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The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 8

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Greenville, Mississippi
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i FACE EIGHT SENATOR (LARK SAYS LEASE-LEND PLANjmRBILL (Continued from pace visions which would permit the President to transfer war materials to wiirriiiK "Deiimmicies and declared tlmt Britiiin no aid beyond what she already was gettiiiR from tile i States. "No one can read this Dill, Johnson wrote, "and doubt that its ultimate effect, if not its declared purpose, will he to take us into war." Clark saw the bill as a Humble "upon the line card THI DELTA DEMOCRAT-TIMES. GREENVILLE. MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY. FEBRUARY'18.

Wt, ntn nritls'i victory" (country in the world at the ex- Pt Vallomfl Safely I pense of Amieican sluta our national safety i the sole discretion of the I'ren- on he victory of one belligerent dent of the United ales; lo au- on int Mtioiy 01 ihorize the making of foreign alliances without the concurrence of the senate us required by the constitution of the United Stales; to authorize the underwriting of the cost of maintaining the British empire nround the wurld ill the expense or the taxpayers of foreign war and brings us Ii the very brink of war while lit i same time permitting the weakening of our own means of ilefc-ndhiK ourselves and uur brethren in this hemisphere. As the first speaker against the bill in the si na U- debate, Clark of a om- POUR PRINCE ALBERT IN YOUR PAPERS-CLICK OUT FAST, SMOOTH-ROLLED SMOKES. ON THE TONGUE -RICH, MELLOW ON THE TASTE. RA. FOR i YMAKIN'S'f SMOKE- JOY! no culling" and that members give a i and crwlencc" 'be gumi-nls those with whom they disagree.

"If this hill is passed," be said, "this may be among the last of the opportunities that we shall i have exercise that i I Won't rroloni! Urbale Clark said be 1( 'kc "with i in iissuriiig the senate oppniv nt.s had "dcuiri: to I prolong the debate" and referred In the "brief lew days i discussion would occupy the rllainber. Proceeding then lo "denounce the bill, Clark noted thai its title claimed the measure would "promote the defense of the United State." It would do nothing of the i he contended. Denudes Defenses "II is in fact," declared, "a to authorize the denuding ol American rfelcnsts: to authorize the suspension of any American m- inconsistent with the dictatorial powers conferred in the act to aulhorlzs the arming and feeding and supplying of any I America; to bring the war to our v.ry doors by affording access to our' navy yard and ship yard facilities for the warships of belligerent nations; to abandon the Monroe doctrine by the abandonment of its vital principle of not (RASHES THROUGH ROOF KILLING MANY; TRAPS SURVIVORS (Continued from 1) ponent: Crashed On Land "I closed in for the nltnck and opened lire imroediytely flashes and sparks of brilliant in- participaling in Europe's wars FLOOD CONTROL PLAN IS ASSAILED BY DELTA COUNCIL "Since 1899" IOYACONO Shoe Shop (Continued from page 1) 70 lino roll- your own In evory handy tin ol Prince Albert THE NATIONAL JOY SMOKE Hi'flinse Wo ffigh Class Work Do not lo conclusion thnt otrr prices nre higher than competitors! If yon fliul out what our chaws nre nnd corn pare It i o'hers. you'll wnnt to tnide with us! do ro fessioiml work for less monej Mum ordinary iimiilcurs. Tl" reiiM.lis: do not pay hook keepers, collectors or IKIVH! We Kn'vi- a expend mill Slve It lo YOU! All on work IK eiish--f.

tl 1). 234 Washington Ave. The Ovcrton bill would completely abandon the Boeuf and Eudora floodways, and equalize levrc grade on both sides of the river. Construction ol the Eudoni floodway was deemed 'necessary for a i protection by the Delta Council, while equalization of the levees was termed "inad- visabh Through the principle established in 11)37, the land adjacent to the proposed Eudora site, lo be utilized If the floodway constructed, would be paid for I full value. After voicing confidence In the Corps of Engineers of the United btates army and in'Hepresentatlve i M.

Whltllngton of Orecn- vood, chairman of the House Flood control committee, the board of directors of the council directed its resolution to the at- cntion of Mr. Whiltington and to Senator Bilbo, member of the senate committee on commerce, which is considering the bill In he upper house. O. K. Johnston Plan Following action on the Over- Ion bill, the directors discussed proposed methods of financing government's agricultural program.

