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Evening star., 1949-12-11
Digging Of Short Cut
Through Suez Canal
Gets Under Way
Nv the Afxoeiotad RIasa

PARIS, Dec. 1o.-Omcials of the
Suez Canal Authority yesterday
announced that digging of a short
cut through the canal has started
Target date for its completion is
November %, 1850. although, the
new branch probably will not be
in operation before 1852.
The short cut, to be known as
the Farouk Canal. will run from
FL Ferdan 6 miles northward tc
Ell Quantara. The cut, $50 feet
wide, is aimed at speeding traffic
on the 1O4-mile- long Suez, which
links the Mediterranean with the
Red Sea. The cost is estimated at
1000, 100000 French francs $5,-
TOO, ,o00).
The Farouk Canal, named for
Egypt's king, will be in an area
about so miles north of the city
of Suez, between Lake Menzala In
the north and Lake Timsah in the
south, or about the middle Of the
Suez Canal. The Compagnie Uni
verselle du Canal Maritime de
Suez, operators of the Suez Canal
let bids for the work last August
to five French contractors.
The canal was clogged in 1946
by 1856 crossings with a total
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Poker-Foced Owl
To Play Lead in
Audubon Film

The District Audubon Society
says that a poker-faced owl will
be a main character of a color
movie which will be shown here
this week.
This brings up the question OF
whether there is any owl which
is not poker faced, and the an
sWer will probably be obtainable
from the photographer, whose
name happens to be Dick Bird.
He is probably Canada's most
famous bird photographer, and
at 8 pm. Tuesday. he'll tell all
at the free lecture in the National
Museum, Tenth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV.
(. In addition to grebes. owls. peli-
cans. and other feathered life. his
movies will feature long range
and closeup shots of big and
small game in Canada's National
Parks-Banff. Jasper, Prince AL
bert and Riding Mountain.
New York and Michigan lead in
the commercial production OF
raspberries In the United States.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

of 55,O81 900 tons of freight. This
was an increase in tonnage of
67.8 per cent over the l933-37
period The rapid rise in oil
production in the Middle East
has been one of the main reasons
for the traffic jam.
The company said more than
100000 cubic yards of desert
sand must be eXcavated. Dig
ging already has been slowed -
bad weather. The contract re-
quires that the digging must be
finished by November %. 1850.
The new branch will enable
boats to cross without having T..
stop, and to travel at greater
speed. Many men connected with
the operation. of the canal have
expressed hope that some day
there will be an entirely new
canal running parallel to the
SueZ.
The Egyptian government has
approved the new branch, and
most of the workers are Egyp-
tians under the supervision of
technicians from France, Hol-
land, Belgium and Egypt.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

Bluebeard." published in 1900.
Among other early titles are
Riddles and Charades," by Peter
Puzzlewell, 1924: the Pleasures
of Piety in Youth, Exemplif1ed in
the Life and Death of Several
Children" 1915, and Orphan
Rachel or the Pursuits of Perse-
verance." published in 1849.
Also included in the exhibit are
books from the presses of Mahlon
Day and Samuel Wood of New
York and of John Babcock of
Hartford. New Haven and Charles
ton.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Early Children S Books
On Exhibit al Library

An exhibit of 81 items from
the Rachel Field collection OF
early published children's books
will be open to the public from
9 am. to 9 pm. daily except
Sunday, beginning tomorrow in
the Public Library, Eighth and
K streets NV.
The collection includes many
examples of 10Th century chill
dren's books.
Earliest American book in the
exhibit is the New History of
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Dr.. Potes to Speak
At Beth Ell Meetino

DR.. John r. Pates, medical di-
rector Of the Southwest Health
Center. will be guest speaker at q
meeting at 8 pm. Wednesday at
Evening star., 1949-12-11

