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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
In Germany
by William B. Dillingham;

Walbeck, Germany (SpeciaD -
About fifteen miles west of the
Russian zone frontier there is a
village called Walbeck. l was
standing on the main street of
this little town looking at dis
play of ball bearings continuous
ly bouncing on about sixteen diff
ferent metal plates when the
shopkeeper came out and proudly
muttered something about Ger
man precision. He said he had
worked seven months in getting
these ball bearings to bounce in
the same way each time. The
scene in the window symbolized
just about everything in the en-
tire village. Nothing seemed out
of place; the community was func-
tioning like a Swiss watch.
Just about then, however,
heard siren and saw an old ex-
U. S. Army truck race into town
swerving all over the main street.
1t had the number thirteen con-
spicuously painted in about eight
different places over the hood and
Tenders. Finally it came to a
noisy stop in front of a white
brick house. Two yonug servant
girls scrambled out down the
front porch carrying blankets,
suitcases and crying babies fol-
| lowed by the members of two
families who were frantically
throwing their furniture into the
truck. l didn't see any fire nor
did the people passing by on the
main street seem to pay any at
tention to the spectacle. Pedes-
TRANS acted just as if nothing
unusual were happening. A short
time later somebody blew whis-
tie and the two families pushed
one another into the truck on top
of the mountain of debris. In a
second the exhausted group was
roaring down the street with tow
els, sheets and blankets Tapping
out the sides of the vehicle. The
front door of the house was left
wide open and bits of household
things, an electric plug, bulb,
a small cushion and a pillow case
Uttered the front steps and
porch. l began to look around
for someone to tell me what was
going on. l wasn't having any
luck, however, when the same
truck came conservatively rolling
back up the street and slowly
stopped in front of the house. The
babies had stopped crying and
everybody started solemnly car
rying their belongings back into
the house. l noticed a young fell
low standing on the opposite cor
ner SO l walked over to him to
find out what he knew about
l these two families. Even before
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
Fisheries Biologist Shows
Proper Management For
Holmes Fish Ponds

Twenty-Five farmers, sports
men, and sportswomen, together
with representatives of the local
agriculture agencies, met with
Jim Nipper, fisheries biologist for
the Game and Fish commission
Wednesday afternoon, September
IL at V. o. Ingold's place to study
fish pond management.
Mr.. Nipper first pointed out the
value of fish pond by compar-
ing one acre of water managed
for fish with an acre of land man
aged as pasture. He said a one
acre pond properly managed
would produce as much as 400
pounds of fish per year in addi-
ton to a lot of fishing pleasure.
Correct methods of fertilizing,
stocking, and pond weed control
were explained. Emphasis was
given to the fact that at present
the Fish and Game commission
knows only how to manage bass
and Dream in a farm pond. Prop
er stocking means adding these
two kinds of fish to the pond in
the ratio of five Dream to one
bass, according to Mr.. Nipper. He
stated further that experimental
work has proved beyond shadow
of a doubt that it was impossible
to fish out pond even as small as
one fourth acre.
After the discussion Mr.. Nipper
made the minnow seine test to
determine the fish population Of
the pond. This examination
showed the pond to be greatly
overstocked with Dream, almost
all of which were very small,
while few bass were found. Such
was often the case, said the biol
ogist, and might be due to over
stocking with Dream, lack OF
fishing for Dream. or other man.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20

Try the Classified Ads. Il Psysl
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
Frank Smiths
a Weekly
~ letter
ON CO<SCM ssNAN w.
Uon ssAss0GI~

