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Evening star., 1952-02-20
Korea Veteran Calls
HoWitzers 0bsoIeie;
Says Two Blew Up
Nv fha Assne;r,aa.I pr.s.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 19.-A
returned combat veteran says
howitzers used by United States
troops in Korea are old and obso-
lete and that four Of his soldier
buddies lost their lives when one
of the big. guns exploded.
Robert e. Lansdell, jr., "a o SER
geant in Memphis 196th Field
Artillery Battalion, said some OF
the 155-mm. howitzers used in
Korea were carried over from the
last war.
Sergt. Lansdell told the Mem
phis ss-Scimitar in an inter-
view yesterday:
when we asked ordnance to
replace gun, ordnance just Of
fered another old gun in exchange,
so we decided to keep the ones
we had"
Gunfire ut High Rate.
In Washington. the Army said
it knows of few accidents in Ko-
rea caused by guns exploding
Army Ordnance explained its
World War II howitzers. which
form the bulk Of American artil-
lery in the Far East. have a nor
NAL life of $4,000 rounds, but sew
eral months ago the 9th Army
was told to reduce use of gun bar
rels to 1000 rounds.
An Army spokesman said United
States artillery in Korea has been
fired at an extremely high rate,
far beyond that envisaged when
the guns were built. Not only
have United States howitzers been
fired rapidly. but the rate Of fire
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Special Tourist Rutes

ROME P).-The italian state
railroads are selling special low
priced railroad tickets abroad to
enable tourists to visit Italy at low
cost. The tickets are sold only at
travel agencies to travellers with a
passport which enables them to
travel in Italy.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Controbond Opium
Rescued From Hurbor
BY the Associated Press

SINGAPORE.-The fish in
Singapore harbor came close to
Experiencing an involuntary
opium jag recently.
A customs patrol launch ap-
preached Chinese sampan. The
crew tossed several bundles over
the side. A customs man dived
after them. The bundles were
found to contain 20 pounds Of
opium worth $4,000. The crew
was arrested.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
NyIon, Cotton About EquoI

NEW YORK.-If nylon and cot
ton socks are about the same gen.
eral thickness and weight, they
will be equally warm, for the
warmth Of a fabric depends gen.
orally on its thickness and par
ticularly its thickness under
pressure.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Student TB Word Opened

India's Health Minister, Raj
kumari Amrit Kaur. recently
opened the University Students
Ward at the Government Tuber-
culosis Sanitorium near Madras
first of its kind in Asia.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Holmes County
Community Hospito)

Mrs. K. M. Warner, Tchula
Mrs. Dick Burnley, Lexington
Mrs. Wayne Floyd, Lexington
Mr.. T. w. Ware, Lexington
Mrs. Doyle Winstead, Lexington
Baby Girl Winstead, Lexington
Mr.. V. H. Ship, Lexington
Mr.. B. A. Mcbride, Goodman
Mrs. Lima Farabee, Pickens
Mr.. Scott Green, Tchula
Miss Francis Taylor, Lexington
Margaret Lehman, Lexington
Mr.. Claude Gauthe, McComb
Mrs. G. S. Marks, Tchula
Baby Boy Marks, TchuIa
Mrs. James Harthcock,
Lexington
Mr.. Henry Stevens, Tchula
Mrs. c. E. Dickard, Lexington
Mrs. Lucille Byrd, Lexington
Mrs. Harden Erwin, Lexington
MIR. Jim Garrett, Tchula
Larry Martin, TchuIa
Mrs. Wilburn Majors, Lexington
Mrs. E. c. Mcbride, Pickens
Mrs. B. S. Darnell, Lexington
Mrs. l.. E. Mcbride, West
John Simpson, Sails
Mr.. Frederick Dickerson,
Hattiesburg
Colored Patients
Jonas Washington, Tchula
Luretha Pepper, Durant
Virgis Redmond, Lexington
Lorenzo Meeky, Lexington
Willie Wade, Tchula
George Groves, III, Lexington
Maudera Buchanan, Durant
Elizabeth Stanberry, Sidon
Rebecco Mckinney, Lexington
Hattie Johnson, Lexington
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'''*A -
- CovNTYAaEN1
~ Earn NEWS
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3.nA,A

