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Evening star., 1950-08-16
Rail Strike Situation
Remains Undecided;
Packard Pact Sought
By the Associoted Press

The at least temporary collapse
of negotiations to head off a rail-
road strike left the situation in
the air today.
The White House supplied no
immediate reaction to renewed
union requests that the Govern
ment take over the railroads, but
Presidential Assistant John r.
Steelman kept after the parties to
accept compromise by the end Of
this week.
The threatened strike-by train
men and conductors who want a
40-hour week with no reduction in
pay earned now for working 48
hours, or related adjustments
is the chief immediate concern Of
Government labor officials.
White House negotiations con-
Quoted by Mr.. Steelman broke
down yesterday and the unions
proposed for the second time in
10 days that President Truman
seize the major railroads. A White
House spokesman said, however,
that seizure is not being con-
sidered at this time.
One rumored settlement in the
air would give the trainmen and
conductors in the yards a 40-hour
work week with a 81 or % cent
hourly wage hike. They have been
asking for their present 48 hours
pay for 40 hours of work -
amounting to a wage increase Of
about 81 cents an hour.
Any such settlement is likely
to be tied to a moratorium on
further wage increases or changes
in working rules for a period Of
emergency, it was reported.
While the big labor dispute at
the moment is on the railroads,
the auto industry is concerned by
a strike at the Packard Motor
Car Co. Efforts are being made
by Federal mediators in Detroit
to speed the writing of a new
contract at Packard to end that
dispute over pensions and wages.
A major strike is now on at
plants of Allied Chemicals and
Dye Co.. Solvay Process. and the
IDi-~'-~ Alsali Corp., shutting
off 80 to 10 per cent of the ma
tion'S supply of vital soda ash.
This sodium carbonate is
needed in dozens of the most i'm
portant items in peacetime and
wartime economy. Even the sup
ply of chlorine for purifying
drinking water has been reduced
as a result of these strikes Of
1900 chemical workers at the
Allied and Diamond plants. They
are members of John L. Lewis
District so Of the United Mine
Workers.
Evening star., 1950-08-16
Boyle
Continued From First Page.)

they unleash a series of bright
flashes like tremendous f1recrack-
erS. The flashes stair-step to a
village in the foothills and blow it
apart as though it were town Of
paper.
Then great columns of dirty
gray brown smoke mushroom up
and merge into a vast pail that
covers the hills and fills the valleys
and still keeps rising. Hardly a
dozen flaming villages add to the
pall-and some of the smoke is
deep and black. 1t comes from
burning enemy vehicles and fuel
dumps.
On ridge lines east Of the Max
tong River scattered American in
fantry patrols cheer and wave at
the B-29s. 1t isn't every day the
doughboy sees these big bombers
ride to his help and blast the
enemy with the equivalent of 80
900 heavy artillery shells in two
hours.
Target Well Defined.
The target is well defined and
so far there has been no mishap
such as marred the low level mis-
sion of heavy bombers in the
st. Lo breakthrough in Normandy.
Then hundreds of American SOL
diers were killed or injured by
bombs falling in our own lines.
The bombers are hitting about
a mile west of the river, beginning
three miles north of Waegwan, in
a strip seven miles long and three
miles deep, where the bulk of the
North Korean attack force of in
fantry and tanks is believed CEN
tered. 1t is hard to see how it
can take battering such as it is
getting now-and mount an Of
fensive soon. In the deepening
smoke pail nothing of light can
be seen.
AS our plane turns homeward
the pilot swoops down to within
so feet of the sandy Naktong
River and races down the east
ern bank in an area where the
enemy has put across troops re-
peatedly in an attempt to force
a beachhead.
Red Tank in River.
One knocked out Red tank lies
in the middle of the river. The
hulks of four other enemy tanks
lie in an orchard where aircraft
caught and destroyed them. Sud-
denly 1t. Jim Bradley of Van
Nuys, Calf, pointed out some
pinpoint flashes coming from the
hillside and our plane swings up
and away.
Small arms fire." said 1t.
Bradley.
AS the last wave Of bombers
completes its mission, flights of
fighters and bombers roar up.
They dip down to strafe and bomb
any enemy troops or vehicles at
tempting to leave the shattered
target area.
Evening star., 1950-08-16

