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ADDRESS
Governor Morris F. de Castro
Radio Station VISTA
November II, 1850
Concluded from yesterday

Extension facilities
have begun efforts to have the
Federal Credit Union system APP
ply to the Virgin Islands. The Fed
eral Employment Service has
been extended to the islands and
as soon as federal appropriations
are made available, we will set up
employment offices here financed
from federal grants, without
matching municipal funds, and af-
filiated with the US. Employment
Service. The bill to transfer the
Agricultural Station to the Depart
ment of Agriculture hass passed
the Senate and should pass the
House when Congress reconvenes
in special session this month. /
appeared before both House and
Senate Committees in support Of
this bill.
Unment needs
On the debit side, / have failed
to secure approval of Congress for
the return of the internal revenue
taxes. / consider this to be essen
tial for any program of self-de-
pendence, and I plan to renew the
campaign for it in the 82nd Con-
gress. / have failed to secure APP
proval OF the Army for the estab-
lishment of national guard units
for the islands. I am still trying
to have the Arnay's unfavorab1e
decision reconsidered. Due to the
defense needs of the United
States, / have failed to secure
power plants to supplement those
1--WE now have in the islands. Adj
ditional generating capacity is ur-
gently needed. The Virgin Islands
Corporation has offered to ask
Congress for funds to refinance
and expanded our municipality
owned power systems and | am
now in discussions with the Coun
ellis on this matter.
The road ahead
Once again, / have given you an
accounting of my work as Cover
8 Once again, / want to en-
phasize that the chief objective Of
the present administration is the
attainment of a practical and eff
fective approach to the goal of
greater self-support and self-de-
pendence for the islands. Such
economic progress is possible
through: CD formulation and
execution of long-term educational
policies which will better serve
the personal, economic, and social
needs of our people, t21 increased
local food production, (3) estab-
lishment Of an all-year tourist pro
gram, (4) establishment Of small
industries, and (5) economy Of
government. To the attainment of
these detectives we shall continue
to direct all our energies.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

street to new hospital in the City
of Durant.
Work will be let to the low
est responsible bidder, but the
Board of Aldermen reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Bidders shall state in their
proposals time in which work can
be commenced and number off
days in which work can be COM
pleted.
Each bidder must deposit with
his bid security in an amount
of not less than five per cent
(5%) of his base bid, which Sc
curity must be satisfactory to
the said Board of Aldermen.
The successful bidder will be
required to furnish a performance
bond Of not less than 1907 of
the total amount of the accept
ed bid.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

Copies of plans, specifications
and contract documents may be
examind by interested bidders in
the office of the said City Clerk
at Durant. Additional copies of
plans, specifications and con-
tract documents may be secured
from the Abbott Engineering
Company, P. o. Box 446, Green
wood, Mississippi, by the deposit
of $1,000 for one set of docu-
ments, which deposit will be re-
funded in full to all actual bid
ders.
Done by the order of the
Board of Aldermen of the City
Of Durant, Holmes County, Mis-
sissippi, this the 10th da of May,
1850.
R. E. McNEER, Mayor.
35-2tnp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11
JOYCE WILLIAMS,
Home Demonstration Agent

Leaves or stubble left in your
garden will attract flies, mag,
gots and other garden pests. It's
easy to let this derbis accumulate
throughout the gardening season
But it not only detracts from the
looks, but also is a home for in
sects and diseases. 1t will help
multiply your garden troubles
next year.
AS you gather vegetables, re-
move entire plant unless it is to
stay longer for a second" or
continued growth. When one crop
is through, clean off the row, re-
move all leftover plants, weeds
and grass and keep the row cul-
tivated for another planting. This
cultivation VIII keep down weeds
and grass and conserve fertilizer
and moisture.
Fill up any low area in your
gardn or drain it at once as a
sanitation measure. A stagnant
hole or undrained area won't do
you or your vegetables any good.
II will only add to the insect
kingdom.
Fence rows covered with grass
and weeds make the garden look
untidy and give quick shelter to
pests. Plant pole snap or pole lima
beans along the garden fence,
and keep the crop clean. Make the
fence row produce for you in
stead of the bugs.
Some gardeners leave bean and
tomato stakes standing in the
garden until next season. AS soon
as the crop is over, clean the
stakes and wire trellis and store
them in a dry place for future
use.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

