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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

1t was quiet as a cemetery on
Sunday morning when walked
into the Pierpont Library at 36th
Street and Madison Avenue. But
being a lover Of literature, found
that the place soon came to life.
Passing into the largest room of
the elegant marble mansion, /
found around its panelled walls a
priceless collection Of original
manuscripts which made me rev.
erent in the midst of this mine of
artistry. Poems of Poe, filled
copy paper of Dickens, the pages
of Walt Whitman and chapters
of Mark Twain met my delighted
eyes, all done in the original hand
writing of the authors with COR
rections, etc. in the days when
typewriters were still practically
unknown. Here is an example
where the money of a wealthy
man was put to superb and last
ing use.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24
by w. r. SULLIVAN.
County Agent
do q Money In Corn

:ac q Money In Corn
Unless you provide adequate
storage facilities for your corr
crop, you may lose as much a.
one-fourth the amount of money
you can get for it later.
This year, Mississippi farmers
are producing the largest corr
crop on record. A total of SO mil.
lion bushels is estimated, -ompar-
ed with the last record o. 54 mil
lion bushels in 1917.
You know what usually hap
pens when you have such an un-
usual bumper crop the prices
go down if all that corn hits the
market at the same time. Re-
member Mississippi farmers will
produce 20 per cent more corn
this year than last year.
Last December you farmers av-
eraged $l.13 per bushel for corn.
In April, 1850, this year, Missis-
sippi farmers received $l.41 per
bushel., Now when you multiply
this % cents added income (by
saving your corn until spring. by
the So million bushels for the en-
tire state, you can see that it will
amount to an additional $l6,-
$40, 900 for the state.
Another record breaking crop
which enters into the picture of
farmers providing adequate stor-
age facilities is the soybean crop
estimated at 5,274,000 bushels.
The 1949 soybean acreage, for
beans, amounted to 100000 acres
and the 1850 acreage is estimated
at $1,000 acres which is an in
crease of III per cent or nearly
three times the acreage grown
last year.
Farmers who do not have suit
able and adequate storage for
these crops are being urged by
Charles L. Cary, Extension Mar
keting Specialist, to take i'm
mediate steps to provide needed
storage of whatever type material
is available.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24
Pasture Planting

Pasture Planting
Planning ahead is the way to
get good and profitable pasture.
Things to study now are what
kind of winter grazing to plant,
putting out pasture fertilizers and
minerals and how to help control
bloat next spring. Also look over
the pasture now and see if any,
thing was left off which would
have made more money.
Winter oats can be planted on
sod land, or following hay crops
or soybean harvest. A third place
is with clover or legume, either
to be planted or volunteering
back.
A good plan would be to plant
one-fourth of the oats on sod land,
one-fourth wit a clover and half
on land to be followed by lesped-
eza for next summers grazing or
for hay. Oats for winter grazing
should be planted on well drained
land.
Fescue and rye grass are two
other good crops for winter and
spring grazing, if plenty of nj
trogen is used.
The fescue can be planted with
white clover, or alone. If planted
alone, it must be nitrated. Nitro
gen will still pay off well if fes-
cue is planted with clover.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24
Storage facilities may consist of

Storage facilities may consist of
metal bins, frame structures, re-
novated tenant houses, or in the
case of corn, even cribs made Of
poles, lined with Sisalkraft or
other heavy building paper, and
provided with a good waterproof
roof.
The present tendency is for
prices to 60 UP, and SO by taking
advantage of the PIMA loan sup
port price of $1.l0 per bushel as
a guarantee, farmers who store
their grain until next spring may
get more than one-fourth more
money.
Unless adequate and approved
storage is provided, these crops,
of necessity, will be sacrificed at
harvest time, without the benefit
of the government loan or support
price.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

New York college girls are home
again and again they are wearing
clothes more like those of human
beings. BY this 1 refer to the
ugly jeans and unspeakable shirt
tails which certain Of our col
legiate set have taken to in recent
years in an apparent effort to re-
place the picture Of the ragged
hobo which is fast fading from
our sight. How some colleges al
low sue apparel I cannot see
unless they are setting aside
higher education in favor of lower
animal appearance.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24
WHEN GOVERNMENT
RUNS A BUSINESS