Fertilizer
Figure your fertilizer and in
secticide requirements now and
buy your minimum needs as
soon as possible. Fertilizer is
going to be scarce, particularly
nitrogen fertilizer.
IVA Nitrate Available
Tennessee Valley Authorities
have allotted 30 tons of ammon-
la nitrate to be used on row
crop and pastures in Holmes
County. In order to be eligible
for this fertilizer material it will
be necessary for you to come
to the County Agents office,
bring your wife and make out
farm and home plan on your
entire farming operation. No
farmer is entitled to over ten
ton of ammonia nitrate in any
one year from the Tenesse Val
ley Authority. The ammonia nj
trate can be used as stated "a
bove on cotton, corn, small
grain or pastures. We will take
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21

SCRIPTURE: Mark 90; l0:35-45; Ia:
32-42 Luke BALE 1885; 9;29-36: Acts
4.l2-22.
DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 81
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Visit poriers'

Visitors in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Porter last week
were: Sgt. l-c and Mrs. A. A.
Porter, Jr., and children, Aileen,
Gloria Jean and Kathleen of Fl.
Bliss, Texas, j. L. Porter and
o. {. Spikes of Gulfport, Mr..
and Mrs. B. l.. Barth and AL of
Memphis, Mr.. and Mrs. Doty
Porter of Lexington, Miss AL
lene Porter, Misses Ruby and
Estelle Doty, of Jackson, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Purcell and Marilyn
Of Pickens, Mr.. and Mrs. Ear
nest Brown, Ebenezer and Mr..
and Mrs. Vardaman Brown of
Clarksdale.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21

applications as you come to the
office as long as the 30 tons
last. So if interested come in
Immediately. All farmers who
receive the largest part Of their
income from the farm are eligi-
BILE for this material.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21

ing ridicule and
SANDER. or I h e
pro S p e t Of 1t
S o m e occasions
call for both kinds
Just as there are
different kinds Of
courage, so there
are d i # G r e n {
causes Of it. Phys.
tcal courage N a y
be in some cases
no more than the
result cf ignorance
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21

Oats, rye grass and fescue
that are going TO be harvested
for seed should be nitrated in
the early part ct March. Live
stock should be, removed from
these crops as soon as you be-
gin to nitrate i'm order to pro-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
uce a good seed crop.

duce a good seed crop.
Lespedza and Dallis grass
should be planted in March on
a well prepared seed bed. Plant
Is pounds of Dallis grass seed
and Is pounds, of lespedza seed
per acre.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Secret OF Courage
Lesson for February "a, 1852

THERE are different kinds of cour-
= age. One is physical, either en-
during pain or enduring the pros
pect of il. Another is moral, endur-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Locul News
70 New Orleans

To New Orleans
Mrs. j. Tart and Mr.. and
Mrs. Miles Ray win leave Fri
day for New Orleans to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Tart and
son, Master Steve Tart.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Ill At Home

Ill At Home
Friends will be sorry to hear
that Mrs. A. A. Porter and o.
Neal Mcdaniel are on the sick
list this week at the Porter
home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Visit Grenada

Mrs. d. M. Barranco and Mrs.
Winifred Ash were Grenada vi
sitors Friday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Back At Home

Mrs. Marcus Love has return
ed home following an operation
at the Baptist Hospital in Jack
son and is doing nicely.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Wednesday Visitors

Mr.. w. II. Gunter of Kosciusko
visited in the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. f. c. Calender on Wednes-
day.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
The Inner Circle

