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Evening star., 1951-11-07
Wirephotos.

i, trial area. Such a remarkable
shift of sentiment doesn't just
happen. 1t reflects the determi-
nation of the people to replace
incompetence and corruption with
honest and efficient government
In other Congressional races, the
Republican candidates held or
increased their customary mar
gins of victory.
With the outstanding excep-
ton of Philadelphia, where local
issues predominated. the Repub-
lican Party made striking gains in
municipal elections, especially in
Indiana.
THE upset election of Pratt C
Remmel as Mayor of Little Rock,
Ark. was especially gratifying. His
mother, Mrs. A. c. Remmel. has
been a member of the Republican
National Committee since 1928,
and his late father was Repub-
llcan State chairman in Arkansas
This victory of an outstanding
young Republican indicates that
the once Solid South is eager for
a real two-party system. The Re-
publican Party welcomes to its
ranks those Southern Democrats
who recognize the vital need for
such Development"
There was no statement made
at Democratic National headquar-
tiers,
Evening star., 1951-11-07
DR.. Shepard Elected
Recorder Of Deeds
In Philadelphia Vote:
snssiaI pi,poieb io. Ihs stor

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7.-Th'
Rev. Marshall L. Shepard, DID
former recorder of deeds for tn,
District of Columbia. was electes
Philadelphia recorder Of deed
yesterday in the Democratic land.
slide.
DR.. Shepard, one of the foul
Negro candidates who sought offic,
from both parties in the campaign
defeated F. Earl Reed, a rea
estate dealer.
DR.. Shepard will be the frs
Negro ever to serve as recorder Of
deeds here and the first membel
of his race to occupy any of tn,
so-called row Offices" or county
posts, in City Hall.
Pastor Of the Mount Olive Bap.
tist Church, DR.. Shepard confined
his campaign mostly to those sec.
tions Of the city which are heavily
populated by Negroes.
DR.. Shepard resigned as recorder
Of deeds Of the District of Colum.
bia last August 80 to enter thu
race here. His post will pay SILL.
600 a year.. 1.
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former Representative Edward
Breen, who resigned because of
i'll health, won over his Demo-
cratic opponent. Jesse Yoder. a
member of the State legislature.
COBO Reelected in Detroit.
The Democrats reelected Mayor
Thomas A. Burke in Cleveland for
a fourth consecutive term. In
Columbus, Ohio, however, the Re-
publicans reelected Republican
James A. Rhodes. There has been
some talk of running Rhodes for
Governor or Senator in next years
elections. However, Senator Brick
er, Republican, has announced he
will seek denomination, which
seems to leave to Mr.. Rhodes an
opportunity to try for Governor
only.
In Detroit, Mayor Albert E.
Cobe was reelected without diff
Guilty, although his opponent, Ed
gar M. Branigan. had the support
of some of the labor organizations
in a strongly labor city. Mayor
Cobe has for years been recog-
nized as :. Republican, although
the mayoralty race in Detroit is
supposed to be non-partisan.
In Boston Democratic Mayor
John B. Hynes was reelected. His
principal opponent. former Mayor
and former Governor. James M.
Curley. did not campaign at all.
Boston is a predominantly Demo-
cratic city.
Gabrielson Sees Trend.
Republican National Chairman
Guy George Gabrielson today
claimed that yesterdays elections
showed Republican trend" He
said:
wherever national issues were
at stake. the Republican trend
continued. 1t was more than a
warning to President Truman to
clean house in his corrupt admin
The voters demonstrated
they want a change in 1852.
Especially significant was the
smashing victory of Paul F.
Schenck in the Sd Ohio congress
sional district. Only one year ago
he was defeated by 15.206 votes,
getting only ASS per cent of the
votes. His winning margin yes
terday was close to $4,000 or 55.4
per cent of the vote in this indus
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years has been showing Demo
cratic majorities in national and
Statewide elections, and in the
present Congress four of the six
members of the House from Phil
adelphia are Democrats. The
wonder has been that the Repub-
Ilicans were able to keep their grip
on City Hall.
Two Governors Elected.
The Republicans have had the
mayor of Philadelphia for 68 years
Recent scandals in the city gov
ernment were used effectively
against them.
Only two governos were elected
both DemocratS-in Mississippi
and Kentucky. The Republican
candidate in Kentucky, Eugene
Siler. a lawyer and Baptist lay
preacher, made an active cam
paign, but lost to the acting gov
ernor. Lawrence w. Wetherby
Democrat. The Republicans have
elected governors in Kentucky
only three times in the last &C
years-and only when there has
been a serious split in the Demo
cratic ranks.
In Mississippi. former Gov
Hugh White, Democrat, was elect
ed without opposition. He and
the rest of his ticket are strong
States Rights and anti-Truman
Democrats.
To effect the loss OF Phila-
delphia. the Republicans elected
mayors In three long time Demo-
cratic controlled Pennsylvania
Cities, Reading. Easton and
Caroondale. Erie and Coatsville
turned out Republican mayors
and replaced them with Demo-
Icrats.
Little Rock Elects Republican.
The election of a Republican
mayor of Little Rock, Ark, in the
Democratic Solid South" was
interpreted as indicating a will
ingness on the part of some
Southern Democrats to hit out at
Democratic control which may
have material effect on the re-
suits of the presidential election
next year particularly should
President Truman run for re-elec-
ton.
The successful Republican can
didate in Little Rock was 36-year-
old Pratt Rommel.
In the Sd Ohio congressional,
district. the Republican candidate
for the House, Paul F. Schenck
who was the unsuccessful candi-
date in the election of 1850 against
Evening star., 1951-11-07
Robinson Is Reelected
Mayor Of San Francisco
BY the Assoeiaied Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. T.
Mayor Elmer Robinson won re-
election by a slim 1926 votes in
lunofficial returns from yesterday S
election.
A Communist candidate, Mrs.
Oleta O'Connor Yates, the party's
State secretary. polled 1892 votes
for county supervisor. She was
goth among Is candidates for six
supervisory posts. Mrs. Yates is
one of IL top California Com
munists jailed and waiting trial
on charges of conspiring to advo-
cate overthrow of the Govern
ment.
Mayor Robinson got 98,611 votes
to Dairyman George Christopher's
96,685 of a total of 255,502. Both
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are registered Republicans. but
the city election is non-partisan.
A Democrat, j. Joseph Sullivan.
52.013, was third in a field of six.
Yet to be counted are $500 alb
sentee ballots. Politicians freely
predicted Major Robinson would
get a majority.
Evening star., 1951-11-07
Crime Charges Failed
AS Certain Ticket 10
Office in Elections
By the Associcted Press


