land; peace officers. Harvey Majors.
Durant-returning officer, Mrs. r.
c. Elmore; managers, A. L. Stevens,
G. w. Drane; clerks, Mrs. J. M.
Howard, Mrs. w. c. Castleberry;
peace officer, w. E. Durham.
Other officials are: Acona-re-
turning officer. A. G. Anderson;
managers, X. F. Downer, Mrs. Jes-
sic Walton; clerks, Miss Mary
Steele, Mrs. j. D. Parrish: peace
officer, J. r. Booth; Eulogy-re-
turning officer, Mrs. Lillian Hocutt;
managers, Earl Covington, Jesse
Edwards; clerks, Stewart Terry,
Mrs. H. 0. Pettus; peace officer, ].
r. Ables.
Emory-returning officers, And
rev Smith; managers, Mrs. w. E.
Grace, Mrs. L. H. Cade; clerks, Mrs.
Andrew Smith, Marvin Cade; peace
officer, Phil Downer. Tchula-re-
turning officer, ". E. Jones; mana
gers, j. L. Shields, Mrs. T. j. Bogue;
clerks, Mrs. Florence Buck, Mrs. ].
B. Irving; peace officer, A. c. Con-
ger. Notwithstanding officer,
Robert Lipsey; managers, Noel
brennan, Mrs. G.. H. Love; clerks,
Mrs. Robert Lipsey, Miss Mabel
brennan, clerks; peace officer, C. H.
Love.
West-returning officer, Mrs. w.
t. Hand; managers, Mrs. Mildred
Holmes, Jack Martin; clerks, Mrs.
Larkin Brock, G. d. Thornton; peace
officer Uric Alexander. Bowling
Green-returning officer, Hugh Nc
Lellan; managers, J. w. Morris, Nick
Grantham; clerks, Mrs. Hugh Nc
Lellan, Mrs. Joel Gulledge: peace
officer, A. E. Ellington. Eddsville-
returning officer. ]. L. Moorhead;
managers, H. O. Wynne. L. E. Park
inson; clerks, Mrs. Willie Holmes,
Mrs. Jim Moorhead; peace officer,
Geo. d. Mcclellan.
G m a returning officer.
George Mitchell; managers, w. A.
Thomas, Mrs. E. I. Doty: clerks, Mrs.
d. X. Gulledge, Paul Hand: peace
officer. J. d. Taggert. Pickens- re-
turning officer Mrs. H. S. McKie:
managers, j. X. Thomas, Harry
Worthy; clerks, Mrs. S. D. Simp-
son, Miss Josie Burton; peace Off
r. T. Hart. Richland- return
ing officer, W. J. Shanks; managers,
j. F. Sample, George Wynn: clerks
James Summerlin, Mrs. J.. L. Branch:
peace officer, Banks Upshaw.
Ebenezer-returning officer, B,
W. Humphrey; managers, E. E. o.
Reilly, Edwin Murtagh; clerks,
Walter Lucas, Edgar Brown; peace
officer, Henry Brock.
Notwithstanding officer E. G..
Campbell; managers, Claud Lee
Bridgers. Mrs. Celeste Dickard;
clerks, w. H. Rushbrook, Mrs. Mag
gle Hitchcock; peace officer, j. N.
Hearn. Cruger-returning officer,
I. b. Smith; managers, Miss Lizzie
White, Mrs. M. w. Estes; peace Off
Ger, Lee White.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. Allen Brown and baby boy
Durant.
Mrs. Hattie Maude Farmer,
Lexington.
Mrs. Effie Fritz, Lexington
Mrs. Frances Blair, Goodman
Mr.. E. H. Shaddock, Lexington
Mrs. w. M. Chapman, Tchula
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12
COUNTY

Holmes county has Subscribed
$37,500 in stock subscriptions in the
$2,558,152 nitrogen plant being
campaigned for in the State. Sale
of the stock is continuing into the
fall. The operating corporation will
not be organized on August Is as
originally scheduled.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12
HARLANDs CREEK REVIVAL