An aluminium bottle with poly
chrome label" and sealed with
a crown cork has been introduced
in the packagi1lg of beer ir
Germany.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

the Beth Ell auditorium, 702 JEFF
ferson street NV, Mrs. Jacob
Paregol. president of Beth Ell Sis
terhood and Talmud Torah. an
nounced today.
He will discuss Tuberculosis
Problems in Washington"
Evening star., 1949-07-10

RUSSIA: MYSTERIOUS ond Slovie
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Bridge Quiz
By ChorIes n. Goren

u. AS OealeT you uOlu.
AKJ964 2AJ oA93 4 ASA
Whist IS your opening bid?
\ while it Is perfectly proper to
open this hand with a bid of one
spade, it seems to me it is better
strategy to open with one nQ-trump,
despite the holding of f1ve-card
major. The hand is evenly balanced
and contains a point count of II,
so that if partner fails to raise you
may be reasonably sure that no
game will be missed. An opening
bid of one spade may result in an
awkward dilemma If partner re-
spends with one no-trump. If you
pass you may miss a game; if you
bid again you may find yourself
overheard.
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Readers Corner.

@. Please explain what Is meant
by "ad lib.'-C. H.
A. It's the abbreviation of the
Latin phrase ad libitum, meaning,
lat pleasure, at liberty" Among
musicians and show people, "ad lib."
means "to insert passage or re-
mark that departs from or is in
addition to the written part" Come
dians, such as Fred Allen and Bob
Hope, who are adept in extempo-
raneous witticisms, are known in
show business as expert "ad libbers." /"
@. contend that there are no
such designations as "12:00 am"
and 1900 pm.,' but it is either
"12 midnight" or az noon" Please
discuss.
A. In telling time, the sun is sup
posed to be at it's meridian (highest
point) at noon. The morning hours
are designated as am. for ante
meridiem (before the meridian
The hours after noon, up to and
including midnight, are designated
as pm. for post meridiem (after
the meridian).
The proper designation for noon,
says the United States Government
Style Manual, is: IL m. (12 merid-
iem). Midnight should be written
thus: IL pm. Immediately after
the instant of midnight, the hours
become am, as: 1901 am, 1915
am, etc.
@. Is it correct to say, 'Her sor-
rows were born in silence?"-Mrs
w. T.
A. No. Best usage restricts born
to the meaning of having been
given birth to-" Better say: Her
sorrows were borne in silence.
Wrong: "He was borned in Cali
fornia." This Is a common error.
Do not add ed to born to form
past tense, for born itself is the past
participle of the verb Ito BEAR" as
also is borne.
Better say: He was born In Cali
fornia.
Wrong: "she was born by . mother
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Answer TO CONSUMER.
Uncle Ruv's Corner
BY Ramon Coffmon

gan close to 1900 years ago. The
invaders were Huns.
The Huns were expert riders, and
were of Mongol stock. They were
distant relatives of the Chinese. An
old record tells us that they had
broad shoulders, fiat noses ana
small black eyes"
Why did the Huns start the IN
vasion? There is doubt about the
answer to that question, but 1t is
likely that they were bothered by
raids from Siberian tribesmen ana
wanted to reach a place whsre they
would be safe from those raids.
Whatever started them moving,
the Huns fought their way into Eu-
rope. and settled in the valleys OF
the VoIga and Don rivers.
It was a slow invasion compared
to those during modern times, but
it was powerful. About 80 years
after the invasion opened. man
named Attila became ruler OF the
Huns.
Evening star., 1949-08-29

About half of all the people on
earth live on single continent
Asia. That continent is the largest
on the globe, but it has much less
land than the other continents to-
gether. 1t has only about one fourth
of the worlds land area.
From those facts 1t Is clear that
Asia has about twice as many per-
sons to the square mile as the rest
Of the land surface. Two large
countries China and India-con-
tain close to 100000 900 people.
They are crowded places, and in
them it has been said that "life is
cheap"
Crowded though they are, nei-
ther China nor India has shown
much desire to spread out and con-
quer other countries. There has
been a great deal of fighting in
side their borders, but most of the
rulers have been content to stay
home.
Certain men in Asia, however,
have gone westward and have tried
to take over Europe. The first great
invasion Of Europe from Asia be-
Evening star., 1949-08-29
MyWord for 1t
BY Frank Colby

