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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-06

lHSIc Is llttIe uellI1QueTCy
among Boy Scouts throughout
this nation. During World War II
there was not a single known
case of soldier who had received
Scout training laying down on
the job.
The best is none too good for
our young people. Let's try to
give them the best by formulat-
ing Scouting program that will
enlist their interest and help
them to become the kind of citi-
zens we need to make our nation
strong.
Raiford E. McNeer became the
new mayor of Durant, Tuesday
of this week. We are sure he has
the best wishes of all citizens
VINO are interested in the well
fare of Durant as we all are.
We congratulate Mayor Nc
Neer and his entire administra-
ton and wish for them the very
best administration ever IN the
city of Durant.
The News is always solidly be-
hind any worthwhile project to
boost Durant, or make it grow or
progress in any way. II there's
ever anything we can do in our
small way we will be only too
happy to do so.
Mayor w. E. Howell who has
retired after seven consecutive
terms as mayor of Durant., we
imagine feels like new man
with the burden of being mayor
off his shoulders.
Being mayor, as any small
town official will tell you, is a
pretty thankless task sometimes.
Most OF the time you get cussed
if you do, and cussed if you don't.
Fourteen years is long time to
take it.
At any rate during the tenure
of office of Mayor Howell sub
stantial progress has been made
in many fields of activity. Durant
was the first city in the state to
take advantage of Governor Hugh
Whites BAWI program and es-
tablish an industry in a building
constructed with taxpayers mon
ely as a civic undertaking: a
beautiful new school building,
second to none in the state has
been erected; new well dug for
an adequate water supply; good
business arrangements have been
made with the Mississippi Power
and Light company to supply
Durant with ADEQUATE electricity
on Wholesale basis. Other
worthwhile, progressive things
have been accomplished.
At tbs same time. and very inn
portant, Durant has enjoyed a,
favorable rate of taxation COM
pared with other cities of its size
and population.
The writer personally has not
been able to see eye to eye with
Mayor Howell on some of the
things he seemed to favor, but
nevertheless we give him credit
for being sincere in his convict
ions.
So we congratulate Mayor
Howell on tie completion of his
years of service to this city as
its ranking official and wish him
the best of luck always. We are
certain he will stand ready, like
all the other good citizens of
Durant, to cooperate with the new
administration in any program
designed to make Durant march
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-06
THROUGH
Hazel.
EYES
BY Hazel Brcnnon

Holmes county is one OF eight
counties in the State and one of
Az counties in the entire United
States selected by the Depart
ment of Agriculture to serve
experimentally with the proposed
crop insurance program.
Ray E. johnson heads the cam
paign now getting underway in
Holmes county to get 1000
Holmes county cotton farmers
sign up for crop insurance.
Announcement of the current
campaign is featured on page
four Of this paper and sponsored
by the First National Bank of
Lexington and the Holmes Coun-
ty Bank and Trust company of
Lexington, West, Goodman, and
Walden, two institutions which
are vitality interested in the well
fare of Holmes county farmers.
Holmes cotton farmers are be-
ing asked to contact Mr.. johnson
whose office is in the basement
of the Lexington post office near
the County Agents office for de-
tails of this program which should
mean great deal to the farm
ers throughout the nation in the
future.
II this experimental program
proves successful, crop insurance
will become regular thing and
farmers will be protected from
outright crop failures-making it
possible TO take part Of the gam
BILE out of farming and make of
it a more successful business.
We should be proud that
Holmes county has been selected
as one OF 8 Mississippi counties to
make this experiment. It means
our farmers are getting in on
the ground floor and helping
develop the program from the
beginning-for this is a pioneer
movement.
Though the campaign has only
begun already more than 100
Holmes county farmers have sign
ed up for crop Insurance, so the
goal of | 900 here should be easily
reached.
The first crop insurance pro-
gram started in 1912 and was ad-
ministered as a part Of the AAA
program. l948 marked the first
year for the program to be made
Though experimentally) as re-
gular department of the Depart
saent of Agriculture.
During 1g47 there were, 800
farmers who signed up for crop
insurance, but in 1948 there were
only 800.
It costs nothing for farmers to
get full particulars on this and
all of our farm subscribers are
asked to investigate the crop in
surance program for their own
protection and welfare.
Whether We are business or
professional people, our welfare
is tied up with that of the farm
er, for ours is farming section.
So aside from a genuine interest
in the prosperity and welfare of
and farm friends our interest is
partly selfish.
What helps the farmer helps
all Of US.
Let's help push the crop in
surance program, and make sure
that every Holmes county cotton
producer has the opportunity to
either accept or reject this crop
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-06