Candidates who made crime an
issue won offices yesterday in
New York and Philadelphia elec-
tions but in several other cities
clean government" campaigners
met defeat.
Rudolph HALEY, former chief
counsel to the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committee, was
elected easily to New York City S
second highest office-president
of the City Council.
Mr.. HALEY, a rebel Democrat
who ran on Liberal, Independent
and Fusion Party tickets. prom
ised in his campaign to wipe out
corruption in the city. His op-
ponents said he was overpainting
the picture.
Got Big Plurality.
/ But voters in the city where
the committees investigation pro-
duced scandal after scandal gave
him a plurality of 163.492 votes.
In Philadelphia. Democrat Jo-
seph S. Clark, jr.. charged graft
and corruption in city affairs,
controlled for 68 years by Repub-
licans. He won the race for
Mayor over DR.. Daniel A. Polling,
internationally known Baptist
minister making a sortie into big
time politics.
Mr.. Clark. who has been city
controller, carried almost a full
Democratic slate into office with
him.
And Richardson Dilworth,
chosen district attorney, said his
first move would be to replace the
special grand jury inquiring into
police graft so that the investiga-
tion could be started with a clean
slate"
The revelations Of the crime
committee played part in the
race for Governor of Kentucky.
AnOtner Minister Loses.
Republican Eugene Siler, a
Baptist lay preacher, made them
an issue in his race against Dem
ocratic Gov. Lawrence w. Weth-
erby. Gov. Wetherby was re-
elected.
Voters in Staten Island, New
York City's least-populous bor-
ough, defeated District Attorney
Herman T. Methfessel. who was
under fire in a State Crime Com
mission inquiry on allegations of
failing to prosecute gamblers.
Mr.. Methfessel steadfastly de-
MED the accusations. He was beat
en- by Republican-Liberal Sidney
o. Simonson, 40.
But not far away-in New Jer-
sey's 9th congressional district
a Senate Crime Committee cita-
ton had little effect on the race
in which Republican Frank c.
Osmers. jr., was elected to Con-
greSS.
Made Crime an Issue.
The committee called Bergen
County, in the district, a place of
corruption. Some of the biggest
racketeers in the East headquar-
ters there.
Mr.. Osmers' opponent, Miss
Evelyn Seufert, Democrat, made
crime an issue because she said ii
had f1ourished while Republicans
held office.
The State of New Jersey also
probed into gambling in Bergen
County and three Mayors were in
dicted. They ran for office.
Yesterday, Republican Mayor
Charles Heft of Fort Lee was de-
feated by Democrat Louis F. Bot
jer. In Lodi, Democratic Mayor
Joseph P. Luna lost to Republican
Anthony j. Guarano. But the
third Mayor under indictment
Democrat Joseph Srholez, jr., was
re-elected in Little Ferry.
Gambling was an issue in Allan
tic County and Atlantic City
Democrats said it had f1ourished
under the G. o. P. But the two
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Arlington Church Holds
Buzuur Tomorrow