Members passed a resolution Indorsing Oscar Johnston; plan to finance the program through direct treasury appro- prialion. Frank llarbert, Robmsonvilh planter, reported on the recen senate hearing of the McKclln bill providing safeguards to In Commodity Credit Corporation announced policy to issue bids fo storage of government-owned cot ton Mr. Harbert represenlM lh Delia Council'at the hearing. -At a-ntovious meeting, the IJe. tu Council had taken leadership i lighting the corporation proposa which, it felt, would serve to ri concentrate government stocks i oorl warehouses.

of government cotton by Delta or other interior warehouses woul Ibe council's belief, lorce on free cotton tensity almost blinded me but I kept on i i at the flashes the German machine crashed on land and some of the crew was taken prisoner." i Besides London, raiders bomb- cd the cast coast area last night and ii hurne security communique acknowledged "tlmt there was rather more damage in some pla- ces In east Anglia than was at i first supposed, although it was nowhere very heavy." Daylight i raiders were reported back again today over the east coast, western Fngland and central Scotland. Aid By Flashllllht Hospitals and bath houses in the vicinity of the bombed London shelter were crowded with injured Doctors labored in the wreckage by flashlight to give first aid to the victims. Among those who escaped miry was Marshal Charles; Winters. "I should have been by the last doors when the bomb fell, id I wouldn't have had a chance," declared, "but 1 wallted up the belter to tell some boys to be uiet. 1 was hair stunned, my it was blown off, and my torch vas gone.

(Continued from page 2) iin- in it. Ai-cnrdliiE to all eim learn lieMille went buek null em all the historic wenes from of the pasi twenty years, ivorked Ihem I i i and the result is iliirn Bood of the history of uur i was made for the World Pfilrs, and the Unn chilis i lie eounlry arc tiehliiil the l.rlae- of it to the thousands I'. R. i-itll'H. Sort of liatriotle move.

Spe.ikhiK of movies and movie people nnd service clubs and thint's reminds us of naotlier story Mi-lse tells. It scema our Rood humored local nillliiiKCr is Interested hi know- where the patrons of his then- Ire nre coming from. On Kundny he IICKIIII a survey; looking at tin- license plales of the curs aldermen elected in 1935 and will purk about his movie house eneli be replaced by Tuesday's winners, jifternoon and night. Of the six in the running, the five itesuils of the first survey Inker with the most volts will be elect- Sunday afternoon nnd niyht prove( ed unit patrons of the- I'aramoun ea me from five different states Called By Officials Thi by in (lll Alexander and Mrs. McKey, V( mllKt 01 story tha elected, will be the first women to, ln ncc i Chief of I'oilee Clile hold office in Arcola.

eenlp our new opera The polls open at a. and i R. Rakcstraw was returiiln close at 6 p. m. The election com- from Jackson rather late Sumh missioners are Dene Curro, R.

H. Thompson, Mrs. Margaret Williams, and Mrs. C. Romine.

Arcola, which has a 1940 popu- SiasiSS sss a first L-nsollue a little way back and wu mayor. ARCOLA TO HAVE SPECIAL ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICIALS (Continued iroin paye 1) iovcr T. A. Jones. Only one of the present alder' IK seeking re-election.

He is Jack Alexander who was elected in the balloting of 1935. Also in the race is L. A. Furguson, Tom Mosley, Mrs. R.

N. McKey, Claud Romine. and Allen Thomas. Tony Curro and R. H.

Thompson, elected in 1933 and re-elected in 1935 ore not seeking re-elcclion. The late It. A. Ha'igard, who died in May, 1940 and E. E.

Cronin, who passed away in 1938 were elected in 1935 and will came from five different states Called By Officials I nilt lnc Mississippi, and from his is a special election called ss i Bs i counties. It's (ilmos the officials of the town. Mrs. lt believe. Rakestraw sayi he was thrilled emend the favor to the chief, lie lirtlier adds Hint ll WHS Ills ppnrtmilty in a lifetime lo Bet luit ii police chief and furnish the nenry for the chief's forward mo- ion, (let It? Fellows, we have a little story uraed in by a 14-year-old boy nam- B.