Mrs. c. F. Cooper. Millsaps
college, was a guest of Mrs. j.
B. Thompson this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Beachman
were guests of her brother in
New Orleans during the holidays.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-06

Mrs. 10 May, Mission, Texas.
is here for a visit.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-06
Chairmen Named
For March OF Dimes
ByA.P. Carroll
Working Committees
To Stort Cumpoien
January l4th

Town chairmen for the March
of Dimes campaign underway
from January l4-31, are this
week announced by A. P. Carroll.
county chairman of the drive. the
proceeds of which will 60 toward
the cure of victims of infantile
paralysis. Mr. Carroll has re-
quested each chairman to choose
committees in each town. A
house-to-house canvass is being
planned.
Persons selected to serve by Mr..
Carroll are: Lexington-Mrs.
David B. Miles; Durant-Miss
Sara Howard; Pickens-Mrs. j.
n. McKie; Goodman-Mrs. ]. D.
Ford: West--Mrs. Clyde Cade;
Tchula-Mrs. j. w. Penn; Cru
ger-Mrs. E. H. Matthias. and
Thornton-Mrs. r. B. Garrard.
Coxburg-Mrs. H. A. Hocutt;
Ebenezer-Mrs. B. w. Humphrey,
Jr.; Acona-Mrs. K. F. Downer;
Richland-Mrs. J. E. Chisolm,
and Owens Wells-Mrs. John
Word.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-06
Plan Cunvoss

A woman canvasSer on each
street of each of the towns is
to be chosen by each town chair
man, who will also name four
men from the business district to
make sales there.
The American Legion has
pledged its full support to the
national drive, ard other organi-
cations are expected to respond.
Holmes county has always given
generously to the cause, having
in 1913 contributed approximately
$1,000.
Record of contributions made
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis during the past
10 years are:
The Valley settler., 1949-01-07
HERE ( ! HERE

Snow b1 ocked roads are creat ing trans portat ion pr obl em on the Valley TO ads. School busses manage to get through but not always on schedule. Truckers bring ing milk to the Creamery are late. but have so far managed to get through some inc during the day. Winds in the north ern portion Of the Valley are causing great deal of drift ing and no one thinks Of start ing out on the roads unless he is equipped ith shovel and good warm clothes.
 F. L. Kers ie returned from Tacoma Washing ton on Tuesday of this week and resumed his work of auditing the books for the Matanuska Valley Farmers' Cooper at ing As- sociat ion.
 Bill Rempel tells us that he is expecting his partner, Irwin Pitt, back from the States about the middle of this month.
The Valley settler., 1949-12-23

LII ~ OUOOIlO HN[(IVl II
FITlt SHAPE
The long awaited Flying Bossies"
arrived on ..e6nesday evening" Of
this week at II pm. at Elmendorf
Field via - aska Airlines. Merle
anderson acc ompanied the first load
James Il. Wilson, General L-anager Of
the r.V.T.C.A. reported that the
COWS showed little disturbance from
the trip. They we're bedded down in
very fine shape on the plane he said
They we're placed in five rows Of
three each on the big DC-4. $500.
lord was received here at noon on
Wednesday that the plane was taking
off from the airfield ct Everett,
darlington. l.r. "ilson left immed-
lately for anchorage to make arrane-
ments at that point for getting
then urloaded into trucks for i'm
mediate trans poctation to the Valley
1t this en5, Clair P8tten and Pat
::er-~er were making prep arat ions for
their distribution. Due to the
fact that the COWS would need milk
ing as soon as POSSIBLE after ar
rival ;. and also due to the fact that
suo-Zero weather is q trifle chilly
FOR COWS to be travelling, it was
necessary that everything be planned
to taa last detail in order to a.
void all waste mOtiCn.
7.o plane which was to have arrived
at Ilmendorf Field at pm. was de-
laEe6 bee ause Of & necessary stop
at YGkAtat for refueline. Then upon
arrival, Llmendorf Field was fogged
in so that the plane had to circle
over anchorage for sometime before
the heather Station signaled that
a landing could be made. The plane
was just getting ready to take off
for Fairb anks where the c ows would
have been unloaded ana shipped back,
but fortunately this move was un-
nee essary.
The IS bossies were welcomed at the
Cont.
Evening star., 1949-08-26