The regular summer revival at
Harlands Creek Baptist church will
begin with the evening services,
Sunday, August Is, at 7:45 o'clock.
The pastor, the Rev. c. M. Day OF
Durant, viii preach. Charles Day
will be in charge of singing.
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SERVICES AT BEULAH

Regular preaching services will
be held at Beulah church Sunday.
August Is, at $3.50 p. m. Sunday
school will be at 10 a. m. Every
one is invited to attend services.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-08-12

turn. In Germany also l was fortu-
nate in being able to make a trip
by private automobile to Heidel-
burg, the historic seat of learning
which was untouched by the bombs
that rained on Berlin and Frank
furt.
The crossing home was perfect
and I got my first glimpse of the
Statue of Liberty ever though
I've been in and out of New York
Harbor several times before.
She was good to see.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

therefore we have nothing to worry
about. The country can relax"
And as far as consorting with
Communist spies was concerned
"That's just too vague to talk
about. I certainly didn't do it
knowingly" he commented.
Nevertheless, two congressional
committees leaped into action. Rep.
J. Parnell Thomas (Rep., N. J.),
under treatment in Walter Reed
hospital for a stomach ailment, said
he might call bedside meeting of
his full un-American activities
committee in order to send the sub
committee report formally to Presi-
dent Truman.
And Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
(Rep., Iowa) called a session of the
senate-house atomic energy commit
tee to study the house groups re-
port.
The report itself was a package
Of straight from the shoulder
charges. It pointed out, among
other things, that Condor had been
appointed head of the bureau Of
standards in 1916 on the recommen-
dation of Henry Wallace, then COM
merce secretary.
Thus was the stage set for two
more spine-tingling probes.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
PROFITABLE:
Steel

In response to a request by Presi-
dent Truman for a full investigation
of steel price increases, federal
trade commission and commerce de-
partment economists turned up with
a story that was not destined to do
the steel industry any good in the
eyes of the price-whipped Ameri-
can public.
According to data assembled so
far, the industry has been piling up
profits at rate unequaled in re-
cent years and, in some cases, is
running up net earnings almost
double those of 1916.
The appraisal indicated that u. S.
Steel, giant Of the industry, was
leading all companies with a net
profit in 1947 of 1867 million dol
lars-highest since 1929. Bethe-
lehem Steel pushed up its net profit
last year to 81 million dollars,
about 10 million more than the pre-
vious year.
Other leading concerns either
have doubled or more than doubled
their 1916 profits.
Stimulus which got the steel prof
its investigation going was the re-
cent $5-a-ton increase in the price
Of semi-finished steel-actually the
fifth in a series of price boosts
During the first seven weeks OF
194S, steel companies have jumped
the price of pipe, nails, wire and
structural construction steel.
Economists tended to view the
steel price hike with alarm because
they feared it would offset complete.
ly any beneficial def1ationary trend
which the commodity market dror
might have set in motion.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
HOMELESS:
DIP Bill

Possibly in response to the grow
ing humanitarian sentiment in the
U. S. that something be done to re-
lieve the plight of Europe's dis
placed persons, the senate judiciary
committee approved a bill that
would admit 100000 DPS to the
U. S. in the next two years.
The measure, now scheduled to be
reported out to the senate for ac-
ton, provides that homeless Euro
peans who are living in DIP camps
two and half years after the end
Of the war will be admitted at the
rate of $4,000 year beginning next
July i and ending June 80, 1850.
A three member commission
would be established to handle the
program and to formulate regula-
tions "for the purpose Of obtaining
the most general, distribution and
settlement of persons" At least so
per cent of those admitted are to be
employed in agriculture, according
to the proposal.
Sen. Chapman Revercomb (Rep.,
w. Va.), chairman Of the sub-com-
mittee that drafted the bill, said
that this provision was intended to
prevent the immigrants from set
tling in large groups in seaboard
areas.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
CRACK DOWN:
HOLY Land :.