airmen filed out of the theater and
climbed into trucks for the short
trip to the airstrip.
Out on the field the ground
crews were. making last-minute
checks on the mighty planes =
testing motors, checking machine
guns, inspecting the bomb loads.
Suddenly it was time to gC
aboard-just about $50 am.
Evening star., 1950-08-16
U. S. Marines to Practice
Surprise Attack at MuItu
Rv the Associoied Press

BY the Associated Press
MALTA, Aug. 16.-United States
Marines, debarking from American
warships, are scheduled to prac-
tice surprise assault landings on
this British Mediterranean bas-
ton.
The make-believe attacks will
be part of three days of defense
maneuYers, starting tomorrow, to
test haIbor and airfield guards.
Evening star., 1950-08-16
Raid Is First for B-2os
In Closeup Ground Support

A UNITED STATES BOMBER
BASE, Japan, Aug. 16 (P.-B-29
crews came back from their big
gest bombing raid of the Korean
war today, saying: "We hope, by
God, we were able to do some
Evening star., 1950-08-16

SeIective Thieves
BUFFALO. N. Y. Aug. 49,
Thieves who entered a bakery
warehouse here took a ton of
sugar, nothing else.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
4StiI|s Destroyed;
6 Raids Made By
Sheriff Wynn's Force
Slot Machine Found
At The Spot;
$500 Fines Paid

Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn and his
force have captured four stills
during the last ten days, and made
six raids on alleged bootlegging
joints in and around Lexington
and Durant.
Two stills were destroyed on
Claud Wilkes place north of Du-
rant, owned by Tom Ellis and
Buck Jordan; one belonging to
Doty Griffin, about four miles
northeast of Franklin; and one
southwest of Lexington owned by
Dezell Hopson, Alton Hopson, and
Ed Hocutt.
The first three of these were
one-barrel stills, the last a six
barrol still.
One slot machine was captured
at The Spot, east of Durant. Two
negroes, Bull Jenkins and Young
Greer, were caught at Franklin
with a gallon of whiskey.
This brings the number of stills
destroyed by Sheriff Wynn since
he has ben in office to a total Of
rs. Whiskey fines paid to date in
1850 amount to $500.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Mayors Proclamation
TO THE CITIZENS OF holmes COUNTY:

Greetings.
WHEREAS there are days when Amercanism is facing its
sternest test, and
WHEREAS Democracy, freedom, the dignity OF the individual
all those ideals we hold dear are at stake, and
WHEREAS, today we are fighting in Korea, that is a job for
the soldier. And
WHEREAS there is another kind of fight too = a war of words
- a battle for mems minds. This is the war behind the war in
which every American can be a front-line soldier. And
Whereas the Crusade for FREEDOM is to counter the Communist
Big Lie by demonstrating in dramatic fashion the BIG TRUTH
that our goal is freedom and peace for all And
WHEREAS as a symbol of this great Crusade for Freedom there
has been cast in England a lotion Freedom Bell that will be in
stalled in Berlin and dedicated on United Nations Day, October "a, and
WHEREAS there will be enshrined for all time in the Freedom
Bell tower the Freedom Scrolls bearing the signatures of American
citizens, dedicated to the cause of Liberty. And
WHEREAS that is the purpose of the Crusade for Freedom -
to show that Americans are united for Freedom, and
WHEREAS, Governor Fielding L. Wright has set aside the first
week in October October II, 1850 = as Crusade for Freedom
Week in Mississippi
Therefore, as Mayors of Holmes County we do hereby urge
every citizen to have an individual and personal part in this Crusade
for Freedom by signing one of the Freedom Scrolls-available locally
Freedom by signing one of the Freedom Scrolls - available locally
- during the week of October II and help make our community
as near one hundred per cent as possible.
Respectfully,
Allie S. PovaI, Mayor of Lexington
w. :. Holum, Mayor of Goodman
j. L. Shields, Mayor of Tchula
r. F. McNeer, Mayor of Durant
Hardy McKe, Mayor of Pickens
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Methodist Sunday
School Shows Years
Increased Enrolment

