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The echo., 1949-12-15
Tentative Dealh List

In this issue of the Echo, we are
herewith publishing the names of
all the deceased members who have
been reported to our office for pay
ment in the December Board 1t is
understood that all death certifi-
Gates are to be properly filled out
and notarized before said claim in
eligible ror payment We hope that
the Presidents have looked after all
of their business.
The death list follows
l. Ike Taylor, No. 400 Claud
Gavin, president, Cliftonville.
2. Nancie Thomas, No. 1876, Wal
ter Tate, president, Brooksville.
3. John McLain, No. 80, John
Scott, President, Stonewal.
4. Mary C. Hussey, Sr., No. lat,
Joe Hussey, President, Meridian.
5. Ardella McCullum, No. 1873,
Rev VIM. King, president, Magee.
6. Luella Jones, NJ. 27O, A. ].
Barnett, PRESIDENT, Hattiesburg.
7. Jennie Jasper, No. 410, Sam
Jasper, President, Quitman.
8. Ed West, No. 215, j. c. Jordan,
president, Waynesboro.
9. Amos Spears, No. 81, Floyd
OFT, president, Toomsuba.
10. Mollie Mcdonald, No 23e,
Robert Lotion, President, Shubuta.
H. Annie Jones, No. pig, Fl. 8.
Jones, President, Vossburg.
r.. L. N. Hardy, No. 1855, C. L.
Pierce, Jr., President, State Line.
49,. Matte Brooks, TO. 1879, T. E.
Ellis, President, Meridian.
IA. sam Monger, No. $50, Mrs.
Annie Baxtrone, President, Phila-
delphia.
IS. Elijah Cotton, No. SO, Shellie
Perkins, President Shuqualak.
Is. Marge Davis, No. AT, Alex
McMillion, president, Rose Hill.
II. Ethel Robertson, No. 80, C, B.
Arlington, president, Laurel. N'
18. Will Baxtrone, No. 45G, Mrs.
Annie Baxtrone, President, Philadel-
phia.
10. Luealla Warren, No. 222, Allen
]. Woodland, president, Shubuta.
20. Nettie Anderson, No. 80, c..
B. Arlington, president, Laurel.
81. Minnie V. Mclaughlin. No
151, j. H. Mclaughlin, president,
Desota.
%. RACHEL Wilson, No. SIS, Floyd
Coins, president, Ellisville.
~'o' +NASlldl u SeiA sui, 4NO. Aou, W.
Page, president, Laurel.
"a. Mary Clark, No. 112, j. c.
Coleman, President Dekalb.
25. Nancy Peters, No. 1913, Aaron
Trotter, president, Picayune.
rs. Lille NJ Carter, No. 3, r. w.
Radclif, president, Toomsuba.
q. Jim May, No. 50, Mrs Annie
Rodgers president Langsdale.
%. Nora Brown, No. &c. Mrs Cal
lie Clayton, president, Lauderda1e.
30. Adline Barnes, No. 27O, A. J.
Barnett, President, Hattiesburg.
80. Helen Arlington, No. $50, r.
H. Lotion, President, Shubuta.
81. Jonah Brownridge, No. 381,
Jonah Brownridge, President, Macon.
80. R. A. Page, No. 27O, A. j.
Barnett President, Hattiesburg.
33. Zeb Horne, No. 20 R. H.
Horne, President, Kewanee.
SF yyY Z AyV
The echo., 1949-12-15
E,,.-,o No. 9 lIews

sunday. November q, Lodge No. 8,
headed by Mrs. Minnie Irby as pres
dent. had its installation.
The weather was beautiful and the
was good. Lovely sing
inc was furnished by the Junior
of the community.
The special feaurt was the address
delivered by Miss Matte L. Larkin.
The lodge was greatly inspired.
Reporter
The echo., 1949-12-15
STATISTICAL REPORT


You viii find elsewhere in this
issue Of the Echo the Statistical re-
port from the December Board, as
reported by the local lodges. Our
compilation shows that on Deem
Der IA, 1949, total number of mem
bers reported for t h e December
Board, 6,675. If this report fails to
tally with your receipt, please mott
fly the office.
Secretary.
The echo., 1949-12-15

