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Evening star., 1948-12-31
Europe 10 Greet 1949'
In Traditional Fetes
AaainstWar Backdrop'
BY the Assoeioted Press


LONDON, Dec. 31.-A troubled
world will usher in the New Year
with the hope that 1949 may bring
better days. The East-West cold
war and various shooting wars
form backdrop.
In Europe traditional family cele-
brations will be observed. Little
revelry is planned A factor is the
deep-set belief that conditions call
for soft-pedaling of any riotous
ringing in the New Year.
In Paris, many will toast the New
Year with champagne. In Brussels
according to custom-they will
greet 1949 with beer.
Londoners will have their first
chance since 1889 of reverting to an
old custom. Eros, god of love, has
been replaced on his pedestal over
looking Piccadilly Circus, the
Broadway of London. Thousands
again will swarm around the statue
to see the New Year arrive.
In Denmark and Italy, police have
banned the traditional New Years
eve fireworks.
Old Tradition Outlawed.
The italian government has
passed a special decree outlawing
one of the country's Oldest tradi-
tions-the tossing of chamber pots
and other crockery out of the win
dow at midnight. Economy and
public safety were the reasons given
for the ban
Many capitals reported that high
prices and low earnings will cut
the New Years eve fanfare.
Belgian housewives will get spe-
cial treat-table oil and sugar will
go on free sale January !, making
Belgium one of the first countries
in Europe to abandon rationing.
The Soviet news agency. Tass,
said Poland has also announced
she will abolish rationing the first
Of the year.
Vienna will revive the prewar
ceremony of trumpeters playing
fanfares while church bells peal
Midnight masses will be cele-
brated in Prague. Low Czech liquor
supplies will guarantee sober parties.
Prague newspapers already have
warned people not to drink too
much New Years eve because their
efforts are needed for the new five
year plan which will be proclaimed
tomorrow.
Superstitions Still Rule.
Ancient superstitions still domi-
nate Europe's New Year practices.
The Czechs pay the equivalent of
O dime or quarter to touch for luck
sucking pigs brought into town by
peasants. Others eat breakfasts of
lentils or pig snouts which are sup
posed to insure wealth.
Germans pour liquid lead into cold
water. The shape it takes is sup
posed to forecast the future. Plain
sauerkraut is the New Years Day
lunch because a German proverb
says if it is served on New Years
Day there always will be enough
money in the house.
Western Berliners will have some
chance to forget blockade jitters.
Many will gather at parties in res
taurants or private homes for jelly
doughnuts, fish and hot wine.
Soviet towns from the Province of
Georgia in the south to the north
ernmost regions were planning fairs,
balls and parties
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Only Z lynchings in 1o4S,
10 Prevented, Says Report
BY the Associntad Press

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Dec. 31.-Geor-
gia had the only two lynchings in
the United States during 1948. TuS-
kegee Institute said yesterday. The
victims were a white man and a
Negro.
Another Georgia Negro death was
listed as a ''border-line" case in the
institutions annual report on lynch
ingS.
Alert law enforcement officers pre-
vented possible lynchings in 10 other
cases where Negroes We're threatened
by mobs, the report said. Fourteen
were in Mississippi, two in Alabama,
one each in Georgia, South Caro-
lima and Virginia.
A Tuskegee Official said only two
persons were involved in the near
lynching in Georgia. The report does
not list a lynching unless three or
more take part in a Staying.
The 1948 lynch victims were iden-
titled as William H. Turner, 26-year-
old white tenant farmer of Meri-
"ClIlC4 NOuLllS, dllO 1loOClt AAoAnA u,
37-year- -old Negro casket salesman in
Toombs County, both in Georgia.
Mallard was ambuShed near his
home on the night of November 90
His wife, Amy, charged the shooting
to a group of robed, unmasked white
men. A grand jury indicted two wtits
men on murder charges.
Five white men and two Negroes
were charged with murder In the
Turner Staying.
The report said the "border-l line"
case was that of Isiah Nixon, colored,
%, of Aston, Ga, who was shot to
death on September 8. Two white
brothers are accused in the case. The
shooting, 1t said, followed Nixon's
insistence on voting in a Georgia
primary election after he was ad-
ViSed not to.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
8 Tried in Gondhi Death
To Learn Fate in January
by the Assoeioted Press

