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Williams.
DR. ShorneY Testifies

DR. ShorneY Testifies
The first witness called by
the prosecution was DR.. Brian
Shorney, Chief Municipal
Physician, who described the
wound and the result of the
autopsy made on the body of
Ping. Attorney Corneiro at
this point began to introduce
in evidence the heart of the
victim but almost immediate
~ Attorney Christian was on
his feet with objection. Gent
ly raising a corner of the cloth
that covered the heart, he APP
peared shocked & quickly drop
ped it. The prosecuting attor-
ney explained his purpose for
introducing it in evidence was
to give the jury an opportun-
ity to see the wound which
went through the heart. Judge
Moore sustained the objection,
pointing out that it would I'M
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Tomas Legiullou Found
Guiltyof2nd Degree Murder
Sentenced To Serve ~ Years At Richmond

Tomas Leguillou was found guilty of murder in the second
degree by a mixed Jury of s men and 4 women, early this morn
ing after four hours and twenty-five minutes of deliberation.
He was sentenced to serve IA years in the Richmond Peniten-
tiary by Judge Herman E. Moore.
During the day the court room was filled to capacity, about
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t1ary by Judge Herman T.. Nj
During the day the court roc
two-thirds of this number
were of Puerto Rican origin.
AL the principals in the case
were the anne Extra police
guards wer placed at strate-
gic points in the Courtroom
throughout the trial. AS the
trial progressed the court
room became jam-packed and
overlooked into the galleries
and down the steps leading to
the streets. The conduct of
everyone was excellent; there
was no incident or demonstra-
ton except whenever a bit of
humor crept into this other
wise Sordid affair,
Leguillou, who admitted fin
ally that he plunged a knife (the
dagger found by the Police was
not admitted in evidence) into the
heart of Jose Marin Cabret, known
popularity as Ping, stood APP
prehensive as the verdict was
read. He displayed no other out
ward emotion.
Attorneys For Defense
Attorney Francisco Garcia
Quinones of Puerto Rico and
Attorney Almeric Christian
of st. Croix defended Leguil-
lou. They took turns in ques-
tioning witnesses and the sum
nation was begun by Mr..
Quinones, who addressed the
jury at length; he was follow
ed by Mr.. Christian. The pro-
secution was handled by At
torney Francisco Corneiro as
sisted by Attorney Croxton
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Mrs. Shulterbrundt,
H. D. Psychologist
Visits Islund

Mrs. Eldra Shulterbrandt,
newly appointed psychologist
of the Mental Health Program,
of the Department of Health,
arrived here on the early plane
yesterday for a days stay in
st. Croix. She returned to St.
Thomas today,
Mrs. Shulterbrandt is the
wife of the Commissioner of
Finance.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17
REFLECTIONS in inc MiR ROR
8 YEARS AGO-1941

Rules for evacuation were released by the Civilian De- fense committee.
 Regular blackout hours were resumed, starting at 9::3O and continuing until the morning signal. Bars and liquor stores operated until 8:45 pm. Army officers at Ft. Greedy advised families in Kodiak to prepare small air raid shelters in case of a raid on Kodiak.
 WEARS AGO-1944
 The post office department posted an advertisement for proposals to lease space for new and larger quarters!
 In the 9th War Bond Drive, Kodiak made more than twice the quota set for it. YEAR AGO-1948
 The first Friday evening opening of the local stores was tried, at the suggestion of the joint base-Chamber of Com merce committee. Base and town telephones were to be hooked up in the coming week.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17
Party Held
 For A ntOnS

Erwin Antons, one of the displaced persons recently ar rived in Kodiak from Europe, was guest of honor at a birth day party recently, given him at his home by MT. and Mrs. Stanley Alvine, sponsors of the Ansis Antons family here.
 Members of the Russian Church recently visited the family in their home Brooklyn Avenue, presenting them with a supply of groceries.
 Mrs. Antons, who was g seamstress in Latvia supervis. ing ten others, has purchased a sewing machine, and is ac. Cepting sewing orders, Mrs, Alvine said yesterday.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17

nak. The girl, Tessie Marie, weighed 7 lbs 3 OF, and the boy, Jerry Edward, 5 lbs IA oz.
 For major surgery, Miss Helen Knagin of Afognak; for minor surgery, Danny liar rington; for medical attention' Eli Metrokin, Francis Hinden, Nancy Price.
 Added to the hospital staff as nurse this week is Mrs. James Wheeler, formerly of Aberdeen, Wash. MT. Wheeler Is employed at the base.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
IT'S IN THE AIR