The Methodist Church of Lex
ington ended last Sunday the
Sunday School year, which was
the greatest year in the history of
the school. All the departments
from the nursery to the three adj
ult classes have shown an increase
din enrolment and attendance.
Average attendance last year
was ITO, and beginning next Sum
day it is hoped that attendance
win average 200. 1t is urged that
those who have not been coming
regularly make a Sunday School
New Years resolution to start next
Sunday and come every time.
Several members of the school
missed only 2 or 8 times during
the past year, and Mrs. Diggs was
present every Sunday. Mrs. ]. R.
Patterson is building the church
of the future with her work in the
nursery, where about 80 babies are
present each Sunday.
An invitation is extended to
everyone to meet at the educa-
tional building Sunday morning
at 1000 for an hour of fellowship,
study and worship.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Western Auto Holds
Big Opening Saturday

The Western Auto Associate
Store, owned and operated by AL
Ian Ramsey, will hold its formal
opening on Saturday, September
80. The store will be open from
700 am. until 900 pm.
Each person who visits the
store on opening day will be asked
to register. At the end of the
day some man or woman, boy or
girl will be given a bicycle. The
lucky person will have his choice
of a boys or girls bike, or if he
prefers, may choose a General
Electric mixer. The person does
not have to make a purchase in
order to be given the bicycle or
mixer. All that is necessary is
that he visit the store sometime
during the day and register.
Everyone is invited to the big
opening, to buy merchandise or
Just to look over the new store,
which is located on the east side
of the Square next to City Market.
Your attention is directed to the
full page advertisement of Wes-
tern Auto supplies on page 6.
A full line of appliances, fishing
tackle, sporting goods, paint, tools,
auto parts, and many other items
is being carried in the new store.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Cub Scout Pack To
Organize Monday Night

A Lexington Cub Scout Pack
is being organized Monday, Octo-
Der 2 at 7:30 pm. at the grammar
school auditorium. All boys ages
8, 8, and 10 are eligible to become
Cub Scouts. All they have to do
is come to this organizational
meeting.
At least one parent must be
there in order for the boy to sign
up, and it is preferable that both
parents attend. Cub Scouting is
a family affair whereby the father
and mother enter into all the act
ivities as well as the promotion
of their sons.
AT this meeting the program for
the Cub Scouts will be explained
and the monthly themes will be
discussed along with the plan for
Cub Scout promotion.
Mr.. Alfred Harden Erwin will
be the Cub Master. Mr.. Erwin has
recently come to Lexington to as
sumo the duties of general mana
ger of the Lexington Construction
Company. He has had experience
as Cub Master in Lexington. KY,
where he has lived for The past 3
years.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Winners In Holmes County Fair And Livestock
Show Listed; Out OF County Judges Named

Judges of the Holmes County
Fair and Livestock Show held on
September 1923 were Mrs. Josie
N. Godbold, home demonstration
agent, Humphreys county; Mrs.
Mary Frances Pippin, home dem
onstration agent, Sharkey county;
H. c. Finley, vocational agricul-
ture teacher, McAdams; E. E.
Grissom, Extension Department,
State College; and Raymond
Wann, Extension Department,
State College.
There were 5,335 paid admis-
sions to the fair this year, about S
times as many as last year. On
two nights over 1,400 people were
on the grounds.
Premiums totaling $500 will be
awarded those who won or placed
In the judging of exhibits. Prize
money is divided equally between
the white and colored divisions,
each awarding $3.50. These prem
iums will be paid around October
10, states the Fair Committee.
Winners and placings were as
follows: Sheep: LIST, X. D. Henry;
End, Simon Swinney. Rams: LIST,
Simon Swinney; End, X. D. Hen
ny. Only two pens of sheep were
entered.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Lexington Citizens
Meet To Discuss Pool

