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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
,.o.mes County
Coni,D~alty Ftospi'uI


Con,,,~aity Hospital
White Patients
September IL
DR.. F. L. Bot, Lexington
November 6
Mr.. Charles Vernon Bailey
Lexington
January Is
Mr.. E. L. Faulconer, Lexington
January ls
Miss Ethel Anderson, Pnkens
February .
Mrs. w. D. Truitt, Lexington
February 9
Mrs. John Summerhn, Goodman
discharged February 16
Mrs. w. F. Rodgers, Lexington,
discharged February IL
Baby Boy Rodgers, Lexington
discharged February IL
February 10
Mrs. Leon Aldridge, West
Mrs. w. A. Henley, West
Miss Beverly Montgomery, Pic
kens, discharged February 16
Mrs. Penny Faulconer, Lexing-
ton, dicharged February IL
Mrs. Ethel Booth, Lexington
discharged February 16
February ii
Mrs. Corrine Parrish, Tchula
discharged February 16
February IL
Mrs. James Rodgers, Lexing.
ton, discharged February Ia
Baby Boy Rodgers, Lexington
discharged February IA
Mrs. M. d. Bruce, Lexington
discharged February IS
February l3
Miss Clarabelle Rhyme, Licking.
ton
Mrs. Vaughn Davis, Pickens
Baby Boy Davis, Pickens
February IA
Mrs. ]. E. Dawes, Lexington, dis
charged February Is
Baby Boy Dawes, Lexington
discharged February Is
Mr.. w. B. Peacock, Lexington
Mrs. j. M. Sanders, Tchula
Betty Jean Baker, Tchula, dis
charged February Is
Bobbie Fancher, Blackhawk
Mrs. Halle S. Terry, Lexington
Mrs. George Purcell, Picken,
discharged February 16
February Is
Mrs. d. M. Parrish, Tchula
Baby Boy Parrish, Tchula
Mr.. Fred Cade, West
Mrs. Pearl McWhorter, Walden
Mrs. c. j. Leigh, Itta Bena
February is
Mrs. Max Scobey, Lexington
Mrs. Cora Downer, Lexington
Mrs. r. E. Edwards, West
February II
Mrs. G. B. Rutledge, Lexington
Baby Girl Rutledae, Lexington
Colored Patients
January 8
Christine Morris, Lexington
January Is
Fruitless Strong, Lexington
January 80
Cap Harris, Cruger
February 8
Earnest Jones, Lexington
February 8
Jake Bayers, Lexington, dis
charged February II
Nose Weathersby, Durant dis
charged February Is
February 10
Robert Williams, Lexington,
discharged February IL
February l3
Lawrence Purnell, Lexington
Christine Space, Lexington, dis
charged February IA
Ned Smith, West
February ID
Percy Lee Wilder, Mileston
February Is
Henderson Ferguson: Tchala
ONO Randle, Lexington
February Is
Willie Mae Johnson, Tchula
De Cola Woods, Cruger
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
MONTHLY SINGING

The Holmes County monthly
singing will be held at the court.
house Sunday afternoon at 200
400.
Everyuse is invited to attend,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Welcomes Grandson

Mrs. j. M. Howard was in
Kosciusko Thursday to welcome
the arrival of a grandson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chatwin M. Jack
son. Jr. Mrs. Jackson is the form
err Ann Howard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
In Durant

IN Durdnt
Mr.. Earl Freeman of McComb
Will be in Durant two weeks
working in the place of Mr.. Roy
Martin who is visiting his son
w. R. Martin in Phoenix, Ari-
IONA.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19

His many friends were proud
10 learn that Johnny Howell,
who is attending Millsaps College
made the Deans hist.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Yazoo City Visitors

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Cooper
visited their son and daughter in
law, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Cooper,
Jr. Sunday in Yazoo City.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Left Monday

Left Monday
Mrs. D. M. Barranco left Mon
day for New Orleans to visit her
parents and to attend the Mardi
Gras festival.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Starkville Visitors

Starkville Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry O'Cain
spent the weekend in Starkville
with their son and daughter in
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard o.
Cain.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Local News
Recent Visitors

Mr.. w. L. Turner and Miss Dot
Watwood of Greenville were re-
cent visitors in the c. F. Turn
err home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
With Mother

Miss Gertrude McCune of jack
son spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. w. E. McCune.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Leave Monday

Leave Monday
Mrs. Pugh Winborn and Mrs
Glenn Willis left Monday to at
tend Mardi Gras in New Or
leans.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19

Visits Mother
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Williams
of Yazoo City visited her mother
Mrs. j. M. May on Monday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19