The annual bazaar of the Bethel
Evangelical and Reformed Church,
4347 Lee boulevard, Arlington, will
be held from 10 am. to 10 pm.
tomorrow at the church.
Turkey and ham dinner will be
served from S to $50 pm. and q
light lunch at noon.
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State Assembly seats went to Re-
publicans.
The question OF crime also was
raised in Cleveland, Dearborn
Mich. and several New York
lcitieS.
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Erected for Indions

CAMBRIDGE. Mass.-The sec
ond building at Harvard Univer-
slty. finished in 1854, was intended
for the instruction of Indians.
, 1951-12-04

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN LANDS.
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX
By R. Norman Skeoch, Owner & General Manager, Plaintiff,
CHRISTIANSTED UTILITIES co, ct al J
ISAIAH GRIFFITH, ct al Defendant }
Civil No. S 1851
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Writ Of Execu-
ton issued out of the District Court Of the Virgin Islands in
the above title action the Sheriff seized real property known
as No. A Strand Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, and the same
will be offered for sale at a public auction to be held at the
Police Office, Christiansted, St. Croix, on
MONDAY, JANUARY Z 1852
at 300 O'CLOCK F. M.
The terms of sale will be announced at the auction. This
sale is made subject to the approval of the Judge of the Dis
trict Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States.
Dated this 1st. day of December, 1851
Sheriffs Office, Christiansted, V. l.
MORRELL E. DAVIS
Acting Sheriff.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26

WHEREAS, the general health
and welfare of our citizens depend
upon wholesome surroundings
arising from good clean living
conditions, and
WHEREAS, the lives and pro-
perry of our people are endan-
gered by fire caused by the clut-
tered condition in homes, factor
les, alleys and streets, and
WHEREAS, unity of effort is
required for the further develop
ment of our community,
THEREFORE, l, R. E. McNeer,
Mayor of the City of Durant, do
hereby designate April 30-May S
as official CLEAN UP PAINT UP
FIX UP WEEK, in the City of
Durant, and call upon all depart
ments of the City, its commercial
organizations, civic clubs, schools,
churches, and all other organiza-
tions, and our people in general
to take an active part in this con-
structlve program for community
improvement to insure its success.
This the 23rd day of April, 1851.
R. E. McNeer, Mayor,
City of Durant
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Special Offering Day
At Baptist Church

The Durant Baptist church has
designated Sunday, April 20 as
Special Offering Day" for the
building fund. The finance com
mittee with r. E. Irby, chairman.
has had its first meeting to for
mulate plans for financing the
erection of a new educational
building. The building commit
tee is headed by w. P. Taylor.
All offerings designated for the
building fund as well as the loose
offering received during both
worship services Sunday will be
turned over to the finance COM
mittee.
All members are urged to take
a part in this cause.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Montgomery Runs
For Representative

Announcement is made by T.
P. Montgomery of Pickens for the
office of state representative:
Il am connected with the firm
of John M. Marlborough Cotton
company. ! received my formal
education from the schools of
Goodman where l was born and
reared. l am As years of age
and have lived in Pickens the past
IA years, where l am engaged in
cotton buying. 5h
In announcing for the office of
representative, l win make no
promises. l am for sound, econ
omical business practice and if
elected Will do all l possibly can
TO serve the best best interests of
the people Of Holmes county.
have never held office before,
this being my first candidacy.
am clvic-minded and for progress
SlVe government.
i am married to the former
Martha Jean Anthony of Pickens,
and have four children. l expect
to see every voter personally be-
tween now and August, and will
appreciate the vote and influence
of the citizens of the county"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Youth Week X Opens.
Students To Run Town