Mississippi is expected to pro-
duce approximately 100000 of
the 100000 bale cotton crop
now forecast for the country. APP
proximately half of this total for
Mississippi, a million bales in
round numbers, will be produced
in the third district. No area has
2 greater financial interest in the
price of cotton.
At a time when prices of vir-
tually all other types of COM
modities and industrial products
sre advancing, the price of raw
cotton has been declining. Despite
the fact that the nations cotton
farmers will produce in 1851 a
crop almost rs per cent larger
than in 1850 the net return to
the farmer is expected to be APP
proximately the same as year
ago. This is because the price
has declined approximately lC
cents per pound, nearly Is pei
cent. At this time the cost of pro-
duction has sharply increased
One estimate places the cost OF
production up nine cents pei
pound in the Mississippi Delta.
This vast increase in cotton pro-
duction is not the result of the in
dividual initiative of the cotton
farmer. 1t is the result of an ur-
gent request from the United
States government, made in the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
agement factors.

agement factors.
1t was important to remember,
he reminded, that one pair of
Dream would produce from $4,000
to 10000 young per spawning,
which would occur twice a year.
In conclusion Mr.. Nipper adj
vised all to fish heavy and throw
none back and that the greater
the fishing pressure on a pond
the more fishing pleasure one
could expect to get for longer
period of time.
Anyone desiring more informa-
ton about stocking, fertilizing,
weed control, or other fish pond
management problems should con-
tact the following: the Soil Con-
servation Service, the PIMA, the
County Agent, or the local game
wardens.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20

the acre this year. They did this
by simply doing the things that
should have been done at the
time they should have been done.
Talk to your neighbor and ask
him just why he made a bale and
one half to the acre and you only
made one-half bale. Talk to your
agricultural agencies, seek more
information on farming, farming
methods are changing more every
year. You are going to have to
change in order to produce better
crops.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
Aged Negro Woman
Passes At RichIund

From Mrs. A. P. Yarporough of
Pickens comes word of the death
of the oldest colored citizen of
Richland, Aunt Harriet Wright
Gatson, who passed away on Aug
ust Is at her home.
Aunt Harriet was reputed to be
lis years of age. She had borne
II children and had u grandchil-
dren and 90 great grandchildren.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
SoYbean Prices

The government loan on soy
beans green or yellow number 2
or better having IA per cent or
less moisture is $2.4l per bushel
in approved storage facilities. For
further information on storage on
loans on corn or soybeans contact
the county agents office or the
P. M. A. The loans are pro-
cessed through the PIMA office.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
Cotton

Is your cotton making as much
as your neighbours? Now is the
time for you to determine wheth-
er or not you did a good job in
producing cotton. If you made a
bale to the acre don't be salts
fed, try to find out why you did
not make a bale and a half. Lots
of farmers in Holmes county are
producing a bale and one-half to
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
Corn Prices -

Corn should be at good price
this fall or later on in the year.
The government loan on corn is
$l.68 per bushel for number three
or better corn stored in approved
storage houses. 1t would be I'M
wise for any farmer to take less
than $1.68 for his corn this fall.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
Marvin IA. StonIey
Promoted To Major

Marvin M. Stanley, public. in
formation officer of the United
States Air Force of Wheelus Field,
Tripoli, Libya, North Africa. has
been promoted from Captain to
Major. Major Stanley is the son
of Mrs. Marvin Stanley of Lex
ington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
Save Cotton Seed =

Save plenty of cotton seed for
planting next year. Every farmer
should save at least enough seed
for two paintings. The moisture
content is very low and seed
should be sound. Do not save
your scrappings near the top for
planting seed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-09-20
Cotton In The Loon -

Cotton In The Loon
We still believe that most of
your cotton should be placed in
the loan. If this picture should
change I will make every effort
to notify you Immediately.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE
SAYING
UNIONIZE THE TEACHERS!