The two giant enterprises in the
communications field in this coun-
try are the Bell Telephone Sys-
tenn and the United States Post
Office Department. The privately
owned Bell System paid $346,-
$4,000 in taxes last year, while
the Post Office Department, of
course, paid none. The Bell Sys-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24
TWO TO ONE

Although Defense Secretary
johnson was successful in reduc-
ing civilian employment in the
Military Establishment from
897,807 employees in May 1949 to
754,339 on May 81, 1850, there
still remained one civilian en-
ployee to every two uniformed
men in the services. Both the
Byrd Committee and the Hoover
Commission have criticised this
ratio as too high.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

Some of the United Nations of
ficials were up at the Lotus Club
and few of us newspaper men
were asking them questions about
the future of the UN - if any.
Among the questioners was Full
ton Oursler, once editor of Lii
berry Magazine and now on the
staff of Readers Digest. To me
he is one of the greatest report
ers alive today. So it is even more
interesting that he feels his big
gest scoop" is .'The Greatest
Story Ever Told" - his famous
account of the life of Christ.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

sometimes inclined to 60 to the op.
posite extreme. In reacting against
the tall tales, they overlook the
facts.
II some Christians overdo rev.
efence for Mary, offering pray
ers and incense before her stat
ues and even going 10 the point
Of saying We cannot come to
Jesus except through Mary-an
idea totally false to the Chris
tian gospel-other Christians
make the mistake Of neglecting
her memory altogether.
Surely we ought not to forget or
under-rate the woman who Of all
the women in the world was chosen
Of God to be the mother Of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

tenn operated at a substantial
profit, while the Postal Service in
Cured an operating loss of $751;
471,000. The total value of all
physical properties owned by the
Beall System is reported at SO l-2
billions. The Post Office Depart
ment has no idea whatever of its
vast property holdings.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24
MISSING: 5000 TANKS

About $4,000 tanks were pro-
duced in this country during
World War II. Army records at
the end of the war indicated that
25, 900 of them should be on hand.
But the Army could account for
only $4,000. The other 5000 had
disappeared - Hoover Commits
sion Task Force Report.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24
Blessed Woman
Lesson for August ~, 1850

n PROTESTANT Christian is es-
"A sentially a Bible Christian.
Among other things. this, means he
will form his ideas about Bible
characters from the Bible itself
and not from books about the Bible,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24
1Iaill1fllal1l1l.Ai
ID ; |! v -! "a!

Never do l look at Bellevue
Hospital on the East River here
hut what l think of Stephen Fos-
ter who died there penniless. II
IS the oldest hospital on this con-
tinent, going back to 1886 when
the city was occupied by the Bri-
tish and on the site was Pub
lick Workhouse and House of Cor
Tection." Today Bellevue is a
complete city in itself covering
about twelve city blocks and de-
dicated to a great extent to the
rehabilitation Of paraplegics and
ether victims of war and disease.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

For a ready supply of distilled
water all you need do is scrape the
ice from the freezing coils of an
electric refrigerator.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

not from legends
long afterwards in
vented.
Some Protestants
seem not to realize
that even a rever-
ent book like THE
Greatest Story Ever
Told" Is as much
fiction as II Is f. ct.
Yet Protestant
q
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

Maybe Bellevue and Stephen Fos-
ter do have something in common
- both going long way toward
making a lot of people happy.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-24

Mrs. Curtis Howard and Sara
Nell visited in. Kosciusko Mon
day.
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The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-12-08

THINGS | NEVER Knew I'LL
Now
That science has perfected a
robot that is capable of making
repairs in the hottest part OF an
atomic plant where it would mean
death for human to venture.
Science may have chance u
prove this No No
That a Or. Seision, of Paris,
suggested the double barred cross
used as the emblem in the fight
against tuberculosis. adopted n
1902.
That tornadoes were 50 named
by Spanish explorers, from the
Spanish word for twisted.
That Engineers claim that one
third of Ohio's 100000 miles Of
roads and streets are below stand
ards Better whisper this to Ohio
ans. That an oyster lays between
Is. and Ga million eggs dut1Ag the
time before oyster soup and f1ieds
become an aetualitN.
That tonsils are glands in the
throat that filter bacteria and
waste material from the lymph
attic circulations. But what hap
pens when they are yanked out
That according to Dr.. Donald
r. Cressey, eminent sociologist
embezzlers are merely temporary
trrra.,.~ ,,xat,4 flaaVy -,.ssugb ., ,,rfv1Ta
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-12-08