The Youth For Freedom" pro-
gram, being sponsored by the
Gan ma Literary club in cooper
alton with school and town Of
ficisls has started for Lcal stud
ents between the ages of IL and
II with student candidates run
ming for local offices presenting
their platforms for election. Miss
Louise divers citizenship class is
conducting the election in a de-
mocratic manner.
The run-off was to be held
Thursday. New officials will take
over the town Monday, April 80.
Fridays program will include
talks from the present town Of
..icers and local patrolman. They
will charge the young people to
their responsibilities and instruct
the newly elected officers.
Saturday will be spent in iaun-
ching the "Clean Up. Fix Up
campaign to be held April 80
through May S. Students from
the seventh through twelfth
grades will &c, credit FOR al that
IS reported to their respective
elias The class responsible for
getting the most done will re-
ceive a prize. In connection with
this Mayor r. E. McNeer has
proclaimed April 30-May S as
Clean. Up-Paint Up-Fix Up
Week"
Sundays church services will
honor the young people. A rib
boned section will be set aside for
them and they will also serve as
ushers.
Monday will be the "big day."
wher the newly elected officers
will: run" the town. There will
be small fines charged law and
traffic violatoIs with money from
the tines going into school pro-
Jec s
Highlighting activities will be
a rarty honoring the young Of
ficials and the recently elected
sIr. and Miss Durant High in the
Durant High School gymnasium
at the close of Mondays work.
Glasses from the seventh through
twelfth grades will be entertained.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
A. N. Stonestreet
Rites In Alfalfa
prominent Holmes
lumbermon Dies
After Heart Seizure

Funeral services were held from
the New Hope Lutheran church
az IL am. Saturday for Aron Mar
vim Stonestreet, SO, of Durant
prominent Holmes county lum.
herman and partner in the opera.
ton OF Stonestreet-Al Allen Hutchin.
son mill near Lexington, who
died at the Durant hospital at :
pm. Thursday following a heart
attack.
DR.. H. B. Shaeffer, Lutheran
pastor at Jackson and New Hope
officiated with interment follow.
ing in the church cemetery un-
der the direction of Southern Flu.
neral home of Durant.
Born May /, 1881, Mr.. Stone.
street was a native of Alfalfa
county near Sails. He was a
member of Durant Castalian
Lodge No. l39, Masons, and a
member of the New Hope Luther
an church in Alfalfa county near
Zemuly.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Carrie Robinson Stonestreet, to
whom he was married in 1890:
five sisters, Mrs. Annie Hutchin-
son, Mrs. Lillian Smith, and Mrs,
Hattie Jenkins. all of Sails; Mrs.
Della Allen, Kosciusko, and Mrs.
Estelle Hutchinson, Shreve, Ohio:
one brother, with whom he was
associated in business, Clifton D.
Sesnestreet, Durant; and several
nieces and nephews. -
Pallbearers were: J. D. Stone
street, Ralph Stonestreet, Reeves
Stonestreet, J. r. Hutchinson.
Claude Robinson, James Thomp-
son, and Carlton Allen. Honor
airy pallbearers were: Ernest Du-
bard, Claud Smith, Redmond
Smith, Sails; A. B. Clements, DR..
J. w. Howell, and Robert Cain.
Durant; J. p. Coleman, Acker-
man; DR.. Watson, and J. o. Cox
Brandon; Victor Hammond, Kos
ciusko; j. c. Rogers, Yazoo City;
also members of the Sunday
school class of Durant Presby-
terrain church.
"A Masonic service was held.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
HJC Head Announces
Calendar OF Events
Graduation Exercises
Set For May II, With
Dr.. R. c. Cook. Speaker

commencement program
1or Holmes Junior College and
agricultural H i G h School 1851
Graduating classes is announced
today by c. w. Torrance. presi-
dent. Senior activities will be-
gin with the commencement ser.
mon on May Is at 8 D. M. with
the Rev. Billy Mansell, pastor
OF FIRST Presbyterian church
vicksburg, guest speaker, in the
College auditorium.
Graduating exercises will b q
held May II at II a. M, with DR.
n. c. Cook, president, Mississippi
southern college, featured speak
er. President Torrance will pre-
sent diplomas to about 70 high
school and junior college stu
dents.
Other activities include High
School Class day and HON
Economics Style show on April
10 at 5 p. m. in charge of Miss
Lottie PEBBLES, head of the home
economics department of the COL
lege, and the sophomore .plav
May Is at 8 p. m, directed by
Mrs. Zilpah Mansell.
President Torrance states that
this years graduating total is
slim in comparison to last years
lib. Thirty five sophomore boys
who would have been graduated
this year were drafted into the
Army along with SO additional
freshmen.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Hospital Head
10 Leave In May
c. W. Flynn Accepts
Job With MIA; Will
Move To Jackson

