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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Letters Testamentary having been
granted to the undersigned upon the
this day granted to the undersigned
upon the estate of ]. Houston Conn,
Jr., deceased, notice is hereby given
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

w. r. Huddleston was in Jackson
Monday, where he met Mrs. Hud-
dleston and the children on their
way home from a weeks Visit in
Hattiesburg.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
Virqie Hines Circle

virgie Hines Circle
The Virgie Hines circle met Mon
day afternoon in the home of Mrs.
Carl Clifton Booth with eleven men,
bers in attendance. Mrs. Herman
Watkins led the devotion, and Miss
Mauree Thomas gave the Mission
study. At the close of the meeting
Mrs. Booth served sandwiches, cook
les and Coca-Colas.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

Mrs. c. B. Read and Mrs. c. T.
Cobb motored to Louisville Monday
and visited the latter's mother, Mrs.
w. Mature.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
SuQur Cookies

2 cups sifted all purpose flour
1k teaspoon baking powder
l tablespoon cream or milk
" cup butter or other fat
! teaspoon vanilla
l cup sugar
" teaspoon salt
Sift together liz cups flour, bak-
ing powder, and salt. Cream butter
until soft; beat in sugar, egg, vanil-
la and cream. Stir in flour mixture,
then gradually add the remaining
flour until dough is just stiff enough
to roll; chill thoroughly. Place on
lightly Toured board and roll rs inch
thick; cut with Toured cutter as de-
sired and place on creased baking
sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and bake
in a moderate to hot oven 8 to 10
minutes. Store in closely covered
cookie jar. Approximate yield: A to
5 dozen cookies.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
BY Virginia Smith

Every day can be company day
now that we have the use of home
freezers and community lockers. It's
just as easy to double or triple your
recipe when you are making cookies.
Bake what you want today and
freeze the rest for use later on. They
will keep nicely for weeks and
weeks. Here are some recipes that
have been tried out and proved to be
very tasty.
Pecan Croissunts
IL cup butter or other fat
/ egg white
u cup sugar
l cup sifted all purpose flour (about)
dash of salt
2 egg yolks
chopped pecans
l teaspoon water
" teaspoon vanilla
"a cup chopped pecans Ginely).
Cream together butter, sugar and
salt, beat in egg yolks, then finely
chopped pecans. Gradually stir in
flour until dough is stiff enough to
handle; chill thoroughly. Roll Is inch
thick on lightly Toured board; cut
with small crescent shaped cutter
and place on creased sheet. Brush
with egg white and water beaten to-
gether until frothy; sprinkle with
chopped pecans and bake in moder-
ately hot oven IL minutes. Yield: 1h
dozen cookies.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

Miss Margaret Tilman, of West
Point, spent last weekend with her
aunt, Mrs. Matte Kimberly, here.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
~sprina Festival Postponed

The Garden club wishes to announ-
ce that the Spring Festival" sche-
duled for Thursday night has been
postponed until Friday night.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
Butterscotch Slices

AAS
3 cups sifted all purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
" teaspoon salt
l cup fat or butter
2 eggs
~ teaspoon vanilla
IA cups firmly packed brown sugar
Sift together flour, baking powder
Miss Ouida Moss, of Jackson, spent
the weekend with relatives in
Tchula.
William Eggleston, of Sumner, Wis
tied his parents, DR.. and Mrs. S. A.
E%ggleston, last Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Kazar, Ole Miss stu
dent, was a weekend visitor at
home.
Mrs. w. E. Jones and Mrs. c. R.
Hamlin attended the Presbyterial in
Jackson the first of the week. Mrs.
Hamlin remained for a longer visit
with her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Lacy,
and family.
Basil Brown came home from Mis-
sissippi State college and spent last
week with his father, Oscar Brown.
Miss Sara Virginia McClintock, of
the Tchula High School faculty, was
a weekend visitor in her home at
Belzoni.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Wilson and
baby have moved into the apartment
in Mrs. R. T. Waits home, recently
vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Boiling, who
have moved r the lake.
Miss Betty Harrington visited her
brother, Evans Harrington, at Gin
ton last weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Samaha visit
ed in Greenwood Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dutch" Bornman,
and little daughter, Norma, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Clark Satur-
day.
Mrs. Ned Williams, of the Tchula
school faculty, spent the weekend
with her husband at the University
of Mississippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
venueC Change Hearing
For Miners Continued
BY the Associated Press