Complementing the new favorite
fabric for women's fall wardrobes is
the Laxey suit Of a tweed finished
worsted for the busy male execu-
tive. Designed by Lebow Brothers,
of the famous Lebow trademark
suit, it will serve a dual purpose in
the busy mans wardrobe because
the two-ply worsted fabric in
cheviot type weave combines the
casual tweed appearance with dura-
bility and neatness, possible only
when suit is able to retain it's
press. Thus, the Lebow Laxey is
equally suitable for business as well
as casual wear. The double breasted
suit is cut with a modified drape
and the newer square shoulder line
for fall. The buttons are placed
lower on the jacket to accentuate a
general slenderizing effect. The
suit will retail for approximately
Is dollars.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-03-03
COl- TO BALL

". lilly Mah ,.llly", .iovlal announce T who con du cts an eye -open- CT radio program on Anch oruge' s kF4D the So early mornings, will em-coe the ent- ert ainrlent and pre- ide at the dra wings at the Fireman s Ball on March l2. The ball opens at the Palmer gym at 9 0.m.
 Y lily" will arri Vt in tn } Valley in time for a f ire truck par, aoc through Palner streets It l:3O sat- urday afta rnoon, and then vill pre- S ido 1t
 (Cont. D0ck Page
Valley frontiersman., 1949-03-03
WE'LL DOT l IKE THIS

10 regret to announce that boglmin n@ to- day. the Valley Front iorsraan has been for ced to forsoko a lottc rpross noysp opor in favor of nim ographod sheet. Tho sl tua lon IS te~porary, hoy ever, and is not expected to last l-oro than throo or four Eonths at tho most.
 Contrary to current rur2ors, the Valley Fronti ersr.Gn has not been S old. It's boon forced out Of tho printing ousin3ss fo the prz sont, but it ill con tinuo to reach you vooklv. Offico quarters have bon stitched to Apartrcnt Six Of th3 ard Bull ding.
 Advo rti sine ratos, both spl:7 and clos- sificd, have boon reduced to conform Tlth mimooe ranh standards. Tot all advortis ITS voro cont ac ted for space in this first 1s- suo, VT ich was q rush job sand ichod in dur in& the chang in gu o1tc rs. to12phono call to tn Valley Front icranan still vii! pl aco an ad, get cOrln3 2Vcnt colond arod or a news story noted. IL is probable tn at tho Front iar rsIlan edi tor will take other or- ployront i'll the near future, but the nc vs- paper ! ork ill be con tinuod at night.
 Last Weok's small flyahooJ was undertaken just to show Valley readers the type O1 ofK tn u nj eht be on the pr int ing oQu lpmcn once dost incd for Fr ront l. rsMan proQuct1 on. It as a Eo-hour job, hurried to press vi th' out pr oofre ine core on, in order to roach you on Friday. ne Of the stuff enjoy- ca 6oing it. Io hopo that our readers re- cu uivod orc onterta innlon t in reading 1t.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-03-03
--COl-pCIrt T IOlJ I-OV--I
Incorp or at ion va $

I
 roro roundly discuss d ed tt yes torday's Chan0o of Cormcrce nee t ing than it has be on in nan a week. A largo delogat ion of Polror bus inc ssre r r?os t Of thcr not r1er- bors Of the body, at tended the re ct ing for the exp ss pur- pos Q of taking part in the discus s ion.
 Bound aries of the prOpos cd dis tric t wore rba1ly out lined by .. c. l4au , foll O.. in6 the report of c. ,.. PoJe rs, who
 (ConJ. Back Paao)
Valley frontiersman., 1949-03-03
WNA[l[lCEW FRON71ERSWAN Vol. March, No Is
ClII IL :j-AD, oICOI!D
 IT CRITICAL COED1T T ION FaOl- iOEOAIDT PCIoON

