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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23
w. M. U. MEETS

The w. M. U. met at the church
at three o'clock Monday after
noon. The Royal Service pro-
gram was given by Mrs. Charley
Wade. The minutes were read by
Mrs. w. M. Unger. Opening song,
"Come All Ye Faithful" Mrs S.
B. Harrington gave the Devotion
al and Mrs. Unger led in prayer.
Members on the program were:
Mrs. H. 3 Jones, Mrs. Temple,
Mrs. Hearn, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs.
Sheppard, Mrs. Austin, Mrs. Love,
Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Black.
The Sunbeams met with the
society and sang away in a
Manger," and represented parts
in the Bible with placards on
| their chests.
Mrs. James Love gave the clos
ing prayer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Buck were
odIhSotl NlSltOlS vi w
Mrs. H. j. Baine, Patricia and
Nell Parker Baine drove to the
Jackson airport, Wednesday to
meet Miss Becky Baine on her
arrival from Brenau college in
Gainesville, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Boyd of
Greenwood visited in Tchula
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Wilson and
children of Winona spent Sum
day with his parents.
TICEl
The Holmes County Health de-
paytment will close Wednesday
noon, December %, for the
Christmas holidays, and will open
for duty Tuesday morning, De-
cember q.
w. H Weeks, M. D.
Health Officer.
Cfp~
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23

George Samaha Friday.
Mr., and Mrs w. r. Huddles-
ton, Sally and Martha Ann shop
ped in Jackson Saturday. They
were accompanied home by Mrs.
Rosa Burton who will be their
guest during the holidays.
Noted among shoppers in
Greenwood Thursday were, Mrs.
w. M Unger, Mrs. w. E. Mar
shall, Mrs. j J. Kazar, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Love, Mrs j. c. Can
non and Mrs. Ivy Smith.
Robert Lee Jones of Washing
ton and Virginia who has been
visiting his mother, Mrs. Stokes
Jones for several weeks, made a
business trip to Memphis last
week.
Mrs. ]. l.. Shields, Miss Mary
Alice Shields and Mrs. c R. Ham
lin went to Jackson Saturday af-
ter Miss Jeanne Shields who will
spend the holidays at home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23

Progress is reported on the
well being drilled for the town
of Tchula located near Nixon's
gin and adjacent to the town
tank.
Work has been discontinued on
the sewage system until January.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nader of
Jackson visited Mr.. and Mrs.
George Samaha Friday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23

Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Wilson and
children of Winona spent Sum
day with his parents.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Boyd of
Greenwood visited in Tchula
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1948-06-11
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. As


read about, they being somewhat
low in composition.
Naturally, I don't believe word
Of 1t, but I have heard from the
Daytona Beach grapevine that
Danny doesn't have $4,000 ready to
hand over to Dorothy, and that the
yacht he has renamed Dorothy
Lawlor" really belongs to man who
is In the North at the moment, COM
pletely unaware that one of the
sailors left on the boat to look after
it happens to be a friend of Danny
and, very friendlike, agreed to al
low Danny to pose as the owner.
II this is true-and ! say again
it Is only rumor-I would like to
see the wealthy Northern owner
when he sees what is being done
with his boat. He'll probably throw
a capstan, which is Navy for fit.
Let us all hope that the love be-
tween Dorothy and Danny will -four
ish like a grove Of bay trees. Cupid
should not fail when he shoots
greenbacks for arrows. Too, what a
sweet picture the whole thing makes
Dorothy bringing in ice cubes
while Danny, pride on his face.
mixes drinks for the people whose
curiosity about his bride has lured
them into his saloon. 1t is some
thing that Whistler, were he alive.
would like to immortalize on canvas.
distributed BY McNaugnt Syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1948-06-11