A special meeting of citizens in
terested IN securing for Lexington
a municipal swimming pool and
recreational center was held Mon
day night at the Alb Taylor Me-
mortal Home.
Walter Sharpe, representative
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
which called the meeting, presid-
ed and Mrs. Hazel Brannon Smith,
representing the Lexington Blu
siness and Professional Women's
Club, served as secretary.
Represented at the meeting
were the following organizations
which have already adopted re-
solutions approving the proposed
pool and center: Junior Chamber
of Commerce, BPW Club, Lions
Club, VIEW and VFW Auxiliary.
Members of the American Legion
and the Rotary Club were also
present as interested citizens. The
latter two organizations are ex-
pected to adopt resolutions favor
ing the matter at their next meet
ing.
The citizens committee repres-
enting each interested organiza-
ton in the matter will meet again
in the latter part of Oct. to formal
iy organize and devise ways and
means to promote the pool for
the community by next summer, if
possible.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28

Bears: LIST, Ross Rhyme; 1st, w.
d. Mcclellan. Since each boar en-
tered was of a different breed and
breed lines entered into the judy
ing, all three drew blue ribbons
nd equal prize money.
Sows and pigs: lst, Ross Rhyme.
There was one entry in this class.
Aged sow: End, Curtis johnson.
Only one entry in this class.
Gifts: 1st, Olivia Harthcock;
End, Larry Pettus; 3rd, Jesse
Wilks. These were judged on basis
of grade hogs with no considera-
ton for breed character.
Cottle Winners
Beef Cattle: Heifers, LIST, l.. j.
Hand; End, L. j. Hand; 3rd, L. j.
Hand. Bulls, LIST, L. ]. Hand; End,
W. j. Waits, Jr.; 3rd, w. j. Waits,
Jr. Baby beef, Robert Green, r.
B. Wigley, Tommy Can't. These
all received red ribbons and equal
prize money for baby beeves.
Dairy Cattle: Aged Grade Cows
lst, T. v. Blaylock: End, Robert
Tate; Bird, Curtis johnson. Heifers,
1st, Robert Tate; End, Erwin
Moore. Bull calves, lst, Erwin
Moore. Aged bull, LIST, L. E. john
son.
Continued on Page 81
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Lions Club Announces
Cost Of Minstrel Show

The cast for the Lions Club min
strel, Waiting for the Robert E.
Lee" has been announced. Will
liam Moses is production manag-
er and Henry Forrest Fleming is
assisting in the direction.
Those who will have parts are
Paul Koran, @. H. Mott, Mrs. Doty
Porter, Jack Reid, Mike Lam
mons, Eddie Heath, A. B. Holder,
Butler Moore, L. P. Johnson, Pep
per Tidwell, Dick Temple, Nathan
Schur, Doty Porter, w. Leo Ellis,
Walter Strider and Miss Vivian
Ellis.
The minstrel will be presented
on Tuesday, October 3 at 1880 pm.
in the Lexington Grammar School
auditorium. The program includes
the traditional ''interlocutor" and
lend men" combination along
with a local talent quartet and in
dividual singing of many old
time favorites. A minstrel band
and several dance routines are
features of the show.
Admission tickets are now on
sale by members of the Lions
Club. Adult tickets are 75c and
children's tickets 35c.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Pikens Man Injured
In Korean War