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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
FARM MACHINERY

N MAH SAL of engines, welding gen.
orators, power plants. Closeout sale on new
surplus items. Last chance to buy at ire
mendous savings. Briggs 3.5 hip. (s130 0O)
engine at s77.50. G.. E. 275 amp. welding
($80.O0) at $24.95. 3000-watt, 110-volt, CO.
cycle power plant with 4-cyl. engine ($775. 00)
at $345 90. Other values include pumps, mo-
tors, telephones, compressors, etc. Sale closes
midnight october 1st. Card brings illustrated
sales catalog. Burden Sales Company (For-
merly LEGO Engineering Company, 9th and
o Street. Lincoln. Nebraska.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
FARM LANDS

BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOME: 152A-20A in
meadow; balance woodland. 40A fenced. 3m
is level, subirrigated. Family sized orchard.
Large garden. Small fruit. House is 11a
stories, 7R and bath, frame, bungalow style.
Painted white. Hardwoo floors. Full cement
Furnace heated. City lights. Phone. Spring
water piped into house and barnyard, gravity
pressure. Large Lawn: Flowers, Shrubs &
Evergreens. Cow Barn for 10 cows, with Hay
loft. 2-car garage. Large poultry house.
New calf barn. Other bldgs. With the place
goes 1-30 Cat. tractor, overhauled. Plows,
to farm place. TOO it. dressed lumber. 5
milk cows, 2 Brown Swiss heifers, 9 spring
calves, 240 hens. Several electrical appliances.
Price 1880 $4,000 down. Terms on
bal $1,000 per year at SO. Write for Farm
and Business Listings. Strout Realty, Libby.
Montana.
FOR SALE $40 ACRES, Sec. 6-18-48. Six miles
southwest of Circle. 1a miles from State
highway. Fenced and cross-fenced. 200 Acres
under cultivation. 440 Pasture. On Red Water.
Plenty water year around. Almost a mile of
Horse barn 24x32. Four-bin granary. Hog
house 16x42. Chicken house 16x32. Brooder
house 8x12. Pump house. Drilled well pump
good water. Corral. Dehorning chute and
loading chute. Garage. Bunk house. Root
cellar. House 36x32. Buildings
Wired for electricity. REA available. Priced
for quick sale. $1,000 per acre. $4,000. 90
Down. Balance terms. Horkstrom Bros.
orchard located in best fruit district with
468 trees bearing heavy commercial crops.
Plenty of water for home and orchard. Mod
ern house, two large bedrooms, living room,
kitchen, bath, large closed-in porch. Oiled
highway, daily mail and bus service. Price
$4,000. Terms. Win gladly give amount of
income received this year. Louis G. Ratter-
man. Bigfork. Montana. E. Lake Shore, Flat
head Lake.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
BUYERS
LIVESTOCK

FOR SALE: 80 Holstein and II Guernsey
heifers, ages Is to IS months. Some bred by
Huntley Bull. T. B. tested. Bangs and Black
leg vaccinated. No crosses. These heifers
are out of high producing dams. Price $50. 90
each. Curtis Thompson, Box 1871, Havre, Mon
tana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

run 30 head of Hereford cows
on our ranch on calf share basis. Good sum-
mer and winter feed. Preston Petre, Birney,
Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
SCHOOLS

LEARN Auto & Diesel Mechanics, Welding,
Auto Body Repair Practical instructions.
Approved for G.. I. training. Write for catalog.
Hanson Mechanical Trade School, Box 1780-M,
Fargo, N. D.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

REGISTERED Brampton Jersey bull. Also some
young high producing cows. Carl auckland,
route l west. Great Falls. Mont.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

FOR SALE-Registered Brown Swiss yearling
bull; also one 6-month-old bull calf. Ike
Robertson. Roman Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

FOR SALE: 110-220 volt A. C.. Kato generator
7h kilowatt with switchboard. Will operate
or diesel. SITS. Jack Coultas, Conner, Mon
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

