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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-09
From, LAUREL
In Washington

In Washington
Mr.. H. B. Sargent left Monday
for Washington for visit of sew
eral weeks with his son Robert
Sargent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-09

Kosciusleo Shoppers
Mrs. w. A. Henley, Mr.. and Mrs.
p. H. Winborn, Mrs. ]. E. Brown,
and Miss Ruth Howard shopped
in Kosciusko Friday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-09
Spends Weekend Here
Weekend Guests

Weekend Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Harrington
and Rufus, Jr. spent the week
end here with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E.
Brown.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-09
In StmlEvillo

In Stmkvillo
Mr.. Marcus Love and Mark
lare spending this week in Stark
vile with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Page.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-11-09

For small orchards it is posi-
Evening star., 1950-04-17


keeping its players in good spirits.
The customs officials took one
look at the cases and cases of good
stout rum and said. No dice,
which is a contraction of the old
Anglo-Saxon phrase, You can't
bring no rum into this here coun-
try"
The man to whom this column
pays a handsome salary for stay
ing on the Southampton docks to
report just such little human in
terest items as this cabled that
the West Indian captain, John
Goddard. broke down complete
ly and pledged that if they would
let him take in the rum neither
he nor any of his players would
put the bite on socialiZed medicine
for false teeth, wigs. or medicine
during their visit.
Rum Means Much.
But the customs men were
adamant and my dock reporter
said the team left for London
crushed in spirit, and looking
much more like a parchesi team
than stalwart cricketeers.
This is perfectly understand
able. Rum to West Indians is the
same as it was to the captain in
Treasure Island"
Its been meat and drink, and
man and wife to me" you'll recall
the captain told Jim Hawkins
that morning in the Admiral Ben
bow Inn :. "1ll give you a golden
guinea for noggin, Jim"
For the English to forbid the
West Indians their rum is to
ALLEVIATE their affections. They
have committed the same sort OF
error they would If they ruled
that Australians could not bring
in their favorite kangaroo and
boomerang.
The West Indian cricket team
was allowed to bring in a vast
supply Of Calypso records. my
agent reports, but what good are
Calypso records without rum? I
ask this question because of an
experience I had in Port t-of-Spein,
Trinidad, a few years ago.
Submerges Himself.
Through no fault of my own I
found myself in a place said to
be the original home of Calypso
Evening star., 1950-04-17

singing. When arrived the
mayor Of Port-of-Spain (said to
be the greatest of all Calypso
Shoutersl and dozens Of others
were puncturing one another'S ear
drums faster than they could have
accomplished the same thing
with Sharpened hairpins.
Up until that evening I had
never touched a drop o. spirits.
My motto had always been Lips
That Touch Rum Shall Never
Touch Mine" which meant that
while was missing lot of good
kissing I always walked with a
firm. steady gait and was far
and away the most distinguished
bore in my social set.
But after 10 or IS minutes of
listening to the mayor and his
fellow citizens I ordered a barrel
of rum. jumped into 1t. and. with
out benefit OF Snorkel, stayed
Evening star., 1950-04-17