of Spanish blood" No. When fol-
lowed by the word by the correct
form to use Is borne" Therefore:
She was borne by a mother of Span
ish blood.
@. could hardly believe my eyes
when I read in your column that
much water had flowed" over the
dam. My, my! You should have
said go flown over the dam"
DR.. w. P.
A. Sorry; flown" is the past par
ticiple of fly, thus: Fly, flew, flown
Water doesn't fly, it flows: Flow
flowed, flown.
Do you know how to read the obscured-
vowel symbols in the dictionary ;a;nI For M. !,
copy of this useful leafet. send cents s
in coin and stamped; self.addresseSa e
ENVELOPE to him, care Of The star; r y.
Box 90, Sattion G, New York 10, N. \.
Evening star., 1949-08-29

@. Opponents are vulnerable. You
are South and hold:
AZ 0AQs3 o7s53 &K965
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South
1spade 2 diamonds ?
What do you bid?
A. Your hand has a fair prospect
of developing at least four tricks
against the diamond bid. Partner
may reasonably be expected to de-
velop three, which spells two-trick
set, more than the value of any
game you might be able to make.
There Is the further consideration
that you have no good prospect of
playing the hand yourself because
it may be a decided misfit. If your
answer was two hearts. how would
you feel if partners next bid were
two spades, which is very probable?
A double is recommended.
@. As South you hold:
AJ10643 0765 o53 %752
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South West
2 hearts Pass 2no-trump Pass
8 hearts Pass ?
What do you bid now?
A. Four hearts. This bid does not
indicate any strength, it merely de-
notes normal trump support for the
rebid heart suit. You have already
denied strength by your two-no-
trump response. 1t would be COM
pletely pointless to show the spade
suit. Nothing could be gained by
1t and confusion might result.
@. Partner opens with one heart
and you hold:
AKJ62 0QJ oAJ963 asa
What is your response?
A. Two diamonds. A response of
one spade, because it is cheap, would
not be good tactics. This is a good
hand opposite an opening bid of one
heart and you should arrange to
show both suits in their logical Or
der, so that partner will know yor
have five diamonds and four spades
If your hand were weaker and you
could not afford to show both suits
the response of one spade would be
in order.
Q. Opponent opens with three
clubs and you hold:
AAKJ74 0QJ105 o AK @9s
What do you bid?
A. You should take the same typ'
hof
the bidding been opened with ont
club. That is, take-out double
AS in all take-out doubles, partner
has the option of leaving 1t In II h'
thinks 1t will be more profitable u
do so. There is no need for you u
guess what suit to bid. Partner
might be short in spades and have
some length In hearts.
tcoD'risAA asAsi ~ Charles Il. oor'n'
Evening star., 1949-08-29

To obtain . free copy OF the ilius;;
tratsd Ieafiet on 'The Story Of China"
end 4 self addressed, stamped en-
yeiops to Uncle Ray In care q 1hs
star4
Evening star., 1949-08-29
Game
Find 81 or more words in
GRAVEL,

"loose material consist
ing of fragments of rock" Av-
erage is 20; limit, 20 minutes.
Rules. Words must be Of four or
more letters. 2. Words which acquire four
letters by the addition of IS" such as
bats" "cats.' are not used. g. only one
form of q word is used. 4. Proper names
are not used. A list will be published
tomorrow.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28
TCHULA NEWS