GRUMPY, Va, July l3.-Argu-
ments in behalf of a State motion
for a change of venue in the trial
of 100 miners charged with mob as
sault under Virginia's antilynching
law will be heard Monday.
The case was continued by Judge
Frank w. Smith yesterday after de-
Tense attorneys asked for time In
which to assemble counter afhdavits
against those accompanying the pc
tition for a venue change.
Defense counsel argued in Blu
chanan County Circuit Court yes
terday that it would be unconstitu-
tional to move the trials to another
jurisdiction.
AS the complicated trials opened
in this Southwest Virginia mining
town the courtroom was cleared of
spectators so that there would be
room for the defendants.
Liquor stores in the town were
ordered closed for the day and all
sale of beer and wine stopped. The
town swarmed with State troopers.
Since the mine disturbance last
April which resulted in the indict-
ment of 178 miners, the number OF
State troopers stationed in the area
has been increased from three to So,
Col. C. w. Woodson, jr., superintend-
ent of State Police, said.
OF the 178 miners indicted on 10
counts by a special grand jury, 1853
were present in the courtroom yes
terday as defendants, two others are
IN the hospital and 10 have not been
annrehPndpd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
| Reuther Walks Out
OF Ford Negotiations
By the Associated Press

DETROIT. July 13.-Walter P.
Reuther, president of the Clio
United Auto Workers, angrily walked
out on the Ford Motor Co. wage
negotiations today, "A hours after
he entered them.
"All they're doing in there is fight
ing theoretical windnills," he told
newsmen. I'm come back when
they get down to brass tacks, the
practical aspects of the situation.
John S. Bugas, Ford vice presi-
dent. retorted:
when Reuther talks of theoret-
ical mindmills, he means We are not
acceding to the unions full de-
mands"
The UAW-cIO is asking wage
raises and social security demands
totaling an estimated % cents an
hour. The current estimated aver
age production wage Is $l.52. The
company has offered an ll-to-14-
cent-an-h hour wage increase formula.
NEGOTIATIONS continued after Mr..
Reuther walked out.
He entered the conferences Mon
day for the first time in the history
of Ford's relations with the big auto
union. 1t also was Mr.. Reuther's
first return to the bargaining table
since an assassin tried to kill him
last April.
The UAW-CIO has threatened a
strike any time after Thursday un-
less a new contract agreement IS
reached. 1t would affect 10000
Ford production employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13

stream Of guests into the crowded
room.
Former Postmaster General James
A. Farley dropped in to pay his re-
spects. Postmaster General Donald
son and Attorney General Clark
represented the Cabinet National
Committee Chairman McGrath was
surrounded by gay group.
Former Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins arrived-after her conve1-
ton address-with several women
friends. There was Senator Con-
nally and House Minority Leader
Rayburn, both of Texas, and Sen
ators Tydings of Maryland and
Murray of Montana. Mrs. Clark
Clifford, wife of President Humans
Special Counsel, dropped in.
Gov. John o. Pastore of Rhode
Island-Mrs. Mesta is a delegate
from that State-WaS another guest
and so were Mr.. and Mrs Clinton
P. Anderson of New Mexico. Ed
ward Arnold of the films attended
Normally, the Mirage Room is
comfortably air conditioned, but the
hot television lights sent the tenn
perature up and perspiration
streamed down.
Some of the guests were in din
ner and evening clothes. More were
in street clothes and obviously hao
come directly from the long, steam
ing session at Convention Hall.
There were two unexplained and
unidentified guests: Little men in
shirtsleeves who sat quietly and
watchfully in corner, pulling occa-
sionally on couple of long beers.
Mrs. Mesta throws nice parties
They'd be better in cooler weather.
or without television.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13