the fact that Majority Leaoer
Lucas had put it on the calendar
that the President would sign on
the dotted line.
Now they are comforting them
selves with the thought that
influential Democrats - Senators
Kerr, Thomas of Oklahoma and
johnson of Texas; Speaker Ray
burn, whose intercession put the
bill over by a whisper in the
House, and Mr.. Lucas-are angry
with Mr.. Truman.
They probably are; Democrats
were honestly divided on the issue.
But it is not true that the Presi-
dent made any promises that he
did not keep. What he did do
was say that he would not oppose
the issue being put to Congress
for decision.
Overeager Proponents.
That more was read into this
by the overeager proponents of
the bill is now clear, though the
record significantly shows that
they never publicly proclaimed
any Truman commitment. but
confined themselves to cloakroom
implications. Perhaps the Pres
ident could have stifled the con-
troversy by keeping the bill under
wraps. This is an old presiden-
tial custom favored by timid
politicians.
But the President was being
hard pressed by the fluent Kerr
and the persuasive Johnson. both
good party men. Natural gas is
a comparatively new fuel whose
place in the economic picture is
just becoming established. The
White House was hearing from
the special pleaders for and
against regulation; Mr.. Truman
may have felt he needed the
illumination which is possible only
in free operation of the Demo-
cratic process.
That he got the benefit of ex-
ceptionally cogent and full debate
is principally to the credit of
Senator Douglas, the Illinois lib
eral and former professor Of eco
nomics. Luckily, some Republi-
cans who have had experience
with utility regulation, like Sem
ator KEN Of Missouri. also de-
cided to show Washington why
they enjoy such prosperous law
practices.
Oil Money Easy to Get.
About this time. too, some In
formative light was being shed on
Mr.. Truman's hand-picked ma
tional chairman. William M.
Boyle, jr. The national chairman,
by virtue of his Office. is peculiarly
susceptible both to the claims of
loyal party members and the fat
cats who finance campaigns. No
campaign funds are easier to get
than those of the rich oil and gas
interests. as q former Democratic
treasurer, Mr.. Pauley, once point
ed out to a former Secretary of
the Interior, Mr.. Ickes.
But Mr.. Truman had made up
his mind at Key West that Sena-
tor Douglas was right. Chairman
Boyle thereupon plunged into the
fight to defeat the bill, even to
the point of suggesting to Sena-
Evening star., 1950-04-17
This Changing World
Friends of Petain Seek to Free Him
And Restore Honors Uniustly Lost

could not do so because he had
decided to use second string to
his political bow-Gen. Charles de
Gaulle, who fled to London when
France fell and organized a prop
aganda organization which be-
came the Free French. Mr..
Churchill, however, urged the
Canadian government to main
tain a legation ut vichy.
Intelligenee Center.
Throughout the war years un-
til we landed in North Africa
Vichy was one of the most i'm
portant intelligence centers for
the Allies. Under the benevolent
eyes of a handful of faithful fol-
lowers of Marshal Petain, agents,
mostly French, came from occu-
pied France to the temporary cap
ital with vital military informa-
ton which was passed on to the
Americans. Nine. Bidault, the
wife of Frances present premier,
an important resistance member,
was in Vichy for several months
and left her place of operations
hastily when she was warned by
friends. tipped off by the Petain
police. that the Germans were
on her trail and were ready to
arrest her. Disguised as a peas
ant, she escaped to southern
France.
Politics are about as violent in
France as they are in Greece.
When the country was liberated,
Gen. de Gaulle appeared in Paris
as the liberator. During his
short-lived regime he settled many
scores.
Marshal Petain, who already
was old when he took over the
reins of the French rump govern
ment, had permitted his advisers
hard-pressed by the Germans
to try Gen. de Gaulle in absentia
and to sentence him to death.
When Gen. de Gaulle became
head of the French government,
for a much shorter time than
anybody anticipated, he retaliated
by trying Marshal Petain. A
kangaroo court carried out Gen.
de Gaulle's will.
Today. when Gen. de Gaulle is
a political dead duck. the peoples
of France have cooled in their
hostility to the old man and many
favor his rehabilitation. But it is
doubtful whether he cares any
longer whether he dies in the Sc
clusion of the lie d'Yeu or in
Paris.
Marshal Petain's friends and
the vast majority of people want
to see his rank and honors re-
turned to him so he can pass
away with all his true eminence
rather than as a person who was
convicted for one Of the blackest
crimes in the book-treason.
Evening star., 1950-04-17
Prelude for Diplomacy
Writer Recalls Pomp and Ceremony
In Burial of First Unknown Soldier