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 81.
Narayan Vinayak Godse and seven
others accused of numbering Mo-
handas K. Gandhi are to learn their
fate next month.
The trial ended yesterday, just II
months after the Hindu spiritual
and political leader was shot. Special
Judge Atma Charan said he would
pronounce judgment in January. He
did not give specific date.
Godse testified he shot Gandhi
He said he opposed Gandhi for his
concessions to the Moslems, which
brought ruin to millions of Hindus. I"
Godse suggested that the court SEN
tence him to be hanged.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
BY the Asseeiofed Press

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 81
The atom bomb" Russia was ru-
mored to have tested in Siberia last
year may have been one of the
worlds greatest meteors.
1t was shooting star that fell
in the form of rain of iron. 1t
cut down thousands of trees in a
forest and pitted the earth with
hundreds of little craters over scores
of square miles.
The news of this meteor was given
to the American Astronomical So
ciety by Dr.. Otto Struve, president
He said he had found the first news
of it in a report printed in Russian
1t fell on a February forenoon in
1947. DR.. Struve said the luminous
trail left in the sky was still visible
that night. This light was so bril-
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Atom Bomb Tested by Russia
NAV Have Been Huge Meteor

liant during the day that the trees
cast shadows in bright sunlight and
in direction different from the sun.
The impact raised column Of dust
thousands of feet high.
DR.. Struve said the Russian scien-
fists are ahead of Americans In
one way, because Russia is going to
make a national monument of the
place where this meteor fell.
American astronomers, he said,
have failed in efforts to make a
National monument of Canyon
Diablo in Arizona, the crater, 1000
feet from rim to rim, where the
worlds greatest meteor fell thou
sands of years ago. He said that
an Astronomical Society Commit
tee, which had been trying for this
monument, was terminated yester-
day because nothing could be done
at present.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Frustrated Coutship
Checked in2S|ayings,
Suicide on Ohio Farm
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEWARK, Ohio, Dec. 31.-A frus-
trated courtship was checked today
as a possible cause of the double
Staying of 45-year old school
teacher and a farmland by the
woman's acquaintance, who then
killed himself.
Sheriff A. Roe Francis identified
the dead as Jane Williams, a Cleve-
land school teacher home for the
holidays; Ernest Roley, SIS, the hired
man, and Ellis Raymond McLaugh-
lin. 38, of Willamette, Oreg. A
fourth victim, Jack Hodson, 63, of
Ipswich, S. Oak, holiday visitor,
was wounded seriously.
Miss Williams fell under two shot
gun blasts as she huddled terrified
IN the farmhouse of her spacious
country estate, Sheriff Francis re-
ported.
Sister Hid in Orchard.
He said Mr.. Roley died trying
TO pull the gun away from Nc
Laughlln and Mr.. Hodson was shot
as he surprised Mclaughlin enter
ing the l0-room house by a side
entrance last night.
Miss Mary Williams. so. the dead
Womans sister. narrowly escaped
death by running from the house
and hiding in an orchard, Sheriff
Francis said.
Informed of the slayings and her
sons death, Mrs. Walter Copeland
OF Portland, Greg, said McLaugh-
lin threatened a month ago to re-
turn to Ohio and kill 'em all of"
II Mary Williams did not marry
him.
Mrs. Copeland, who remarked
after her sons birth, said she
warned Mary Williams in a letter.
Miss Williams replied saying she
would be careful, Mrs. Copeland
added.
Stories Conflict.
Mclaughlin, who served three
years in the Army, worked in Port
land as timekeeper until he quit
recently. Mrs. Copeland said he
was going to Ohio to visit Mary
Williams, whom he met OH a vaca-
ton trip several years ago.
Mrs. Copeland recalled her son
had visited the Williams sisters in
Ohio twice before and they visited
Portland last summer.
This confiicted, Sheriff Francis
said, with a statement obtained
from Mary Williams.
She identified Mclaughlin as
man the sisters met while on
sightseeing trip in Yellowstone Ma
tional Park four years ago. She said
they ran into him again last sum-
mer in Portland.
I'VE had no idea he was in New
ark" the sheriff quoted her as say
ing. He was just chance acquaint-
ance We talked to a few times"
She gave no reason for McLaugh-
/ Inns action.
Also in the home last night were
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest latham of
Granville, sister and brother -in-law
of the two women.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
French Premier S Budget
Rejected by Upper House
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Dec. 81. The Upper
House of the French Parliament to-
day rejected Premier Henri Queille's
l 300, 600, ,000, ,000-franc budget.
The balloting of the Council of
the Republic was los against, none
for and IS abstentions. Absent were
l22 Senators.
Since the Council has only ad-
visory powers, the bill calling for
1949 spending of the equivalent of
$6,260,000,000 merely goes back to
the lower House for expected re-
passage.
Before voting against the whole
bill, the Council had approved most
of its articles in separate votes.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
100 Hungarian Policemen
Reported Now in Vienna
BY the Associated Press

