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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-12-25

Dear Santa,
l have been a good little girl.
You had better come through the
door with all this you can't make
it down the chimney. Please bring
Mr.. Sessions q rag-doll if nothing
else. Santa you may also bring
Mr.. Huddleston a tricycle. and
Miss Norman, Mr.. McDavid. !
hope you have a nice Christmas
and happy new year.
Your pal,
Betty Sue Gillespie
Dear Santa Claus,
Please send me a hunting suit
and a pair of boots. While you
are at it how about sending some
deer down this way.
Your friend,
Bobby Lusk
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-12-25
Letters To Sontu Claus

Dear Santa Claus,
Please bring me doll, a nurse
set a real rubber swimming
pool, an Indian set and a cowgirl
suit.
Your little friend,
Sally H.
Dear Santa,
am boy. l am years old
am in the third grade. I have
brown hair. I have brown eyes.
| want cattle car. want a
gas motor airplane. a tank car. a
lumber car, and a metal tunnel
! want a plastic water tower.
Your friend,
Eddie Gene Sheppard
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-12-25
Memphis Visitors

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Clements
were Memphis visitors Wednes-
day.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-12-25

In Kosciusko
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. McNeer Wis
tied in kosciusko Thursday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-12-25

Dear Santa Claus,
I want you to bring me Scout
suit for Christmas. Also a Boy
Scout first-aid kit and a cook
ing kit to take camping with me
this summer. Bring me basket
ball, baseball and glove. Please
bring me a gun to carry hunting
Thank you,
Billy Moore.
Dear Santa Claus,
Will you bring me camera and
a globe?
I hope you will visit all the
boys and girls.
/ have been a good girl.
! love you,
Gwen
Dear Santa Claus,
I hope that you will think ]
have been a good little girl and
visit my home on Christmas eve.
Bring me slipper socks, a Bible,
a Princess puppet, walking doll
and fruit.
l will be looking for you,
Jeffie Jane Scott
l have been pretty bad this
year, but I still want something
for Christmas. l want a cootie
set, a pick-up-sticks set, a knit
ting set, and few other things.
My mother wants a set OF
dishes, an electric mixer, and ]
don't know what else she wants.
My twin brother wants a tent,
a bow and arrow set, a football
suit, a glove, and goodness knows
what elsel
My sister, Patsy, wants a dolly
and a bonnet. She also wants a
house coat. I hope she doesn't
read this letter.
I don't know what my brother
wants so you will have to decide
yourself.
Mrs. Wilburn wants some read
ing glasses.
Be kind to all the other little
children this Christmas. Let
everybody have a jolly time.
Your friend,
Becky Byrd
Dear Santa,
I hope you won't forget my
teacher on Christmas. She has
a bottle of pills to lose weight,
80 you need not bring her any.
If you arg not too busy / hope |
you can come to my house and eat |
some cake. l want a lot of things |
for Christmas. / want a ball,
glove, football suit, map and
some money. I want a pair Of
shoes, some shirts and socks, and
a coat. My mother wants a board
to paddle me with. My brother
wants about as much as / do, so
you don't have to worry about it.
Your friend,
Phillip Huffstatler
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-12-25

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-09
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Evening star., 1952-09-08
By Charles E. TroceweN

now and then, raised up by hand. All
is not bed of roses, here, any more
than elsewhere. Kindly persons think
they do well, and generally they do.
when they take in the huddled mite
on the sidewalk, and try to raise it
to birdhood.
Sometimes the best Of these kindly
attentions, as elsewhere, fail. It is here
as with human beings. The kind family
takes an orphan out Of an asylum, and
when he grows to be Is years old he
takes q gun and blows the heads on
his foster mother, father and sister.
Buster, not being human, will do no
such an atrocious thing. He will just fail
to seek food for himself, and persistently
refuse to fly down. Always up, up, away
to the sky blue yonder, over the rain
bow, too.
If any one has any suggestions how
to teach him to fly down, they will be
gratefully received.
The time before migration is growing
less and less. He must be put on his
own inside Of q few weeks, but before
this is done, it would be encouraging
to know he can fly in all directions, down
as well as up.
Sensible birds must fly down, Buster.
It is all right to fly up, but to stay up
is something else. Attabird. Buster! This
way down. old fellow. Tweet. tweet.
tweet!
Evening star., 1952-09-08