BY the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, July Is. - A
midnight party that ran on, and on,
drew the cream of the Democratic
National Convention crowd early
today.
Mrs. George Mesta, Washington's
No. l party giver, was the hostess
and almost everybody who was any,
body was among her 400 or so
guests.
Philadelphia hotels, damned with
the convention crowd, were noisy
and boisterous with planned and
impromptu et-togethers. But, as
is usual with Mesta parties. hers
was in a class by itself. For one
thing, it was televised and broad
cast.
The satin-up holstered Mirage
Room of the sleek and police-guard-
ed Barclay Hotel was full to the
bursting point with celebrities.
Politicians. big names in journal
ism, radio and at least one movie
star were much in evidence. Cham
payne flowed, walters hustled
around with fancy food and three
piece band played constantly for
the dozen or so couples the dance
floor would accommodate.
1t would have been a tough party
to crash. A stiffiy-attired major
domo met entering guests at the
door with a murmured have you
been announced"
Close by was attractive, pleasant
faced Mrs. Mesta, wearing a blue
lace dinner dress and inconspicuous
jewels. With a pleasant but firm
welcoming hand, she propelled the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
Platform
Continued From First PageD

compromise language is understood
to say that if any action of the U. N.
conflicts with easing the embargo,
then the Democrats pledge them
selves to work for a change in such
restrictions.
Senator Myers of Pennsylvania,
platform chairman, still refused to
make public any part of the plat
form text. and said no one in the
18-member drafting group had in
dictated plans for minority report.
The Senator pointed out. however,
that if there is to be minority
report on civil rights. or any other
controversial plank it would en-
anate from the full Resolutions
Committee which meets today, and
not from the subcommittee.
The estimate of a 4,500-word
statement of party principles makes
the document almost twice as long
as the new Republican platform,
and three times as long as the 1914
Democratic platform.
On civil rights the Republicans
came out for Federal antilynching
law, and such Federal legislation as
may be necessary to maintain the
right of equal opportunity to work
and to advance in life, without
regard to race. religion or color.
The Republicans did not mention
the Hartley Labor Act. but
pledged continuing study to improve
labor management legislation in the
light of experience and changing
conditions.
! G. o. P. FavOrs States.
On the tidelands, the Republicans
! took a stand in favor of the claim
of the States that they be given
back control of these submerged
lands. The administration recently
obtained a Supreme Court decision,
holding that the Federal Govern
ment has paramount rights over
such lands.
Although party leaders had hoped
to get the platform to the floor Of
the convention for action today, this
seemed unlikely this morning. 1t
now appears more likely the plat
form will be taken up in the con-
vention tomorrow afternoon. If
there should be a minority report
from the Southern States Rights
advocates on the civil rights plank,
it would be debated in the conven-
ton under the rules of the House of
Representatives. These rules would
make it possible to propose changes
in any particular planks.
Ever since President Truman sub
mitted his civil rights program to
Congress in February The South
ern States have been in revolt over
the issue in varying degrees.
The present belief of the platform
builders that they may not go
through with their threatened floor
fight over the civil rights plank
may not be realized. There are
several factors, however, working
in the interest of harmony One is
the likelihood that Senator Barley
of Kentucky may be put on the
ticket with Mr.. Truman. Another
is the fact that the platform does
not contain a plank upholding the
administrations claim to Federal
control of coastal tidelands Several
of the Southern States are vitality
interested in this issue.
The 4,500-word present draft COM
pares with the short 1866 word 1894
platform. The l948 Republican plat
form was about 2,400 words.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
Frick Collection Wins
$1,000, 900 Decision
Nv the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July l3.-Trustees OF
the Prick collection have a right
to accept six paintings and two
busts valued at approximately ST.
1000 from John D. Rockefeller,
ir., under a ruling yesterday by
State Supreme Court Justice Ben
jamin F. Schneider.
Justice Schneider ruled there was
nothing in the will of Henry Clay
Prick, the steel magnate, to bar the
trustees from accepting suitable do
nations to the collection in their
discretion. e..
The case grew partly from OBJ
jections by Mr.. Frick's daughter,
Miss Helen Clay Prick, against &C
ceptance of the Rockefeller gift and
other donations to the Prick collec-
ton, which is housed here.
The average human being con-
sumes II pounds of salt year for
food. r.. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
Soft Coal Prices Here Rise
AVERAGE Of 50 Cents a Ton

District coal consumers today be-
gan paying for the wage increase
given soft-coal miners last month.
The price of soft coal went up AN
average of so cents a ton." accord
ing to Patrick Deck, coal division
chairman, Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association. ~s
Mr.. Deck said he anticipated that
the price of hard coal would rise 50
cents to $l10 within the next
week" Both price increases, he said,
reflect the $1-a-day wage raise res
Gently granted miners by operators.
Under the new price levels, the
cheapest soft coal rose from S12.40
to 1880 a ton today and the
cheapest hard coal will, 50 from
$3.50 to $12.85 a ton. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
South Carolina Delegate
Fioht Up Aqoin Today

