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Evening star., 1949-09-05
True Economy Seen Requiring
Limitations on National Spending

To the Editor OF The Star:
Are Soviet turbulence and sword-rattling
designed to induce us to overspend on the
military and underspend on the economic
fronts?
With s15,8o0, 100000 for the Depart
ment of Defense and arms to Europe and
only 81 billions for Marshall Plan aid, the
ratio is more than 4 to l. The atom bomb,
industrial superiority and moderate de-
fense force would seem adequate to deter
aggression for at least several years. Isn't
there far greater danger that Europe's
financial difficulties may deteriorate into
economic collapse and Communist coups on
the Czech model give Satin victories with
out firing shot?
For instance, whatever the cost of making
Britain self-sustaining, it is apt to appear
small besides $15,800, 100000.
True economy demands that we keep both
military and economic expenditures at the
minimum consistent with national safety
and our appropriate contribution to the
prosperity that predisposes to peace. 1t also
requires that we plan to convert from
charity to a business basis and thus con-
serve our natural resources and our bene-
iciaries' self-respect.
This we can do by renewing trade agree
ments legislation, enabling us to accept i'm
ports in payment for our exports-Mr. Hof-
man said trebling British exports here could
end their deficit - and by ratifying the
Charter of the International Trade Organi-
zation, an indispensable instrument for
orderly substitution of economic co-opera-
ton for economic warfare.
Vineland, NJ. ROBERT S. FIELD.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Deplores Personal Details
In the News of the Day
IN ths Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The letter of "A Reader" in The Star of
September deplores the practice OF giving
lengthy reports Of suicides, believing that
such accounts may well exert harmful
influence upon potential suicides. This plea
for q more humanitarian attitude on the
part Of the press is seconded by those who
believe that many of the items in our daily
papers are, when not actually harmful in
one sense or another, certainly dull, and
represent an unnecessary prying into other
peoples affairs.
Who but the morbid minded wishes to
read all the details of q suicide, murder or
family row? What practical purpose is
served by laying before the public the
intimate details Of divorce suit of persons
we never heard Of details which concern
only the persons directly involved and their
attorneys? The marriage OF person OF
prominence may have news value, but must
we always be told it is her fourth marriage
and his fifth and have list OF previous
wives and husbands? This objection is not
made from q moral point Of view; simply
do not consider 1t interesting reading. It
seems to me to be rather an invasion Of
private life that Is not in the best OF taste.
Someone is held UP at the point Of gun
and robbed his picture appears in the
papers. Why? Too many photographs In
too many papers are either quite uninter-
esting, as in this case, or else catch the
subject in moments of grief, shock or en-
barrassment, when he obviously is unable
to cope with the prying photographer.
Surely, in modern life enough is happen
ing that is exciting, and about which we
should be informed, without dwelling upon
personal items of doubtful interest and
dubious educational value. E. F. c.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
Traces Westchester County Riot
To American HitlerS

Traces Westchester County Riot
To American Hitlers
To the Editor of The Star:
The recent rioting in WeStchester County,
N. Y, is clear conspiracy to violate the law,
perpetrated by the Central WestcheSter
County Veterans Committee. 1t is readily
understandable that the real motive was
assault and battery and destruction of prop
erty The central county committee ac-
knoWledges that it instructed the band of
hoodlums to march to this specific point and
disrupt the meeting of a specific group. The
so-called champions of the Constitution,
acting as agents for the central committee,
took the law into their own hands at the
point of contact.
It seems that the veterans organizations
in America have become vehicles upon which
fasciSm is riding to -wer, and unless they are
checked now America will awake some day
and find itself engulfed by one of the most
powerful and destructive forces upon the
face of the globe. They are the Hitlers of
America. MORTIMER M. MARSHALL.
Generals Less At Fault Than Gen. Vaughan
Held Deserving Restoration to Duty
To the Editor OF The Star:
May one who has spent more than 30 years
in the service and maintained his record as
IAN officer and gentleman"-in keeping with
regulations on the Vaughan
situation?
It appears to me as only reasonable that
since the Commander in Chief of the Army
Mr.. Truman, condones the activities of his
military aide, he must perforce order the
return to a duty status of Generals Watt
and Feldman. Their activities, although they
have been adjudged as lacking in the Judg-
ment and principle expected of general Of
ficers, are hardly one-half of one per cent as
compared to General (by grace of cronie-
ship Vaughan. Those of us who never
achieved generals rank can hardly be proud
to confess lower rank than this uniform
wearer who seems totally devoid of the at
tributes usually expected of fair corporal.
Certainly Generals Watt and Feldman
should not be punished for few indiscre-
tions when the guy who didn't earn his stars
by any such arduous route gets away with
almost everything in the book.
COL. NEVAIRE UPTBY POLITICKS.
Evening star., 1949-09-05
FavOrs Digging Up the Ark
To Prove Accuracy of Bible