where they realize they cannot
repay the sums borrowed. It'll be
pretty grands.
That the average family in thus
country pays ST for government
expenditures. There is no predie-
tons for 1851
That Magnolia gets its name
from Pierre magnol, botanist and
PROFESSOR of medicine Of Mont
pelier, France. Md that the chem
zeal element, called gallium, got
its name also from France.
That all the bossy wires are
from families where the mothers
bossed pop Don't ask me how. why
where. and when. That statement
is by a well known psyehiatrist'
That most of the World are
hvpocrits, even your governments,
Don't believe me, watch the worlds
statement smile pleasantly ~
each other at the UN council
table. You think they mean III
That your child is taught from
the very beginning to be a diplo-
mat. Don't think when you put II
10 bed at early hour against rs
will its not laying mother out
under it's breath. thought there
is AN angelic smile ON It's beauu'
full. innocent face
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-12-08
URGE MORE FULL TIME CAN
GER RESEARCHERS -

ST LOUIS, MO- tATIAS)
knowledge is accommodating which
may eventually reveal the weak
nesses of cancer cells, and this
may light the way to direct
means of subduing these lethal
tissues.
This is cited as one of many
reasons for optimism in cancer re-
earch by Or. Edmund V. Condry,
distinguished authority on the ag-
ing process and presently a visit
ing professor of onocology at the
Cancer Research Institute the
University of California School OF
Medicine.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-12-08
CHAMPAIGN, ILL


FEAR SONS WILL BE SENT
TO KOREAN WAR -
QUITO, Ecuador.-(ATLS)- Ecua'
do,. this week took Is first nation
al census since the country's indie
pendenee i2S years ago. . 49,.
The census takers were forced
TO bypass syeral villages of oppo-
nents of the census. Indians who
feared. their. sons were being
counted before sending them TO
the Korean war. and that their
cattle goods would be expropria-
ted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24
K.3 THE NUGGET
by Jan Struther
Author of Mrs. Minira"
by Jan Struther

of the valley like piece of tape tying up package
of dried leaves. The sunlight gared the heat pulsed
almost visibly from the hot rocks, seeming to keep
time with the chring of the locusts. grinned back,
wyly, at the gas-station owner, who was by now
grooming the windshield with a rag.
Don't suppose many cars come through here IN
the summer"
"Nope That'n be three forty-fve."
s'WHAT do you do, then, in the summer" asked,
fishing fve-dollar bill out of my wallet
"Prospectinr' he answered briefly.
"Gold?'
"AI Sorts Gold. Silver. Pumice. Anything can
find. Reckon put in around fourteen. sixteen hours
day at it, all summer long"
"My!' | said. That sounds like pretty hard
work." 1t was an idle remark, thrown out because
couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Tan't" he replied. He hestated as though to
add something but then went to get my change. BY
the time he came back he had evidently corralled his
thoughts in words.
''Cuess nothin's really hard work. he said,
sunless you'd sooner be doin' somethin' else"
He counted out into my hand silver dollar, a
quarter two dimes and two nicels. must have been
too hot to take in what he'd said 1t wasn't until I'd
driven as far as Badwater and got out for a few
moments to peer with horrid fascination into the
small stagnant pool which must have dashed the
hopes of so many thirsty pioneers, that realized
that he had handed me, along with those fugitive
coins lasting piece of wisdom "a nugget of purer
gold than any he had ever dug out of the hills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24

SKIN DEEP: As miladys gowns droop far
Their and farther off-the- shoulder and neck
lines continue to plunge, the problem of
where to attach jewelry becomes more and
more pronounced. A solution. however, is in
the offing. Paris is now showing clips and
brooches with rubber vacuum fittings which
can be stuck onto otherwise unadorned areas
of skin as needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24
DNnEMMHc