In Memphis
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Taylor visit
ed in Memphis last week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Called To Alabama

Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Clinton were
called to Mobile, Alabama to be
with his father, who is quite ill.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Visits Dodds'

Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Byrd Nc
Lellan of Memphis visited Mr..
and Mrs. r. E. Dodd over the
weekend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Visiting Sister

Mrs. 81 Dobbs of Chicago is
visiting in the home of her SIS
ter, Mrs. J. M. Howard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19

Have Returned
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Osborn and
son have returned home to Mem
phis after a visit with Mrs. w.
c. Streetman and family.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Memphis Visitors

Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Turner and
Freddie of Memphis visited Du-
rant relatives Sunday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19

In Hospital
His many friends will regret to
learn that Charlie Knott is in
the District Two Hospital.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-02-19
Visit O'Bnants'

Visit O'Bnants'
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Leach OF
Kosciusko visited Mr.. and Mrs.
! Leslie O'Briant Sunday after
noon.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Dickerson. Questioned
In KiIIinq Of Loan Runner

Thomas E. Dickerson today
was being questioned by three
Washington homicide detectives
at the Montgomery County Jail
in Rockville, Md.
Assigned to question Dickerson
in the Staying of Thomas N
Selph. jr., were 1t. Lawrence
Hartnett and Detective Sergts.
Carl Rudbeck and Albert Mode.
Dickerson, who had been free
since he fled the Spring Grove
(Md.) Hospitals maximum Sc
curity ward last September %,
was captured near Logan, w. Va,
Monday in raid on his uncle's
home by West Virginia State Po-
lice and FBI agents.
Dickerson already is charged
with a $612 loan company hold
up in Bethesda, Md. and rob-
bing two liquor stores on Rhode
Island avenue NE. The detec-
tives were questioning him about
the $4,000 robbery killing of Mr..
Selph. who disappeared October
9 while on a bank errand for a
Mount Rainier finance company.
He was found shot to death No
vember IL.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Eisenhower Orders Reduction
Of w. Ground Forces in Korea;
Reds Cut Indo-Chind IN Two
French Quit Base
As Wet Mimi Pus:
Across Laos
BY the Associoted Press

SAIGON, Indo-C China, Dec. 26.
The vanguard of Communist
led Wet Mini forces moved
today into the abandoned town
OF Thakhek, on the Mekong
River border with Thailand,
completing a rebel drive to cut
Indo- China in two.
First reports from the area
said the Wet Mini units that
drove boldly across the country
from the coastal areas of
AMMAN sent light elements into
Thakhek, previously evacuated
by the French.
The withdrawal of the French
had been announced earlier to-
day in a communique from the
high command. It said the
evacuation was ordered to pull
as many troops as possible to-
gether in order to meet the Wet
Mini attack.
Wet Mini occupation of the
town, 240 miles south of Hanoi,
would give the rebels a base from
which to strike either north or
south along the Mekong River.
The Wet Minh began their light
ming thrust across the country
four days ago.
Follows Negotiation Offers.
The invasion of Laos from An
nam followed repeated offers
from Wet Mini Chief Ho Chi
Mimi for a negotiated peace in
the seven-year-old Indo- China
war. The French attitude toward
the Wet Mini proposals is that
they have not been officially COM
municated and that consequently
they will be ignored.
Gen. Henri Navarro, French
commander in Indo- China, is ex-
pected to set up his main defense
line along the Mekong south of
Thakhek in order to defend Sa-
vannakhet, a provinvial capital
80 miles to the south.
The French must keep Savan-
nakhet and its airport, the only
airbase in Laos capable of
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Boy, 7, HurIs q Lucky Rock;
Policemen Come Santos

Sergt. Coleman lectured the
boy on the hazards Of throwing
rocks. Ralph told Sergt. Cole
man he was throwing the rock
at another boy and missed.
Sergt. Coleman and Sergt
Albert Swallow then fed the boy
turkey and pumpkin pie from
the traffic Office.
Other officers went to their
cars to get toys they planned to
give their own children: A toy
motorcycle, a fire engine and a
midget police car like the one
Ralph rode to the station in.
They gave him the toys.
Then they passed the hat and
got $1.50. That wasn't enough
to pay for Mrs. Trout's broken
windshield. But Mrs. Trout said
she would pay for it herself.
II guess that kid threw a lucky
rock" Sergt Coleman said.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
'Denoturing' of Atom Material
To Bar Use in War Reported
Poris Poper Says American Scientists
Have Discovered Such Process