VIENNA, Dec. 31.-Approximately
100 Hungarian secret police are now
in Vienna and working closely with
Soviet occupation authorities, the
American-sponsored Wiener Kurier
said today.
The paper quoted well-informed
sources as saying the police were
highly trained "and could be used
for any action necessary"
The Kurier said the number of
Hungarian police here has increased
considerably since last October,
when DR.. Jozsef Garzuly, Hungarian
political representative in Vienna,
fed to the west.
The paper said at least three per-
sons had refused orders from these
police to return to Hungary.
Evening star., 1948-12-31

She was born in Baltimore, but
her family moved to Illinois when
she was a young girl. She has lived
in Montgomery County about IL
years.
For two years Mrs. Himstead was
president OF the Washington alum
nae unit of Kappa Alpha Theta
Sorority. She belongs to the Chevy
Chase Methodist Church. She is a
Democrat.
Her husband, Ralph E. Himstead
is general secretary of the Amer
lean Association of University Pro-
fessors. Formerly he specialized in
the teaching of constitutional law.
The Himsteads have one son,
Scott. a senior at the Friends Sid
well School. They live at 210 Rose
mary lane. Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Winters Heaviest Snow
Gales Lash British Isles

LONDON, Dec. 81. = Winter S
heaviest SHOWS, whipped along by
gales and mixed with occasional
rain, fell in much of England. Scot
land, Wales and Ireland yesterday.
The fall ranged up TO six inches
in parts of Wales and North Eng
land.
In Birmingham an inch and a
half Of rain fell in nine hours. Police
and firemen had to rescue 80 chill
dren from a day nursery cut off by
floods.
Many ships stood cut to sea rather
than attempt to dock along the
wind-lashed English coast.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
by the Assoeioted Press

The railroads have received
more financial relief-but not as
much as they wanted.
Contending they were caught be-
tween present rates and climbing
material and labor costs, the car
riers had asked a l3 per cent in
crease in freight rates, 8 per cent
of it on temporary basis pending
final decision.
But the Interstate Commerce
Commission, in a decision made
public late yesterday, granted only
temporary increases, averaging
something over per cent. The
new rates, which the ICC esti-
mated will yield s425 900, 900 a year
will be in effect until hearings can
be held on the railroads plea for
a permanent increase.
Varies In Different Areas.
The temporary increase varies for
different territories, with the high
est-6 per cent-applying in the
Eastern and Southern territories
least of the Mississippi River and
between those areas.
Other increases: Zone 1 of West
ern trunk-line territory 1owa. Wis
consin and part of Minnesota,
per cent; Western territory other
than Zone l, per cent; between
territories, other than Eastern and
Southern, per cent.
The commission said the increases
must not exceed 6 cents per 100
pounds on fruits, vegetables and
melons, and 4 cents on sugar and
lumber.
Waterways Also Benefit.
Including the new increases, the
ICC estimated that freight rates
have been raised $4,000, ,0O0, 900, or
about So per cent since June 80,
1916, with Eastern carriers the
greatest gamers.
The commission told the railroads
they could put the higher rates into
effect five days after filing tariffs.
Coastwise and inland waterways
also were authorized to increase
their rates in line with the railroads.
In another decision, the ICC
authorized the Railway Express
Agency to increase its Nationwide
rates to match those of the Western
territory. 1t was estimated this
would add nearly $1,000, 900 annually
to the companys revenues.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Offensive by |sraeIis
Carries Into Arabs
Part of Palestine
By the Associated Press