Unions as such are good for the nation! AS they
are rum many in un-democratic manner they are
bad for the nation!
We believe the current movement to form the
teachers of Delaware and the nation into teachers
union is not in the best interests of education.
We wonder if the teachers who favor such an
organization fully realize the tremendous influence
the union leaders would be able to levy educa-
tional methods in the United States and Delaware
in particular, if all teachers joined a union?
We wonder if the teachers who favor uniOniza-
tiOn fully realize that once the majority of the
teachers are members of the union, that they will
be subject to the dictates of the union leader OF
leaders and lose their present academic freedoms?
We wonder if these teachers also realize that il
they become uniOnzed that the teaching profession
will soon become a "clOsed shop" and even fully
qualified teachers could be kept from teaching il
they failed to join the union? That their jobs
will not be on rated basis, but that a-gOOd, baC
and Indifferent, will be rated alike? That they will
no longer have the opportunity to advance the
basis of their merits but that their advancement
will be based on their seniority in the profession
ONLY?
We wonder if these teachers have taken into full
cognizance the potentially unfavOrable influence OF
the education of their children and our children
uniOnzed teaching profession coVld have?
After all unions have not been above dctatOria
methods to keep the leaders in power. They have
used "gOOn" squads to ntmidate the membership in
to voting for the leaders perpetuatiOn in power .
they have used threats and actual violence and bod
lily injury and death to achieve their leaders air
of remaining in power.
Not all unions have done this, it is true . bu
too many have assumed the Hitlerian and Stalinist
methods in the union meetings, rather than tn
American democratic way Too many have insiste,
on show of hands, rather than a secret ballot
The former method of voting assures the avariciou
type of union leader full knowledge of those VIII
favor and more important, those who oppose his
leadership. Would teachers favor such procedure
If teachers union could be organized witt
strong rules and regulations which would proven
the union from ever being dominated by singl
group or person. then few would object to sue
unonizatiOn But the present teachers union is nc
taking precautions in this matter in fact the
are afilating with of the major unions, whic
has in the past condoned un-Amerca procedures
1t to US that Delaware teachers coult
organize their own union, independent of either th'
AT of L, or the CIO and be Just effective in theii
bargaining
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
State P7A Head Scored For
Giving Legisture Orders

Senator r. Allen Cannon (D-Sea-
ford) president pro tenn Of the
State Senate, Tuesday described
as ''ill-advised, ill-timed, and sell
fish" the remarks made Monday
night of this week by Dean G.
Steele, president of the Delaware
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers, while Senator Thomas p. Pee
ney (R-Wilmington) the minority
leader of the Senate declared that
Mr.. Steele talks too much"
MIR. Steele, in a speech, said that
the forthcoming special session Of
the Legislature ''has two Jobs, one
has to do with the Delaware Me-
mortal Bridge and the second and
most important has to do with the
education of our children. Let us
hope that every special interest
group in the state will not prevail
upon their legislators to introduce
a myriad of other legislative pro-
posals."
Does Cause DisserVice
The Republican senator said: 81
thinks he talks too much, and he
does his cause a disservice when
he presumes to tell all other indi-
viduals and groups, including the
legislature, what they should do
and should not do"
The Democratic senator said: "I
didn't ask his advice, nor do l want
it."
He added that while he himself
has no legislation in mind, as a
matter of principle he believes the
legislators are free to introduce
any proposals they wish.
Also he believes that the school
teacher problem should be consid-
cred in its proper perspective, with
recognition that there are many
other problems facing the state.
! The SeafOrd Democrat pointed
out that the proposal to increase
salaries of school teachers, and
other professional school person
mel, "is a side issue anyway-the
main reason for calling the special
session is the bridge" He said the
bridge bonds law requires the call
ing of the session to consider au
thorization of additional bonds tC
purchase property of the Delaware
New Jersey Ferry Company.
FaVOrs Salary Boost
Senator Cannon said that he il
"in accord with the program th'
Governor has outlined" for a sal
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23