rected after the Second World
War with the United Nations.
In the tensions and bitternesses
and hates of those times, it might
seem foolhardy perhaps to sug-
gest that we follow the World
War II Unknown Soldier burial
ceremony, scheduled for Memoir
ial Day, May 80. next year. with
another world disarmament con-
ference. A vehicle is ready, as
then. Another Senator, Millard
Tydings, Democrat of Maryland
chairman of the Armed Services
Committee and a realist, has in
troduced resolution asking
President Truman to call a world
disarmament conference to check
the mad arms race.
Natural Questions.
The Administration gives this
no encouragement. Its position
is, to an extent, understandable
1t suffers from Illustration with
Russia and her tactics OF resisting
our every move. meanwhile pene-
trating and inflltrating toward
her objectives to make what we
call the cold war;" What, it is
asked, If Russia even refused tc
enter such a conference? What
II Russia did accept and it ther
failed? Wouldn't things be worse
still?
These are the natural questions
Of practical and discouraged men
One answer is, of course, that
the Illustrations are only going tt
be increased the way things are
going now. instead of subsiding
Two great armed powers, each
growing more suspicious anc
afraid Of each other and eacI
reaching out closer and closer te
the other, can under such ten.
sions be set at one another.
throats eventually by a mere in.
cident. The shambles that woulc
result is too fearful to con.
template. No game of bluff car
go on forever.
Russia, as Senator Tydings has
pointed out, is spending Is pei
cent Of her national income or
arms. while we are spending siz
per cent, and she can continue
to spend more than can we be-
cause Of her totalitarian economy
unless we want to give up ou,
free economy. Her bargaining
power grows with time.
What is needed is q guarantee
Of security on each side. There
still is time to do something about
| that.
Evening star., 1950-04-17

headed at that Constantine Brswn.
time by Gen. de Gaulle himself
the aged hero of Verdun was
stripped not only of his rank but
also of his hard-earned orders
and decorations, including the
Medaille Militaire, and was sent
to the lonely lie d'Yeu.
Those on the inside in France
and in Frances allies knew we'll
that Marshall Petain was neither
traitor nor a renegade, but an
intense patriot. He may have
used bad judgment in the tragic
summer of 1910, when he decided
that France no longer could fight
and negotiated an armistice. But
even this is questionable.
Leahy Sent to Vichy.
President Roosevelt, whom even
Gen. de Gaulle never accused of
being a collaborationist, was fully
aware that Marshal Petain was an
honest soldier who knew nothing
about politics. In spite of loud
demands in this country that we
sever relations with the traitor
GUS Vichy government" he sent
his closest friend, Admiral Will
liam D. Leahy, as ambassador to
Vichy with definite instructions
to keep the French "in line" and,
especially, to use every endeavor
to prevent them from yielding the
French fleet to the Germans.
This was nowhere nearly as
difficult as President Roosevelt at
first thought. Marshal Petain and
Admiral Darlan, his first lieuten-
ant, were of the same mind. When
we invaded North Africa and the
Germans rushed to the Toulon
naval base in an effort to capture
the French fleet the French sank
their ships on specific orders from
their top leaders.
Prime Minister Churchill him
self had strongly advised Presi-
dent Roosevelt to keep close re-
lations with the head of the
Vichy government. He himself
Evening star., 1950-04-17

submerged for forty 1--WE minutes.
When surfaced the Calypso
music was as soothing a. the
music Of distant harps.
From what ] have seen of Eng
liSh cricket it could stand o little
OF Calypso and rum. II Is one Of
the few sedatives that is taken
outdoors by thousands OF persons
at at time.
A rummed up cricket game
mieht make some sense.
It's a cinch the sober ones don't.
Distributed BY MeNausht Syndicate, ins
Evening star., 1950-04-17
Veto of Kerr Gas Bill
President Made Wise Political Move
And Deprived G .O.P. of Campaign Issue