TEL AVN, Dec. 31.-An Israeli
military spokesman disclosed today
that the Jewish army's second Negeb
offensive had carried across parti-
ton lines into Arab parts of Pales-
tine.
The United Nations, by its parti-
ton decision last year. assigned part
of the Negeb to Israel, part to the
Arabs.
The spokesman refused to COM
ment on other reports, including
one by the British delegate before
the U. N Security Council in Paris,
that Jewish forces had fought their
way across the Egyptian frontier.
The partition lines were crossed
in the desert wasteland southwest
of Beersheba and southeast of Rata,
the Egyptian town on the border,
the spokesman said.
Abdullah Ready to Talk.
In another quarter, an unusually
reliable source said King Abdullah
of Trans-Jordan has informed Israel
he is ready to talk peace.
CThe Egyptian Embassy in
Paris denied suggestions by U. N.
observers in Palestine yesterday
that the Jews have isolated
GAIA, which was the leading
Egyptian base in PalestineD
The military spokesman said the
Jews captured Bier Asluj, in the
Israeli Negeb on the road from
Jewish occupied Beersheba to the
frontier command at Auja, 2 miles
from the Egyptian frontier and Is
miles southeast OF Rata. Auja is
in an Arab border strip between
Egypt and the Negeb.
This was the first time during
the week of battle in which the
Jewish military spokesman had
lifted secrecy enough to tell the
names of places seized.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
All Troops Removed
From Northern Korea
Russians Announce
BY the Assoeioted Press

MOSCOW, Dec. 31.-The Soviet
news agency, Tass, said today
that all Soviet troops have been
pulled out of Northern Korea
seven days ahead of Russia s
own deadline.
Tass said the evacuation was
completed Christmas Day. The So
Wet Council of Ministers had de-
creed that all Soviet troops be out
Of the region by January /. 194s.
The National Assembly of the
Peoples Republic" of Northern
Korea asked Russia and the United
States last September 10 to with
draw their soldiers, Tass said, add
ing.
'Tass is empowered to state that
in accordance with the decision of
the (Soviet Council of Ministers,
the evacuation of Soviet troops from
Northern Korea was completed on
December Is.
$50 far as the Government of the
| U. s. A. is concerned, it did not
agree, as is known, to satisfy the
request of the Supreme National
Assembly of Korea and has not
withdrawn its troops from the ter
ritory OF Southern Korea"
Evening star., 1948-12-31
YMCA Plans Open House

Open House will be held from /
pm. to pm. tomorrow at the
Twelfth Street Branch, YMCA, 1915
Twelfth street NV, John H. Burr.
general chairman of the Open
House Committee, announced today.
Among the events will be basket.
ball finals, tumbling and the in.
duction of new members.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Africun Former Makes Ruin

Charles Hall, farmer near Port
Elizabeth, South Africa, claims he
can precipitate rain from any cloud,
using electrically charged sand
sprayed from an airplane, a method
he thinks more effective than dry
ice.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Drugstore Profits Increased

To offset increased wages re-
Gently won by drugstore employees,
Argentina has raised the permis-
sible profit for drug concerns by Is
per cent.
Evening star., 1948-12-31