Miss Frances Clark of jackson
was a weekend visitor in the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. M Clark.
Nora Deem and Billy Link Of
Bentonia spent the weak with
Mrs. Everarde Jones while Mr.
and Mrs. Link 9 in New Or
leans.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Huddleston
and children, Sally and Martha
Ann, will leave this week to spend
their vacation in Hattiesburg with
Mrs. Rosa Burton.
James Dixon, U. S. Navy, OF
Bentonia, visited his aunt, Mrs.
Hattie Trigleth and Bernice last
week, before returning to his post
Of duty in San Diego, California.
Edgar Sweet and Miss Jeanne
Shields drove to Durant Wednes-
day to meet his aunt, Mrs. j. n.
Myoner of Cotton Plant, Arkan-
sas, who will be a guest in the
Sweet home.
Mrs. Frank Gwin, ST., and Mrs.
J. B. Irving visited in Jackson
last Thursday.
Mrs. H. H. Wallace visited Rev.
and Mrs. Walter Smith in Sardis
last week. Mrs. Cunningham
stayed with her daughter in Du-
rant during her absence. They
returned Monday.
Mrs. j. j. Kazar and Miss Lo-
raine Norman made a business
trip to Kosciusko Wednesday.
Mrs. F. M. Clark and children,
Kay Moss and Mrs. c. R. Hamlin
shopped in Greenwood Wednes-
day.
Among July enlistments in the
U. S. army were Wayne Gran
than, Charles Younger and Will
liam Hughes of Tchula. They
left Greenwood for Ft. Jackson,
South Carolina.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

Miss Sue Henry and Mrs. H. II.
Hill spent the weekend in Mem
phis. The latter was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Wilbur Oliphant.
Miss Cecilia Samaha Is spend
ing two weeks in Greenwood at
tending a Bible school at st.
Mary's Catholic church.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

Mrs. Hattie Trigleth and daugh-
ter, Miss Berniece, left Sunday on
two-weeks' vacation. They will
visit relatives in Jackson, Rolling
Fork and Canton.
Mrs. Luther Ganong and Mrs.
c. B. Wilson were visitors to
Greenwood on Friday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

Tchula will play the Holmes
Junior college softball team at
8 o'closk Friday night, on the
athletic field.
DR.. and Mrs. David Minter and
children, Bill, Susan, and Dianne,
are spending their vacation in the
Ozarks in north west Arkansas.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28
c o N N T s

(000e0Sed 81 OF IECCIPsd d -
Camhined Detailed Statement of Receipts and expenditures u
Road Maintenance Funds. Combined Statement of Assets and La
hlities IF Funds. Schedule of Road Working Machinery and Equip.
ment. Schedule Of School transportation Equipment TREND 81
Bonded Debt.
COMMENTS OF RESULT OF AUDIT
The results of the audit of this county for the year OF l948 were
generally satisfactory, nothing being disclosed by the records OF a.
nancial transactions that indicated any iuhuS ech hAEoP-
Propriated or illegally expended.
AS shown by the accompanying statement OF receipts eA.
pendtures. revenue receipts from all sources amounted to a totalo Oh
S946 1921 and operating costs amounted TO q totalo o. $as1'zSAo,
exceeded cash outlay for expenses of operation by $l54Oo954. Com
pared to the previous year, this excess represents an increase OF
$93335 80.
Total revenue receipts for this year of $946,3522l exceed the
ing $751; O5O2 This increase in revenues may be accounted for IN
increases in funds received from both local and outside sources.
Total expense disbursements amounting to $792,29267, as SHOWN
above represent an increase of $101, 96615 over the previous year,
the total for that year being $690,32652. Costs OF operation OF schools
during 148 accounts for $l28, 1887 IL TINS increase, Wnie ma"-
tenance costs decreased $36,4863l.
The accompanying statement of funds assets and Liabilities
shows that the county closed the years operation with rather d
healthy state of condition of its fund accounts, the net increase IN me
assets for all funds being $l58484.65 during the year.
bridge funds may be had by a careful inspection OF the accompanying
statement, whereupon details of expenditures for each Supervisors
Road District are shown.
AS shown by the accompanying condensed statement of the coun-
demption of old bonds in the amount of $50, 10000 resulted in an in
crease in this debt of $62, 7000 during the year. This debt, amount
ing to $685. 10000 at the close of the year, represents approximately
So of the total assessed valuation of all properties in the county.
pared for publication in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
46 of the Laws of 1948 for the benefit of the citizens OF Holmes
County. Any further information desired concerning the financial
affairs of the county may be obtained from the audit report ITSELF
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT. M. M. Batson, Director.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-07-28