Dorothy soon was getting more pub
licity than the doings of the U. N
at Lake Success, or the dreadful
trouble in Palestine. or the politi-
cal campaigning Of Messrs. Truman
Dewey, Vandenberg, Stassen, War
rem, and all of the other men who
are seeking to lead this country
through perilous times.
Out of all the offers that poured
in, Dorothy decided to try one
Danny Wicker, owner of a 6x6 night
club in my home town, Daytona
Beach. Being born lucky, I was
there when Dorothy arrived. Danny,
a little fleshy around the jowls, was
there to meet her, with borrowed
convertible and a coat that might
we'll have been cut from the tail end
of Citations blanket. "Sartorially
splendid" the local newspaper de-
scribed him.
They kissed. Danny used an over
tapping grip with closed stance for
the kiss. Dorothy, mindful of the
peroxide Cor so it seemed to me)
that she had used on her prema-
turely blonde hair. embraced Danny
with restraint Then, with all the
of couple being mar
ried at home plate in a baseball
park. they posed for the camera
men and gave of statements which
am sure you would not care to
Evening star., 1948-06-11
Too Far Out in Front
Vandenberg's Influence With Public
Disliked bv G. O. P. Professionals

practical politicians who hope to
pull the Senator's name out of a
smoke filled room or even dream
of a Vandenberg draft on an early
ballot, the Senator is statesman
enough already. What they want
him to appear right now is a regu-
lar. real. 100 per cent Republican.
The actual delegates who will
sweat it out in Convention Hall are
a. mixture of prominent citizens, the
fat cats who put up the campaign
funds, officeholders and party work.
ers. But their dominant figures are
the hard-boiled professionals who
guide what are courteously called
their deliberations. Such men don't
like candidates who are too far out
in front of them in any respect.
Senator Vandenberg is certainly
ahead of an important, influential
sector of his party. His wing is the
most articulate, the best represented
in the mediums of propaganda
around Washington. But 48 States
will be voting from the convention
floor.
If the Democrats had strong
candidate, the professionals would
sacrifice their inclinations to the
practical necessity of appealing to
the independent swing vote. Now
they feel they can't be headed. That
is the real strength of Senator
Tafts candidacy and the dark-horse
hopes of Speaker Martin, the least
glamorous Of the candidates but the
two most dear to the party ma
chimes.
Trapped in Family Fight.
To what extent they are guilty
of arranging q deadfall for Senator
Vandenberg, as some people believe,
or whether they just let 1t roll,
doesn't matter very much practi-
cally. Senator Vandenberg Is
trapped in the thick of a family
fight and it isn't helping him to be
President.
Various counter-moves are being
Evening star., 1948-06-11

dominated by Dorothy THOMPSON
the mentality of Speaker Martin and
Representative Taber, we may as
we'll fold up the idea OF American
leadership.
We wish we could record lead
ership emerging in Western Europe
itself, but the fruits of the London
six-power conference on Western
Germany are profoundly disap-
pointing. Where courage, large
ness and decisiveness are needed,
the agreement reached is inconclu-
sive and petty. 1t VIII solve neither
the German political nor economic
problem. 1t gives the western
minded German forces little with
which to influence and encourage
the German people.
| Germany Has No Vote.
Due to the opposition of the
French. even the western zones will
not be economically united, until
further progress has been made IN
establishing the necessary German
institutions common to the entire
area" In return for a government
and constitution for part OF Ger
many-which the Communists al,
ready are depicting as final German
partition-Germany, in effect, loses
the Ruhr to an international au-
thority on which she is not even
directly represented.
An international control shall be
set up composed of representatives
of the United States, United King
dom. France, Netherlands, Belgium,
Luxembourg and Germany" The
/ United States. United Kingdom,
France. Germany, and the Bene-
lux countries together shall each
I have three votes and all decisions
shall be. made by majority. Ger
many, therefore, always will be out
voted. And the representative OF
Germany shall, until the con-
tracing governments otherwise de-
eide q. be designated and the
vote for Germany exercised by those
powers which share the RESPONSE
bility for the economic admins
tration Of that part of Germany
which includes the Ruhr." Ergo,
she has no vote at all!
Internationalizatio does not,
therefore, bring Germany into CO.
operation with Western Europe, on
equal terms: and it is predictable
that the process will continue
whereby coal. Germany's only con-
/ siderable natural resource, will be
exported en- masse to feed the IN
dustries of other states, instead OF
converted into German lndustrlal
products with which to purchase
necessary food imports. The result
will be a continuation of subsidies
from the American taxpayer, now
running to the tune of billion
dollars a year And this. in turn.
will feed congressional revolt
against the ERP.
Pivotal to Recovery.
Coal is pivotal to any measure OF
German recovery, and in Germany
the fate of Europe will be sealed.
The German people cannot make q
living by exporting coal In more
than limited quantities. If the chief
produce of the mines is sold, as coal,
there simply are 10000 900 too many
Germans in Western Germany.
Western Germany, to distribute
even the wholly inadequate mini
mum ration of 1850 calories a day
which never yet has been consist
J entity maintained-must import 600
calories a day for each person. To
Improve agricultural production she
must have nitrogen, potash, and
phosphate fertilizer in which she is
IA per cent deficient of normal. She
now is forced to import this fer
Evening star., 1948-06-11
This Changing World
Soviet Protest on Press Warmongering'
Nav Indicate End of 'Purrine' Period