hover was convinced the process
would work. The paper added
the United States was planning
the reconstruction of both North
and South Korea through use of
atomic energy.
No Confirmation in U. S.
While there was no confirma-
ton of the report in Washington,
there has long been speculation
on the possibility of denaturing
atomic materials. The big ques-
ton has been whether such a
denaturing process could be
made permanent.
The idea was first suggested
in connection with the original
American proposals for an inter-
national atomic agency shortly
after World War II. But any,
thing on the record about it
describes it as a system in which
the denaturing could be reversed
and the explosive power re-
stored in a process which. how
ever, would require time, expense
and effort.
The explosive uranium 235
presumably could be denatured
by mixing it with its non-explo-
sive isotope. uranium 238. Ex-
plosive plutonium alec perhaps
could be denatured by mixing it
with a non-explosive plutonium
iSotope.
But unless scientists have come
up with some new development,
no system has yet been devised
which would prevent a new sepa-
ration of the explosive and nom
explosive isotopes, restoring the
explosive power of the bomb ma
terialS.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Dec. 26.-Yhe news
paper Paris-Presse says Amer
lean atomic scientists have dis
covered a way to "denature"
plutonium and other atomic
materials so they can be used
for civilian purposes but never
for weapons.
The newspaper, which gave no
source for its report declared
yesterday this development was
behind President Eisenhower's
recent proposal that the United
States, Russia and other nations
contribute to an international
pool of atomic material for
peaceful uses.
No Acc Comment.
In Washington, a spokesman
for the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion said he had no comment
on the report.
Paris-PresSe, one of Frances
leading afternoon papers, said
the United States was prepared
to give other countries. including
Russia, it's secret for taking the
lethal kick out of atomic bomb
materials. The process, it was
claimed, would eliminate fears
that contributions to the Amer
ican-proposed world "nuclear
bank" could be used for war.
Takes Out Lethal Kick.
The paper said the process
was too complicated to explain
in laymen's language. In brief,
the paper said, what it does is
take the lethal kick out of ma
terial which goes into the COM
position of atomic bombs and
renders it useful only for civil
ian purposes.
Paris Presse said Gen. Eisen-
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Architect Daniel Higgins Dies;
Had Part in National Gallery
Jefferson Memorial and Constitution Hall
Are Among Noted Catholic Loymon's Work

Daniel Paul Higgins. Ct, noted
architect who played major
role in designing the National
Gallery of Art, the Jefferson
Memorial and numerous other
memorial structures in the Cap
ital, died today in New York.
Mr.. Higgins was a prominent
Catholic layman, and was active
for many years in helping boys
of all faiths.
Through his connection with
the firm of John Russell Pope
and the firm of Eggers and Hig-
gins, his works included the Sen
ate Office Building, Constitution
Hall and the American Red
Cross Building here.
Designed Ship Interiors.
He also designed proposed
additional Senate Office Build
ing on a square east of the pres
ent structure. The plans were
completed shortly before out
break of the Korean war.
In addition to his many beau
tiful buildings in Washington
which followed classic Greek
tradition. he displayed modern
artistic feeling in such work as
the interiors of the superliner
United States and the S. S
America.
Mr.. Higgins was given many
awards for his professional skill
and work as a youth leader. Fol-
his outstanding philanthropic
and civic leadership he received
an honorary degree from st
Michael's College in Vermont
last June.
Entered Profession in 1905.
Born in Elizabeth, N. j., he
entered the architectural pro-
feSSion in 1905. He was aSSoci-
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Chicken in His Pot
Puts Him in Stew
And Bullets in Hen

A man who doesn't believe
there should be a chicken in
every pot wound up at the No.
10 precinct yesterday with a
bologna sandwich for Christmas
dinner.
When Clifford Mead, colored,
arrived at his home at 34O9 Hol-
mead place NV, he noticed a
chicken bubbling merrily in boil
ing water atop the stove.
This put Mead in a stew. He
doesn't care for boiled chicken
and ne had told his wife not to
prepare dinner until he got home.
So the disappointed diner took
a .32-caliber pistol and, drawing
unerring aim on the offending
bird. plugged it twice-right
through the pot.
THAT was fowl logic" COM
mented Municipal Judge Milton
S. Kronheim, jr., today as he
suspended a $100 fine on charge
of illegally discharging a f1rearm.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
By the Assoeioied Press