them down.
The Inner Circle
IESUS was always on the lookout
} for brave men. Indeed, he made
brave men.
There were three men in his in
nermost circle-Peter, James and
John. They were men of quite diff
ferent temperaments; tradition re-
ports that they differed widely in
age also, But for whatever reasons,
Jesus treated these men differently
from the other nine.
That is. he kept them close to
him on certain occasions when the
rest were left behind or shut out.
These three were his only com.
panions at the mount of transfig,
uration. They were the only three
he allowed in. the room where he
brought Jairus' little girl back tc
life. They were the three he took
with him into the garden of Geth
semane to share his agony. They
failed him there-theJ failed him a
other times as well. But the poin
is that Jesus kept on with them
he did not give them up as hopeless.
towards, he gave them more o
himself than he gave to any othel
mort ale in hic
1t was as if the Master had sale
to himself, these men, at least, shall
know me, And though they failec
him, the time came when they dit
not fail.
Our story in Acts shows how
these men stood up against
odds; against all the weight Of
popular opinion. all the force Of
law. all the attack from the
leaders Of society, these men
stood up with simple courage.
They showed both physical and
moral courage at the same time.
And even their enemies. surprise
and baffled and blind as they were
understood the secret Of their coul
age: they knew that they had bee
with Jesus"
Heroes Without Medals
MOT all heroes wear medals. 7
~ this very day there are Chri.
tians who show the same kind {
courage made famous by Peter an
John. When minister in Loui
lana or Kentucky speaks out again!
the gambling which has become a
octopus in his community: whe
he not only risks a dynamite bonn
on his front doorstep from II
gambling lords, But the name
"crackpot" from his neighbor.
when the ministerial association
Gary. Ind, dares to stand I
against powerful business interes
In that city in the name of decel
housing for the poor: when Frar
| Graham Of North Carolina dares
stand for Christian fairness to Il
Negro even when y means cont
ual SANDER and political defea
when Kefauver darss to stand ,
against corruption; you can be SUI
that the secret of such courage
the old one: these men have bee
with Jesus.
| The story of Christian missions
full Of such things. More han fit
! years ago a keathen mob was abo
to tear missionary named Pitk
to ribbons. They asked him If
had anything to say frst, yes"
said. tell my son to come out he
and finish my work.
| They killed him: but tho son
did come. And one Of his frst
converts was . man who as 6
| boy had seen the elder ritlkin
die. He had never been able
| to forget that kind Of courage.
| In our own time another missio
airy. with the axe literally above
head, was asked: Aren't you afrai'
/, Afraid of what? he said. II y,
Kill me shall go straight to heave
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21
Visits Jackson

Visits Jackson
Miss Rachel Vaughn spent the
weekend with Mrs. M. B. Cooper
and Miss Carcass Truitt in
Jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-02-21

A passenger on a boat during a
storm said to an old salt: I'm not
a bit afraid THE old Irish S a.
man shifted. Them as knows
nawthin' fears nawthin'." he said.
Men who have been In COM
bat can recall some character
who lacked all the virtues but
one; he was never afraid. Phys
ical courage can even be in
stilled by drugs or by rum. But
moral courage cannot be in
duced by drugs, alcoholic or
otherwise.
1t takes more than a tough nerv-
GUS system to stand up against SLAM
der, hatred and ridicule. Some men
who can take a razor-blade and
calmly operate on themselves for
snake-bite, cannot stand the sight
Of human snakes who try to hiss
them down.
Evening star., 1952-12-04
Morrill, S Squad Completed
For Blue Gray Contest
BY the Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. A.
Northern coaches rounded out
their SQUAD for the December 27
E'uc-GIay football game today
with the addition of tie final
two players. an end and tackle
from Illinois.
Both squads are complete now
for the annual all-Star gridiron
show which brings together col
lege seniors from above and below
the Mason-D Dixon line.
Signed today were Illinois End
Frank Wodziak and Tackle Robert
Weddell. Wodziak is a 189-
pound flankman and Weddell puts
212 more pounds of beef into an
already bulging Yankee front line.
A power charged fullback and
four linemen were added to the
roster yesterday.
-, Chuck Hren, NorthWestern's
leading ground gamer in 1851,
will carry the mail for the Yank
forces. Hren also doubles on
defense.
Added to the Blue forward wall
were Bot Smith. 210-pound Penn
State center. and Joe Bozek.
Pittsburgh's 210-pound defensive
end.
Evening star., 1952-12-04

Continued From Page C-1)
nal caller for the Tigers single
wing offense.
Other Seniors Listed.
Other Wilson seniors are Mike
Hallman. Bob Dilweg. Pat Mona
CHAN. Chico Stone, John Armel,
Barry Bailey, Grady Putnam, Steve
Paddock, Bob CHASER. Hart Joseph,
Lindsey Knight, Max Carpenter
Jim Robertson, Walt Morgan, Paul
Miller and Ken Ramsauer. RAM
sauer, Joseph and Stone are the
main blocks In Wilson's strong
forward wall.
st. Johns is losing II players,
among them. Ralph Hawkins. one
of the areas top ends: Tackle
Frank Harding, 200-pound. 48-
minute performer, and Backs
Ralph (Brother) Frye. Jim Clark
Paul Caporaletti and Bob Kelly,
Clark. injured against Washing
Iton-Lee, will be making his first
start in more than a month.
Other st. Johns players bowling
out are Dick Gaffney, Cartan
Kraft, Frannie Maloney, George
IMandes. Joe Mills, Mike Mcmahon,
Larry Mould, Carl Sapienza, Phil
Taylor, John Libert and Steve Lu-
chessi. Libert and Luchessi are
backs, while the others are line
men. Mandes is a linebacker.
/ Rusvelyan is MainStay.
The other main offensive back
for the Johnnies and the boy
they hope can match Sommel
Saturday, is Bob Rusevlyan, a
| junior, who formerly starred with
! st. Teresa's in the Catholic Youth
Organization Junior league. Rusev-
lyan, not quite as fast as Som
mer, is considered by many as
the best all-around back in the
area. Sommer is the fastest,
point no one, the st. Johns
coaches included. will argue.
Coach Joe Carlo of Wilson will
be shooting for the best record
in the schools history. The tt
gers already have the best rec
ord for the school for the regular
season. They are undefeated
having won nine in a row since
opening the season with a tic
against George Washington.
Coach Joe Gallagher's' Johnnies
have lost one, an upset defeat al
the hands of Calvert Hall Of
Baltimore.-Bill Fuchs.
Evening star., 1952-12-04
Speeiui pispoteh 10 The stor

