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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND
ZONE MEETING AT ACONA

On Monday afternoon Mrs. H
c. Waterer, Mrs. CASTOR Lyon,
Mrs. Irene Cox, Mrs. J. G.. Cannon
and Mrs. j. v. Stewart attended
a zone meeting in the Acona Me
thodist church.
Members from Blackhawk, Val
den, West, Lexington, Durant,
Goodman, Pickens and Tchula
were in attendance.
Mrs. Williams, chairman, and
Ms. Downer, secretary, of Acona,
were in charge of the program,
Advance"
The hostess church served re-
freshments.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
MRS N ~ENTERTAINS
THURSDAY BRIDGE CLUB

The Thursday afternoon bridge
club met last week in the home
of Mrs. Montfort Jones on Refuge
plantation when she entertained
two tables of members and guests.
Coca-Colas were served during
the games. Mrs. Ralph Ray won
the high score for the club and
Mrs. George Samaha won the
guest prize. Mrs. Douglas won the
bingo prize, and Mrs. ]. c. Can
non won the low score prize.
The hostess served delicious re-
freshments late in the afternoon,
Tea guests were Mrs. w. E. Jones
and Mrs. Fritz Spruil.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
MRS. MCGEE HOSTESS TO
WEDNESDAY BRIDGE CLUB

Mrs. H. B. MCGEE, Jr., was
hostess to her bridge club last
Wednesday afternoon when she
entertained with four tables of
members and guests. The Hallow-
cen motif was carried out in tai
lies and decorations. Mrs. Byron
Sharpe won the prize in the club
and Mrs. E. j. Sheppard won the
guest prize. Mrs. Bernard Jones
won the bingo prize. Mrs. MCGEE
served a delightful salad and des-
sert course.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
Cord Of Thunks

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to all the good people az
Lexington for their kindness, love
and sympathy during the shut-in
hours and death of our sweet and
wonderful mother and grand
mother.
We also thank DR.. Herring for
his faithful service. To those who
sent cards, letters and beautiful
floral offerings, please accept our
thanks and know that it is our
prayer that Gods richest bless
ings may be yours.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Loving
and Family. 29-ltnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
BAPTIST WINS. ENTERTAlNS
BUSINESS WOMEN'S CIRCLE

The Baptist w. M. S. entertain
ed the Business Women's Circle
Monday evening at the church
with a Halloween party. Mrs. S.
B. Harrington led the group in
hilarious games which all en-
joyed.
Delicious refreshments carrying
out the Halloween motif were
served.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
that made Buick Famous

IF you want to know what's "the
i newest thing" in automobile
engines, look at the Buick engine
pictured here, and you'll see the
words "valve-in-head."
But 1t happens that this isn't new
with Buick. AS a matter of fact,
the valve-in-head engine was in
vented back in 19O2-U. S. Patent
No. TlO95-and Immediately,
Buick adopted the principle, which
became the first in a long string of
Buick firsts."
Not everyone went for the idea
then. In spite of the fact that this
engine "breathes" more freely
gets fuel in and exhaust gases out
more easily - others hung onto
their pet ideas.
Then came the ~airplane, with its
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
WEEK OF PRAYER OBSERVED
BY PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN

The women of the Presbyterian
church are observing Week OF
Prayer and Self Denial for Home
Missions. Mrs. w. G. Gwin led
the prayer service Sunday morn
ing following the Sunda.v school
hour. The second meeting was
held in the home of the leader,
Mrs. R. L. Ray Monday after
noon with eleven members pres
ent. and the third meeting was IN
the home of Mrs. w. G. Gwln
Tuesday afternoon.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03

need for maximum power from
every drop of fuel-and every
maker of internal combustion air
plane engines adopted the valve-
in-head principle.
And more recently-with the hope
that higher-octane fuels will be.
come available lot of automo-
tive engine, designers are taking a
new look at the valve-in-head idea.
Dut just for the record, we'd like
to point out that Buick got there
first.
And ever since, Buick has gone
steadily ahead, building up a name
as "valve-i Buick
engineers reshaped pistons to put
Fireball wallop in these engines.
They stepped up compression
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03

Mrs. Bill O'Neil of Bentonia
and Mrs. r. P. Porch accompani-
ed Howard Porch to Jackson last
week for further examination of
his brokensarm which was found
to be doing fine.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
MRS. HUDDLEsToN HOSTESS
TO TUESDAY BRIDGE cI.rJR