FII1Ol- s,OE0AIDE PCI.ON
 Jarles l.onogh han son of I-r. and I.rs~ Rex MonoGhan of Pal- ner, 0iod q victim of carb on nonoxldo poi soninG carly Ia 5t Tuc sc ay Iorn ing. 4 second youth, Otto Pete rson, son Of Hr. and ITS ;. Otto Pator- son, is st ill in cri- ticol condi t ion in the alley Hospital.
 BULL -TIlL
 Otto Pa tarson vas reo0rtod q 2s improving la to -.1dn es day aft2r- noon. Ioap it II at- tend ants sa i'd that ! s Ire 7JhlnG vas b3 ! ter, and tx at h0 spok2 aav eral [ inc s vo 9to rd2y, al tn oUE ! st III 2-par-- ent 1L not able to rec oani Zo 2nyono.
 Tic you Ths fell asleep in Pete rs on's car Ehile the rlpt or vas running. They were parkG d bcfo re the 3on-Da-Voo Cofo, but apDaro ntly had been unc onscious for several Il ours before the ir q is cove rv by EdG1r Alexander TIC r. ch an patrolr1an.
 Last to sec { itho r of the poi r as Chuck -1dmonds, on duty in the restaurant Iuos- day rlornlng. H2 sor- vod PC torson a sand vich at about 4 o'c- l0c'.-- tn 9t TOT ming. At a9proxlmato ly $50, I.r. -AlcxaM CT roDOrt- cd that he not iced what appo arod to be ste an escaping from th3 auto mobilo, ae h3 appr0, oh ed iron sov- Cral blocks a'rav. Is he noarod tho car, Jack Ice v, stond-
 inG in the re stauran door1:ay, spoke Of the vapor also, and tn . pair invos s ti gat cd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01


and Britain. too. are torn between
necessity and fear as they con-
template revived Germany
which might, as in the past, turn
toward war.
The chancellor is fighting for
United States public opinion which
he clearly conceives as his last
best hope. He is 70. but he
stayed late in his Office to see two
Washington correspondents. I'M
avoidably delayed by weather.
Must Save Europe"
His first words were: "The
United States must save Europe.
II am quite in earnest" he
went on. Il only wish the people
of the United States might know
what and how great the task is.
We know the great role of public
opinion in your country. even your
Government has to bow before 1t. "
DR.. Adenauer, In appearance, is
q more ascetic version Of Senator
Walter George Of Georgia. The
resemblance Is more than skin
deep. The chancellor is roughly
Of the George period and like the
Georgian, a conservative who
bowed but did not break beneath
the revolutionary storms of the
'thirties and 'forties. Now he is
back to set his rightist principles
against communized East Ger
many.
He has never been in America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01

just about the worst thing
there Is.
What would be wrong with an
American ambassador to Rus
STA who was an American farmer
and had nothing else to say to the
Kremlin but that he knew now to
grow many things that the needy
people in the world required, and
was willing to sit down, with no
state banquets, and talk over the
problem of what the needy needed
to eat.
He might not be dressed cor
rectly by the diplomatic standards,
but he would be clothed in a much
lovelier uniform - meaning that
for every medal he wore he could
supply a square meal, and for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
On the Other Hand
Admirals Probably Will Not Be Led
Astray by Present Public Sympathy

had been won. said, Don't cheer
boys, the poor devils are dying!"
Then there was the Nays part
in the First World War. Of which
I was privileged to see a little
including-from the crows nest
Of the U.S.S. Arkansas-the sur
render of the German navy to the
British and American fleets.
And finally-unless, God forbid
we have a Third World War
there is the story, not all yet COM
piled, of the magnificent per-
Torrance Of the Navy in the Sec
ond World War. It's q story the
Navy Is better prepared than il
admits to repeat, in the sense Of
playing its essential part, should
that Third World War occur.
Too Sincere for Own Good.
So it is impossible not to respect
and admire and feel that one L
a friend OF the Navy after ali
these years Of watching it operate
without agreeing in the least with
the course some of It's best men
have followed In the dispute with
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the
Secretary Of Defense. Their SIN
cerity cannot be questioned. It
turns out that some Of them may
have been too sincere for Their
own good. But sincerity and wis
dom are not necessarily the same
thing. They ceased to be the same
thing In the case Of the admirals
when, dissatisfied with decisions
Of their superiors. they undertook
to carry their case to Congress
which is to say, to the people. :
Ordinarily. the admirals would
be loath indeed to have us plain
people decide questions ranging
from the number and size Of the
Nays flattops to the overall
strategy Of modern war. But. in
effect, that Is What they have
proposed in the present unseemly
wrangle.
And ordinarily, the admirals
would not condone insubordina-
ton on the part Of any officer
Therefore, they should not be, anc
probably will not be. led astray
by the public sympathy they have
aroused. They must know In theil
hearts that they simply got what
they asked for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
This Changing World
Red Propaganda Makes Little Progress
Toward Winning Over West Germans