1t was time to get tough in the
Holy Land, the British occupying
army decided.
Far from showing any inclina-
ton toward peace, Palestine Jews
and Arabs were carrying their civil
war over the partition plan to even
bloodier legths than ever before.
Weapons and ammunition were
being sold openly in the streets.
Bombings grew in number and in
tensity. Open warfare was the vir-
tual rule in Jerusalem. All this
might be the natural result of the
artificial division of long-standing
state, but the British army had had
enough of it.
Force must be used impartially
against both Jews and Arabs, Brig.
c. P. Jones, commander of the Brit
ish Jerusalem garrison, told his
troops.
In a directive he said: "Pro-
longed firing between Arabs and
Jews within Jerusalem makes life
intolerable for it's inhabitants. Such
disturbances will not continue. Force
will be used in incidents Of this
kind. The army will, if necessary,
use weapons more powerful than
those available to Arabs and Jews"
It was impossible to decide, the
British announced, whether the
Arabs or Jews were the aggressors.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

fish, sheephead, pigfish, porkfish,-
look! snook, - snappers and porgy,
Mexican bull-fish (not tough pull
fish, whitef1sh, blue fish, Jewish,
other tried and true fish, bark!
nasty little shark! Here's an old
trouper, of course it's grouper.
Just a little urgin', then I'll claim
a sturgeon, never caught whale
fish, but what about sail fish?
I could 60 on indefinitely, sitting
back here in the city dreaming, with
scales over my eyes, where about all
the people know of piscatorial mat
ters is confined to- the use Of a
mickey-fin.
I recently had 48 hours on the
bounding main and in the "cuts" as
they call the peaceful, mangrove-
bordered crane and pelican-peopled
indentations of Florida's Indian riv-
er. There, the waters are almost
"stiff with fish, rs an Irish friend
once said to me nf his home river,
and I am disposed to talk atout the
joys of angling.
1t was suggested to me by my
editorial assistant that I ap-
proach the subject from the
political angie. However, as a
hOok-and-line, and sometimes a
rod-and-reeI amateur, / might
say that we deal in lines and
also curves when you consider
that piece of lacquered bamboo
from Burma when a big one
takes it and gOes) but angles are
not in the vocabulary Of an
glers.
I remember an ancient motto i'm
printed upon a circular pad fire.
quently placed beneath a beverage
glass to preserve the tables patina,
which said: Follow the straight line
of duty; if you do, the curved line
of beauty will ever follow you."
There is nothing more beautiful
than that arc of rod and line with
the exploding flash of white water
at its terminus where a vibrant cap
tive shakes the hook. There is no
sound more pregnant with hope and
enthusiasm than the scream of the
reel when it pays out to match its
power against game and finny
fighter.
Now, having gotten that rhapsody
out of my system, what about the
practical side? This is still Lent.
And lot of people eat more fish
during this season than they would
otherwise. So fish prices have gone
up little. But not too far, and they
are down as compared to last year.
For these trout I was talking
about, the speckled variety (not the
weakfish which officially are gray
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

more diversion for the fishermen be-
fore I continue on the more impor-
tant matter of how to fish for a low
er cost Of living, which is what I am
really supposed to be talking about.
Ever do surf fishing for blues? Great
stuff. You stand out there on the
shore, with the waves breaking
around you,. and cast. The last time
l tried it, went right down into the
undertow. Well, you use a pretty
stout rod for that ordinarily, but
gentleman who has a story in the
forthcoming issue of Field and
Stream is going to tell regular
Ripley. He was surf-fishing here at
Ocean City, Md, and neither he
nor the rest of the group was get
ting much. So he shifted to a light
casting rod and line, and pulled them
in three to one.
Well, back to my filets-we ought
to eat more fish. The department of
agriculture and the fish and wild
life service of the department of
the interior are trying to do some
thing about it. AS you know, there
is federally subsidized school
lunch program which provides a
fund for food for school children.
The departments are sending
folks out to show the school
cooks how to prepare fish, and
they are doing very sensible
thing: They are trying to get
the schools to teach the pupils
something about the fish they
are eating-their life, habits and
general characteristics.
You know, out in the Middlewest
where was brought up nobody knew
much about fish. When they bought
fish, they just bought fish. They
didn't know the difference between
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
Current Events