Corporal Isiah Drane, brother of
Eliza D. Fisher, Route l, Pickens,
has been reported among the
Army wounded in Korea.
Anyone having any information
concerning Corporal Drane, please
contact this newspaper, as it has
not been possible to reach men,
hers of his family.
This is the only casualty to a
Holmes county man in the Kor-
can war, according to late reports.
There have been IL men killed in
action from Mississippi, and many
more wounded or missing in ac-
tion from August ~ through Sep
tember IA, 1850. Holmes county
has been very fortunate to have
only one man wounded thus far.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Citizens Asked To
Sign Freedom Scrolls
For Berlin Bell

The Crusade for Freedom drive
an Lexington will be launched
on Oct. 2.
Purpose of the Crusade for Free
dom is to offer every American
an opportunity to play a personal
part in a great moral crusade for
freedom, faith and peace through
out the world.
The lCrusade opened on Labor
Day with a nationwide radio adj
dress by General Dwight d. Essen
hover.
Every signature on the Freedom
Scrolls will be permanently en-
shrined in the base of a giant ten
ton Freedom Bell in Berlin, liv-
ing symbol of freedom and hope
to millions of enslaved people.
AS part of the Crusade for Free
dom, voluntary contributions will
be accepted for Radio Free Eu-
rope, the American peoples ra-
dio station in Western Germany.
This is a hard hitting, citizenship
ported freedom station which
operates Independently of the
State Departments Voice of AM
erica.
1t operates six hours a day,
every day, answering Communist
lies and carrying the message Of
democracy.
p
General Lucius d. Clay, former
Military Governor of Berlin, is
National Chairman of the Cru
SADIE and Rex L Brown of Jackson
is Chairman for Mississippi. Ma
yors of each Mississippi munich
pality are serving as local chair
men.
I Scrolls will be distributed in
Lexington around the Square FRI
day morning at the banks and
bther places of business.
In Durant, the scrolls are al
ready in the hands of the leaders
of various clubs and organizations,
who are now securing signatures.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Hornets Will Meet
Sturgis ii Friday

Coach Bill Schneller's Lexing-
ton High Hornets are preparing
this week to meet the Sturgis
High eleven at Sturgis on Friday
night.
Last year the Hornets stung
Sturgis with a AZ to 0 victory.
Hopes are high for another win
this year, and for a large turnout
of Hornet fans for the game.
Starting lineup against Sturgis
will be taken from Harvey Wilson,
Billy Gilmore, Torrance Frost, w.
L. Lipsey, Banks Shepherd, Fred
Rogers, Ernest Ingold, Joe Chap
man, Billy Ray Lee, Joe Moore,
James Carroll, Bobby Fisher, Tom
my Taylor, John Bean Rosamond,
Harvey Hearn, Ed Hooker, Hugh
Rogers, Pete Cora, and Chick
Weathersby.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Business Men Should
Proper
Land Use Here
Higher Living
Standards Would
Aid Everyone

Problem areas in soil conserva-
ton were discussed at Tuesdays
meeting of the Lexington Rotary
Club with A. P. Carroll, soil con-
servationist of Holmes county, in
charge of the program.
Assisting MI. Carroll on the
program was Jesse r. Coca,
flood control specialist.
Special maps of Holmes county
with all land classified as to type
and grade were shown members
of the club and proved of great
interest.
1t was brought out by Mr.. Car
roll that only one-third of the
Delta area land in our county
should be used for row crops year
after year - while 70 to 30 per
cent of it is actually used con-
tinuously for row crops.
Mr.. Coca in speaking of the hill
section said there was no land
in this section that should be put
1ntO row crops every year.
1t was stressed by both men
that every acre of land should be
put to its best use, whether for
row crops, grass for cattle or trees,
or a combination of grass and
trees.
Proper land use should be con-
stantly encouraged by business
men and bankers, the men said,
in order for the standard of living
to improve and to save the soil
for future generations.
The program was greatly enjoy
ed by an excellent attendance.
Charlie Parsons, Yazoo City, a
former member of the club, was
a guest of Walter Strider and MI.
Carroll had as his guests Butler
T. Moore and Mr.. Coca.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Municipal Concert
Dates Announced