Mrs. Rufus Huddleston was
hostess to the Tuesday afternoon
bridge club last week when she
entertained with two tables. Mrs.
George Samaha and Mrs. Gillian
twin were the only substitutes.
Inc tallies and decorations car
RED out the Halloween motif. Mrs,
J.@L. Shields won the high score
prize, Mrs. J. B. Irving was
awarded low score prize, and Mrs.
Samaha won the bingo prize. The
hostess served delicious sand
wlches, cherry pie and coffee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Jones at
tended the Ole Miss-L. S. u. game
IN Baton Rouge last Saturday
night. :
Mrs. H. B. MCGEE made a trim
to New Orleans last week.
Mrs. c. R.. Hamlin returned Sat-
urday night following a two
weeks visit with relatives in
Malvern and Dewitt, Arkansas.
Miss Jeanne Shields, of Millsaps
college, Jackson, was at home
last weekend.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
W,S.c.S. OBSERVES
WEEK OF PRAYER

The Woman's Society of
Christian Service met at the Me-
thodist church Tuesday afternoon
in observance of the Week of
Prayer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03

ratios as fast as better fuels came
along.
So perhaps you'll want to re-
member, when you hear the term
"valve-in-head," that this is the fyDe
OF bover that made Buick famous.
Ii others want to climb on the
bandwagon, we say more owe
to them'-an and no pun is intended.
But Buick has been doing more
with valve-in-head right from the
start.
And-we might add-it stands to
reason that Buick is not through
making this type of engine better
and better.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03

Mrs. w. E. Jones, Mrs. P. M
Smith, Mrs. Ralph Ray and Mrs
Harvey Baine attended group con-
ference in Walden last Wednes.
day.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-11-03
NEWS
MR.. AND MRS. w. M. SMITH
ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON
MRS. c. R. HAMLIN. Reporter

Mr.. and Mrs. Wyatt Mabry
Smith are the proud parents of
a fine baby boy, born in the
Greenwood Leflore hospital last
Wednesday, October 18th.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05

i~ssinstivsy, you choose your bIovsss =.
erisply teiIosed o. deIiessely hsnd dsssilsd
-. the eenfsetior Tor stunning twseds :.
proud besvsies In themselves.
Left 10 rfshf:
Bosis.e in pos.eI gently hond deto,lsd
with cotton loce ond self opplioue. A Noy'e
Undo blouse Sizes 81 10 38-----SS.o5
Frost white oroondy couehi in furry 81
white cotton pioue opplIoued dots ord
Sizes 81 TO SO -------~S13o C
Linen. white ond pure its fucks blown
tree ord edged in sproy OF cotton locs.
Sizes g 70 36------------~--S13.oS
Strict little blouse OF linen. dark green. ncvy
Or white. It's neckline IS convertible, Sizes
q 70 80 ---------S7.o5
wall loases Third Floor
Evening star., 1949-07-10
T. S. Factories Impress British

Although it is felt that Brit
ish renovation and re-equip-
ment cannot reach the Ameri-
can scale, the whole team will
report many desirable labor
saving improvements. One rea-
son. for lower production costs
in America is certainly the fact
that up to 40 looms can be
watched by a single operative
here, whereas in the British fac
tories the ratio is one worker to
six looms.
From local Trade Unionist E.
Jock Hilton. Lancashire, came
the following impressions:
Our trade unions in the tex
tile industry are better organ
lied and more powerful than
their American opposites.
Many factories still employ
non-union labor.
Defends British Way
Americans buy a great many
1uxuries outside the means of
workers at home, including
cars, television sets and wash
ing machines, but they pay on
the hire purchase Gnstallment)
system and are consequently in
a state of financial worry. Mr..
Hilton says many factories are
working only part-time and
paying part-time wages, and,
although the basic wage is
double the British equivalent
the costs Of living are also al
most double.
Americans eat better, but Mr..
Hilton feels that British work.
ers have no cause for complaint,
and despite his six weeks in the
land of plenty he still speaks
with pride of "the best ration
system in the world" at home.
Finally, though he shares the
gratitude Of the entire team for
the traditional American hos
pitality, he has rough things
to say about the way Americans
make tea.
Two woman weavers, Mabel
Grimshaw and Isabelle Wake
field were the first British wom-
en- ever to come to America
under the auspices of the Pro-
ductivity Council
Though Miss Wakefield, who
has woven rayon painstaking
for Is years, thinks she works
harder than her American op-
posite number. She has a As
hour week against the Amer
lean 40-hour week, and she
tends non-automatic looms
which require skilled care
whereas Americans have re-
duced the task to mechanical
monotony.
(copyrisht, London Observer Foreisn Ne1
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Politics Upsets Cambodia$ s Paradise