The feeling of good will and rendness fails make itself manifest in Kodiak at Christmas time.
 Owners of businesses decorate windows in the traditional holly and Christmas crepe paper and in stores Santa Claus is on hand to take orders from the small fry
 Tomorrow family groups and individuals will fill the woods seeking Christmas and the around the Monmarre Inn will be ringing with the happy shouts of children they inform their parents that they have found the tree that up to their idea of the perfect
 So far this year Kodiak has received its yuetde blanket of make for its happy residents the familiar white Christmas
 However week remains before oe Santa makes his yearly slide down the chimney and Jack Frost and Old Man Winter may yet make their appearance
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17
Hospital News
B{RTHS:

hi1N1 l llo.
 A baby girl with two front teeth was born Dec. Il at the hospital to MT. and Mrs. John w. Gardner of Sand Point. The baby was named Loretta Margaret, and weighed g lbs 4 oz. Hospital authorities re- port that a baby born with teeth is exceptionally rare.
 Twins, a boy and girl, were born Dec. 12 to MT. and Mrs. Delmond W. Valley of Afog-
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17

yesterday. Another welcome to-your-new-home gift was a box of can ly for the staff, from Emil Knudsen. ..
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17
School Notes

In their last Navy game of the season, December 8, the Bears were defeated by Boat house, 50 to 45.
 Starting off in the first guar l ter Boathouse and Kodiak ran close together. The quarter ended in a 14-14 tie. Continu- ing into the second quarter the game was still young and the score was close. Boathouse managed to get a four point lead over the Bears, and the score at the half was 33-N.
 The battling Bears came back in the third quarter and lowered the boom on their opponets, running up a 9 point lead.
 Boathouse came rolling back in the fourth gu F CT and then racked up 21 points against the Bears 10, walking off with the victory.
 High point man for the Bears was Lawrence Ander- son with 20; runner-up was i Sidney Hubley with 16. ,, Martha Olsen "The Saddest Christmas" a play cast for the grade school
 boys and girls, will be the main feature in the December 1 22 Chritmas program, spon-
 sored by the Kodiak Rotary
 Cub and presented in the Orpheum Theatre.
 The plays name does not
 necessarily dominate the pro
 gram, however, for there will ! be merry music and plenty of Christmas jollity. The Junior High Chorus and High School
 Grils' choral group will high light the singing.
 ] Two evening performances are scheduled, one at 6 o'clock
 the other at 7::3O. Grades l, 2,
 and 3 will perform in the 6
 o'clock show, but their place
 will be taken by Grades 4, 5,
 and 6 in the 7:3O show. This
 arrangement will permit the younger children to receive
 their gifts and depart from i the theatre. Two full houses
 are expected.
 l Teachers will be in charge !of the school children, it WAS
 announced by Mrs. Audrey iNaldrett, grade school princi- nal
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17
Garland Here

The mailboat Garland arriv- ed at the Donnelly and Ache son dock Tuesday night and departed for Seward and Se- attle.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17
Town 1idbits

1 Santa Claus, who stops off lat Donnelley and Acheson teach Saturday during the pre- Christmas season, tells this highlight of last weeks after noon of interviewing eager youngsters:
 l One little tyke, who finally made his way to Santa after almost being pushed aside by the larger kids, just reached his eyes above the table at which St. Nick sat.
 ! But he was so excited he finally got his chin up to table level. Then Santa asked him ] what he wanted.
 In a tone of utter dismay and incredulity, the tiny tot exclaimed: "Jeepers, didn't you get my letter?".
 A new weekly paper made it's first appearance at the base last Friday, and is taking the place of the daily Morning Press, as we'll as civilian-edit- ed papers.
 , Not yet named, the mimeo- graphed weekly carried a var liety of base news and fea- lures, pertinent to the holiday season. Jim Bennett is editor of the paper, which is current fly holding a base-wide contest for a name. A $25 prize is of fered the winning suggestion. 1 Lawyer John Hughes car, (which was run into once by g itruck, had another field day lthis week. Parked on the lschool grounds, apparently securely, it chafed at the bit, took off, and crashed into 2 Iseveral hundred gallon oil tank lowned by R. D. Russell.
 The line from the tank tc
 Russell's building was broken,
 but fortunately the tank was
 almost dry. The car suffered 'no great damage in it's brief
 fling.
 | Former and present Woody
 Island CAA workers had 2 jsmall reunion in New York
 City recently. MT. and Mrs.
 Rudolf Jankel, who returned
 there about two years ago,
 entertained MT. and Mrs. Rog.
 CT Smith, on vacation from
 Woody, at their home in Man.
 haitian. While the Smiths were there, "Matty" Mattson, now in the army, paid a call on the Jankels. ..
 To congratulate the post off.
 ice and Postmaster Maurice
 Briggs on their new location
 to which they moved Thursday
 afternoon, Dr. and Mrs. A
 Holmes Johnson sent a large bouquet of fresh flowers. They were displayed in the lobby SsA&&&AAAAAA&A4&&4kA&4AAi
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17
Leaves For States