Lexington's Municipal Concert
dates have been confirmed, &C
cording to an announcement today
by Mrs. J.. G.. Herbert, president,
The first concert of the season
will be by John Wheeler, bari
tone, on Tuesday, Nov. It'll at the
Lexington Grammar School audi
forum at 8:15 pm.
Second concert Of the Associa-
ton will be given by Miss Jean
Graham, pianist, on Wednesday,
Feb. r and on Friday, April 10,
Miss Ruth Biller, dramatic sopra-
nc, will give the final concert of
the year.
There are a large number of
members throughout Durant,
Tchula and the remainder of the
county who will be interested in
this announcement.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
g Holmes Men Get
P~re-Indudion Exams

On September 26, SO Holmes
county men reported for pre-in-
duction physical examination for
the U. S. Army. From this num-
Der and those left from the Sep
TENDER group who passed their
pre-induction physicals, the Oct
ober quota of the Selective Ser
vice Board for this area will be
filled.
rs more men will receive orders
for pre-induction physicals on
October IL.
The Selective Service Board re-
ports that registration of all doc
tors, dentists, veterinarians, and
those employed in allied occupa-
tons, up to the age of so, will
take place probably some time in
October.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Holmes Bapfisfs
Meeting Planned By
.3Ofh Annual Assn

The thirtieth annual session Of
the Holmes County Baptist Asso-
citation will be held Wednesday,
October 4 at Mount Vernon Baptist
Church, northwest Of Durant.
The meeting will begin at $50
am. with a devotional by Rev. A.
H. Miller. and will last until 800
pm Lunch will be served on the
grounds.
All Bap,ists in Holmes county
are urged to attend this annual
session.
The sermon will be brought by
the Rev. r. E. Robbins, pastor of
the Baptist church at Goodman.
Progrdm Scheduled
The following program is sche-
duled for the day: 9:30-9:45 am,
Devotional, A. H. Miller; 9:45-
1918 am, Christian Education,
c. w. Torrance; 10:15-10:30 am,
Temperance, j. E. Maxwell; 1890
1O:45 am, Hospital Report, Rev.
Morgan, Horseshoe Church; 10:45-
11:15 am. Baptist Record and
Coop. program, A. L. Goodrich;
1%1:15-12:00 am, Annual Sermon,
r. E. Robbins.
Discussions will resume after
lunch with a song and prayer at
100. l:10-1:25 pm, Orphanage,
W. B. Kenna; 1:25-1:35 pm, Sum
day School, Mrs. M. w. Estes; 1885,
las pm, Training Union, Mike
Lannon's; 1:45-1:55 pm, Ameri-
can Bible Society, Volley Scott;
1:55-2:10 pm, Brotherhood, w. R.
Roberts, State Worker; 2:10-2:25
pm, W.M.U., Mrs. H. M. Terry;
2:25-2:55 pm, Simultaneous Cru
SADIE Discussion, P. D. Bragg; 2:55-
800 pm, Reports of Committees
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-28
Former Scout Applies
Training In Emergency

Curtis johnson, former Licking
ton Cub Scout, used his Scout
training and a level head when
an automobile accident occurred
in front of his home on the Du-
rant road recently.
Arriving at the scene before
anyone else, Curtis saw that the
arm of the driver, Lance Watson,
was almost completely cut off. He
Immediately applied a tourniquet.
Not having any first aid mater
ial, he used Johnson grass to stop
the flow of blood until medical
assistance arrived.
This emergency treatment,
which is stressed in Boy Scout
and Cub Scout training, aided ma
terially in helping the doctor
when he reached the injured man.
Curtis also gave shock treat
ment to a colored woman who suf-
fered injuries in the same wreck.