villages the Issaraks have plum
dered. Most of these are AMMAN
ties coming from the other side
of Indo- China but who have lived
in Cambodia for generations. At
times the Issaraks have asked for
and received help from the French
Army in fighting Communists
from outside Cambodia. No one
can quite say what these Issaraks
are or why. They are a symptom
certainly of a disease. Now for
want of anything better they are
coming under the influence Of An
Mantle Communists. They at
least know quite precisely what
they want.
Too Proud to Ask Aid
Recently, the only Britisher in
Phnom PENN, George Decouvelaere,
visited his forest upcountry where
grows pitch pine. Issaraks were
there to meet him. Politely ragged
men with British rifles told him
he had nothing to fear unless he
brought French troops or police.
So he is one of the few who can
still carry on. The rest of this
country is Uttered with shuttered
plantations and its economy is
dying like a hothouse flower
left out in the cold. The future
of this strange, slow kingdom is
unlikely to be a happy one. Clear
ly it cannot flourish, even survive.
without French help.
The neighboring kingdom OF
Laos has already asked for this.
But Cambodian politicians, victims
of an old inferiority complex, ere
too proud to ask for the help
they know they must have. Tie
French have at last refused any
further monies for their broken
budgets. AS things are at present
they must either in the end be
engulfed by the new Araamite
state shaping itself on the other
side of Indo- China, or seek unicn
with Siam. or sink into chaos.
But, alas, for Cambodia by itself
there seems no place in this rude
and nasty world.
(Copyright, London Observer Foreisn
News ssrviesJ
Evening star., 1949-07-10

have become corrupt and bitter
Men are using this new liberty tc
persecute and plunder one another
French discipline has been replaced
by intolerance and lurking fear,
For France the spectacle must be
infinitely sad. For others it is
a reason to stay cynical.
In this capital at Phnom PENN
there is now a democrat" govern
ment which was elected on vague
anti-corruption ticket. On his
election Premier Yen San Bauer
Cancelled the fabulous contracts
made with his predecessors and
substituted his own. But as
a result no one will accept
government contracts, which is
bad because the government is
trying to raise revenue by starting
two casinos but can find no one
to accept the concessions-not
even Chinese.
Because the French have Off
cially gone, most of the peasants
believe they need pay no more
taxes. Roads are seldom repaired
and bridges of the main roads
are beginning to sag. The gov
eminent cannot impose its author
ity. The capital, once as clean
and swept as a French housewife
kitchen, is now sinking into dusty
oriental squalor.
On two sides of the country
there is open rebellion. The rebels
are Issaraks, not very brave
or efficient, but from the depths
of the jungle they have managed
to kill some hundred Frenchmen
and many more of their own
people.
Originally they were financed
by the sSiamese to create trouble
in a province which was given
them by the japanese during
the war and which the United
Nations told Siam to return
when it was over. Now the Sia-
mese have disowned them and
they have become vague nation
alists looking for an easy liveli-
hood. l.
In Phnom PENN there are some
six hundred refugees from local
Evening star., 1949-07-10

says the opening up of the en-
tire industry to foreign investi-
CATION has, as far as he knows.
no precedent in international
relations. Mr.. Fisher said the
foremen in the team were par
ticularly impressed with the
productivity m n d dness Of
American workers-no cups of
tea interrupting the days work
and much less opposition to
labor saving machinery than is
usual in British firms. In Mr..
Fishers view this British state
of mind is a consequence of the
tragic experience of North
country workers of generations
of cyclical unemployment which
have left them under the i'm
preston that extra work neces-
sarily is pinched from fellow
worker and may create unem-
ployment.
The whole team was amazed to
discover the scale and efficiency
Of American mechanization.
though experts in the team are
extremely doubtful whether the
same equipment could usefully
be installed in North-country
factories. Their reasons for hesi-
tation are:
Machine Costs High
% Costs-Modern automatic
looms for a small factory Of
only 100 looms would cost $780,
900 more.
CD The varied and diverse
market for which the British
cater makes mass-production
methods impractical. American
machines were planned to pro-
vide for a market of $50 ZOO, 900
Americans. Britain also spe-
cializes in high-quality rayon
not produced here and which
could be done only on non
automatic looms by skilled
workers. In the view of our
team, British workers are more
highly skilled than Americans
and the quality of our output
matches anything this side of
the Atlantic.
30 Finally, the installment Of
high-priced machinery would
require, to pay off the invest
ment, round-the-clock work
with night shifts, which British
labor refused to accept.
It was not only the scale of
the machinery but also it's shin
ing newness which impressed
the North-country visitors.
Whereas many of them came
from factories using looms in
stalled at the turn of the pres
ent century, they discovered
that the Americans were apollo
getic for "old" machines if these
were prewar.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
By Potrick O'Donovon