the Politburo has decided to enc
the period of Cancellation" and in
tends to intensity the cold war ir
the next few weeks, probably after
the crops are harvested in the
Ukraine and other agricultural
areas behind the Iron Curtain.
While the Soviet protest-which
was directed particularly at News
week Magazine-is taken lightly by
the American Government, there is
more serious concern in official
quarters over the simultaneous at
tack on the Dutch press.
The Netherlands are very vul-
nerable and within short range OF
Soviet military bases in Europe. The
Dutch government courageously
Joined the flve-nation defensive al
lance organized in Brussels last
spring. Since then it has been the
target of frequent attacks by the
Russian press and radio. The fact
that the Netherlands, alone OF the
Western European countries was
singled out for the latest Russian
diatribe, appears ominous.
Part of War of Nerves.
Russian denunciation of the
Netherlands at this time is con-
sidered to be part of the war OF
nerves. The Politburo hopes to re-
store some of the Dutch Communist
Party's lost influence. At the end OF
the war that party had made great
progress, but it was lost for the most
part when the Dutch people real
lied the Communists actual aims.
The Russian note took the State
Department completely by surprise.
There has been frequent communi-
cation between Washington and
Moscow regarding the attacks Of
American publications on the So
Wet government. The State De-
partment invariably regretted
such incidents, but pointed out to
Moscow that it can do nothing about
them, since the press in this coun-
try is completely free.
In some of these exchanges it was
pointed out that the State Depart
ment itself frequently is subjected
to even more severe criticism than
is the Soviet government. The re-
suit has been that the Kremlin took
on itself the task of counter-attack-
ing it's American critics, and has as
sailed not only American institutions
but also all those men in American
public life who do not agree with
everything Russia does.
The manner in which the new
Soviet note was handled by Moscow
is considered however, to have
greater implications than mere
effort to silence Russias critics in
this country.
Evening star., 1948-06-11

ment, contrary Constantine nfo"h'
to international usage, informed the
world of the content OF the Russian
communication.
Secretary of State Marshall and
his advisers have decided to answer
the Russian government. 1t is be-
Ilieved that the Secretary of State in
mis- reply will point out that in the
last two years the Soviet-controlled
press and radio have been far more
guilty of slanderous attacks on the
American Government, its leaders
and institutions than Americas free
and uncontrolled newspapers, maga-
zines and radio commentators have
been on the Russian government.
May End Purring Period.
The significance of the Russian
note. calling for enforcement of
the U. Ms mild resolution adopted
last fall for the prosecution of war
mongers, does not lie in its use for
a new Soviet propaganda maneuver,
but in the fact that it may lndi-
cate the end of the Politburo's S
"purring' period.
During the last three weeks Die
tator Stain and Foreign Minister
Molotov have engaged in a cam
paign to convince the American peo-
pie and the rest of the Western
world that Russia is extending the
olive branch-and that America is
rejecting it.
Soviet sympathizers and stooges
in this country and abroad have
followed Moscow's instructions care
fully and have attempted to make
political capital-and not altogether
unsuccessfully-out of these Rus
sian maneuvers.
Russia's unexpected official pro-
test against American "warmonger-
ing" activities are considered in
some quarters as an indication that
Evening star., 1948-06-11