are faced with the unpleasant
problem Of handling every day
several hundred refugees. includ-
ing Is or 30 deserters from the
"Volkspolizei," the Peoples Pc.
lice" which the Russians have or.
ganized to replace Red troops If
the Russian sector.
When questioned by Allied anc
Western German police the Volks-
polizei deserters say that although
they are well-paid and well-fed
they fear what might happen tt
them If somebody should suspect
their loyalty to the Red regime
And they prefer the precarious
life Of refugees to the temporary
well-being Of a Communist serv.
ant.
Some Of these "deserters" are
of course, Red agents, swho are
easily detected by Western sec.
tor officials. Suspected agents are
sent back to the Eastern sector
The others, along with the refu.
gees, remain and swell the total Of
Berlin's unemployed. which al.
ready have reached 273.000. .
Appearances Differ.
There is a marked difference
in the appearances Of Germans in
the East and the West. The
former retain the haggard and
bounded look which was charac-
teristic Of all Germans in the
early days after We day. Those
in the West have recovered from
the. shock and speak with I'M
questionable sincerity about their
admiration for the airlift, which
saved Berlin from disaster. They
are equally grateful to the hand
full Of American soldiers who man
aged to save the German stock
ade" during those months in 1948
when every Berliner expected the
Red soldiery to march once more
into his home.
That the puppet East German
government may repeat last years
performance and prevent free cir
culation within Berlin is In the
minds Of everybody in this city,
Germans and foreigners alike. The
fact that we keep between 80 and
100 C-54s near Frankfurt, ready
for any eventuality. eases the
minds Of these people. who may
find themselves blockaded once
more. by their own kinsmen.
Meanwhile, the Russians are
using propaganda by the shovel
full to win the Germans over to
their puppet regime. A magnifi-
cent memorial has been con-
in Teplow Park in honor
Of the brave German soldiers
who gave their lives in 1945 to
save the world from Fascism."
How the Russians decided that
Hitler's men who fought and died
In Berlin gave their lives to crush
Fascism Is difficult to under
stand. But such minor matters do
not worry the Russians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
On the Record
Allies Lost Power to Control Events
With Creation of German Governments
Governments

liberation Of the whole Of Ger
many.
The east German overtures
have had an immediate - and
Neutrality-suspicious.. Josef Muel-
Ter. leader Of the Christian Social
list Union In Bavaria. its deputy
minister-president. and q highly
astute politician, Immediately de-
clared himself for an understand
ing between Eastern and Western
Germany, proposing the creation
Of q "co-ordinating body" to deal
with economic questions. as q first
step,
The Western occupation forces
originally reacted to the Eastern
government as though it were Of
little significance. The American
high commissioner. John r. Nc
Cloy, said (much too airily) that
the United States would not try
to match Russian moves" But
what neither the Americans,
British nor French seem suff1-
GENTLY to realize Is that with the
creation of German governments
they had lost the power to con-
troll events.
y Brilliant Move Made.
The Russians have not lost the
power, because they have not lost
the power Of analysis. More than
four years after the war the
Germans want, above all things.
a peace treaty, and the end Of
the occupation. The Russians have
allowed and encouraged German
Communists to press for this in
all zones, while we have branded
this. which is natural and normal
to every people. as q dangerous
renaissance Of German nation
alism," while France and Britain
have failed to take up the offer Of
all the leading nom Communist
German parties to merge German
sovereignty In united Europe!
The East German government,
in making its first act q call for
cooperation with the Western
government in pressing for a peace
treaty, has made q brilliantly in
telligent move and confronted the
Western occupation forces with q
political problem Of the first water.
and just at moment when Mr..
McCloy's many unilateral state
ments Of policy made without any
consultation with the British and
French. have seriously disturbed
three-power relations.
What do we contemplate as q
German peace treaty? At the
Herald Tribune forum Gen Lucius
Clay recommended the early con-
clusion Of peace with Western Ger
many. But Western Germany is
an invented fiction as far as Ger
mans are concerned. From now
on-and the East Germans have
started tive are going to hear
Fagain about Germany and q Ger
man peace. And we are going to
have tosdo more precise thinking
than anyone has visibly done so
far, or our policy in Europe will
founder over Germany.
tReieasse By the Bell syndieatss IneJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Reinsurance to Allies
Berlin Chancellor Asks Unified Force
Operating Within Framework of Europe