SEND for new free price catalog-light plants,
electric motors. gasoline engines, fans, weld
ers. air compreSSors. pumps. Government
surplus bargains. Harris Machinery. Mime
apolis, MINI.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

WIRE. ELECTRICAL, WEATHERPROOFED,
RUBBER COVERED, 8-gauge, 7-strand, type
R. 1900 feet per roll. Government cost 51a
cents per foot. Close out at 1h cents per foot.
Send for sample. Airplane Tire Co, sol South
I. Street. Tulare. California
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
REPAIR PARTS

NEW AMI USED parts for cars and trucks.
Largest stock in America. Complete guaran-
teed parts service for late and old models.
Depend on Pioneer for all needs;
new, used and rebuilt. Army truck parts
specialists. Fast mail order service. Pioneer
Auto Wrecking Company, TAO w. 18th Ave-.
Denver, Colo.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

GOVERNMENT surplus 2Oo-ampere 28-volt
DC generators, use for electric welding. sS3
each Free information. Lewis Short. Burton.
Kansas.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

REGISTERED polled Hereford yearling bulls
at ranch 8 miles southeast Ingomar. McCol-
lum and Gasser.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

FOR SALE: a Registered Brown Swiss Bulls
10 to 13 months old. Write or see E. o.
Johnson, Buffalo, Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
ELECTRICAL

32-vOLT appliances OF every type now In
stock. Nationwide reputation, built right. 3D.
volt console radio. phonograph-radios. kitchen
mixers available. Write for list. State what
you need; New improved Farm.Aide 6,volt
battery charger operates from 32-volt line,
s12.9 5 postpaid. 32-volt infra-red heat lamp
and stand $500 postpaid. Farm Electric Com
panY Shelby Mont
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

TRUCK N AUTO PARASITIC only firm in
the northwest specializing in truck parts. We
carry the largest and most complete stock Of
truck. auto parts and equipment in this part
of the country. 24-hour service on mail orders.
Write, wire or phone Wilensky Auto Parts
Co, 1226-28 Washington Ave. NJ Minneapolis
1. MINI
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

FOR SALE: One registered Shorthorn Roam
Bull 3 years old. Esther Stroh, Townsend,
Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

"SURGE"-The mixer that stays satisfactory.
Surge dairy farm equipment distributed BIZ
Montana Dairy Supply. P. o. Box 326. Hamil-
ton. Mont
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

NEW N USED tractor parts. Write for big,
free 1949 catalog; tremendous savings. Salts
faction guaranteed. Central Tractor Wrecking
Co. Des Moines 3, Iowa.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

BEST SERVICE from your Montana supplier
on all trucks and auto parts. We carry full
line army truck replacement parts Carl
Weissman & Sons, Inc. Great Falls. Mont
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

COLLIE PUPS from champions, no inbred
ing. Dogs for work. show or guard. bred for
intelligence and courage. Axe registered,
healthy, acclimated. Clara Calhoun, Silver
Star, Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

SECONDHAND 32-volt appliances of every
type. Write for list and prices. Model
Hardware, Chinook. Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

REGISTERED Holstein bulls for sale. @. c.,
McDermott. Fairfield. Mont.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

IF o ARE LOOKING for a stock ranch,
this is it. Can run up to 800 head of cattle.
Only S12, 900 down, 10 years to pay balance.
Come and see the place and let us talk it over.
A. DanielSon. Galata, Mont.
Evening star., 1949-12-16
Mrs. William |. King
Sues Tor Divorce