Buster is the bird that can't come
down.
This big robin, now about six weeks
old, was brought up by hand, after res
cue from a cat.
It won't eat, by itself, and what goes
up, in this case, simply will not come
down.
He flies to a tree, or the garage. and
there remains.
Put in the garage, to Timber up his
wings, after being Gagged, he flaps up to
the crossbars and stays put.
* X
What do you do with such q robin?
In nature, they learn from others OF
their kind.
That is why it is always best to put
founding back in the nest, if it can be
found.
There is no substitute for nature, in
nature, among the purely natural sorts
of creatures Dogs. cats, cows-these and
many others are domesticated, to cer-
tain extent.
Some birds, such as canaries and
parakeets, the same; but when it comes
to the real wildbirds, such as robins
and jays, they do not like it.. Cages
hurt them. The wires make their tail
feathers fall out. The restriction fails
to let them fly enough for good health.
Buster won't eat. and he won't ny
down.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
Purple Heart Background

In your issue of September 2 there is
an item under an Associated Press credit,
with headline reading: Descendant of
First Winner of Purple Heart Gets One. !"
In this article is statement to the
effect that the first Purple Heart was
authorized by the Continental Congress
as a medal "for wounds"
It is not fact that the original Purple
Heart was awarded "for wounds" and.
as matter of fact, it was not actually
q medal, but badge.
The award was solely "for an unusual
and meritoriouS act" and it would require
a considerable stretch Of the magma
ton to define a wound as IAN unusual
and meritorious act"
Actually a wound is. in itself. quite
otherwise, and it was never contemplated
that the mere fact Of q wound. however
sustained, should be the basis for the
award of a badge, or medal or any other
similar recognition.
There could be. and often is a situa-
ton where the performance Of such an
act may be the occasion Of wound, but
it was for the act. not the wound, that
the original award was made.
Notwithstanding the alteration OF the
occasion Of the award by the promoters
of the pfesent-day Purple Heart" this
does not in any way change the original
basis.
George Nick. Roberts.
Berryville, Va.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
This and That

Now, how can one on the ground
make him fly to earth?
He refuses to fly any way except across
the yard or up.
UP he goes, higher and higher, but
when he decides he has had enough, he
alights on garage or high limb. And
there he perches, until nightfall, and
would be there yet, unless driven down.
Flashing q mirror at him, as Is some-
times done with the favorite parakeets,
does not work.
He just stays put.
Now, what can you do with such an
obstinate bird?
Fall Is coming on.
Soon the first leaves, those Of the
dogwoods. will drift to the ground.
Any reasonably high wind will take
them of, and they will lie, bright red,
in the gutter and on the sidewalk. There
is nothing like q red leaf to decorate
a gutter.
After them will come few other
leaves, finally the drifting hundreds OF
the locust trees, and then the deluge, red.
yellow and brown. But Buster, the robin.
viii still refuse to come down.
He likes it up there.
He has no idea, evidently, Of going
away with his kind. You see, he knows
nothing Of his kind.
This Is the pathetic state Of bird.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
The World Banks Good Work