| It is asserted here that he woulo
like to 60 there, would in fact
Jump at any such chance as was
furnished Mayor Reuter- Of Berlin
by the United States Conference
OF Mayors. This is easy to under
stand; after all, the major deci-
sions respecting Germany are
made in Washington, not here.
The first task DR.. Adenauer
would set America is to realize
that Europe cannot be saved with
out Germany. America, he says
plainly, is in some respects more
magnanimous than Europe.
Second, he wants dismantling of
German factories ended. Eco
nomic values are being destroyed
without any real purpose, he said,
in iron, steel. and petrol-all vital
to German recovery. The security
commission, he emphasized, has
the most comprehensive powers to
inspect German industry and see
that nothing is being used for
war purposes.
Third. DR.. Adenauer hopes that
America will insist upon freer
trade in Europe with the gradual
abolition Of tax and trade barriers.
IT we don't take Europe as an
economic entity, none Of us can
recover on this continent" he said.
Invitation to Disaster.
Asked If he were ready to have
West Germany join a United States
Of Europe. he did not wait for the
interpreter but shot back, ia
wohl!" (AbsolutelyD
Germany must talk delicately
about the rearming Of Europe, the
chancellor said wryly. but he was
ready to state positively that: If
Europe remains unarmed as Russia
arms to the teeth, it is an invita-
ton to disaster"
Unity between East and West
Germany seems to him far of, but
he asserted full responsibility for
the 5000. 900 Germans in the Rus
sian zone Of Berlin. "They are
ours. I know the majority Of them
regard us as their protectors, and
we shall never abandon them"
He smiled broadly when asked to
suggest the present United States
frontier. 1.-THE power Of the United
States stretches around the world. /"
he answered automatically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01

uduSlltcI, dIlu
an unlimited amount Of good fooe
and a swingy band in the same
room. and diplomat couldn't
fail even If he had to depend or
a $50-a-week clerk to send In his
reports.
Which brings me to the body
Of my story.
Why diplomats?
Same Old Stuff.
Why an expenditure of millions
Of dollars a year on striped pants
big houses, old-world courtesy,
parchment paper credentials. lawn
parties, secret messages to the
President and the Secretary of
State?
Why all the same old stuff that
has been going on for centuries,
and which has proved not to be
worth a tinker's dam?
Why the careful scrutiny of
a mans social, financial, and
every other kind Of background?
No use kidding ourselves. The
men who get the big posts are
usually men who can afford them,
or men who, because of their con-
tributions to the powers in charge,
have to be paid off.
On the surface, q smooth. suave
diplomat Is a necessity. Americans
still have q great inferiority COM
pick, and to salve that complex
they adhere to diplomatic policy
which sends, as representative
Americans, men who tie their own
white ties, know how to tie trout
flies, and speak with an accent
that wouldn't be recognized by
most Of the men and women they
represent.
Let's start all over.
Let's send as our diplomats
men and women who, when they
speak Of black and white. don't
mean ties-but the truth.
Promise Is . Promise.
Let's send men and women who,
since childhood, have been taught
that a promise is promise. and
that If the promise isn't kept there
isn't anything to do but belt the
tar out Of the guy who went back
on his promise.
It's amazing how the world
accepts welshing by nations, when
the men and women who make up
the world think that welshing Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01

nominally to Censtansns brown.
the new Eastern German govern
ment. there is only a tinfid inter-
course between the Germans Of
East and West Berlin. West
sector Germans are still afraid to
spend more than a short while in
the Eastern sector.
The Russians are attempting to
attract purchasers from the West
by all available means. Large
quantities Of appetizing foods. i'm
ported from Sweden. Holland
Denmark and Poland. are dis
played in the Soviet-controlled
stores.
Stores on Moscow Pattern.
The Russian sector stores are
patterned after those In Moscow
and sell at exorbitant prices such
things as ham. high quality cheese
mems and women's apparel. soap,
lipstick and gloves.
The Russians and their Eastern
puppet government need West
marks, which are worth six times
as much as the East mark, and
offer Germans in the American.
British and French sectors the OPP
portunity to replenish their larders
by paying dearly for supplies they
cannot find in their own parts of
the city.
But still vivid In the minds Of
Berliners Is the memory Of the
eight weeks of Russian occupation
Of all Of Berlin, and particularly
those four days and nights i'm
mediately after the fall Of the
city when it was handed over to
Red soldiers to loot, rape and de-
stroy as they pleased. Western
Berliners 60 over to the Eastern
sector-one person usually being
deputized to purchase for several
families but they waste no time
in getting back to the security Of
the Western sectors.
Despite the efforts Of the East
ern conquerors to prove to the
Germans that it is they and not
the Capitalists" who are their
friends. the Red propaganda
makes no progress. On the con-
trary, Western Allied authorities