PHNOM PENN, Indo-Cnlna.-
There is a fabulous un-drenched
kingdom in Indo-China called
Cambodia. It is a place where
brown men hold nine white UNI
brellas over their king, where to
the sound of sudden music IL
youths in cloth of gold may be
found dancing in the hidden
courtyard of a palace with slow
and perfect gestures. You may
meet a caparisoned elephant
moving heavily through the
streets or come upon a beggar in
the shadow of a Chinaman's
house sitting patient as Job, clad
in his sores as other men wear
garments.
It is a place where a man and
his women can subsist for eight
months in the hot sun and warm
rains on the work of four.
In the vast plains that stretch
fatty to every horizon, green now
and steaming richly, there is a
slow, unambitious life. Dusty
families, clad only in faded
sarongs, sit placidly for hours on
the platforms before their huts.
Markets are gentle places where
women spend half a morning on
the purchase Of a mud fish or a
pinch of spice wrapped in q green
leaf. The wooden towns sleep in
the green shadows Of huge trees.
Cambodia is heir to a tradition
as old as Ireland's and almost
as proud. Yet even here in para
disc there is hell to pay.
Capital Deteriorates
Cambodia has been technically
free of French control for 18
months now. Inside the French
Union she is almost independent.
Unlike the British Common
wealth, the Union is clearly de-
fined in French law and is con-
trolled by the assembly Of the
French Union. which meets at
intervals at Versailles.
But, just as almost everywhere
else, political freedom in Capbodia
has brought q sudden dip in al
most every standard and politics
Evening star., 1949-07-10

Taft Hartley labor law was passed
over President Truman's veto by
more than a two-thirds vote in
both houses. In this Congress its
repeal missed by the narrowest
kind of margin. The reason for
the change-the labor leaders
and the Truman Democrats went
to work. They indorsed candi-
dates in 280 close congressional
districts, and elected 189 of them
largely because half the eligible
voters stayed home If only Few
more of the voters had stayed
home. leaving the field 70 the
organized labor socialists. a cou-
pie of dozen more House seats
would have been gained by the
same combination. The same
kind of thing happened in the
senatorial races. Had the vic
tories been just a little bigger in
(See ELECTIONS, Page C-5.)
Evening star., 1949-07-10

(See ELECTIONS, Page C-5.,
Evening star., 1949-07-10

(See MARTIN, Page Gao
Evening star., 1949-07-10
By Moro BeIoff

How much can British indus
try learn from the United
States? One important branch.
that of rayon weaving. will be
told the answer by 13 men and
two women from Lancashire
and Yorkshire mills who are
now en- route back to England
after an intensive study Of
American methods.
In Washington last week a
little the worse for exhaustive
wear but highly pleased with its
travels, the team started COM
piling a detailed report on the
lessons it has learned. It's con-
clusions will be reported to the
Anglo American Productivity
Council. the organization Of
labor and management set up
under the Marshall Plan and
under whose auspices the Brit
ish team travelled. The object
of the council in collecting this
data Is to discover means Of
raising British production levels
and lowering costs 50 that
Britain can throw of the
crutches of American aid and
earn enough hard currency to
pay her way without foreign
charity.
Impressed by Efficiency
Here are some hints of what
the rayon team will have to tell
the British people in general
and their own trade in particu-
lar as a result of their six weeks:
Group Organizer and Secre-
tary Garvin Fisher of the Brit
ish Rayon Federation will have
the warmest praise for the
American hosts not only for the
unceasing hospitality which met
the team at every calling place
but also for the willingness of
manufacturers to reveal pro-
duction methods and technique
which would normally rank as
professional secrets. Mr.. Fisher
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Congressional Election
Looms as Four-Way Fight
Struggle Shapes Up Between Conservatives
and Socialist.Laborites in Addition to
Usual G. O. P..Democratic Scrap
bv Gould Lincoln