B. ringhes that we think all if you should read. It's called: A -POOR MAN." Here's E. story: "There was ll poor man who tolled all day for the W. P.

A. When he iiboiil to fjo home to rest, it his time to pass awiiy. Slimy friends did he have but they were all poor In their own way. I eaa remember the day he was inrled because it was ilbout 9 o'cloek Sunday Morning, February 1(1. 11)11.

wns a very sad funeral. There were only three people there to see him. Xot a fear was shed nor a person, the grave to sec him lowered. Xor wus a flower added to the din All they did was just pile the dirt on him ana say goodbye. lie was- a human just like all of us.

Why couldn't we have gotten together and had a flower or two to show our appreciation of one man who had did 'rid harm to any- one? When you hare money you luvre frleuds. let's think back at toe lluie tliat wealthy man died. Think of the tears that were ihed nnd the flowers there were spread over his grave. That was only te-j cause ot his wealth. If life was such that money could fauv The rich would live and the poor would die.

In memory of ISobert E. Hudson By B. B. Hughes, Aged 14 Distillation of attar of roses a principal industry Bulgaria. The No.

1 penn- diving artist at Nassau wears a top hat. Enemies of the trans-oceanic cables are the teredos, worms that bore into the wire. Pyorrhea May Follow Neglect Are your gums unsightly? Do vour gums cause yon embarrassment? Druggists return money if first bottle of "LEWS" falls to satisfy. Culfey Drue Store night anil just the other side Iinllnnola he was hailed liy several men with flashlights. Hakes! raw snvs he hesitatingly pulled to Two Nurses Killed "All around people were moan- and trying to move.

I kept eiling them to stay where they that stretcher bearers muld be along. "Two nurses at a first-aid post ear entrance were killed. The last doors had been blown into he shelter, lulling many. Finally ielp came. Three doctors gave ijectlons." SETTLEMENT OF FIGHT WOULD BE ON MUSSOLINI'S TERMS -LI at InO IirSl siisunuv W.

A. Sam Blan- looking for someone to push him (Continued from page 1) 'You 're as.pretty as a picture! AND YOU'RE GOING TO STAY THAT WAYI Mother is she for I 1 every i be MHIU one. he'll ill the world i i i Mother knows to IvC't-p steady a null devt'li'inm Mullier 1 Hint "IWV- tlmt lit so i i i i about baby's diet rich! food. Hairy mill! is 1 best. purest.

i i i th.it can liny. I for i mid contain" hlRht'r a limn the Anil with nil its extra qualities, it i-osts no more. NmMni: mothers should likewise drink this i eliminates "11 tendencies bones a leeih soften during the nursing: British and Turkish governments indicated London did not learn of the agreement until yesterday. (In London, British said they had given their blessing to the negolia- nS Won't Violate Neutrality British Minister George lien- del declared Britain had "no intention whatever of taking any initiative leading to violation ot Bulgarian neutrality or dragging Bularia into war." It was reported here that Bulgaria and Turkey would start today withdrawal nl troops massed along their common frontier. More than 300,000 Turkish soldiers have been concentrated in recent weeks in European Turkey, across from Bulgaria, and Bulgaria recently reinforced her frontier with the first army corps from Sofia.

Reports that Bulgaria and Yugoslavia might sign an accord similar to the Bulgarian-Turkish nreement were discounted here. I was pointed out the two Slav nations already have a treaty "perpetual" friendship nnd non- aggression. Compiles Reports here indicated Adol Hitler was assured at his meeting llast week with Yugoslav leader! that Yugoslavia would not interfere with a German move inti Greece through Bulgaria. In Balkan capitals where Ger man and Italian influence pro dominates, the feeling prcvmlel that the Axis powers would lot low up this diplomatic bombshel ith lightning rapidity to achiev eir ends Europ --elimination of Greece as a bel ligercnt and acquisition of easier Mediterranean bases from whic to harass the British. Open For Decision Observers in Rumania, inter mating the pact as indicating Tur gey's retirement into the back ground, said the way is open fo a clear-cut decision: Either Greece makes peace an falls into line with Ax.s plan or the army will ro quickly across Bulgaria and fn ish Greece off in short order "Ift up to the Greeks to d.

cide which way they want it, sa one Rumanian informant wi Nazi connections. mayor. on John Scull, J. R. McClain, and J.