considered by his friends, some
quite dramatic. They are of course
handicapped by his insistence he is
not a candidate.
Some quarters suggest that his
only hope now lies in swift arrange
ments with Harold Stassen as
against Gov. Dewey and Sena-
tor Taft. But again, Senator VAN
denberg cannot damage his prestige
status by down-to-earth phenagling
Vandenberg admirers are quietly
trying to capitalize on the argument
that if he is not named, the Demo-
Gratis may dump President Truman
and draft General Eisenhower. The
cynics on the Hill, however, are sug-
gesting that Senator Vandenberg
will get the hearts and flowers, Sen
ator Taft or Gov. Dewey the nomi-
nation.
Evening star., 1948-06-11

The arrival of Dorothy Lawlor.
You know about Dorothy, Of
course.
She is the former Long Island
hat-check girl who, married at Is
and divorced at 10. decided at the
age of % that love was a great
thing but only when spelled $ove,
the symbol for the dollar replacing
the letter a."
Must Be in My Name.
So. with a candor that must be
respected if not admired, she ad-
vertised for a husband. He must
have $4,000" Dorothy said. ready
to turn over to me to put in my
name"
So, this country being what it is,
Evening star., 1948-06-11
On the Record
Picture Put Forth by i. S. Authorities
On European Recovery Not Justified

tilizer from the United States at
$500 a ton, each ton yielding an
increment of Is tons of grain. But
eight tons OF coal costing $108. con-
verted into fertilizer, would save
1892 in nitrogen imports and be
worth $500 in grain imports.
To support so million people, on
her present truncated territory
Germany must convert coal into
industrial products. But her ex-
Evening star., 1948-06-11

! plIUbl Z Va AeAA "
| pean recovery.
The. picture is
not justified.
The Republi-
can bolt on the
E u r opean re-
covery plan is
S e + us. 1t
seems certain
that we shall
have a Repubh-
C a n Govern
ment, but If
t h a { Govern
ment and its
President are
Evening star., 1948-06-11

ports almost entirely are raw ma
terials. In l947, of $164 millions in
exports. only s2l million was Tor
finished or semifinished goods, all
of the rest being coal, lumber and
services.
Under the London arrangements
there is little hope that this Will
change. The plunder band will con-
tinue; the United States will keep
the population on inadequate re-
lief; unemployment and hunger
will create anarchy; and commu-
nism as a variety Of national bol-
shevism will grow.
Released by the Bell Syndicate. 1nco
Evening star., 1948-06-11

which has built him into one OF
the great political legends OF the
era.
If presidential candidates were
nominated in direct primary
Michigan would be this year very
happy, However, that task now
rests with conventions Of party
members.
Hence for the purposes Of the
Evening star., 1948-06-11


Take me, for
example.
A few days
ago I went out
to the local air
port to pick up
q couple of tick
cts to New York.
I could have
gone a day
sooner or a day
later, but Lady
Luck was in
there throwing
the dice on my
side, and what
do you think I
Evening star., 1948-06-11

the eve OF the
convention, they
are thinking in
terms of con-
vention d e ] e
gates, not the
public.
Senator Van
denberg proba-
bly, enhances his
reputation as a
S t a t e S man In
battles of this
kind and his
supporters know
it. Certainly he
is getting more
of that. nreSS
Evening star., 1948-06-11

of the American
press" left State
Department Off
cials agape for
the second time
in a month.
The S owl e I
note W as re-
ceived in Wash
i n g t on ] a t e
w e d n e S d a y
night and was
still being trans
! a { e d by the
State Depart
ment when the
Moscow govern
Evening star., 1948-06-11
Rv Constantine Browu