tor Lucas that he take 1t off the
calendar. Senator Lucas. who by
this time had fed to Illinois to
campaign, felt that he had beer
somehow had by everybody. So
he stayed home and did not vote
at all.
The President can now be sure
that his chairman goes all the
way with him. His labor and
liberal allies are extremely happy
Ito learn this also and Mr.. Boyle
can be sure of them personally
as never before. 1t would appear
that what the party management
has lost in the injured feelings OF
individuals, it has gained as a
team. And it does not now &c
into the fall campaign both with
a zero Fair Deal score and as
sponsors of anti-consumer legis-
lation originally favored by the
80th Congress.
DdttAc W Ue RCSuHlCus
This is the immediate political
side.
What the Kerr bills foes feel
keenly is that the administration
has narrowly averted taking a
backward step in vital policy. The
Fair Dealers are resigned to slow
social progress. with the cold war
taking so much money and
energy. But they felt that "the
interests" were moving in on the
party and challenging its basic
tenet that the country's natural
resources belong to all the people.
The battle will be resumed on
the basing point bill which is due
in the Senate. Senator Lucas is
conspicuously slow about putting
that one on the calendar.
Released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc)
Evening star., 1950-04-17

newcomer here. AhomAs LIZ s'oAe''
He saw it all by proxy, so to speak.
His job that day. as q raw cub
was to sit with telephone receivers
clamped over his head in a press
association Office here and take
dictation from reporters along the
line of march who contributed to
the story. That day hard-boiled
reporters, moved by the event
struggled for literature.
Prelude for Diplomats.
While most of us have forgotten
it now, that other ceremony was
the prelude to what we called
THE Washington Arms Confer
ence." Diplomats from leading
nations, our allies. gathered here
participated in the Unknown
Soldier ceremony. and then sal
down in conference. After long
weeks of negotiation they came
forth with treaties limiting naval
armaments under the leadership
of our Secretary of State. Charles
Evans Hughes. along with othe,
treaties designed to keep peace in
the Pacific.
The disarmament conference
came about because a Senator
the late william e. Borah, Re-
publican, Of Idaho got q rider or
a naval appropriation bill asking
President Harding to call it
The President responded. Sena-
tor Borah was one of the isola-
zionist leaders who helped to pre-
vent our entry into the League
of Nations-the worlds first ven.
ture in collective security-bui
this disarmament conference was
to a degree, a gesture of penance
for failure to join with other ma
tions in the league. The last. Q
sad mistake, we eventually cor.
Evening star., 1950-04-17

What Repub-
lie a ms h a d
thought of this
measure as a
campaign issue
became cl e a r
when more Re-
publican Sena-
tors than Dem
ocrats vote d
against it. Re-
publicanS h a d
h a p PLY a S.
S u m e d from
i'm plic a tions
left by Senator
Kerr and from
Evening star., 1950-04-17

ton docks a few
days ago.
The West In
dies crick e t
team, arriving
for a four
m on tn ur
against E n G.
! a n d S b es t
cricketeers. was
t o + b i d d e n
to bring in an
item which is
considered alb
solutely indis-
p e n S a e in
TriridoI { n y
Evening star., 1950-04-17

side over in Ar
lington Nation
al Cemetery be-
side that other
Unknown Sol
dier Of World
War I.
Hi S tory re-
peatS-in more
ways than one.
That o t h e r
occ q S on o I
pomp and cere-
m ny is re-
called by this
reporter. then a
Evening star., 1950-04-17
McLemore
West Indiuns Forced
To leove Rum Home
By Henry McLemors

That the English have lost their
once superb touch for colonization
never was better illustrated than
by an incident at the Southamp-
Evening star., 1950-04-17
Bv Thomas L. Stokes

So with pomp and ceremony we
are going to bury another Un-
known Soldier, this time from
World War II, on the quiet hill
Evening star., 1950-04-17

charges OF Urea =
son in 1945 by
a kind of kanga-
roo court which
was completely
subservient to
Frances hero"
at that time
G e n. Charles
de Gaulle.
The French
love dramatics.
On orders from
the provisional
government of
II r a n c e -
Evening star., 1950-04-17
By Doris FIeeson

BY common consent. President
Truman did the wise thing
politically in vetoing the Kerr
gas bill.
Evening star., 1950-04-17
Bv Constantine Bro,Cn

Friends of Marshal Philippe
Petain are seeking a new trial for
the 94-year-old World War ]
hero who was convicted on
Evening star., 1950-04-17

THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. Ais
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Evening star., 1950-06-11

A Alsnsfiss win bsehseksd for seewsey
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Evening star., 1950-06-11
HERE ARE THE EASY RULES!