I. Sankston, were the first aldermen and at Vie same time Fred Scruggs held the position of marshal and tax collector. Water Works System In Feb. 1926 the'town of Ar-. cola sold $15,000 in bonds for the: waterworks system.

At thai time R. E. Stinson was mayor, C. H. Mathews was marshal, and John Scull, J.

S. Mosley, W. A. Rich, and W. B.

Cason were aldermen. In the Feb. 9, 1933 election Mercer Rich was elected mayor by a close margin over R. E. Stinson.

Joe Curro was unopposed as town clerk and was automatically elected. Joe Macione, R. N. McKey, Tony Curro, and R. H.

Thompson were elected aldermen. John Moslsy, won a close election over T. A. Jones in the race for marshal. BLOCKER A I For Pasteurized Dairy Products Phone 186 Yes, it's so sooi it's so gemiiu Hint we coiildn' gel it in big enough type in one column, so we sot It perpendicular because we do want you lo know we've pot It! In the.

1935 election Mercer eh and Joe Curro were unop- sed in their races' for mayor and wn clerk. Mosley was re-elect- as marshal-by a margin of 4 tes over the.late Jesse L. Rush- former night marshal here 10 was killed while arresting a egro in 1936. In that same elec- on Jack Alexander, E. E.

Cronm, r. R. A. Haggard, Tony-Curro, id R. H.

Thompson were elect- aldermen, -Can Often Be Prevented ThU Improved Vicki Way If throat "tickle," Irritation or breathing due to a cold causes nieht coughtng-glve child bedtime. With this more thorough treatment, the poultlce-and-vapor action of Vicla VapoRub more effectively PBtFTMTES Irritated ate passages with soothing medicinal JTIIIUUITES chest and back like a warming poultice or stwrs RELIEVING misery right away I Results delight even old rlenda of VapoRub. TO GET a "VapoRub Massage" with all its benefits-massage VapoRub for 3 minutes on PORTANT BIB-ABBA OF BACK as well as throat and chest -spread a thick layer on chest, cover with a warmed cloth. BE SURE to use genuine, time-tested VIOKB VAPORUB. OLIVER SUPERIOR DRILLS LIME SOWERS Co-operale with Greenville Oil Works by planting suitable variety of Soy Bonus for Crushing.

We can supply different siz" reducers so yon enn plant large or small beans through our resilhir Superior Grain Drills. We have drills from 2-horee size and up nnd ft. Lime (Fertilizer) Sowcre Come in and look these over before you buy! W. T. SALES Oliver Farm-Equipment SERVICE 700 N.

Broadway Here are those COLORFUL new 1941 WESTINGHOUSE REFRIGERATORS that everybody's been talking about! KINGS REST CAFE Ilhvay Colonial charm of crystal and colorl HI FLEX GLASS shtlvcs; new SUPER FREEZER with ZEROSEAL frozen food compartment; new MEAT-KEEPER with UTILITKAY top; new full-width I A new illuminated Control Dial; new AEROSPRING Self-Closing Door. Richly blended buff and brown interior; new SUI'ER FREEZER with ZERO- SEAL frozen food compartment; new drawer-type, "plastic front" MEAT- KEEPER; Tn-m glim-toppcd CRISPERS; ntw DC luie TRUE-TEMP Control Dial; new sliding, adjustable CHROME-TRIMMED shelves. Gay "Colonial Blue" interior trim with matching water server and two ovcnware dishes: Big SUPER PREBZER with extra space for frozen food; drawer-type, ventilated MEAT-STORAGE; new glass-topped CRISPER; CHROME- PLATED shelves wiuY'Lift -Out" section; new TR1PLOK trifeer-type Door Latch. A COME IN! FOR "X-RAY" PROOF of Westinghouse Improvement! and quality features! IT'S NEW! IT'S WfEKNT! SUPER MARKET REFRIGERATION 5 kinds of cold for your 5 kinds of food possible by EXCLUSIVE J. A.

BO WEN 1.D1M3H-MO "Mississippi's Greatest Honw Apnllntirr Slorc" A I A.

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