ALBUQUERQUE, Dec. 26.-
Santa Claus wore a blue uniform
for 7-year-old Ralph Gonzales
Christmas morning.
Ralph was picked up by police
because he threw a rock through
the windshield of Mrs. Russell
Trout's car as she drove through
the neighborhood where Ralph
lives.
Blue-clad officers who investi-
gated found Ralph's home with
out heat. His father was in the
hospital undergoing an opera
tion. His mother was sick in
bed All Ralph got for Christmas
was a toy water pistol.
HE was clean," Sergt. Walter
Coleman said. But his clothes
were ragged and his toes were
sticking out of the ends Of his
Shoes"
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Bockstoge Elevate,
Stalls on Chorus
fOf III Trovotore'
By tho Assoeio.ed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-If the
''Miserere" chorus in the last act
of "n Trovatore" didn't have
it's usual robust volume at the
Metropolitan Opera House last
night, blame it on a backstage
elevator.
The lift stalled between the
second and third floors with
half of the 46 choral members
inside. After a brief delay. the
available % voices proceeded
with the number.
Shortly thereafter an emer-
gency jack boosted the elevator
so the trapped singers could
crawl unharmed through an
escape hatch to the third floor.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Prospects for Peace
Gained Ground in s.,
Mrs. Pandit Says
Lists Softening Attitude
On Both Sides Among
Reasons for Hopes
By the Associated Press

NEW DELHI; India, Dec. 26
Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
president of the United Nations
General Assembly, said today
that as the year ended she saw
greater prospects for peace
than for some time past"
Speaking at a news confer
ence, she gave as reasons for
her hopes for peaceful year:
/. A general softening atti-
tude by both sides of the power
blocS.
2. A general endeavor to stop,
pause and think.
3. A general repeated and de-
cided attempt to arrive at united
decisions on the part of the
worlds nations.
Rejects Pakistan Issue.
"I find the general atmosphere
more favorable than for some
time back" she said. Opposing
people seem to get together and
discuss things"
. Choosing her replies carefully
in order to speak as Assembly
president and not as an Indian
delegation member, she rejected
questions on United States
Pakistan. arms discussions and
the French position in North
Africa.
The press in the United States,
she said, was in large part
responsible for what she called
the "mercurial temperament" OF
the American people through
use of headlines which do not
fit the international news"
U. N. Seat for Japan.
II myself have been a sufferer
from that attitude" she added.
In comment on Japan, Mrs
Pandit said. There are no i'm
mediate developments, but
hope rather soon Japan will be-
come a member of the United
Nations"
AS to Communist China, she
commented. There is a growing
belief in U. N. circles that Red
China will have to have a seat
at some future time"
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Hatchet Burglar Caught
Choppinga JeweIrY0ffice

A man who tried to chop his
way into a jewelry designers
office with hatchet was caught
in the act yesterday, police re-
ported.
Paul E. Pratt, A, colored, of
the first block Eye street NV,
was charged with housebreak-
ing. Two shots were fired by a
detective during the arrest.
Detectives Norman Jones and
Nick Genua, of the first pre-
cinct, said they found Pratt in
building at Oil G street NV,
after a burglar alarm had
sounded.
They said he was hacking at
a door leading to the shop of
the jewelry artisan. T. A. War
gen, So. of 1928 Ordway street
NV.
Detective Genua said he
ordered Pratt out of the room
but he refused. Detective Genua
said he fired twice and Pratt
then came out quietly.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
255 Die in Traffic;
Rising Toll Threaten,
To Set New Mark
81 Deaths Recorded
In Other Accidents at
Mid-Point in Holiday
By the Associated Press

The Nations traffic death toll
appeared headed for a new
Christmas holiday record today
as the halfway point was reached
in the long week end.
The list showed 255 deaths in
traffic mishaps exactly half the
number predicted by the Nation
al Safety Council for the full 7S-
hour period. The new count was
taken after 80 hours had elapsed
from 6 pm. Christmas Eve.
317 Total Deaths.
In addition. SO persons had died
as a result of injuries suffered
in fires and 26 others had lost
their lives in miscellaneous acci-
dents, making a total of BIT
deaths from all accidents.
Commenting on the swiftly ris-
ing highway toll, Ned H. Dear
born, president of the council,
said:
UNLESS motorists put on the
brakes, it's going to be the most
tragic Christmas in history for
traffic accidents"
Some Icy Roads.
Fairly pleasant winter weather
prevailed over most of the
. country yesterday and millions
Of motorists headed for the
highways. Icy streets in some
sections Of the Midwest, Rocky
Mountain region and the North
east made driving conditions
hazardous, resulting in hundreds
of accidents.
Traffic deaths this year have
averaged about 102 every "a
hours. In a recent sample pre-
holiday survey for a 78-hour
weekend period. there were $40
traffic deaths-20O under the
councils estimate for this week
end
OF the deaths attributed to
fires. none resulted from Christ
mas tree blazes! Several of the
fire victims were children. A
young mother and her three
sons and daughter perished in a
fire which destroyed their farm
home near Flat Rock, Mich.
Three young boys died when
fire trapped them in their bed
room in a four-family tenement
in Gloucester, Mass.
Evening star., 1953-12-26