Despite minority complaint that its policies
are too conservative, the World Bank-whose
official title is the international Bank for Recon-
struction and Developments operating on an
ever-expandng scale and with increasing efec-
tivenesS in all parts of the globe. It's seventh
annual report, one of the highlightS OF its cur
rent meeting in Mexico City, leaves no room for
doubt on that score. It's work, though non-spec-
tacular adds up to an especially fine example
of peace-promoting cooperation among nations
-co-operation of kind that is making slow
but steady and enduring contribution to eco
nonaic and social progress in countries as lar
apart as Pakistan and Nicaragua or Southern
Rhodesia and Finland.
Thus for their agricultural and industrial
betterment 16 member countries during the past
fiscal year have received from the bank loans
amounting to almost $500 million This figure
which is the most that has been advanced in a
single 12-month period since the establishment
of the 54-nation institution in 1944-has brought
all the banks lending since 1947 to a total of
bit more than $14 billion This sum-the bulk
of it in dollars though other currencieS are now
being utilized in increasing voume-has gone
out to q different lands to finance the foreign
exchange costs of imported equipment and
services needed to complete some $50 separate
projects covering development in such things as
farms, factories, transportation and electric
power In addition, the borrowers themselves
have invested over SIG billion of their own money
in these projects, which means that the work
as whole has involved an outlay of more than
So billion
Because of the nature of this work, it may
be said that the World Bank is carrying out
kind of Point Four Program of its own. The
banks first loans, amounting to $497 million,
were made in 1947 to France Denmark, Luxem-
bourg and the Netherlands to promote postwar
reconstruction at a time when the Marshall Plan
was not yet operating. Since then however,
most of the lending has been directed toward
building up less developed areas To that end,
loans have gone out as follows Western Hem
isphere, 1929 million Europe, $2O2 million; Asia
and the Middle East $129 million; Africa $l25
million and Australia, $100 million. This geo.
graphical distribution underscores the glooal
character of the enterprise, which embraces all
regions except the Soviet empire, though satel-
lite Czechoslovakia still remains member OF
the institution The loans themselves moreover,
have been doing their good developmental job
on the basis of very strict banking standards;
no "give-away" has been involved in them.
Probably the biggest reason for the sound
ness of the World Banks lending procedure Is
that when country wishes to borrow for some
project, no money is advanced unless and until
special field mission makes an on-the-scene
investigation of the projects feasibility and
reports favorably on it. Further, once loan
Is granted it is closely supervised to guarantee
that it is put to work as efficiently as possible,
The result is that solid achievement can be
expected whenever there is agreement to finance
Evening star., 1952-09-08
Chile Votes a Chunqe

The election victory of 75-year-old General
Ibanez, running again for President of Chile 81
years after resigning that same Office, was
striking demonstration of popular revolt against
a party too long in power.
The Radical Party, which ran only third in
the voting has been in Office since 1888. In most
recent years it has allowed its bureaucracy to
become more the exploiter than the servant of
the people. Like so much of the world, Chile
has suffered from an acute imitation translated
into literal misery for much of the working-class
population. That the Radical Party administra-
ton had done nothing to counter this Tightening
economic pressure-if indeed it could have any,
way-contributed greatly to the deep political
stirring on which Ibanez capitalized. His fore
most campaign promise has been to clean out
the shiftless and the corrupt in government and
to seek means of stabilizing the national
economy.
virtual dictator during his previous presi-
Dental term, General Ibanez has given no
evidence of different character today. He is
close personal friend of President Peron of
Argentina and to an unusual degree the con-
trolled Argentine press and radio has been loudly
nSistent that their Chilean readers and listeners
should vote for Ibanez. It is likely, therefore,
that a close relationship between those two
neighboring countries and possibly an applica-
ton of some of the Peron techniques of govern
ment will follow the Ibanez victory.
The most strongly nationalistic elements on
the Chilean political scene supported the general
in this race and there have been suggestions
that he may be something less than a warm
friend to United States interests in his country.
Some apprehension has been expressed, for
instance over the possibility of Chilean nation
alization of the copper mining industry, largely
American owned and operated Also, spokes-
man for the general already has talked Of pos
sible abrpgation of the military aid agreement
with the United States. It is hoped no hasty
action will be taken.
One significant sidelight Of the voting was
the demonstration Of complete weakness in the
Communist and extreme left-wing ranks.
Salvador Aliende. generally considered the
choice of those factions, polled hardly more
than $4,000 votes in total of approximately
one million. In a campaign where so much
emphasis was directed at improving conditions
for the working classes, this poor showing
reveals state of political bankruptcy for COM
munism in Chile.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
The Benefits Are Mutual