NOTICE-Let us refinish your
antiques and modern furniture.
do the work at your own home.
Call 225-W, Durant, Lelia's An
tique Shop.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 1926 Letters of Administra-
ton having been granted on the
18th day of April, 1850, by the
Chancery Court of Holmes County
Mississippi, to the undersigned
upon the estate of Ernest MCGEE,
deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims a
gainst said estate to present the
same to the Clerk of said Court
for probate and registration ac-
cording to law within six months
from this date, or they will be
forever barred.
This the 10th day of April, 1850.
CASEY MCGEE,
Administrator
W. E. CRESSWELL,
Solicitor. 32-4tnpn
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11
Legal Notices
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Aldermen of the City
ct Durant, Holmes County, Mis-.
sissippi, will receive sealed bids
until 7:30 o'clock p. m. on June
Ii, 1850, at the office of the
City Clerk in the City Hall a,
Durant, Mississippi, for the con-
xtruction of the following approx
mate quantities of work:
$500 SO. yds. asphalt and Stag
double surface treatment.
16O GU. yds. excavation.
81 lin. #. reinforced con-
crete culvert cross drains
~ hin. #. concrete aulvert
side drains
and other miscellaneous work on
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11
Flower Notes

Summer care off azaleas and
camellias Mulch plants with
four to six inches of pine straw,
oak leaves, cotton hulls, or peat
moss. Bank mulch around base
of plant and extend mulch out
ward as far as tip Of branches.
Try propagating Azalea by layer
ing, pin a branch to the ground
with brick and roots will form.
New plant can be cut from old
plant after it shows good growth
and root system.
ANIMALS The following may
be started from seed in May:
Amaranthus, snap dragon, aster,
balsam, cardinal climber vine,
celosia, annual chrysanthemums,
cleome, cosmos, cypress vine,
euphorbia, croraIaria, globe amar-
anth, gypsophlia, helianthus, ice
plant, portulaca, Queen Anne's
Lace, SALIVA, scabiosa, statice,
sunflower, torenia, vinca, verbena
and zinnia.
Plant ANIMALS in beds along
front of shrubbery border, or at
edge of home lot. Do not spot
lawn area with beds of ANIMALS.
Place the taller plants in the
back, and "step-down" to lower
plants in the front of the flower
bed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

usually bst to buy new seed each
year.
Where stands are too thick,
transplant seedlings of ANIMALS
such as zinnias and marigolds.
Give all annual plants adequate
space to develop by thinning and
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

Keep all old flower blooms cut
from ANIMALS, as this enables
plant to produce more blooms
for a longer period. 1t is seldom
worthwhile to save seed from an
usually best to buy new seed each
secured in some instance, it is
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

transplanting. Water and shaqe
plants Immediately after movn
Perennials - Divide ana tI
plant chrysanthemums and w
lets. Separate to single stem e
set plants in rich well prepars
coil
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

Some insecticides are sentitive
to light and moisture. Keep the
container closed and in a safe,
dark place. Don't leave it where
you finish with it. You will need
the material for second or third
busting or spraying.
Reminder: Sanitation this year
means more produce next year"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

Extensions in your home give your
telephone service wings - bring it
within easier reach of all the family.
Extensions save time and steps, in
crease your telephone privacy, give
added protection in emergencies, and
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

FOR SALE-Llgnt weight con-
crete blocks for sale. Winona
Concrete Products Company.
Phone 1921. Winona. Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-05-11

help you avoid missing important calls.
One or more extension telephones can
now be installed in your home without
delay - and at surprisingly low cost.
Why not order yours today? just call
the Telephone Business Office.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11
Desk