PHILADELPHIA, July Is P1.-
South Cardinals delegation to the
Democratic convention faced a
contest today before the Creden-
tials Committee.
The South Carolina Progressive
Negro Democratic Party protested
the seating of the delegation because
Negroes did not participate in its
selection.
The Negroes carried the contest
to the Credentials Committee after
it was rejected last Saturday by the
Democratic National Committee.
Meanwhile. members OF another
rival South Carolina delegation ar
rived in Philadelphia. They are
representative of self-styled
Citizens Committee of true Demo-
Gratis" who are displeased with State
Democratic Party rules and policies
affecting primaries.
Members had to find hotel accom-
modations in New York, it was re-
ported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
Nebraskans Back Truman
III inVote;Ritchie Absent
By the AsSoeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, July 13.-Ne-
braska's delegates went ahead with
a test vote on their presidential
nominee preference last night, de-
spite the previous opposition OF
William Richie, State party chair
man.
The result, with Mr.. Richie alb
sent. was an Ill decision to sup
port President Truman on the first
ballot.
Mr.. Richie has opposed the Pres
ident since last months 35th Divi-
sion reunion in Omaha. He said
Sunday night he would walk out
and go home if the delegation
took test poll then. He said that
was too early and the action would
embarrass him.
Sunday Mr.. Richie came out for
Senator Pepper of Florida for Pres
ident
Francis P. Matthews of Omaha,
delegation chairman, said the group
decided it's position should be made
known through official action.
There's been a lot of misunder-
standing he said. I'VE felt we
were entitled to express our opin-
ion, too"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
'ECA Leads Other U. ). Units
In Chi|dren's Crusade Drive

Employees of the Economic Co.
operation Administration lead all
other Federal agencies in the amount
subscribed to date in the Crusade for
Children.
The crusade. which ends this
month, is to provide immediate re-
lief for destitute European children.
Oficials of the campaign report
s6,028 has been subscribed so far by
the Federal agencies. OF this
amount, the Washington office OF
ECA has subscribed $626.67.
The donation from ECA employees
was attributed, in part, by officials
of the crusade to letter from ECA
Administrator Paul Hoffman. 1t
read: 1T is important to realize that
the Crusade for Children in no way
conflicts with /or duplicates the re-
covery measures, now being under
taken through the eECA. = :
Both programs translate into prac-
tical action the inherent human
itarianism of our democracy"
Crusade officials hope the fund
drive here will net 100000. tarot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
Vondenbere and Wife IT,
In Hospital for Checkup

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July Is.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan and his wife entered
Butterworth Hospital here yesterday
for what was described as a routine
checkup. -
The couple, occupying adjoining
rooms, often use this means Of
taking a brief rest Their medical
cards said both had a comfortable
day and their condition is good"
hospital source reported. ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
7 Companies Put in Effect
New Steel Pricing Plan
ey the Associoied Press

PITTSBURGH, July 13.-The new
FOB mill pricing plan Of Carnegie
Illinois Steel Corp. and the National
Tube Co. is in effect today
A spokesman for the two sub
salaries of United States Steel said
Yesterday that consumers would
start paying actual freight rates
from the mills as of midnight last
night. The company, in the past,
quoted prices from "basing points
scattered about the country in an
effort to equalize the cost OF steel
products to all United States con-
sumers.
The consumer paid freight charges
only from the "basing point,
which usually was near his own mill
A recent Federal court order af-
fecting the shipment of cement
forced abandonment of the "basine
point" plan, the company said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
HIGGINS Asks S1,336,O00
In Suinq REYNOLDS Metals
Nv the A,sociofed Press

6f In6 AssoS'1'eN
RICHMOND, Va, July IA 81
1856 900 suit against the Reynoios
Metals Co. was filed In FEDERAL
Court here yesterday by Higgins
Inc. of New Orleans. wartime boat
manufacturers.
The complaint charged that Rey-
nolds Metals had sold 3,702,964
pounds of defective aluminium to
Higgins for use in the manufacture
of automobile trailers.
The New Orleans company alleged
that as a result it was now stuck
with 1000 trailers made from the
defective metal. 1t asked full pay
ment for the vehicles, for the loss
it took on extra aluminium not used,
for the cost of storage and for in
-oreSt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
Gov. Laney, With q
Votes in Bag, Plans
To Fight Until End