A Moscow radio commentary on
the evaluation said the Soviet
Union has recalled her armed forces
from all countries that did not fight
against her.
The commentator declared Rus
sia is pursuing a policy Of peace"
while the United States is engaged
In an "unexampled armaments
race"
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Mrs. Himsteods Many Interests
Led to Job on Charter Council
Housewife, Mother
Hos Wide KNOWLEDGE
Of Political Affairs

(This is one in a series of
sketches on candidates for the
neW Montgomery County Council
In the election Thursd1y.)
Evening star., 1948-12-31

Alcohol shortage Is hampering
of DDT in Japan.
Evening star., 1948-12-31

Mexico City now has its first all
night drugstores.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
FOUND

EOCKER SPANIEL, blond-red, male; found
fn far ne. about 10 days ago. VI 1925
BOG, one boxer. Owner call Ordway $500
after pm.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-02

tors of the City of Lexington
Holmes County, Mississippi, that by
said resolution the said Board of Ma
yor and Aldermen of the City of Lex
ington, Mississippi declared the in
tention of said Board to issue the
serial bonds of said City of Lex
ington, Mississippi, in a sum not
exceeding $115.000.00 for the pur-
pose of obtaining funds with which
to extend, repair and improve the
sanitary sewerage system in said
City of Lexington; that an election
will be held on Tuesday. the 7th day
of September, 1948, in the City Hall
in the City of Lexington, Holmes
County, Mississippi, the same being
the regular and legal place for hold
ing elections in said City of Lex
ington, Mississippi, to determine
whether or not a majority of the
qualified electors of the City of
Lexington, Holmes County, Missis-
sippi, authorize the issuance of said
bonds.
Witness my signature, this the
sch dav of August, 1948.
c. A. GLOVER, Clerk of
the City of Lexington, Mis-
sissippi.
"a trp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-02

ing Nix and Wood will be Billy Gene
Cook, who had experience at the
position in 1947. Cook was one of
the best defensive ends iE the en-
tire circuit last season.
Buddy Walden and Jimmie Far
IRISH are the only experienced backs
returning from last year who have
had considerable experience in the
Holmes backfield. This pair should
be among the top backs in the
Holmes backfield. This pair should
BID among the top backs in the
Junior College conference this year.
Other backs with some experience
at Holmes include: Billy Howard,
Pud Weaver. Joe WATSON. and Billy
Mann. Edward Renfroe had some
backfield experience in 1916, but
was called out of football last year,
and is back this season as a tackle.
The Guard spots are we'll fortified
by a group of veterans including
last years starters, Neal Small and
Perry Boyette. Jo-Jo White and
1GOISG Ellis WE'RE 1870 ulQoTStuQleS
and both r tough defensive players.
Several new men are out for guard
play. This group includes-Thomas
Small, Charles Wallace. James Madi-
son, Ed Gregory, and Charles VOL
folk. Arthur and, Dawson Curtiss,
and Kelly Gene Cook have all had
experience at tackle, and will be
ably supported by Ed Renfroe, a
veteran and AL Murdoch a new-
to Holmes. Alvin Malone, and
Raymond Shields are other candi-
dates for the tackle position.
Backs new to the Holmes Bulldogs
squad include: Leon Turpin, Robert
Everette, and Leon Sharp. This
threesome reported to Holmes in
good shape and will be counted up
on heavily to aid the 1948 Holmes
backfield. Other backs-Judson War
rem, Binky Lang, Aubry Landrum,
Denny Shannon, Richard Mazzyck,
Billy Mcclure. Luke Boykin,
Charles Alfred, John Pearson, Jim
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-02
Benefit Bridge Draws
Crowd OF W Persons;
Nets Around $40