ated with the firm of John Rus
sell Pope from 1922 to 1887 as
partner. He helped form the
nationally-know firm of Eggers
& Higgins in 1887 and was a
partner at the time of his death.
Among his works elsewhere are
the University Club. Milwaukee;
Union Gas & Electric Building,
Cincinnati, and various build
ings on the campuses of Yale,
Syracuse and Indiana Univer-
sites as we'll as at several mill
tary installations.
He was chairman of the board
of directors of the Catholic
Youth Organization. and from
1896 to 1945 a member of New
York City's Board of Education.
For many years he was active
on the board of directors of the
Boy Scouts of America, the Boys
Club of America, the Madison
Square Boys Club, the New York
Police Athletic League and many
others.
HonOred by Church.
He was the recipient of the
highest honors accorded lay
man of the Catholic Church,
having served as a Knight of the
Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
He is survived by his widow,
one son, Daniel. jr., of Scarsdale,
N. Y. and one daughter, Mrs.
w. Francis Fitzgerald; also two
sisters Mrs. Edward Sisk of Eliz-
abeth, and Mrs. Margaret Fifer
of Spotswood. both New Jersey.
A solemn high mass will be
celebrated in St. Patrick's Ca
thedral Tuesday morning, fol-
lowed by burial in Gate of
Heaven Cemetery. Hawthorne,
N. Y.
Evening star., 1953-12-26
Ferguson Confident
Of Wire-TappingLa Law
To Help Snare Spies
But McCurrun Doubts
Thut Congress Will
Approve Such q Bill
BY the Associated Press

Chairman Ferguson Of the
Senate Republican Policy Com
mittee predicted today Congress
will legalize the use in spy trials
of evidence obtained by tele-
phone overlapping.
"a proper bill can be worked
out and passed, protecting both
the inalienable rights Of citizens
and the welfare of the Nation, -
the Michigan Senator said in an
interview.
Senator Potter. Republican. of
Michigan also said he thinks
some such law will be enacted.
but Senator McCarran of Ne
vada, senior Democratic member
of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, rated present chances as
doubtful.
Attorney General Brownell has
announced he plans to ask Con-
gress to permit the use of such
evidence in trials under certain
conditions. The idea repeatedly
was discussed during President
Eisenhower's conferences with
Republican Congress leaders at
the White House last week.
Holly Controversial Issue.
Federal law does not prohibit
wire tapping by Federal officers,
but it does forbid the use of such
evidence in a trial court. The
rule has been interpreted to
block the use of evidence uncov-
cred as the results of "leads"
produced by wire tapping.
The issue is hotly controver-
sial. It has been before Con-
gress before, but Senator Fergu-
son said he thinks this time "the
administration and Congress can
work out a bill, keeping in mind
our historical background" that
would satisfy most opponents of
the idea.
Senator Ferguson declined to
say what the administration
might propose along that line.
He emphasized that he was ex-
pressing only his views as a
Senator and former judge.
Search and Seizure Permitted.
The courts, he said. now allow
search and seizure practices to
obtain evidence from private
premises. AS "the' guardians Of
constitutional institutions" he
said, it is the courts which also
should determine when wire
tapping to uncover crimes
against the Nations security
should be permitted.
Presumably, he was referring
to the often-made suggestion
that Federal officials be allowed
to introduce such evidence only
if they first get a United States
Courts permission to tap the
lines.
Senator Ferguson said he has
been told that spies usually
have orders to avoid saying any,
thing over the telephone that
could be used against them. but
that officials have found that
even careful spy-ring members
do make slips which could help
to expose them.
Limited Use of Wire Tap.
Senator McCarran, in a sep
arate interview. spoke much less
confidently Of prospects for ap-
proval Of such a bill. He is an
advocate Of limited use Of wire
tapping to convict subversives.
He indicated that he has very
definite views on what safe
guards would be necessary and
will discuss them only when and
if the matter comes before the
Senate Judiciary Committee.
He said he believes there is
Every serious question" whether
the most carefully drawn bill
could muster enough votes to
pass both Senate and House next
year.
Senator Potter said he ex-
poets the case of Judith Coplon
to figure in congressional de-
(See WIRE TAPPING. Pr. A-3)