ANNAPOLIS. Dec. Alive Ma
val Academy records were estab-
lished in Navy's 1854 rout of
Western Maryland yesterday, but
the most revealing figure does not
60 into the books because records
of the kind are not kept. That
was the fact that the Middies
scored on SIG per cent of their
shots, a rare total.
The l26 points, At field goals,
AZ fouls, point spread of 81 and
seven players with 10 or more
points all were Navy records as
the Middies won their annual
game with Western Maryland.
Navy used its first five players
only nine, minutes as a unit, but
they still saw ample service indi-
vidually. The top five scorers
made 80 points among them. AL
though the entire squad was used,
some of the Middies' reserves
played only few minutes.
Evening star., 1952-12-04
DeSpirito Starts Riding
Again al Tropical Park
By the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 4,-Jockey
Tony Dcsririto. New England
rldc" airaing at breaking the
American record of 383 V ,nrers
a year. accepted his first mounts
at Tropical Park today and will
finish out the season there.
DeSpirito already has 364 win
ners to his credit and when snow
and cold plagued Bowie in Mary
land, he packed his tack and drove
to Miami.
DeSpirito is seeking to break the
record set by Walter Miller in 1906
and tied in 1850 by Willie Shoe
maker and Joe Culmone. He has
"a racing days left this year and
must ride Is winners to break the
record .....
Culmone tied the record at
Tropical Park while Shoemaker
was at the Fair Grounds in New
Orleans. On the final day Culmone
flew to Cuba and Shoemaker went
to Mexico but they still finished
the year in a tie and tied Miller'S
record at 38S.
Evening star., 1952-12-04
Seixas Reaches Final
In Victorian Tourney
By the Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec.
4.-Vic Seixas of Philadelphia,
playing captain of the United
States Davis Cup team. whipped
Australia's Ken McGregor in
straight sets today, IS. 6-1,
60, to enter the finals of the
Victorian tennis championships.
Seixas will be pitted against
Frank Sedgman, the Aussies' cup
ace. in the final. Sedgman
trounced his countryman, Mer-
vyn Rose. ga. 60, 6-3, in
the other semifinalS.
Earlier Maureen Connolly
American and Wimbledon cham
pion from San Diego. Calf, and
Julie Sampson of San Marino,
Calf, had made it an All-Amer-
|ican finals in the women's sin
giles.
Miss Connolly easily disposed
of Australia's Mary Hawton, Ga,
6-1. Miss Sampson had tougher
going in the other semiflnal
win, but came from behind to
against Australia's Helen Ang-
win. Ga, 6-3. Ga.
The California girls thus du-
plicated their feat of winning
their way into the final of the
New South Wales final several
weeks ago. Maureen won the title
in that one.
Evening star., 1952-12-04
Name Players Trailing
Shields in Havana Golf
BY The Assoeioted Press

HAVANA, Dec. "A six-under-
par 66 sent 31-year-old Jack
Shields of Glen Ellyn, ILL.,. into
the second round of the Havana
IInvitational Open today with a
two-stroke lead.
/ Shields, a relative newcomer to
professional ranks. shot a birdie
three on the first hole yesterday,
went two under on the: second
and then kept right on scorching
the course. ...
Thirteen Of the 30 pros broke
par and six others matched regu-
lation figures in the first round
Of the 72-hole play ending Sun
day.
The runnerup group. each with
68, numbered Dutch Harrison
of Little Rock, Ark; Al Besselink
of Grossinger. N. Y; Toney Penna
of Cincinnati and Jim Ferrier of
San Francisco.
Marty Furgol of Lemont. ILL.,,
and Ted Kroll of New Hartford,
N. Y. trailed by another stroke.
| Shields also held first and third
in the pro-amateur best-ball
event being run in conjunction
with the open. Each pro plays
with two amateurs through the
first 81 holes. Then the play-for-
pay boys take OF on their own
for the final round.
Evening star., 1952-12-04
ALL-PREP.
First Team.