l. Some southern Democrats
have launched a revolt against
denomination of President Tru-
man. Prior to Mr.. Truman, six
vice-presidents have succeeded to
the presidency. Two were SUBJ
sequently renominated for a full
term as president. Who were
they?
2. Recent photographs of
prominent public figure show him
wearing a new homburg hat,
gray suit. overcoat, striped neck
tie and tan pigskin gloves. What
was unusual about his attire?
8. Sen. Glen H. Taylor, in a
speech announcing his support of
Henry Wallace, said: 81 am not
teamed up with the big-city boss
es-Kelly, Hague. Flynn, Curley,
Pendergast." With what cities
are those men associated?
A. Opera fans recently cele-
brated the 18th anniversary of
the birth of EnricO Caruso. (a)
Where did Caruso begin his pro-
fessional career? (b) Was he a
tenor, bass or baritone?
5. The baseball world has been
rocked by a new quarrel between
two gentlemen known as "The
Mahatma" and "The Redhead."
Identify each.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ---
Finland Fears Reds Seek Control
As Stain Calls for Defense Pact;
vandenberg Urges Speed on ERP
Released BY wNU Features
WHO'S NEXT?
Finland

Finland seemed to be resigned,
saturated with the apathy that
sometimes precedes extinction.
It was q state of mind that had
grown out Of a reported request by
Josef Stain of Russia that Finland
join up with the chain of Soviet de-
fense pacts that now stretches
across Europe.
To the Firms that request was
nothing less than q prelude to the
same kind of political control Rus
sia had just imposed on Czecho-
slovakia. They feared their parlia-
mentary freedoms would go by the
boards in such a turn Of events.
But after losing two wars with Rus
sia in less than 10 years, the Films
were able to do little except resign
themselves to the Soviet pattern of
conquest. -.
Finland's President Juho Paasi-
kivi was said to be in favor of sign
ing a Finnish-Russian friendship
treaty as suggested by Stain.
His viewpoint, distinguished by
realism if nothing else, was this:
To turn down the Soviet bid would
aggravate Russian Finnish rela-
tions to dangerous degree. To.
accept it could mean Finland might
get as favorable conditions as pos
sible toward keeping national indie
pendence.
At the same time there was con-
cern whether Stalin's request was
dictated exclusively by the wish to
safeguard Soviet territory, particu-
larly Leningrad, or whether he had
something else up his sleeve. So far
there were. no actual demands OF
any kind, such as that the Red army
be allowed to occupy Finland in the
case of war or the threat of war.
On the global scale it seemed ap-
parent that Moscow's overtures to
Finland, coming as they did after
the seizure of Czechoslovakia, were
another part Of the Soviet retalia-
ton to the u. S.-sponsored Marshall
plan in Europe. The Russians were
drawing up the final lines for the
conflict and at the same time con-
solidating their position in eastern
Europe.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
OPTIMIST:
Ne1U Weapons

Rear Adm. Ellis M. Zacharias, re-
tired U. S. naval officer, came up
with another bit of shattering news
not calculated to ease the jitters Of
this already drawn and weary world.
There are now in existence three
new weapons which outrank the
atomic bomb in pure, unadulterated
destructiveness, he said. u. S.
science has developed them since the
war. They are probably Of q bac-
THEOLOGICAL nature. e.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19

Baked fish creole. You don't
bave to go to Nea0 Orleans for
this If you bave THE recipe.
trout we got Is cents pound down
in Florida. Speckled trout is selling
at this writing for 40 cents in the
New York market, and bluefish
Qarge) at 40 to As cents per pound
Chats wholesale of course).
A lot of sea bass, and trout,
and pOrgies have been coming
in from Norfolk lately. And
please let me digress one mo-
ment to tell you about Potomac
striped bass. In Maryland, you
have to throw them back if they
are over 18 pounds; and in Vir-
ginia waters, if they are over rs
pounds. And this is for fisher
mem we have record of a a.
pound bass caught in our north
ern waters.
Also (Bill Turner take notice)
they've started new stunt off Mon
tauk Point, New York, where they
run out just beyond the breakers in
fast little boats, and catch these
big ones. A lot are caught up around
Cape Cod in the fall. Just one
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
REMUNERATION:
Southern Style