President Truman has given much
emphasis to point that often is overlooked IN
considering employment of the physically handi-
capped. This is that everybody benefits when a
crippled, blind or otherwise physically defective
person gets job-the worker, the employer and
the public at large.
Industry has learned as Mr.. Truman told the.
Committee on Employment OF the Physically
Handicapped, that it is good business--not
charity-to hire workers who have certain disa-
birties but, withal, certain skills. Studies have
shown that such workers can be not only highly
proficient In special lines of work but often have
better attendance records than workers not
suffering from permanent defects.
The President aptly summed the situation
up in these words: "This is matter OF economics
as we'll as social justice 1t is not only that these
people need our help. We need them. We need
them as productive workers We need them as
good citizens and taxpayers"
Another point which needs more attention
from those concerned with this problem Is that
n-veterans as well as the victims OF war are
part of the general picture. The Federal Govern
ment and the States have given great deal OF
training and other assistance to disabled vet
erans-as is proper The plight of the nom
veteran handicapped should not be neglected,
however The President told his committee that
much remains to be done for the non-veterans,
only fraction of whom are being reached by
present Federal State and municipal rehabilita-
tion programs.
The Presidents committee has made good
progress in recent years in finding jobs IN Gov
ernment and private industry for wide variety
of handicapped workers. The results have been
so gratifying that an expanded drive to arouse
the interest of more employers in the program
has been planned for the first week in October.
The movement merits Nationwide support.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
No Air-Sofety Action Here

The Doolttle Commissions concern with air
safety in the Washington area is not likely to
bring any early results, despite the Presidents
order to Federal agencies that the commissions
immediate and long-range proposals be carried
out Some of the commissions recommendations
already have been put into effect at Newark
Airport, where series of crashes took many lives
and resulted in creation of the presidential COM
mission. Runways pointed away from nearby
residential sections have been completed there.
Other recommendations of General Doolittle and
his group have been studied by other cities SUI
fering from airport congestion. But the
Washington National Airport remains congested,
is destined to become more so-and no relief IS
in sight.
The planned relief was thwarted by Congress
when appropriations for beginning work on q
new airport at Burke, Virginia, were deilled IN
Difference to protests from property owners at
the proposed site. Although the commission dld
not specifically indorSe the Burke project, IL
recommended that new airports be placed within
40 minutes driving time of the cities served
General Doolittle said the Burke site met TINS
requirement and that Baltimore's Friendship
International Airport did not. He warned that
the saturation point in air traffic has nearly
been reached at the present airport on Gravelly
Point.
Congress soon or late will have to meet
this local airport-safety problem squarely. It
cannot dispose of it merely by refusing TO vote
funds for the Burke terminal, on which con-
siderable amount of money already has been
expended. If this project is to be written OH as
dead, Congress should say so plainly, so that the
work of looking for another site can start all
over again. Congress should realize, however.
that any other site will bring civic protests, too
This is a safety problem in which the general
public interest must be weighed against other
considerations.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE


@. When did the new Perto Rican con-
stitution 60 into effect?-LM.M.
A. On July IS. 1852 exactly 81 years
after the landing of the American troops
on the island in the Spanish-American
War. Puerto Rico is now a self-govern-
ing American commonwealth, and the
way Is left open for eventual statehood.
If the Puerto Ricans so desire.
@. What is the explanation of the So
called spontaneous" combustion OF
HAYES.
A. When hay is stacked in a moist
condition, plant-tissue engines continue
their activities, and microorganisms
grow and reproduce. Heat is thereby
produced Highly heat-resistant mi
crobes known as thermophiles carry the
temperature still higher. Science has not
yet been able to explain the extreme
temperatures Gas high as 680' F. some
times recorded in hay stacks before tlre
breaks out. but it is undoubtedly some
oxidative reaction, in addition to the
liberation Of heat as explained above.
@. Does lack Of ventilation have any
thing to do with mildew on a shower
curtain?-HGL.
A. Yes. Some bathrooms have so
little ventilation that 1t Is impossible for
the shower curtain to dry after the
shower is used. Attempts are now being
made to manufacture mildew-proof
shower curtains.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
Sad Outlook for Western