To the Editor of The
The story about Noah's ark is afloat
again. Search for primitive bones of man
and beast goes on continuously, as well as
for tokens of the civilization near the dawn
of our earths history. Why not unearth
the remains of that famous boat which
proved to be floating ZOO and Noah's
salvation and that Of his family, If 1t is
found on Mount Ararat?
To all appearances Noah must have been
the craziest boat builder in ancient times.
Yet there was design and purpose back of
Noahs madness" and industry. He had
walked with God" and was let in on a
secret of the greatest magnitude for the
antediluvian world Civilization was to be
wiped out The end of all flesh is come
before me; = make thee an ark OF gopher
wood; . and thou shalt come into the
ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife. and
thy sons wives with thee"
Here is a commentary on the arks con-
struction which I have found in the book
"Patriarchs and Prophets: God was the
designer, and Noah the master-builder. 1t
was constructed like the hull of ship, that
it might float upon the water, but in some
respects it more nearly resembled a house.
1t was three stories high, with but one door.
which was in the side. The light was ad-
mitted at the top. and the different apart
ments were so arranged that all were lighted.
The material employed in the construction
of the ark was the cypress, or gopher wood,
which would be untouched by decay Tor
hundreds of years.
while Noah was giving his warning mes
sage to the world, his works testified OF his
sincerity. It was thus that his faith was
perfected and made evident He gave the
world an example of believing just what
God says. All that he possessed, he invested
in the ark. AS he began to construct that
immense boat on dry ground. multitudes
came from every direction to see the strange
sight, and to hear the earnest, fervent words
of the singular preacher. Every blow struck
upon the ark was witness to the people
From those eight persons who entered the
ark and were saved. the earth was repopu-
lated. We owe, undoubtedly. a great debt
of gratitude to such man as Noah for his
integrity and belief in Supreme Being who
watches over the worlds destiny. This in
cluded, as WELL the preservation OF animal
life.
The uncovering of the ark. if it really is
up there on Mount Ararat, where the writer
in the book of Genesis says 1t rested, would
explode good many concepts OF dlsbelleVers
in the flood of Noah's day. 1t would upset
thousand theories propounded by geol-
ogists concerning the true age of our present
mountains, mineral deposits, coal beds. OIL
wells fossils both animal and vegetable, as
well as precious stones and the like.
CHARLES ALLEN RENTFRO.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-15

Start the young people off right
with a subscription TO MONTANA
FARMER-STOCKMAN.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-15
Contour Spreader Diiches

On the sleeper slopes the contour
means of spreading flood water. In
this case the water is diverted to
the field by means of a large ditch
and spilled at various intervals by
means of checks and turnouts. This
is very similar to contour ~terracing.
In place of terraces, bitches are
built on the contour or with a slight
grade usually not over 2 foot per
100 feet. They may also be built
without a general grade but having
a slight grade from the low places
to the high places in the field. These
contour bitches should be made
large and have the bank on the up
hill side only. This permits the
water to slide over the lower lip of
the ditch uniformly without erosion.
This system will work with a
minimum amount of attention by
the irrigator. The bank of the ditch
on the uphill slope should be cut at
lA4SCI Fo1o w ~ "otS
to come in from the contour ditch
above.
County agents have surveyed and
helped plan many of these systems
in eastern Montana. After the sys-
tenn is properly laid out and built
it can be easily maintained from
year to year with a small amount
of attention and repair. Each system
of irrigation has many variations
that can be worked out to adapt it
to the area it is to serve. Each field
offers a specific set of problems.
Methods to cope with these prob
lems must be applied.
Water stored in the soil reser-
voir" this spring means hay in the
stack for next winter.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-15
, Flood Waters

Continued From Page 800
on a grade of L to 2 foot pei 100
feet.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-15
Wheat-SeIl or Seal?
Ennfin11ed from mage 81

than requirements even with the
extraordinarily high exports in the
last two years. AS Europe and other
countries build zap production, u
exports are likely to drop 100, DOC, 900
10 100000, 900 bushels, possibly more.
Last year, the department of ag-
riculture requested a decrease of 8
percent in acreage seeded for 1919.
Instead, acreage has been increased
about 5 percent.
Acreage allotments for 1850 which
Will be 20 to Is percent less than
paintings for 1949 are reported to
be in preparation. Presumably, those
who expanded acreage the most dur
ing the last seven years will have
10 make the largest cut.
Unless the law is changed, price
support probably will be lowered
beginning with the 1850 crop. In
stead of 90 percent of parity, it will
be so to 80 percent of parity, depend
ing IN the supply. If acreage allot-
ments or marketing quotas are in eff
feet, support will be 20 percent high
er than it otherwise would be but
not over 90 percent of parity.
To get SET for these changes
you can plan 10 put less produc-
five wheat land into grass. make
sure you r using the best va
rietY for your area. and use
other practices 10 build up acre
yields and reduce per bushel
costs.
If You do not have storage
space available. the gains from
holding under the government
program in the next few years
probably will pay the ost of
construction.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31
Negro Youth Serves
With Army ~LnfontrY

WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
GIFU, JAPAN - Pfc Andrew w.
Grace, son of Narcissie Grace, of
Lexington, has recently been as
signed to Company G, oath Infan-
try, at Camp Gifu, Japan, a part
of the 25th Infantry (Tropic Light
ning) Division, commanded by
Major General William B. Kean.
Pfc. Grace entered the army in
March 1947, received his basic
training at Fort Dix, N. j., and left
for overseas duty in January.
Before entering the service he
attended Ambrose High school.
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don't want to be bothered, our
goodwill Is too tender to stand
any strain, we will do anything
for other people provided it
doesn't hurt.
But the world can be saved only
as men and women initiate and
multiply the spirit Of the crucified
Christ.
(CopyrighA by the International Coun-
ell Of Religious Education on behalf Of
20 Protestant denominations. Released
by WNU Features.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31

The State of Mississippi
To Charlie Draine, Jr., whose
street and post office address is
$50 North Evergreen Avenue
Kankakee, Illinois.
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
County of Holmes in the State
of Mississippi, on the Fourth Mon
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31

a vacation journey,
Jesus put to his
most intim a I e
friends this ques-
ton: who do men
say that ann"
Peters a n S W e r.
1T h o u art I h e
Christ" may sound
obvious to US. but
wos not obvious
e
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31

dav of May 194e to defend the
suit No. 9068 in said Court of
Matte Pearl Draine, wherein you.
are a defendant.
This the 23rd day or March,
1949.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk. 49-4tnp
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 8062 Letters testamentary
having been granted on the 18th
day of March, 1o49, by the Chan
Gerry Court of Holmes County,
Miss, to the undersigned upon the
estate Of Lillian Boothe Pepper,
Deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to the Clerk of said Court
for probate and registration ac-
cording to law within six months
from the date of the first publ
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31

Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Strowd
moved to Clinton Saturday and
have rooms at the Young apart
ment. Mr.. Strowd is attending
radio school in Jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31
Trail OF The Cross
Lesson for April 8, 1919

THE TURNING-PoINT In Jesus
4 career was dramatic. But the
few friends who were present did
not then realize what it meant. On
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31

cation of this notice, or they will
be forever barred.
This the 18th day of March,
1949.
LEILA STANSBURY
Fxecl,trix. 49-4tnp
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Gods View and the DEVILS

friends of his it. sounded like the
bell Of death. Never before had
Jusus told them anything like this,
and they must have found it hard to
believe. For he had not a word
about a throne. nothing about sue
cess, nothing about mastering the
world. Quite the contrary. He must
suffer many things 49,. be rejected
-. be killed" If they heard the
words rise again" too, the words
made no impression.
For Jesus had announced what to
them seemed impossible, absurd:
He, the Christ. would be killed!
Small wonder that Peter broke out
No, No! But Jesus would not com
promise. He even called Peter
Satan" for thinking as he did.
The Christian church agrees
with Jesus, not with Peter. We
realize today, as Peter himself
did afterwards, what the Cross
of Christ means.
Buddha, founder Of a very differ
ent religion, died in old age Of over
eating. Can youcimagine Jesus do
ing that? Suppose Jesus had taken
Peters advice and made arrange
ments to retire comfortably where
he would never see a cross? Then
we never should have heard Of him.
He would not have been worth hear
ing from.
One Cross is Not Enough
VES, WE KNOW now that the
Cross of Christ is important.
But we r a good deal like Peter,
after all. For we do not listen to
what we do not like to hear. And
the next words of Jesus, on that his
toric occasion. must have sounded
then as they do now, most chilling
Of all. whatsoever would come
after me, let him take his own cross
and follow me-" In Jesus time
no n was I'VE seen carrying a
cross who was not already under
sentence of death and on his way to
be executed.
Translated into modern terms,
what Jesus said would sound as
horrible as this: Any man who
wishes to follow me must take
his seat on the electric chair
-. must take his place In the
lethal chamber :. must put his
neck in a moose . and follow
me.
One ros is not enough. There
must be other crosses. My road is
a d~eath-rnarch. l want for my fol.
lowers only those who are willine
to take the same trail.
Trail of the Cross
OUCH WORDS sounded harsh then;
~ they do still. But in the light
OF the centuries, we can see what
Jesus meant, better than that little
band of frightened men around Je
sus who did not want to hear the
words suffer die" Jesus wa.
not advocating pain for pains sake
Why did Jesus set his own
face toward the cross? The
Christian answer is, He did IT.
for etaers. New what In wrsng
with the world tsdaye II isn't
that we don't wish our neigh
hars wall: hint the trnuh~ Ia. wa
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LOCAL. NEWS