Charles w. Flynn, administra-
tor OF Beat Two Community hos
pital, has accepted a position as
executive secretary with the Mis-
sissippi Hospital association, and
ne and his family expect to move
to Jackson on May /. Mr.. Flynn
turned in his resignation to the
Board Of Trustees at a meeting
held recently at the hospital. Mrs.
]. M. Howard is president of the
Board.
Mr.. and Mrs Flynn and their
son, five-year-old Shannon Flynn,
came to Durant September l from
State college, where he was an
instructor in institutional man.
agement and since which time he
had charge of the detailed work
Of starting the hospital. He is
a graduate of the school of busin-
ess administration at State col
lege.
A U. S. Army veteran of over
seas infantry service, Mr.. Flynn
is a native of Waterbury, Con-
necticut. The people of Durant
regret that he is leaving.
Miss Lillian Norris, registered
nurse, has been elected to succeed
Mr.. Flynn as hospital administra-
tor. Miss Norris is from Duck Hill
and is graduate of Winona In
Urinary. She has been with Beat
Two hospital since its opening,
acting in the capacity of surgical
nurse.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
O. {. Ellis Announces
For Beut z Constable

.. E. Bill Ellis of Durant this
week announces his candidacy for
constable of beat two. He has
been in the contracting business
as owner of Ellis Contracting
company, engaged in building
ponds in South and East Missis-
sippi since 1943, when he moved
to Holmes county. He was born
in Attala county and attended Itta
Bena schools.
Mr.. Ellis is married to the for
mer Mabel johnson of Lexington
and they have one daughter. He
says he feels able physically and
mentally to discharge the duties
of office" and promises fair and
just treatment to ALL"
Mr.. Ellis states that he is a
member of Durant Methods,
church.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Floyd R. hesbit Is
Constable Candidate

The Durant News is authorized
to announce the candidacy OF
Floyd r. Nesbit for constable OF
beat 2, Holmes county, subject to
the action of the Democratic Pri-
mary election in August.
MIR. Nesbit is resident of Du-
rant and has resided here for the
past seven years. He is well and
favorably known in this COM
munity where he is an active
member Of the First Baptist
Church, the Masonic Lodge, and
the Order of The Eastern Star.
His wife is the former Emma
Kathryn Griffis. a native Of va
zoo county. and they have three
children: Floyd, Jr., II, Johnny,
IL, and Calista, S.
Makes Statement
To the Voters Of Beat Two
Holmes County:
Il am a candidate for the Of
flee of constable in this district
and would like to solicit the vote
and influence of every qualified
voter who is interested in law en-
forcement.
MY only promise to the voters
of this district is this: If yQx see
fit to elect me your constable you
may expect fair and impartial SER
vice to all voters of the district.
1t will be my constant aim and
desire to do everything within
my power to enforce all the laws
of our county and state and in
addition, to cooperate with the
sheriff in every way possible for
a clean, law-abiding county. -.
Try To Uphold Duties
80 shall faithfully try to uphold
all duties of this office in a way
that will be commended by all
law-abiding citizens. ..s
ANY voter interested in thi'
kind of administration of the Of
flee of constable is invited to in
quire into my character and abil-
ity to hold this office - be-
ieve that you will not find me
lacking.
Il shall appreciate and be CRATE
full for your vote and influence"
Sincerely yours,
Floyd r. Nesbit."
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-26
Duront Native To
Serve On Medical Ed.

DR.. Richard A. Boiling of Cleve-
land a native of Durant, h a S
been appointed by the Governor
for a four-year term as member
of the Mississippi State Medi-
cal Education board.
He has served as pastor at Co.
lumbia and Monticello, and was
assistant to the Superintendent of
Education of the Presbyterian Sy-
nod of Mississippi, engaged in
raising funds for church schools.
H became superintendent in
1918. He was chaplain during
World War / and served as pas
tor of Chelsea Avenue Presby-
terrain church Of Memphis in
1925-l926.
He became pastor at Cleve-
land on June l, 1926 and will
soon complete pastorate of Is
years there.