Sadly, the signs are increasing that venerable
Western High School is destined to join its old
rival, Central in oblivion. Well hardly oblivion,
for like Central, Western has had proud and
glorious past that will not be forgotten The
fight to prolong its life will have the support
not only of todays students and their parents
but many of its graduates, iustrious other
wise. 1t looks as though they will be wagng
losing battle, however.
The most ominous sign of the aging schools
impending demise was the sudden retirement of
her principal Nathaniel A. Danowsky. Mr..
Danowsky, who was born the same year as
Western, in 1890, undoubtedly saw the writing
on the wall. The writing has been growing more
distinct with each passing year. as the size of the
student body has steadily declined. When Mr.
Danowsky went to Western decade ago the
school was bulging with students. There were
$500 pupils in the old building at Thirty-fifth
and streets in 1910, although it's capacity was
supposed to be 1900 Last year the enrolment
had declined to only 600 boys and girls-and
indications are that the total may be even
smaller this year. Officials attribute the decline
to changing population trends and legislation
requiring students living outside of the District
to pay tuition. In the old days many of West
erns students came from nearby Virginia, which
then had poor high-School facilities.
The Western Branch" of the old Washington
High School was created eight years before its
present home built 1t first occupied the old
Curtis School building on o street, between Wis
consin avenue and Thirty-third street The new
building housed only 54 students its first year. but
the enrolment grew steadily, as the northwest
part of Washington grew in population density.
Many of the schools graduates became famous
in public and private life. Some of its former
cadets were military leaders in two world wars.
It was with understandable reluctance that
School Superintendent Corning suggested, several
months ago. that Western be abandoned as a
high school and that its buildings be used by
Wilson Teachers College, now badly cramped.
This would involve transfer of Westerns remain
ing students to woodrow Wilson High School,
several miles away. The prospect is not happy
one for Westerners present and paSt-and no
change is contemplated until the end OF the new
school year, at the earliest. But the signs OF
approaching doom unmistakable.
Evening star., 1952-09-08
The Reluctant Candidates

A recent visit to the local Eisenhower
Nixon Headquarters left me very dis
appointed. The source Of my diSappolnt-
ment was q mimeographed sheet which
was being distributed by the headquar-
ters. At the top are the words State
ments by Adlai Stevenson on Nom1na-
tion,' and following are IL numbered
statements and the date and place
they were made. Included are such
utterances by Stevenson as: Il am
pledged to run for Governor. must run
for Governor seek no other ONCE; Il
am committed to run for Governor OF
Illinois and finish up my program
there; IT cannot conceive that with all
the willing candidates available and with
all the talent and ability at its disposal,
the Democratic Party would turn to an
unwilling candidate who is running Tor
another Office" At the bottom OF the
page, standing out in marked contrast
to the preceding statements, is: i &C
cept your nomination-and your pro-
gram"
The time should have come-and in
deed, I thought it had until saw the
paper about which I write-that elec-
tions are waged by the contesting party's
can and will give the people better
Government. Criticism Of personalities
should not be resorted to, and this list
of statements made by Gov. Stevenson
seems to me to be a criticism of him for
accepting the Democratic nomination
after saying that he did not seek it. Gov.
Stevenson, like Dwight Eisenhower, an
swered to "clear-cut call"
Gen. Eisenhower. in January. said:
"He [Senator Lodgel was correct also
in stating that I would not seek nomlna-
ton to political office. Under no cir
cumstances will ask for relief from
this assignment in order to seek nomina-
ton to political Office and shall not
participate in the preconvention activi-
ties of others who may have such an
intention with respect to me-"
So one man is criticized for accepting
the nomination Of his party-a true and
sincere draft-after saying that he
sought another Office. but nothing Is
Evening star., 1952-09-08
Ending A Country Vacation

/ haze been out to say goodbye again
To the last thicket and the final tree:
I haze turned back the feeting hours
to tohen
The neadow spoke its first green
toord to me,
And I haze found the ,oindy freedom
still
A ,Dine too deep, and all the subtle
art
OF earth, and peaceful SHADOWS on
the hill
Too near, to say the tdre,DelIs In
my heart.
The old dog leans his head upon my
hand
As though to join the sadness OF my
mood,
While darkness gathers slotOly on
the land
And the round moon floats free
Gbope the tCo0d.
I shall sit Uery late tonight to mark
A summer passing through the
scented dark
Eleanor HoIbrook zimmermon