II is high time that we face
realities. We are locked in a
battle with the Communist
world on which hinges our sur
vival as a democracy. The bat
tie will be long, bitter, bloody
and costly. By using the armies
and resources of the nations she
now controls, Russia can wage
war against us for years with
out seriously disturbing her
own economy or using her own
millions of soldiers. 1t is high
time that we moved to take the
profit out of war for those who
look on it as a means of increas-
ing their gains at the expense
of the nation. We were told that
we would see no new million
aires emerge from the frantic
production of World War II.
Actually, Investigations have
shown that we created possibly
10 or 20 for every one that rode
the blood and tears of World
War II to millionaire heights.
If our government will face
these realities now and act ac-
cordingly, we will be stronger
and filter on the day we face
the inevitable showdown with
Communist Russia itself.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11
THIS WEEK
in. Other Years

FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK Attorney General
Rice sought Masonite injunc-
ton based on stream pollution
report Front page editorial:
letter to the editor from for
mer Governor Hugh White con-
demned pollution of streams !.
OPA raised points on canned
fish and oleomargarine
Mrs. Davis Clements, nee Mel
lie Tallman. named executive
secretary of county Red Cross
chapter EDITORIAL: Gardens
require real effort, urged care
and maintenance of public and
private property.
FOUR YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK County assessment
valuation of personal and real
property upped in all districts
=. Jackson county merchants
declared intention of holding
line" as OPA disappeared
Advertisements i'll paper car
ried no price increase pledges
by local merchants Editori-
al: Playground for Beach Park,
would pay big dividends in
pleasure and enjoyment.
THREE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK :. Pledges sent out by
Council of Church Women were
signed by ten candidates for
law enforcement offices
Wade school house scene of one
of largest political rallies of
campaign :. College credits
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11
INDIA GROWS MORE JUTE

Cuttack, India ZAP India
should be self-sufficient in jute
by next year, according to Sir
Datar Singh, ministry of agricul-
ture official.
He told press conference that
India's iute position had improved
tremendously since partition n,
when most of the jute areas went
to Pakistan. In l947, he said, In
dia's jute acreage totaled only L.
100000 while this year it amount
ed to 100000 acres. BY 1951-52,
he added, there should be 5,000,-
900 acres and India should have
enough to supply its mills.
The ministry of agriculture Of
ficial also said India might be
self-sufficient in cotton within
two years.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11
BRITAIN EXPORTS SEAWEED
CHERRIES

Stromness, Orkney Isles-(AP)
Britain is shipping artificial
cherries made with seaweed to
America.
This latest product is one of
many British chemists have
learned to make from the sea-
weed, most of which is taken from
areas off the north and west of
Scotland. The discovery of the ar
tificial cherry process crowned
seven years of laboratory research
by two chemists, DR.. Arnold Spice
and William Pleschardt. =
The cherry is composed of sug-
ar and glucose and is covered with
thin, insoluble and edible skin
made from the seaweed. II is
favored with natural cherry juice
or other flavors suited to the
use for which the product is in
tended.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11