ary increase for professional
school personnel.
At the same time, he continued.
ne believes that a salary increase
for school teachers and other pro-
fessional personnel is not the only
problem facing the State Board Of
Education Schools must have ade-.
quate buildings. and supplies, and
also must provide transportation,
he said.
Il don't think any one part Of
the school program should be con-
sidered to the detriment of the
others" he said.
He also declared he feels the
other agencies of the state govern
ment "have problems as great as
the school teacher problem" AS
examples of other state agencies
with important problems, he cited
the Delaware State Hospital, the
Delaware Colony at Stockley, Bran
DIVINE Sanatorium, the Depart.
ment of Welfare, the Highway De-
partment and a branch of that de-
partment, the State Police.
Senator Cannon asserted: Il am
not against them (the teachers)
and have not been against them"
He said he has never been in
favor of considering just one seq
ment of the population. I'm an
elected representative of the people,
of Delaware and I'm going to rep.
resent all the people all the time,
and no one segment"
Backing 500 Income
Mr.. Steele said Tuesday that the
Congress he heads is still backing
the $40O salary increase for pro-
fessional school personnel propos-
ed by Governor Elbert N. Carvel.
He said that in addition to salary
raises, the provision of teacher
scholarships should be considered
by the special session. Both are
emergency measures, he said.
Ohicials of the congress have
been meeting with representatives
of the Council for Delaware Edu-
cation and the Delaware State Ed
ucation Association to discuss the
proposals to be presented to the
General Assembly. Later the group
is to meet with other important
people on the matter" He declin-
ed to admit that these important
people" are heads of the major po-
litical parties.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
The War That's Cold.
And Deadly

Some unofficial Washington OBJ
servers believe the Administration
now recognizes that Stain is win
ming World War III without fight
ing it and that no small part
of the Russian strategy is dictated
by the lOng-dead Lenin who said:
eve shall force the United States
to spend itself into destruction"
At least such recognition would
explain that feverish anxiety of the
q. S. delegation to grab the initia-
tive from the Russians in the UN
General Assembly meeting in Par
is, in urging limitations and con-
trolls on armament, both atomic
and otherwise. The same theory
might also explain General Eisen-
hOwer's hasty and unexpected
summons to the White House and
the Presidents foreign policy
speech of Wednesday night.
For more than sixteen months
we've been fighting Russia in Kor-
ca, without having any Russians
to shoot at. The North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, one of the
most ambitious, and expensive un-
dertakings in all history, is fight
ing an unseen enemy, staving off
the creeping communism that en-
slaved, East Germany, Poland
CzechoslOvakia and Hungary. And
now the scene shifts to the Near
East. Teheran reports now evil
dence that Red stOoges planned to
needle the British into landing
troops at Abadan and create an
incident" to justify a Russian in
vasiOn. And certainly it is not
too much to expect there's a Red
in the Egyptain woOdpile, to bring
about cOnflagratiOn at this time
even though anti-British sentiment
has been smoldering for thirty
years. In spite of the airplane's
conquest of geography. the Suez
Canal is as important today as the
day it was opened. And it's a poor
time to send an amateur diplomat
to India.
We do not expect, if these OBJ
! servatiOns are borne out, any i'm
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
Marketing Executive
Hort Meeting Speaker
lcbntInued from first pagel


ability in marketing make him one
of the best authorities in that field
today" said Phillip COrkran, pres
ident of the horticultural associa-
ton.
DR.. Corbett is a Cornell gradu-
ate, and also received his doctors
degree there. He has been agri-
cultural economist at Cornell,
Rhode Island State College and the
U. S. Department of Agriculture;
executive secretary, New England
Research Council; dean and direc-
tor of Extension Service, Univer-
sity of Connecticut; and executive
secretary of the American Farm
Bureau Federation. Since 1947 he
has been Associate Dean of Agri-
culture and Associate Director OF
Extension Service at the Univer-
sity of Maryland. He is also past
president of the American Country
Life Association and organization
advisor to the Vegetable Growers
Association of America.
One of DR.. COrbett's major prob
lens as agricultural counsel to the
National Association of Food
Chains, has been utilizing modern
merchandising techniques to turT
surpluses of food into consumer
and farmer benefits.
Some of the points he will cover
in his talk at Salisbury will be
the effect that new methods o.
packaging vegetables, freezing veg
etables, and promotion technique'
have on sales.
The meetings will be in Fellow
ship Hall, North Division street
in Salisbury. DR.. COrbett is sched
uled to speak at IL a. m, Thurs
day, December 6. Friday, Decem
Der Z, will be devoted to the pen
insula fruit industry.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23