Mrs. A. M. Doty is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
John B. GHeer. In Birmingham,
Alabama.
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! Jones and Miss Ann Sealy were
! Greenwood visitors last Thurs
day.
Harvey Baine. III, and Buddy
Waterer spent the week end with
friends at Mississippi State oil
lege.
Mrs. ]. j. Kazar has returned
from Stamps, Arkansas, where she
was called on account Of the i'll
ness of her mother, Mrs. Kitchens.
Mrs. w. w. Gwin is visiting IN
| the home of her daughter, Mrs.
| Tom James III, in Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George SANTANA
| Miss Cecile Samaha and Mrs. M.
l.. Turner were visitors IN jack
son Thursday.
Mrs. w. E. Hays, Mrs. Roy K.
| wilson and Mrs. c. r. Hamlin
attended services at the First
| Presbyterian church in Green
! wood Sunday.
Mrs. r. G. Gillespie and Mrs.
w. B. Sheppard visited in Green
wood Saturday.
Mrs. M. c. Roby returned Fri
| dav from a weeks visit in Cum
] nison with Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff
Bogue.
@. w. Nixon, Walter Lowe, w.
M. Henry, Reeves Vandiver and
| Ralph Ray made a trip to French
| Camp and Philadelphia in a soil
| conservation tour.
r. E. Elledge, who is located in
Dallas, Texas, visited his wife and
| children last week.
w. O. Brown has returned from
a weeks stay with hi$ brother
j in-law, W. E. Russell, in Bentonia.
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TCHULA NEWS

Miss Marie Maggie, Miss Estelle
Jones and Miss Ann Sealy were
Greenwood visitors last Thurs
day.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31

Harvey Baine, III, and Buddy
Waterer spent the week end with
friends at Mississippi State col
lege.
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IL was sensational
SO much SO that Jesus did not want
the publicity that would come to
him IL that name Christ were free
ly circulated. For the word Christ"
meant nothing less than King" To
the Romans 1t would sound like trea-
son; but to the Jews 1t would sound
like Judgment Day.
When Peter said, "You are
the Christ" he was implying
also: "You are immortal. You
r the coming c%onqueror Of the
world. You are not in the same
class with any other man. You
will do for mankind what no
other hero has ever DONE"
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w. o. Brown has returned from
a weeks stay with hiS brother
in-law, w. E. Russell, in Bentonia.
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Trail of the Cross

OUCH WORDS sounded harsh then;
~ they do still. But in the light
of the centuries, we can see what
Jesus meant, better than that little
band of frightened men around Je.
u who did not want to hear the
words suffer die" Jesus was
not advocating pain for pains sake.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-31

Mrs. ]. j. Kazar has returned
from Stamps, Arkansas, where she
was called on account OF the Ill
ness of her mother, Mrs. Kitchens
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Why did Jesus set his OWE
face toward the cross? The
Christian answer Is, He did IT,
for ethers. New what n wrsng
with the world tsdaye II isn't
that we don't wish our neigh
here wall: hint the trauh~ Ia We
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r. E. Elledge, who is located in
Dallas, Texas, visited his wife and
children last week.
Evening star., 1949-08-31

sfsnsai sesn.d AND aSd 1na Hazel oasasS Garner Boy
John and Marguerite Gaughan. gin.
Edward and Marion Glover girl.
Edward and Margaret qrimiey, .. ooy. sov
kstsar AGRsar sns snd ehsrotte sfHa Heit SRI.
Hubert and Margaret Huls, girl.
Robert Robert and and Betty Betty Ii|InsS, HynsS,, boy; Ssv
Charles and Kathryn Johnson, girl.
James and Miriam Lipkey, girl.
Frank and Vivian Lomax, boy.
Francis and Marion Long, girl
W,llred and dnSss Nancy Msrsernn hoyndss siT sir
James and Ella McCauley. boy,
Furman and lola Mcclellan, sirl.
Casey and ONEIDA Mcdonald. girl.
John and Elizabeth Mcdonald, boy
Mack and Sylvia McKisson, boy.
Kenneth and Mary Meakins, boy.
Clifford and Mary Nelson, boy.
Alfred and Dicie Nestor, girl.
Bobie and Ethel Newsom: boy.
Jack and Irene Negton: boy,
Mark and Helen slsI pa pattie' anns ,en girl
Leonard and Ruth Ralston, girl.
Carlton and Mildred Rice, girl.
George and Muriel Richey. boy.
Francis Francis and and Eileen Riddle, boy.
George and Lessa Rock. girl.
Milton and Lillian Rode, girl.
Howard and Carolyn Rogers, sirl;
Kenneth and Roberta Rossman. girl.
Nicholas and Catherine Scandaferri. b