to par with private building
between the wars. Because of
this long experience with state
housing, the British do not
quarrel with it on principle to-
day.
At the end of World War II,
the housing shortage in Britain
was critical. There had been
little building during the war.
Tens of thousands of buildings
had been destroyed in the air
raids. Many houses already de-
clared unfit for human habita-
ton were still occupied. Earlier
marriages by young people
probably brought forward the
demand for homes by five or
six years. AT the same time,
the older folks were living long
er. And mid Twentieth Century
living demanded more space
than the poorer classes had been
willing to put up with three
quarters of a century before.
Though politicians have
pointed with pride TO and have
viewed with alarm Britain's ef-
forts TO house her people since
the war. il seems TO this OBJ
server that construction has
gone ahead about as rapidly as
could be expected. what with
shortages in materials. money.
and qualified labor. II is prob
ably true. too. that the build
ing industry itself. made UP as
il is of large numbers of small
enterprizers. is not too progress
sive. In the first two years aft
er the war. six building work
ers were necessary TO do the
work done by four before the
war. Now il takes five to do
what four used to do. In any
case. there has been less crifi-
cism here about old-fashioned
building methods than there
has been in the United States.
BY the end of February, $685.
918 houses (651,772 permanent
and 157,146 temporary had
been constructed in the post
war period. Which means that
since 1945 more than a million
families have been rehoused.
Cripps has made it plain that
housing will be given even more
preference in the governments
capital investment program in
the future. In the next three
years, he says, 100000 new
houses will be completed. He
is not one to exaggerate and,
with new factory construction
easing off. there is every reason
to believe that the government
will be able to achieve its OBJ
jective.
1t is difficult for the inexpert
to comprehend the national sit
uation at a glance. For some
time I have been looking into
the housing problem in the city
of Aberdeen and the surround
ing territory. Next week shall
tell you what I have found.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11

troops at Pusan if she were
ready and willing to risk all in
an all-out warfare with this
country and our allies?
Therefore. permit me to
say to you. my colleagues. that
the world picture is not pretty
one. And the coveted goal of
peace appears TO be years and
not months away. II may be
later than some people think.
Therefore. if we are going to
mobilize our efforts II should
be on an all-out. scross-the-
board basis. We must avoid the
pitfalls and errors of the past.
We found out in the last war
that we could not have partial
controls. If you are going TO reg
ulate the prices Of commodities.
then you have got to regulate
the price of the chief cost of the
commodities. labor. Some peo-
pie in this country. some people
in this government do not want
that; but you cannot. eat your
pie and keep il too. If we are
going into this field. then we
ought TO go all out and see that
everybody bears an equal por-
tion of the burden.
Mr.. Speaker, we face very
serious situation, one that calls
for the most patriotic, careful
thought that we can exert -.
In my humble judgment, for
whatever that is worth, we are
in for many more Koreas. many
more such incidents, unless as
intimated a moment ago We
are driven to the initiative. God
forbid that coming events will
make that necessary.
In the meantime there is no
place for selfishness, greed, a
business as usual policy. or poll
itics as usual. The. American
boys who are fighting and dy-
ing on the Korean Peninsuls
find this to be war regardless of
what others may call it. We can
do no less than give them and
their loved ones our all-out
support"
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11
Investigations now show that

Investigations now show that
the sharp rise in food prices
since the start of the Korean
war has in a large measure
been due to the unrestrained
speculations in food and farm
products by individuals and
brokers who are determined to
take their profits even at the
expense of the national econo-
my. Secretary of Agriculture
Brannon recently called the
speculation excessive and un-
restrained" and said that it is
threatening the country's eco
nmoic stability and the war eff
fort.
Commodity exchange laws
are made TO order for these
leaches--who profit from the
blood and sweat of the rest of
the nation. More than rs per
cent of the traders on commod-
iiY exchanges are there for no
other reason than speculation.
They never see the futures"
that they buy. and would have
no legitimate use tor them If
they did. A small portion of the
traders actually represent in
dusirY and food professors. but
they are negligible.
AS an instance of this specu-
lation, take a basic commodity
lard. With the outbreak of
the Korean war, the speculator
figured the supply would be
short. He therefore steps in and
buys lard futures" with de-
posit of only 10 or Is per cent
of the actual cost. With COM
mittments for future deliveries
of this commodity in the hands
of the spectators, the supply
for legitimate dealers is dimin-
ished and prices rise. A specu-
lator who bought lard futures
prior to the outbreak of the Ko-
rean war was able to cash in
five weeks later with profit
of 450 per cent. Largely as a re-
suit of this, retail lard prices
have increased nine cents
pound in recent weeks-tne
armed services pay with their
lives and time-the consumer
pays higher prices-the specu-
lator increases his profits and
the government does nothing to
curb speculation.
The same Is rtrue of Sothert
commodities. Specuiation in
cotton seed oil resulted in an
increase in the price of short
ening and oleo. speculation in
cotton increases the price of
clothing. wheat rises and bread
goes up. and on and on. Mean
while. the federal government
is holding over S2-billion in
wheat and cotton alone in sfor-
: age. bought to hold up prices
for the farmer. Secretary Bran
. nan has asked Congress TO in
crease the margin requirements.
the amount a speculation has 10
pay down on purchase of fu-
lures. from the present 10 to is
per cent TO so per cent. A pro-
vision for this had been includ-
ed in the administration bill on
emergency powers for the Ko-
resn situation. But the Senate
banking and currency commit
tee in effect pstted the specu-
lators on the back and gave
them free rein by knocking out
the section of the bill on mar
gin requirements.
fronnc ~ pucop if cho auoro
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11