mediate change in defense plans,
but we can hope for more realism
and forcefulness in foreign rela-
tiOns.
Here's Government Spending
That VIII SAGE Money
One of the last official acts of the
SIND Congress before adjourning
was the passage of a. bill granting
members of the House of Repre-
sentatives up to $1,000 for cleo
tronic debating machines and other
mechanical Office equipment.
It may be hard to convince some
folks that awarding $500 to each
of 435 members of the House rep
resents national economy. Fact is,
though, the taxpayer can be well
satisfied with this particular BILL
Modern Office equipment for Con-
gressmen should speed up legisla-
tion and save money too.
In these days of the disembow-
eled dollar the cost of producing q
single business letter is estimated
10 be about 81 cents. In aggregate
the Post Office Department each
wear handles business letters cost
ing approximately $5-billion to
prepare. -.
ter is due to the time 1t takes TO
dictate it and the time a steno-
grapher takes to transcribe It. A
Dictaphone Time-Master machine
cuts this time-cost factor in hall,
saving about 80 cents per letter.
Assuming that a Congressman
dictates 80 letters per day, tan
exceedingly low estimate) in one
wear through use of Dictaphone
e0uipment. he would save the
whole s2.5OO or three times the
cost of the Dictaphone macnine.
A similar saving, perhaps not as
striking. can be expected from
other Office equipment purchaser
with the S2,500 allowance. IhaI 8
why this particular bill snoulu
turn out to be a worthwhile ma
tional economy besides saving a
lot of efficient secretaries from
premature grayness, ulcers ana
nervous prostration, the occupa-
tional hazards Of taking oicta-
ton"
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
College Ag Students
Visit NYC Markets
Continued from first page)

kcOnJlnueu 4IOu AlAab PdBSi
of the trip was observing the fruit
auction sale.
The three day field trip includ-
ed tours of the live poultry termi-
nal, and dressed poultry receivers
for the opportunity of observing
the actual handling of poultry
through these marketing channels.
The marketing of eggs was ex-
planned by visits to two agencies,
the first, a cooperative agency
handling nearby eggs, and the
other a wholesale receiver of mid
western eggs.
A tour and explanation OfaOper-
ations in the produce, grocery, and
meat divisions of a large New York
chain store organization afforded
an opportunity for the observation
of retail food marketing.
Another highlight of the tour was
a visit to the New York Mercantile
Exchange. The group was on the
exchange floor during spot sales in
butter and egg trading and future
/ sales in potatoes.
Students who made the field trip
include: Heinz Breymayer, Otto A.
Burchhardt, Helmut X. Dressler,
Gorg F. Haenlein, Hans d. Hahn,
Ulrich Kroener, Robert H. KOb,
the German students; Ki H. PAX,
the South Korean student; and
Joseph Cam, John c. Cordrey,
Marvin E. Eggert, Paul Hunter,
Jack Jester, Richard S. Lindsey,
William S. Long, Kenneth McLel-
Ian. James A. MCLEAN, Frank
! Miller, Robert Moore, Larry Price,
Wesley Webb, and Alex Zabonko.,
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23

SO minutes of your time in the U. s., So min
utes in Canada, sc minutes in Great Britain,
80 minutes in France and 694 minutes in
Russia.
To telescope: for your food basket in the
U. S. you work 100 minutes, in Canada, 100
minutes; in Great Britain, ITO minutes; in
France 313 minutes, and in that Great Par
adise, Russia, 769 minutes! Don't attempt
to add up, for we have left out many items
of the bread basket)
One conclusion we draw Enthusiastically
from these minor statistics: the farther you
move from freedom the more you pay for
life that is worth less to live
Again: why should you grippe? Rather
should you thank the gods that be that you
somehow, through the miracle of birth or
the happenstance of immigration, chance to
live in America. You might have been born
a Russian!
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23

At the time of the American
Revolution, most United States
wheat was grown in Vermont.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23

CaIifornia's 1851 cotton crop is
more than double its 1850 acreage.