John Bergsma, local cab driver left for the states yeste- day, to see his mother who was reported seriously ill.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17

Milton Wetherill, CAA em- ploye, left Friday after being transferred from Woody Is- land to Salt Lake City.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17

Recorded this week was a trustees deed for Lot 19 Block 2, to MT. and Mrs. Lester E. Serum.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-12-17

flat goVernment of fife people, 6y he people, for e people shall not perish from he eartb -Lncoln
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03
Fifteen Year Old Dies
Following Injuries

Wayne Thomas Grantham, is,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Gran
than of Black Hawk, died at
Community hospital in Lexing-
ton Sunday night following in
juries sustained in a basketball
game a few days previously, ac-
cording to reports.
Funeral services were held at
Shiloh church, Leflore county,
February % at 2 p. m, by the
Rev. David Ellinburg.
Young Grantham was an eighth
grade student and was active in
Fourth club work. He was a
member of the Baptist church.
He leaves his parents and the
following brothers and sisters:
Leroy Grantham, Chicago, H.;
David Grantham, Mrs. E. M. Acy,
Margaret Ann Grantham, Birdie
Granthsm and Sheila Fay Gran
than, all of Black Hawk.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03
Coxburg Boy In Korea
With U. S. Army Unit

SiSgt. Sidney E. Stewart, who
has been in Korea snce April, 1948
with the Bind Infantry regiment.
has been changed to the Fifth In
fantry regiment, Regular Com
bat Transport, at present patrol
ling the 38th parallel, which is
the dividing line between the Am
erican occupied zone Of Southern
Korea and that of the Russian
zone in Northern Korea.
Due to an outbreak of sleeping
sickness in Japan, Sergeant Ste
warts wife, Mrs. Connie Stewart
of North Carolina. who was to
have sailed for Tokyo to join her
husband, will await further notice
from the Department of Army.
Sergeant Stewart is the son Of
Mrs. Susie Stewart of Coxburg.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03

The Red Cross emblem stands for principles which
engender respect all over the civilized world.
It is the banner under which all peoples may
without national religious racial partality-n building
the structure OF international peace goodwill and humanity
1t IL the official nsignia-by international treaty
M the medical services of the armies the Red
Cross societies of the world
Under this symbol of humanity our American Red
Cross Is pledged to carry on in 1949.
Tue need for aid to stricken human beings ends
Inc need for funds to continue this splendid aspiration Of
nasnnnd too ends.
Your support is essential if the drive is to succeed in
Holmes county and the state.
The Red Cross has failed Mississippi
We cannot fail IL.
Give ~ generously possible in this annual appeal
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03

The Kingdom Of God Il . king
dom Of law. not Of happen-so o.
Of magic wands. Jesus WAS
fond Of comparing Gods King
dom to growing plants. Every
plant is miracle, it is evidence
Of Gods creative power; but
plants do not grow overnight,
they grow by the laws which the
creator made in them.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03
Monkey Trial" at Dayton, Tenn.

Monkey Trial" at Dayton, Tenn.
Most of the Americans one came
across in Europe before the war
were from the north, and in New
York itself one finds astonishingly
few people who have ventured
farther South than Washington.
Going to Louisiana, and in
July? What on earth for? You're
crazy" nv friends declared. But
very quickly New Orleans began
to dispel the rrejudices Of a life
time: 1t is the American city in
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03

fairy tales or Alice in Wonderland.
Mostly they are about simple ordi-
nary happenings. and practically al.
ways about living people or things.
II you said Kingdom Of God" to
the average religious person Of Je-
sus' time, he woulC have replied,
"Oh, yes, that wonderful time! The
time when these Roman soldiers
will be blasted of the earth by the
terrible breath Of God, the time
when every grape will yield barrels
Of wine and single grain Of wheat
can be ground into bushels Of -four
the Miracle Agel" The Kingdom
Of God as Jesus proclaimed it -
Gods Ideal World - was some.
thing quite different from that. Je-
Bus illustrated it not with fanciful
wild pictures, but with stories from
real life, from the field or the farm
house.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03