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-08-18

You can't compare sea and air ship ping costs by weight rates alone !! You must also count these special economies of Clipper Cargo; sCratiSg is ssldom nees5sary. sSbippiDg t0eigbfs are less, because you use lighter packing. sNO deterioration. sLOtVsr insurance co5ts: goods are in transit so briefly. 'InpentOry and warebORse eOsts can be drastically reduced. 'Sbibping rafes go dOVn as weights go up.
 Working capital aOOrks bardey -,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-08-18
S0URDOUGHS TO CONVENE
 IN PORTLAND THIS WEEK

SEATTLE - Sourdoughs of the Gold Rush to the Klondike in 9S are again hitting the trail with Portland or bust as their new stampede grounds for 1850. The International Sourdough Reunion will be guests at the Multnomah h Hotel in Oregons City of Roses August 17-20 for the 18th annual convention. Mrs. Bessie NJ. Thayer is chairman.
 'Chilkoot Tram" Hawks and his wife of Santa Barbara; pr ". E Thompson, 91, of Dawsons early days; Fred Schroeder, 94. who walked over Chilcoot Pass in '94. Aaron Levy, born in WrangelI in 1878, Crystal Morgan, daughter of the late Jack McQueston of 1884 vintage; A. V. Art" Buel. noted Gold Rush eartoonist; S. & "Skiff" Mitchell, Shel Wettach. and many other well known early pioneers are attending, Dr. Kristian Falken- berg of Seattle, international presi- dent, said.
 Robert Service. noted sourdougb poet now living in Monte Carlo. France; It. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle formerly of Nome; Hon. Dan sutb- erland, former delegate to Alaska and other we'll known pioneers of the Northland have sent messages A contest for a theme song will be feature of the convention pro gram
 Sourdoughs are coming by special chartered train from San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oak land. A large contingent arrived from Yancouve. B. C.. Seattle and Yakima.
 No Boundary Line Here" 52- year slogan of the Argonauts of the klondike Trail, will bring together in Portland pioneers of Alaska and the Yukon who will again relive for four days the greatest gold rush in the history of this conti- nent
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-08-18
ENLISTMENT IN GUARD
 NOT DRAFT INSURANCE

JUNEAU - John L. Mccormick. territorial director of Selective Serv- ice, announced this week that en- listment in the National Guard un- der certain conditions is not draft insurance.
 Young men without previous mill itary service who now join the Ma tional Guard are still subject to being drafted into the armed forces.
 Any youth between the ages of 19 and 25 inclusive, who joined the guard since June 24, 1948, may be called up the same as any ci- william.
 Recent talk has gotten around, Mccormick said, which gives tn erroneous impression that mem Der of the National Guard is "safer" from induction.
 Only young men not subject to call are those with previous mili- tary service who are deferred un- der the present law, and those who joined the guard prior to June 24. l948, and are still enlisted.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-08-18
LIFE INSURANCE PRIVILEGES
 PROVIDED FOR SERVICEMEN

Draftees, national guardsmen and reserviats who go into active miIi- tary service may apply to the Vet erans Administration for protection of their commercial life insurance policies during the time they are in uniform.
 This privilege, the VA announced. is offered to servicemen and wom- en under terms of the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act, which gives the VA authority to guarantee pre- miums on commercial life insurance policies. Face value of the policy or olicies guaranteed for each service man is limited to $10,000.
 The VA said premiums paid by the VA for the insured under the act will remain as an indebtedness against the individual and must be repaid after his return to civilian life.
 National Service Life Insurance,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1950-08-18

Now, a shooter, or real" as the afficionados call it. looks a lot like