SYNOPSIS OF THE REPORT OF AN AUDIT MADE OF H0LM Tns
c0TINTY ny THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT FOR lHE
FfscAI' YEAR PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 80. ls4s.
CONTENTS
Condensed Statement of Receipts and Expenditures OF All Fuhos
Cembined. Detailed Statement of Receipts and Expenditures u
Road Maintenanc Funds. Combined Statement of Assets and ia
hMties of Funds. Schedule of Road Working Machinery and Equip
ment Schedule Of School transportation Equipment. Trend Oh
Roudad Debt.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. A.
MONDAY, DEcEMBER 5
Van Buren, Gains ] ,O5O Yards
For Record DESPITE Bad Start

while running with the ball and put
the end out of action.
In the dressing room at half
time, Ferrante told Van Buren,,
Gee, Steve, I'm on your side"
To which the former Louisiana
State ace answered, Not If you're
in my way, you're not"
Van Buren started of rather
slowly this season and more than
one football observer was heard to
comment that maybe the Bayou
crusher was nearing the end Of
the pro football line.
But apparently Steve was only
warming up to his task. He picked
up 1872 yards against the New York
Bulldogs and followed that up with
single-game 205-yard total against
the usually tough defensive Pitts
burgh Steelers.
What made his Steeler perform.
ance even more remarkable was the
fact that the Pittsburgh coaches
spent an entire practice week work.
ing up special defense to stop
Steve. The Eagles had several
scat backs out with injuries and
the Steelers figured they had .
chance if Van Buren was boxed.
How long can Van Buren keep
up this terrific pace?
I'll run until the figures tell me
to sit down and rest" says Steve.
He ought to know.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Irish War Vets Win

The Irish War Vets football
team chalked up 60 victory over
Morningside A. c. yesterday at
the National Guard Armory Field
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Maryland Turf Betting
Drops; Laurel Hit Hard
BY the Asseeiotsd Press


BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.-Fol-
lowers of Maryland horse racing
pushed $86,474,462 through the
pari-mutuel windows this year-a
drop of $8,711,217 from the total
for last season.
Bowie, which closed its fall sea-
son Saturday, became the eighth
track in the State to register a
decrease from 1948 figures. It's
closing-day handle brought the
1949 total to $19,426,534, COM
pared to lsst years $21 1893, ,698.
The o1tU plant to show an in
crease in its handle was Marlboro,
whi(h' underwent a vast renova-
tom for its summer session. The
half-mile track saw it's betting
rise from $2,667 ,842 to $3,373 ,287.
Laurel-which with Pimlico,
Bowie and Havre de Grace makes
up the "big four" of Maryland
ovals- s-suffere the sharpest drop,
from 20,678,833 to $15.440.474.
Some of the decline in wagering
at the fiat tracks was attributed
to the operation of three harness
plants, only one of which operated
in 1913. This year $11,751 ,937 was
bet at sulky races in the State.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Rx the Assoeioted Press

DALLAS, Dec. 5.-Notre Danes
gridiron champions are on the
way home boasting the greatest
four-year record in Fighting Irish
history-but take it from Coach
Frank Leahy, they accomplished
it in the nick of time.
Next year, laments that rugged
individualist among pessimists,
his team can't hope to be half
as strong as the 1949 outfit which
he called 'the greatest team I
ever coached"
Happy that they were able to
finish four seasons without de-
feat while winning 36 games and
tying two. the Irish still are talk
ing about the thunderous game
they had here Saturday when it
required every ounce of drive and
fight to turn back Southern
Methodist, 27-20.
From this years great team
voted No. / in the Nation and
called national champion of col
legiate football-Leahy loses nine
and one-half starters. And from
the remainder of his flrst-string
squad, 10 more depart.
That one-half starter comes
about in this manner: Bob Lally
and Fred Wallner divided time at
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Irish Won't Be Half as Strong
Next Year, Coach Leohy Says