| which Europeans feel most inn
mediately at home.
The more | saw of the South
the better | liked it. The creeks
in Louisiana, with drifting islands
Of flowers and expresses draped
with long wells of Spanish moss;
the red earth of Georgia and the
Carolinas; the vast Tennessee
river, subjugated by monumental
dams along lushly wooded hills;
the colonnaded plantation houses
with their avenues of oaks or
magnolias above the levees of the
Mississippi; the campus of the
University Of Virginia, designed
by Jefferson, as happy and com
plete an architectural composition
as anything Europe can show;
the velvety, voluptuous night
sky and the leisurely pace of
daily life; all these predispose to
sympathy.
Southern manners, like South
ern women, are proverbially beau
tiful; cooking is venerated as
civilized art like golf in the
North; and Southern h )spitality,
one soon learns more than de-
serves its reputation.
Everywhere in the United
States the visiting Englishman
meets with welcome almost en-
barassing in its generosity, but
In the South anti-British feeling
is absent even from newspapers.
Concern about the Russian men,
ace, I may add, seemed there to
be specially intense; Southern
ers know from cruel experience
what it means to be defeated
Racial prejudice? Illiteracy?
Child labor? Wretched housing?
Disease? Yes, the South suffers
hideously from all of these. One
must not be blinded by the
charms of lingering aristocrat
tradition. The vicious circle is
complete; poverty makes health
and education bad: bad health and
bad education perpetuate power
ey. Indulgence in the United
States is the misfortune not of a |
class but of an area, to what is !
that due7
~
Southerners cannot be acquitted |
of all responsibility. They have |
despised manufacturing as UNI
gentlemanly. They have impover-
ished their soil by an excessive I
planting of cotton, a most destruc-
tive crop. (Of the 10000, 900
acres of eroded land in the United
States, half are in the Southeast.)
The poorer white people, more
over, have blamed their misery
upon negro competition, and mu-
tual mistrust has prevented the
two races of victims from uniting /
10 defend the common interests
Of their region. Northern criticism,
from liberals" has
merely encouraged Southerners
in nostalgia for a romantic past,
and the optimism that is an un-
official religion in America fur
her indiposes them to face and to
diagnose their distresses.
1t is chiefly, however, the North
hat has imposed poverty upon the
South Though most Northerners
are blissfully unaware of the
facD. The victors in the War Be-
tween the States continue after
more than 80 years to exploit the
territory they conquered.
The South is rich in sulphate,
phosphate, bauxite, oil, and natual
gas. as well as in land and lumber.
1t has ample supplies of coal and
iron 1t includes more than
quarter of the population and the
area of the United States. Yet it
produces less than a seventh Tin
value) of the manufactures. The
oil, steel, and chemicals are most
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03
Beulah Services Announced

Preaching services will be held
at Beulah Baptist church Sunday,
March 6, at 2:30 p. m, it is an
nounced by the Rev. S. B. Har-
rington, pastor This is an extra
service, added to the church pro-
gram. A good attendance Is
urged.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03

raries, a s Rabbi
Klausner says. is
that his were re-
m e m b err e d and
theirs W ere not.
People will remem-
Der q story who
cannot take in a lec-
ture. Jesus almost
never told wonder
tales" His para
bles are not in the
Lao 81 lilo Cr;p,vos.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03
A Briton Looks Al The South
RRrnoad Mortimer in the

raymond Mortimer in the
L0oacn Sunday Times
(Edxet,<'s ,nofes Raymond Mort
lSaes. q British writer. recently
toured the United Suites. includ.
ING dhs South. There are some
q hhs smpressioas.)
One learned in the nursery to
has the wicked Southerners.
Later. the impression made by
Uncle Toms Cabin" was con-
'Fmed by such absurdities as the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard B. Drane
and sons of Memphis, and Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Drane, Jr., and
son, Of Jackson were here for the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Gal
lie Drane. The former Mr.. Drane
joined Mrs. Drane and sons here
following a weeks visit with her
mother, Mrs. Sallie Mae Myers.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03
Wild Sowing