Things were not getting any bet
ter for President Truman in the
Southland.
Democratic leaders of two strong
holds, South Carolina and Tennes-
see, brooding over the Presidents
irritating civil rights program,
turned thumbs down on him as the
party's 194S candidate.
At the same time the Mississippi
Democratic committee voted to
withdraw from the party's nominat-
ing convention in June unless it
pledged itself to fight "anti-south-
ern" laws, meaning the civil rights
program.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
PROBE:
Atomic

All Of a sudden there was new
atomic security investigation under
way to stimulate the jaded interest
of the American public.
In the limelight this time was DR..
Edward U. Condor. atomic scien-
tist and head Of the governments
bureau of standards.
Describing Condor as "one of the
weakest links in our atomic secur-
ity," house un-American activities
subcommittee reported in good
faith that he knowingly or un-
knowingly entertained and asso-
ciated" with alleged Russian spies.
To, the charge that he was a
weakest link" Condor retorted:
"This is gratifying information be-
cause I'm absolutely reliable and
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19


Something different.
a pompano and jellyfish. Along
the Great Lakes where I lived later,
we knew more. Whitefish were good.
So are Writings, an ocean fish. no
relation.
Another thing that the department
Of agriculture is trying to do through
its home economics branch is to
teach people how to cook fish. Most
people think all fish ought to be
fried. They don't know how good a
sauteed or baked fish is. The French
can cook fish with sauce so that it is
delicacy. The fish and wild1ife peo-
pie are doing similar job.
Meat is going up. We have
lot of commercial fishermen
whose living depends on how
well you like fish, and how well
the fish bite or get netted. You
can benefit and so can they, if
you learn to appreciate this kind
Of healthy, nourishing, and If
properly prepared, delicious
food.
I'll be glad to help you: National
Fisheries institute, an association
which is interested in all phases Of
the fishing industry = its members
include everybody from the fisher
man to the dealer has pamphlet
entitled "Fish and ShellfiSh Cook
ery,' which I'll be glad to send you
if you'll write me, care of this news
paper.
Although valentine sales this year
hit record high, the marriage rate
which usually follows the rate Of
purchase of hearts-and-fowers mis-
sives has fallen off, say greeting
card publishers. Which seems to in
dicate that youth is penny-postage
wise and not pound-foolish. In other
words, this leap year, they take a
new look before they take the old
leap.
Now you can get heat-free bulb
that glows through ivory or brown
switches that saves fumbling in the
dark. Now if they'll get Illuminated
chairs for the stumblerS until they
can get to the switches.
Clothespins soaked in soapsuds
and dried out thoroughly without
rinsing will never freeze, says the
Hagerstown Almanack. I wonder if
that treatment would work on fin
gers that use the clothespins.
Microscopic traces Of arsenic lurk-
ing in food can be detected by new
laboratory technique according to
American Chemical society. It takes
a microscope to find the food in
some of the portions served by the
restaurants today.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
Aggression Charted

These are the battle lines of the
"cold war" in which the two oppos-
ing forces are democracy and COM
munism. The battlefield is Europe,
map of which conveys that "this is
where we came in" feeling. 1t is
reminiscent of the Hitler drive to
the East, except for the fact that
this time it is Russian expansion
westward that is changing the color
of the map.
Arizona sun., 1948-03-19
What Do You Breathe?

More than 700 persons die every
year as a result Of air pollution in
Chicago alone, and a proportion
ately large number die from the
same causes in other American in
dustrial cities, says DR.. Clarence A.
Mills Of University of Cincinnati.
Respiratory illnesses, many Of
which are caused by air pollution,
also are responsible for about 70
per cent Of all the time lost from
work, DR.. Mills said.