HAVING WONDERFUL TINE: Michael,
a four-year-old friend of ours, was playing in
his yard the other day when a grown-up
stopped by. Hi, Mike" she said. where's
your little friend Jason?" Away for the
summer" said Mike. Don't you miss him?"
the grown-up asked. ''Yes," Mike admitted.
Then, meditating darkly on the number of
times Jason had beaten him like drum, he
added, But like missing him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24

DIVIDEND. A Wisconsin friend reports that
her dentist has devised sure-fre pain killer
for his snall-fry patients.
Drilling and filling finished. he ushers them
off to drugstore with the usual illegible, but
awe-inspiring prescription. Expecting the
worst in medical potions. the kids always for
get their miseries when they are handed
double-decker ice cream cone on the dentist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24
HANS KNoPF

From Death Valley prospector
this writer heard golden truth
TT IS more than five years since was last on the
other side of the Rockies. hope it will not be long
before can cross them more. But even if were
never again to visit the Western states, should still
be the richer by piece of treasure which picked
up, quite by chance, $50 feet below sea level.
While driving back East, decided to take detoW
getting stranded So before tacing the valley itself,
pulled into the last lonely filling station to stock
up with gas.
The solitary proprietor of the gas station was long,
lean rangy and laconic. His face had been tanned
to saddle leather From his breast pocket hung the
knotted string of small sack of Bull Durham His
fingers no less knotted, handled the cumbrous pump
hose as lightly as they would lariat
/ REACHED my hand out of the window to feel the
side of the car and withdrew it sharply with sartng
fngertps.
eff it's like this in April" said, "how high does
the mercury go in summera"
"Hundred-forty. hundred-hfty, mebbe."
"D'you mean in the shadea"
He grinned, his eyes screwed up in sardonic
twinkle Both his hands being occupied, ne indicated
the surrounding landscape with jerk OF his head.
"Aint no shade" he said.
The road lay bieakly the arid moon-landscape
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24

This Week
THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE
WILLIAM l. NICHOLS. Editor
Editorial Offices: $50 Lexington
Avsssss. Nssv York ~, Nsso York
GIVE TtiEM FlREPOWERi. ............:..;:.. 5
go HOME. DEAD MANr. 8
BY KEN Bennett
WV By Juek Bsany
'>tN>t -s - '>"' b, JoIo 1: Sihse"
by Robert Lsilrsd
MOUNTAINEERING DEB. 20
A STRICTLY PRIVATE MATTER. 1920; "a
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WALLYS WAGON. II
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HOW AMERICA EATS. -
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Cover BY Nv Psskin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24

Names and descriptions Of all characters IN Seton stories
and ssmi-ncton aricies In this magazine are Wholly
imaginary. Any naae which hagpens % ~ -
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-03-11

Similar action will be taken,
Mr.. Corum stated, at the con-
clusion Of the present women S
tourney il the Womens Interna-
tional Bowling Congress con-
iinues 70, adhere to its restrictive
membership rules.
Injunction Pending
Attorney General Goldstein Of
New York State is presently
seeking an injunction to Gust
The ABC from New York, be-
cause OF alleged racial discrim-
nation. A hearing on the suit
by the Attorney General is
scheduled before Supreme Court
Justice Benedict d. Dineen.
Father Charles Carow. OF
Cathedral College. has spear
headed a move within the organ
ization for several years. seeking
an amendment Of the restrictive
regulations. Al the annual meet
tSee BOWLING, Page ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-03-11
GAS STATION
ROBBER GETS
1880 YEARS

A twenty-one year old youth
who also faces a robbery-murder
charge was sentenced to Is tc
30 year prison sentence last week
by Recorders Judge George
Murphy
james Breeze. al. SIS Windsr.
repeatedly confessed 10 several
service station holdups. includ-
ing one owned by Frank Allen,
2400 Csss who pressed charges.
Breeze. who was paroled from
Jackson Prison last September
is also held for investigation OF
the robbery-murder Of Paul
Gaines, co-owner of gasoline
station al $4,000 Wyoming.
Gaines. who died in Highland
Park General Hospital last Jan.
s. alleeedly died OF injuries in
flicied by Breeze az the time Of
the robbery OF his service sta
ton last Dec. IL.
Gaines was attacked with small
step-ladder when he and an at
tendant, Louis Abrahams. 50. Of
1925 Monterey. were slow about
obeying the bandits orders. Two
accomplices. Willie Bown. %. 707
Gratiot. and Jesse Ward, ~. 25ls
Brush. told police that Breeze
tses GAS STATION. Page A.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-03-11
GI INSURANCE
CHECKS REACH
MIDWAY MARK