rs WE SAW last week, the most
81 important feature Of the Idea!
World, or Of any world, is the quail
ity Of the people in it. So most Of
Jesus parallels were about people,
one Of the most famous being this
one of the ''prodigal son." ("Prod
igal" Of course does not mean wick.
ed or repentant. but wasteful, reck.
less with money or other things)
You could find many faults in that
young man. One Of them the
fault that nearly killed him was
that If he had a calendar he never
looked at it, If you take a good
look at calendar you will always
notice that there is another day af-
ter this one--another month, anoth-
err year. But the prodigal never
thinks about tomorrow. only about
today. He sows his wild oats be.
cause he has fun doing it. He can
say $50 WHAT" fast enough but he
has never asked the question, e.
ana then WHAT" Childish, isn't It?
Some people even argue that
II IS coed thing to SOW wild
oats. on the theory that the
prodigal gets II out Of his sys-
tenn and Is afterwards . better
man.
Nonsense! Is it better for your
education to spend several years
learning things wrong? Is 1t bet
ter for garden to let it grow up
in weeds for the first three weeks?
Is it better for a mans health to
spend his childhood years on a sick.
bed? That's no more silly than to
say that man is morally better
for having been immoral for a while
first.
Prodigal Nation
TT HAS EVEN been said that we
Ahave a prodigal-son civilization.
Our generation is pretty busy SOW
ing wild oats. We waste the nat.
ural resources Of the earth. Drink
Ing has become encouraged by law
and made glamorous by the movies.
We spend more on liquor than on
schools. More money is spent on a
single days horse-racing at a big
track than whole state or prov
ince spends on education in q year.
The ties Of marriage have grown
SO weak. especially outside the
Christian church, that it has not
been long since one American city
was boasting that its marriage rate
had caught up with" its divorce
rate!
Wild Harvest
THE PRODIGAL son in Jesus
1 story went home-but he had to
reap his wild harvest first. The
modern prodigal, whether individ-
ual or nation, seems to misunder.
stand Jesus meaning. II God Il
thought Of at all, he is pictured az
a benevolent Being who after all
doesn't mind our enjoying our little
fling. He viii forgive" said Vol
taire, that's his business" That
Is a total misunderstanding of God
Copyright by the International Coun-
ell of Religious Education on behalf Of
= @s,,A
by WNU Features)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03

]. A. Wherry Of Sunnywild
plantation, Waxhaw, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Clay Carter of Rosedale,
spent Sunday with Mrs. G. A.
Guess.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03
WildOdtsHurvest
Lesson for March 6, l949

n IL RELIGIOUS teachers of Je-
Z 4 sus' time used parallels. But
the great difference between Jesus
parallels and those of his contempt
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-03-03

Mrs. Zouella Bacon and Mrs.
Eric Norquist of Lexington were
in Jackson Wednesday.
Evening star., 1949-02-17
-Four British Scientists
Out in Loyalty Case
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE British
government has suspended four
scientists engaged in secret defense
research because of doubts about
their loyalty.
The Institution of Professional
Civil Servants announced the
suspensions today. 1t said three
of the men were employed by the
Ministry of Supply and one by the
Admiralty. The names were not
made public.
The Ministry of Supply has
charge of such defense projects as
atomic weapons. guided missiles
and high speed aircraft. None of
the three suspended scientists at
the Ministry was engaged on
atomic research, however, the in
stitution said.
All the researchers we're placed
on special leave with pay and
given IA days to answer the
charges.
They received letters saying the
government has been advised that
they are believed to be members
of the Communist Party, or of a
Fascist organization, or associated
with either in such a way as to
raise legitimate doubts about their
reliability"
Evening star., 1949-02-17
Commission Criticizes
Senate Confirmation
Of Postmusters
By Froneis P. Douglas

The Post Office Department
should be taken out of politics,
the Hoover Commission recon-
mended to Congress today. To-
ward that end. the commission
said, confirmation of postmastels
by the Senate should be abolished.
The commission pointed out in
a report that of 470,000 persons
employed, more than $4,000 are
politically appointed. They a-e
the first. second and thnd class
postmasters and some top officials.
Confirmation of hundreds post
masters appointed by President
Truman was refused by the Re-
publican Senate last year.
The Postmaster General, the
commission said. should remain
cabinet officer charged with de-
termining policies. But he should
not be an official of a political
party. In recent years the post
frequently has been held by the
chairman of the dominant party.
The present Postmaster General.
Jesse M. Donaldson, is a career
official who rose from the ranks
in the department after startins
as "a letter carrier.
f1he commission recommended