Mrs. Mary Margaret King,
Rockville. has filed suit in Mont
gomery County Circuit Court for
an absolute divorce from her hus-
band, William I. King, Gathers
burg, son of w. Larson King
prominent county dairy farmer.
Mrs. King gives adultery as
grounds for her suit.
The couple was married Septem-
ber 5, 1912, in Rockville. They
have two children, Thomas l.
King, 6, and Ann Garrett King, 4
Through her attorney, James H
Pugh, Mrs. King also charges that
her husband has treated her with
"great cruelty, harshness and bru-
tality." His conduct became Sc
"intolerable," she states, that she
was forced to leave him last
June IS.
According to Mrs. King, her hus-
band is employed by his father in
the operation Of a dairy farm near
Gaithersburg. She states he earns
about $1,000 a year, plus about
$4,000 a year annually from the
sale Of cattle.
Circuit Court Judge Stedman
Prescott yesterday signed an order
directing Mr.. King to pay his wife
so a week pending outcome OF
the suit and 5000 as initial counsel
fee for his wife.
Evening star., 1949-12-16
'CopIon Defense Seeks
Testimony by Condor
On Wiretapping Here
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Allega-
tions of overlapping in the
Nations Capital formed basis
for a defense move today to bring
testimony by DR.. Edward U. Con-
don into the scheduled spy con-
spiracy trial of Judith Coplon and
Valentin A. Gubitchev.
Arguments were to be heard be-
fore Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan
on pre- trial motion by the de-
fense for. permission to take a
deposition from DR.. Condor, di-
rector of the Bureau of Standards,
for use at the trial.
Papers, filed at pre- trial hear
ing yesterday, declared DR.. Con-
don's telephones were constantly
tapped during the last three
years"
cts an open secret" said De-
fense Counsel Archibald Palmer,
that they wire-tap everybody IN
Washington"
Calls Case Illegal.
The defense is opposing the
scheduled trial of Miss Coplon,
former Justice Department en-
ploye, and Gubitchev. a Russian
engineer, on various grounds, in
cluding a claim that the case Is
based on wire-tap evidence. Such
evidence is Illegal in Federal
courts.
The defense papers said DR..
Condor is "a material and nec-
essary witness in connection with
the issue of overlapping"
Mr.. Palmer also said, he wanted
DR.. Condor to testify that So
called secret" information found
in Miss Coplon's purse when she
was arrested with Gubitchev act
ually was public knowledge for at
least 30 years.
The lawyer said he wanted per-
mission to take the deposition be-
cause DR.. Condor Is leaving on a
trip to India before the trial opens
December 27, and would not be
able to testify In person.
FBI Admits Wiretapping.
DR.. Condor was described by a
House Un-American Activities
Subcommittee last year as lone Of
the weakest links In our atomic
security" He denied the charge
and demanded a hearing. a re-
quest thus far denied. The Atomic
Energy Commission subsequently
gave DR.. Condor q clean bill OF
health.
The FBI has admitted during
the pretrial hearings that the de-
PENDANTS phones were tapped and
that their mail was intercepted.
Evening star., 1949-12-16

but denied such information was
used to get an indictment.
Mr.. Palmers motion said the
Government "and in particular
the FBI, is constantly using illegal
overlapping in their investigation
Of suspects"
Miss Coplon and Gubitchev
suspended United Nations en-
ploye, are accused Of conspiracy
to pass United States Government
secrets to the Soviets.
Miss Coplon, convicted in Wash
ington on charges of stealing Gov.
ernment secrets. is appealing the
conviction and a sentence Of 4t
months to 10 years in prison.
Evening star., 1949-12-16
HoIdup Man Escapes,
Laughing OFF Threat
By the Associotsd Press

by tne As3octoted FfeS3
CHICAGO. robber strobe
into a grocery and demanded all
the cash in the place. The owner.
Mike Kollak, reached for q pistol
and fired two shots. The holdup
man fled. Kollak chased him. A
block away the fugitive headed
for his getaway car.
"Stop!" shouted Kollak. If
you get in that car, III shoot.
The robber laughed and drove
away. In the excitement Kollak
had left his gun in his store.
Evening star., 1949-12-16
Ward Ship Reaches Korea
On WAY to Yokohama

ABOARD LA K Ell ND VIC
TORY, at Pusan. Korea. Dec. 16
(P).-This evacuation ship docked
at Pusan today en- route to Yoko-
hama with Angus Ward and
members of his party who were
ousted from Red China.
The former consul general at
Mukden was greeted by several
State Department officials who
came out In launch before the
docking. Mr.. Ward thought he
might go ashore. since the ship
will not sail until tomorrow fol
Yokohama. where it is due Mon
day
Evening star., 1949-12-16
Couple Lives With Birds

DENVER (P.-"You can't have
too many BIRDS" says Emil Pu-
bols. He and his wife share their
little bungalow on Elm street with
10 of them, representing the love-
bird. canary. cockateel, concur,
parrot and linnet families.