The elections of 1850 promise momenous
from the fact that Democrats and
Republicans battle for control of the House
Senate struggle between
which labeled socialist
conservative ranks Democrats well
Evening star., 1949-07-10

fStudents OF Britain's cur
rent economic crisis are con-
pinced that one OF the basic
causes is the high cost produc-
ton methods Which place Brit
ish goods at a competitive dis
advantage in tree Dorld
markets. The British are
a,Dare. at least, OF this problem
and their search for a solution
includes an examination OF the
more efficient production sus-
tenn OF the United States. The
folloDing story. 1Dritten BY a
Washington correspondent OF
the London Observer Foreign
Ne1Ds Serpice. deals NTH one OF
the phases of this British study
OF American induStrU,)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-31
Fires and Freak Mishaps
Keep Firemen BUSY

Continued from Page II
Wander Moore, 20, driver of the
car, who received injuries to his
knees, his address is given as 10
Sherman Ave-, Takoma Park. Mrs.
Della Kelsey, 22, and her IA
month-old baby, Darla Mae, of
Trailer COS, Takoma Park Mis-
sionary College; Walter Booth, 20,
Takoma Park Missionary College;
David .Sincavage, PIP Carroll Ave,
Takoma Park; and Evelyn Kulski,
8 Westmoreland Ave, Takoma
Park. All were taken to Suburban
Hospital by the local men, but
later were transferred to The
Washington Sanitarium, Takoma
Park.
Sunday evening Easton Leo
Lantz of Rockville, making a left
turn off Route No. 240 into the
Blue Moon Restaurant, collided
with car driven by B. D.
Schwartz. Mr., Schwartz and his
daughter, Mrs. Ethel Salter, re-
ceived cuts and bruises and were
taken by the Gaithersburg- Wash
ington Grove Rescue Squad to DR..
Frank J. Broschart who gave them
treatment and released them. Mr..
LantZ was uninjured.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-31
Scarlet Fever
Quarantine
Time Shortened

Scarlet fever quarantine has
been drastically changed in Mont
gomery County according to a
statement by DIR. V. L. Ellicott,
County Health Officer. The new
isolation period is still shorter than
the. previous two-week period and
is a far cry from the four to six
weeks of by-gone days. The new
plan, in fact, has no minimum
quarantine period, the patient
being released when, in the opinion
of the doctor, he is no longer infec-
tious.
One reason for the shorter quar-
antine is that penicillin renders
the patient non-infectious in one
or two days. Sulfonomide drugs in
adequate dosage over a period of
several days accomplishes the
same result. Another reason is
that nowadays scarlet fever, even
when untreated, is relatively
mild infection.
Under the new plan contacts of
scarlet fever patients are quar-
antined only if they show signs
of infection. Health Department
nurses visit cases only when asked
by the doctor or family.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-31
Bethesda Resident,
Ralph F. WilcOxon,
Dies At Suburban

Ralph F. Wilcoxon. of 1908 Ray
burn Road, Bethesda, who died
March 10Th at Suburban Hospital
of a heart ailment was buried
Wednesday, March 23rd in Airing
ton Cemetery.
Mr.. Wilcoxon, a resident of
Bethesda for the past ten years,
was Assistant Regional Engineer
of the Atlantic Region of the
United States Geological Survey.
He was a member of the Cosmos
Club, Bethesda Chevy Chase
American Legion, Maryland His
torical Society, Montgomery Coun-
ty Historical Society and the off
cial board of the Bethesda Meth
odist Church. He also belonged to
the American Congress on Survey
ing and Mapping, the American
Society of Photogrammetry, and
the Masonic Lodge of West La
fayette, Ohio.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Almeda Wilcoxon, his daughter,
Mrs. Albert w. Brown, Madison.
Wisconsin; two brothers, Harold
E. Wilcoxon, Coshocton, Ohio, and
Charles S. Wilcoxon, Cleveland;
and a sister, Mrs. w. r. Hanlon,
Coshocton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-31
County Jail Found To
Be "Clean and Sunny"

Continued from Page u
500 were so employed at the
time of inspection--receive three
meals.
The installations of screens and
padded cell was again recon-
mended. Editors note: the latter
are considered obsolete by some
authorities.) 1t was also recon-
mended that an assistant be ap-
pointed for the Warden who would
be on duty with him during the
daytime. 1t also seemed advisable
to the inspectors, that the Jail
operate under the direction Of the
County Council rather than under
the sheriff. Painting of the entire
Jail was recommended. This has
been taken care of.
The daily average number of
prisoners for the institution for
1913 was 35.
"a member of the Sentinel staff
who visited the Jail on Tuesday to
check on the report found it flood
ed with sunshine. She was especial
ly pleased with managers apart
ment. The whole place was found
to be amazingly clean.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-31

Rabbits breed from four to eight
times a year.