Approximately 80 persons attend
ed the benefit bridge held at Alb
Taylor Memorial home, Thursday
afternoon. The seventy dollars net
proceeds are to be donated to the
Eastern Star Old Ladies home.
Members of the local chapter of
o. E. S. served on committees.
Prize-winners were: Miss Ruth
bridge, high at bridge; Miss Edith
Mcdaniel, second; Mrs. James
Moore, high at 600, Mrs. r. M. Gull
ledge, second.
Others winning included Mrs. Al
Ian Ramsey, prize for first slam;
Mrs. Annie st. Clair for bingo; Miss
Ann Patterson and Miss Blanche
Legate. for rock. Two tables of
youngsters played.
Committee members were: resir-
vations-Mrs. Louise King, Mrs.
Marie Mason, Mrs. Josephine Chen
nault: decorations. Mrs. Willie Davis
Strickland, Mrs. W. E. Strider; hos
tess. Miss Minnie Jordan, Mrs.
Jack Reid; and refreshments com
mittee, Mrs. Vernon Hathcock, Mrs.
Chennsult, Mrs. George Bailey, Mrs.
Mary Fincher, and Mrs. Beatrice
Gibson.
Out-of-towners present included
from Tchula, Mrs. Ralph Ray, Mrs.
Buster Read. Mrs. ]. j. Kazar, Mrs.
Elizabeth Sheppard, Mrs. E. N. Nc
Kibben, Mrs. Myron Casteele, Mrs
Ellis Harris, Mrs, Hamp James, and
Mrs. Jack Barwick: and from
Durant, Mrs. T. C. Gum, Mrs. H.
B. Sargent. Mrs. F. c. Calender.
Miss Gallie Drane, Mrs. Wilbur Reid,
Mrs. w. H. Mckenzie, Mrs. Albert
Tatum, and Mrs. Annie st. Clair.
At a call meeting of the o. F. S.
FRIDAY night, Ernie F. Raw and Mrs.
Rav were initiated. Acting deputy
Clarence Mcdaniel served as Wor-
thy Patron. All officers were pre-
sent. The regular MONTHLY meeting
of the Eastern Star will be held
Friday night at 7:30 at the lodge.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-02
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids win be received by
the Trustees of the West Line Con-
solidated School District at the of
flee of L. J. Hand. Secretary of the
Board of Trustees, in the Town OF
West. Mississippi, until 3 o'clock P.
M, Monday, September 6, 1948. for
the sale to said district in construct
inc buildings for said school. the
following material, viz:
10 TypewriteTs
1 Adding Machine
All delivered at location in West
Mississippi.
Bids must be accompanied by GER
titled check for (5) per cent amount
of bid or bid bonds.
The said Trustees reserve the
right to reject any and all bids and
to waive all information.
This August 10. 1913.
Board of Trustees, West
Line Consolidated School
District
BY L. ]. HAND, Secretary.
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LEGAL NOTICES
Board of Levee Commissioners
For The

Board of Levee Commissioners
For The
Yazoo Mississippi Delta
TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS
COME, GREETING:
Merchant and Planters Bank OF
Tchuia, Mississippi having complied
with all the requirements OF law
and having placed the following Sc
curitIes with the Treasurer Of the
Board of Levee Commissioners OF
the Yazoo-Missisippi Delta to-wit:
Bonds of the classes and kind re-
ouired by law to be deposited to
the amount of $19,000.00. said bank
is hereby created and appointed a
depository for the funds of said
Board for a term of two years. end
ing the first Tuesday of May. 1850,
but shall not have on deposit at any
time any amount exceeding $4,000
90 of the funds of said Board Of
Levee Commissioners.
WITNESS the signatures and seal
of the said Board of Levee Commits
sioners, this the 4th day of May,
l948.
S. H. COKER,
President.
C. F. SEALS,
l8-4-tnp Secretary-Treasurer
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-02
SUMMONS FOR NONRESIDENT
DEFENDANT

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Ernest Flukers, a nonresident
whose place of Residence, Post
Office Address and Street Ad-
dress are unknown.
You are summoned to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court Of the
Couny Of Holmes, in said State, on
the second Monday of September
A. d. l948, to defend the suit No,
1873 in said Court of Mamie Wal
lace Flukers, wherein you are a De-
PENDANT.
This August 18th A. d. 1948.
PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
(SEAL9 Chancery Clerk
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