one guard position. Lally Is through
but Wallner has another year.
Notre Dame is swept clean of ALL
Americas. Giant Leon Hart, that
peerless wingman: Jim Martin,
that tremendous tackle, and Emil
(Six-YarO Sitko, that blasting
fullback, now belong to Fighting
Irish gridiron history.
Others lost from the starting
team are End Bill Wightkin,
Tackle Ralph McGehee, Guard
Frank Johnson, Center Walt Groth-
aus and Backs Francis Spaniel and
Larry Coutre.
Bob Williams, brilliant quarter
back who outpassed the South
vests pass-happy boys in the
Southern Methodist game, comes
back to keep Wallner company.
Others lost from the squad are
Ends Doug Waybright and Ray
Espenan. Tackles August Cifelli,
Ed Hudak and AL Zmijewski,
Guards Steve Oracko (that extra
point genius) and Jim Dailer,
Quarterbacks Gerald Begley and
George Dickson and Fullback Mi
chael SwistowicZ.
Thirteen fellows with varsity ex-
perience return, six Of whom were
sophomores this season: Backs
John Petition, Bill Barrett, Bill
Evening star., 1949-12-05
Browns Seek Fourth
|AAC Title in Game
With Ayers Sunday
By The Associofed Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 5.-The
Cleveland Browns, champions OF
the All-America Football Confer
ence since the Conferences incep-
ton in 1916, will attempt to make
it four straight titles next Sun
day when they play San Francisco
here in the playoff final.
The Browns qualified yesterday
by defeating the Buffalo Bills,
31-21 before a crowd of 1920 in
Municipal Stadium, while the
49ers outplayed the New York
Yankees before 1888 in San
Francisco.
The Browns-Bills playoff was
a battle of aerials, with IS passes
setting a new league record.
Cleveland's Otto Graham, ace Of
the AAC. connected with % or 43
pitches, two for touchdowns. and
had total of 326 yards. Bufalo's
George Ratterman completed 81
of 80 attempts, three of them for
touchdowns, and totaled 293
yards.
The Browns had to come from
behind twice. They went ahead
for good late in the third period
on three Graham pitches, the
third Of 40 yards going to Dub
Jones for the deciding touch
down. Another in the final quar-
ter was not needed.
frankie Albert's passing and
running were big factors in the
49ers' win over the Yankees, who
made two last-period bids that
barely fell short. Joe Vetrano,
place-kicking specialist for San
Francisco, kicked a 38-yard field
goal and both extra points, rum
ming his consecutive string to LOG.
Evening star., 1949-12-05
By the Assoeiotsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5.-Steve
Van Buren of the champion Phila-
delphia Eagles apparently isn't
ready for that wheelchair some
opponents and pro football experts
were ready to buy him earlier this
season.
The National Football Leagues
famous "wham BAN" still is the
runningest man in the loop. He
wasn't under a full head of steam
yesterday but still had enough
power to gain So yards on II
carries and erase his own season
ground d-gaining record OF 1,008
yards, set in 1947.
Van Buren now has 1850 yards
on 242 running plays and still
has one game to 60. It took the
Eagles seige gun only two seasons
to break a mark the oddsmakers
we're wagering would stand a long
time.
Gosh, I thought that 1,008
would hold up a long while" said
Van Buren today as he surveyed
his new record figures.
II guess the best thing that
happened to me was Tony Cana
deo (of Green Bay) getting off
to such a fine start and taking
such a big lead on me in the
ground-gaining race. I just began
to run a wee bit harder"
Jack Ferrante, Eagle end, heard
Steve utter that wee bit harder"
remark and commented, It'd sure
hate to see you run a whole lot
harder"
Ferrante was thinking of the
Pittsburgh Steelers game in Phila-
delphia last week. Van Buren ac-
cidentally smashed into Ferrante