PHILADELPHIA, July 49,
Gov. Ben Laney of Arkansas,
States rights candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomina-.
ton, has 90 convention votes in
the bag today.
Arkansas, it is agreed, is certain to
give him 70 more, and he can expect
support from at least portions of the
delegations from Florida, Alabama,
Louisiana, Georgia and possibly Viz
ginia.
Laney sympathizers say he will get
support from still other States.
The Texas delegation, which is
bound by the unit rule, voted 1921
last night to cast its so convention
votes for Gov. Laney as long as he
remains in the framework of the
Democratic Party-does not bolt the
convention.
Mississippi pledged it's % and
South Carolina its 20 without quail
fications earlier. .~
While some of Gov. Laney's most
enthusiastic supporters said he
might get close to 800 votes on the
first roll call, Gov. Laney himself
conceded to a reporter that he has
no chance Of nomination here.
In Until the End.
The 5l-year-old Arkansan said
whatever convention votes he gets
will be in support of a doctrine Of
States Rights and in opposition to
President Humans civil rights pro-
gram and to the Chief Executive
himself.
I'm in until the end" he told a
reporter. Il do not compromise Or
retreat on a matter of principle"
Gov. Laney was chosen as their
presidential candidate early Monday
by Southern leaders demanding a
States Rights plank in the platform.
Democratic leaders in some
Southern States, including at least
part of the Arkansas delegation,
have threatened to walk out of the
convention if it includes in the
party's platform endorsement of any
of the civil rights program proposed
by President Truman. They assert
this would be an invasion of States
Rights.
The walkout faction of Alabamas
delegation refused today to change
its plans to quit the convention over
the platform.
Thirteen of the 26 delegates are
pledged to walk out If civil rights
plank is adopted
They were asked to delay this
step long enough to cast their Is
votes for Gov. Laney, but they re-
jected this proposal and made plans
to leave tomorrow.
Georgia Won't Bolt.
Chairman James S. Peters OF
Georgias 28-vote delegation said
yesterday it will not bolt the con-
vention, regardless Of what hap
pens, but he has been working with
the States Rights group since his
arrival Saturday.
Florida delegates, holding l2l2
votes, are pledged to support Gov.
Wright. But he is expected to re-
lease them to Gov. Laney. This
group is opposed to Senator Pepper,
an avowed liberal candidate" for
the presidential nomination, al
though they concede 81 votes will
60 to Senator Pepper.
Virginia gave indications last
night that it might swing behind
Gov. Laney's candidacy, with Gov.
Tuck saying he believes the Arkan-
sas chief executive is entitled to the
Old Dominion's support Senator
Byrd, Democrat, Of Virginia, did not
indicate a choice. Virginia has 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
Woman Entertained
WithCoke and Beer as
She Approaches los
By the Axxocioted Press

PITTSBURGH, July 49,
They threw a 105th birthday
party for "Grandmar" Dent
yesterday. The refreshments
were cake and beer.
Beer is one of the favorite
beverages of the little old lady.
She has a glass every afternoon.
Grandma" whose formal
title is Mrs. Eliza Dent, won't
be los until Thursday but they
decided to celebrate the occasion
early at the nursing home where
she has lived for the past eight
years.
Grandma" still reads news
papers without glasses.
Born in Devonshire, England,
in 1843, Mrs. Dent came to
America in 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
S. Japs Earn 5'Mi|Iion Year;
Police LOOKING for Several
By the Associated Press

TOKYO, July 13-The Finance
Ministry's Taxation Bureau an
nounced today that Sc Japanese
earned more than five million yen
last year-and that several of them
are sought by police. who want to
know how they did it.
Five million yen. at current official
exchange, is S18,518-lots Of money,
even in high-priced Japan.
Only three of the Sc named were
wealthy in prewar days. The bu-
reau announcement was regarded as
confirming a long-standing belief
that most of the postwar rich are
black market operators.
The man whose reported 20
million-yen income made him No. 2
on the list, for instance, Is sought
by police for dealing illegally in
rubber.