The worldwide broadcast from
Moscow of the official Soviet note to
the United States Government, pro-
testing the "warmongering activities
Evening star., 1948-06-11
McLemore
Gets in on SIS
Romantic Deal
b. Henry McLem ore

Some people are just born lucky.
From the start the stars smile on
them, and an unseen rabbits foot
accompanies them from cradle to
Evening star., 1948-06-11
Bv Doris Fieeson

When Michigan Republicans COM
plain of the present foreign-policy
battle forced upon Senator Vanden-
berg by Republican nationalists on
Evening star., 1948-06-11
By Dorothy Thompson

Dv DOTOTHV TUWPSO"
The summer of 1948 is recording
mounting crisis, within our
country and in Europe. Day by
day our authorities hold forth a
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-05-28
FIRST AID TO AILING HOUSES
BY Roger Whitman

QUESTION: I am going to insu-
late the upstairs Of my home and
would like information on this SUBJ
ject. Can you give me any advice?
ANSWER: Get top-quaEty pro-
ducts and, whichever type you select
ask for instruction sheets on the
correct method Of installation. Wall
insulation that requires blowing.
in" usually is handled by special
companies who have the equipment
for this work. Bait or blanket.type
insulation can be put in by a home
owner who is handy with tools.
When insulation is placed in between
the rafters, the attic space can be
utilized for living quarters.
QUESTION: We are planning to
build recreation room in our base
ment. Can you give me any plans
or suggestions on how to build and
arrange it?
ANSWER: Booklets on this SUBJ
ject are published by the manufac-
turers of asphalt floor tile and wall
boards suitable for such rooms. Your
first consideration should be to see
that all traces of dampness are
eliminated.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-05-28
,;,5Ie Of Geld Settled -,
hI''' .,,,is Over Pirate Loot
Pounding

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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-05-28
GRANDMA
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Svs s0a'eial0' to do, someone to
So 49, sHa Somethia' to hope fer.
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qraI fs;' ne i. | always want top
the n.,i / aat 5 Why I always pick
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often as! IS cause Opportunity ia
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way VII, aunt Susan's got
Greens s ".'0 "egetables-her
ttas:is', a. SEe always so good
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Evening star., 1948-12-26
Truman Credits Election
To Great Mass OF Citizens
BY the Assoeiofed Press

President Truman credits his
election victory to the great mass"
of citizens rather than any one or
more special interest groups.
He makes his analysis of the vot-
ing in a message to the Democratic
Digest, a party publication. In it,
he notes there is "a great deal of
talk as to why" the Democrats won.
Apparently with reference to
labor and the farm vote, he says
he is mindful of the importance of
the various elements that sup
ported the party.
But" ne added sin a large sense
it was the American people who
won the election-the great mass
of our citizens whose interests are
those of the Nation as a whole"
Evening star., 1948-12-26
|2LWing Fossils
| Rorest Shrews,
| Arrive at Zoo

A pair of living Nossils," one OF
the rarest surviving species of giant
shrews, have arrived at the Zoo
after being flown here from the Do
minican Republic.
Zoo Director William M Mann
said he doubted that any others are
in captivity. The last on display
here were acquired 13 years ago.
The weird little animals with long
snouts, naturalists say, should have
been extinct thousands of years ago
A very few are found at long inter-
walls in Cuba and neighboring Car
ibbean islands. They feed on insect
life.
The shrews were captured by
Julio Michaels of the Dominican
Republic, businessman who makes
a hobby of collecting rare animals
in the Caribbean region.
DR.. Mann regards the additions as
quite a Christmas gift" for ZOO
fans. AS far as he knows they are
the only ones on display in the
United States.
The shrews have been placed in
the small mammal house.
Evening star., 1948-12-26
YuIe Telephone Calls
Overseas Increase
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Radio-
telephone calls from the United
States to overseas points today
showed an increase of 10 per cent
over last Christmas.
The increase was shown despite a
2-hour breakdown in New York
London circuits because of magnetic
storms, an official of the American
Telephone & Telegraph Co. said. .
Domestic long-distance calls In
the United States were somewhat
higher" than last Christmas, the
official said.