WASHINGTON - More than
half of the veterans Of World
War II. who filed for their re-
bates on their National lnsur-
ance. have received their checks
according to official reports this
week.
Of the IL million men and
women in World War II. more
than million have received
checks. ranging from few
dollars to more than $500. The
checks have average about
$3.50 each.
The Treasury announced this
week that the department will
begin within the near future its
task of mailing funds due sur
vivors of dead veterans. Survi-
vor claims number more than
several hundred thousand.
In cases where veterans left
wife and children the govern
ment will mail separate checks
TO each individual. The job Of
determining survivors eligibility
for refunds. will be handled
through regional offices.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-03-11
CHARWOMAN DUPED OF $1,000
BY LOST POCKETBOOK FINDERS

Two con women succeeded In
hoaxing $1,000 from chsrwom.
an. who has worked at Record.
er's Court for 25 years.
Mrs. Agnes Miller. 81. OF
1851 Garfield reported 10 po-
lice that she was approached
by woman al State and
Woodward. who told her that
she had just collected $500.
while another woman. sp-
preached as they talked and
reported that she had found
$4,000 lying on the sidewalk.
Told that she would be cut in
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-03-11
HITSPROPOSED
DOLE CHANGES.

Because the Michigan Unem-
ployment Compensation Com
mission suggested 81 changes in
rs procedures for handling bene-
M claims for jobless workers
2 spokesman for the Michigan
Manufacturers raised the ques-
lion Of going beyond the conf
dences Of the act"
Frank Cooper. counsel for the
Michigan Manufacturers Unem-
rloyment Bureau was the chief
accuScr OF the MUCC for at
tempting to change laws, which
10 stated" have been approved
oy the state legislature. and used
for the past two years.
Although Is of the proposed Il
changes were protested by Coop
er. ard other management rep
resentatives, the main issue con-
cened the eligibility Of appli-
cants, seeking benefits.
At resent. an applicant must
report TO the MUcC weekly that
he is seeking work and has
been unable to find it, that Is,
IN case he asks TO draw his
weekly check.
The new ruling would require
an unemployed worker TO ac-
cept work, IL offered by the
MUCC, but would not require
him to state that he is seeking
work, in order to be eligible for
ms check-other requirements
meeting the letter of the law.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-03-11
DR.. RICHARD McCHEE
ROBBED OF $lS9

Two bandits entered the office
q Doctor Richard S McGhce
Monday evening. bound him
with an electric cord and escap-
ed with $3.50, taken from his
pc son.
DIR. McGhee. whose office is
located at 20254 Northlawn, re-
ported that one Of the bandits
vas colored. and the other
white. The colored bandit, en-
cred his office short time be-
lare he returned with the white
man, and order the physician TO
,tck them up
Dr. McGhee, reported that
only one patient. Willie Thomp-
son, was in his office at the time
% the holdup. Several people
We're in the waiting room, when
the bendit visited the office.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-03-11
Charles Diggs
Eyes Freedom

Possibilities that eX- senator
Charles c. Diggs would win hi.
freedom by the first Of next
month. appeared favorable this
week. with announcement by
Judge John Simpson that he had
recommended his release to the
Michigan state Parole Board.
Judge Simpson. who SEN
fenced the ex-senator 10 prison.
stated that he thought that the
senator had served enough
time to be released. and that
"Diegs got sucked into the sit
uaiion. which apparently was
widespread In Lansing al that
time"
Should the Parole Board decide
to release Mr.. Diees. it Will mean
that he Will get off with light
sentence because Of the recon-
mendaiion Of Judge Simpson,
who expressed his belief that Ia
months. already served. is suf-
ficient.
Under The original sentences.
2 TO 5 and TO years. the earl
lest date for Digs parole would
have been Nov. Z, 1851. Digs
entered prison in December, l948
Edward J. Walsh, another ex.
legislator, also was recommended
for parole by Judge Simpson.
Both the Diggs and Walsh fam
lies had asked for clemency. the
Judge declared.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1950-03-11

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