FlTSt 1cdIHs
Ends, Ralph Hawkins, st. Johns,
and Bill Haynes, St. Adams;
tackles, Paul Tylor. Gonzaga, and
Frank Harding, ST. Johns; guards,
Franny Maloney. st, Johns, and
Jay Corson. Episcopal; center,
Jack Dolan. Georgetown Prep;
backs, Fletcher Carter. Episcopal;
Bob Ruseylyan. st. Johns; Jack
Kirchner. Gonzaga, and Steve
'Smethurst. st. Adams.
Second Team.
Ends. Dave Shannon, st. Johns,
and Tony Vim. st. Adams;
tackles, John Holland, Gonzaga,
and Ed Hutchings. Episcopal;
guards. Mike Warner, Gonzaga,
land Leland Phillips, Friends; CEN
ter, Carl Sapienza,. st. Johns;
backs. Brother Frye, St. Johns;
Mike Heating. st. Adams: John
Burress. Episcopal, and Roland
Habicht. Friends.
BackfieId Choices Difficult.
AS usual in all-star selections
most difficult decisions came In
picking the backfield.
Frye and Heating made most
all-prep teams picked this season
Their selection for the second
team above does not mean Frye
and Keating didn't deserve the
recognition already given them
However, the four boys picked, in
my opinion, couldn't be left of
the top team.
| Carter rang up three all-time
episcopal records this season,
gaining 721 yards in 100 carries,
with net gain of ITO. He scored
48 points but his most valuable
Evening star., 1952-12-04
Mats Seek Sponsor
For Radio and V
After Heurich Quits

The Mats officials are dealing
with potential purchasers of radio
and television rights for next year
other than the Christian Heurich
Brewing Co. The latter relin-
pushed it's option yesterday.
Charles E. Eckles, vice president
of Heurich's. said. THE large in
crease in cost, plus the stipula-
ton of a long-term contract with
still further increases each year,
has barred our reaching a salts
factory agreement with the Wash
Ilngton baseball club. We feel the
amount asked is entirely out Of
line with the advertising posi-
Utilities" .,... .
Evening star., 1952-12-04
@4sEH|eH ScHooLs1

duty was in picking up the yard
age when Episcopal needed it.
Rusevlyan scored 81 points, was
st. Johns most effective pasSer,
led the team in pass interceptions
and punt returns. He accounted
for a total of 1904 yards through
passes. rushing. punt returns and
Eother departments during the
regular season. If any one back
could be pointed out as the key
to the Johnnies' offense, and
good part of its defense too, it
would be Rusevlyan.
Krchner. playing tailback and
safety for Gonzaga. used his
speed to great advantage. A hard
and tricky runner, Jack was also
o threat through the air. All of
the Eagles opponents had nothing
but praise for Kirchner.
Smethurst Underrated.
| Although Keating scored most
of st. Adams points this year.
Smethurst. an underrated per-
former. was even more valuable
to his team. Steve played every
minute on both offense and de-
tense until the outcome was no
longer in doubt. At the unheralded
position of blocking back in the
single-wing attack, Smethurst did
not get the headlines but he was
thought of by his teammates and
opponents alike as the one man
the Saints couldn't replace.
At ends, Hawkins and Haynes
give the mythical team q pair of
high scoring pass catchers. Haw-
kins gained 298 yards and scored
80 points on passes this season.
Haynes tailed 80 points on passes
he caught for touchdoWns and
extra points.
Harding and .Tylor were fine
defensive performers, as were
Maloney and Corson, while Dolan
was the Prep's outstanding player.
Corson, incidently, set new Epis-
copal record for the greatest num-
ber of tackles made during a sea-
son-an amazing ia.
i PREDICTIONS: Wilson over
I st. Johns, Mount Vernon over
Washington-Lee.
Last weeks record: one win, one
; loss.
! Seasons record: 78 wins, Is
losses.
i Rating List.
), /. Wilson.
;. 2. st. Johns.
3. Roosevelt.
4. Gonzaga.
5. Mount Vernon.
), 6. Episcopal.
7. Tech.
8. CIV.
8. Northwestern.
10. WI.