qress received PAGE one publicity 1t otherwise could
got One of its leaders after aegedY being assaulted
his hotel called first for photographer then for
the ambulance That publicity is being used in other
parts the nation illustrate the foul treatment afford
ed liberals in darkest Mississippi Money will be collect
ed through Ito fight against the legal Ynchng of Willie
McGee" The money will go to the Communist party. not
for Mcees defense and among the Communists will not
be found one liberal.
We have said that the Communist is the liberals most
deadly enemy The is true-he liberal is the
Communists most deadly enemy The Reds bigots. Any
informed person knows, that despite the Reds long pro-
claimed stand beside the under-dog the Communists
identical with fascsts and others dedicated to the theory
that the state ALL the individual nothing This of course
is the diametrc opposite of the liberals belief And
the Reds to take government the liberal would
be No their purge list The homegrown bgots the Joe
McCarhys the sefannonted "antiCommunist crusaders
of the hate fringe would be manipulated and used by the
Reds. This is not opinion; it is recent history.
1t is sad and dangerous thing considering the perious
position in which nation finds itself that the
scrupuous politician and the slanderous private citizen
shouting and whispering the word Communist about
everyone who dsagrees with them Were there fewer such
political opportunists at large today there fewer
Christian persons who the Communist epthet for
their private purposes there people who would
calmly view the obvious truth that Communist not
liberal but violently antibera then nation would
be better prepared to meet whatever the Commun
lists offer internally.
cannot fight the Communists without knowing who
they And know who they without know
ing what they stand for. Ignorance is main foe Find
the who bndlY follows the Communist Tine" and
out. and you have found Communist The Red line
torurous thing that twists and turns constantly its
voluons frequently resulting in the line" meeting itself
coming and going. :
Thus it is that at intervals the liberal is saying the
same words as the Communist; and at times the
staunch advocates of the righas witness the sit
uation in which Col Robert Mccormick and Sen Robert
Taft virtually agreement with the Communist Daily
Worker over the Korean war.
If we do not wake up and inform people. particular
y in the SOUTH that the Red line is thing of nconsst-
ency that at time another there points agree
ment between the line and the opinion of every thinking
person, then shall find ourselves in sedesroyng
domestic battlereya in which all of point the accusing
finger at each other and friend is identified foe
And that good people, is exactly what the Communists
want us to do
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-08-11
LEARNS TO PAINT AT ~

MISUNDERSTANDING Clarke
wanted to paint, and her years
IL of them-proved no handi-
cap. A white-haired mother of
eight, Mrs, Clarke learned the
fundamentals of painting in a
winter art course, taking one
night week to WELD brush.
She said at first her attempts
looked like the work of a four
year-old, but that it didn't mat
ter because she got enjoyment
out of it.
With my children all either
married or away on their own
and my husband dead, need
hobby to keep me busy" she ex-
planned.