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NEWS FEATURES A. KING FEATURE SERVICE aY rT ,0 iWMMMinffifilTOfl Sv. N. E. VOLILME XLIX McCOMB, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1938 NO.

221 IW Tmh'- Saying It With Gestures Pies Stricken i in iiiiuiwiiiw 1 1 1,1. i jiii ii "i i With Heart Aitac hands tell the story. Left, New -qu life 1T I 'v lit 'i I I A I I Washington language. Their James Fay waves to cameramen. Center, TVA critic C.

W. Kellogg's long fingers help express his views at congressional-healing where the president of the Edison Electric Institute spoke his mind. Right, James Roosevelt goodby after resigning as his father's secretary. Nation Counts Dead Thanksgiving Storm currcd at Amsterdam, New. York, where a mother" and five small children were burned to death.

Washington, D. recorded seven inches of snow. New York naa eigne, necessitating a snow army of 17,000 civilian shovelers and sweepers in addition to the terior of the south portion of the city's regular force of 6,000 state, with the thermometer hov-sweepers and 4,000 truck drivers. 1 ejing between 24 and 38 on the ElCEOMSOeSS By The Associated Press The London Exchange Telegraph (British news agency) reported from Rome that Pop Piua had suffered a second stroke following a heart attack. He was said to have been unconscious for about fifteen minutes.

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 25 (P Pope Pius suffered a serious heart attack this morning and oxygen was administered irarac-diatey after his collapse to overcome difficulty of breathing. The oxygen was stepped after remedying this difficulty, and the Vatican announced the Holy Fath-ex's condition as improving this afternoon. The 81-year-old pontiff was srticken suddenly as he was preparing to leave his quarters for daily private audiences. A Vatican medical bulletin described his illness as cardiac asthma.

Another informant said it was myocarditis (inflammation of the muscular part of the heart's wall). Cardinal Mundelein, of Chicago, who was deprived of an audience, left for Naples to sail to tire United States tomorrow. This was taken to mean that the Pope's condition was not the cause of any immediate alarm. COTTON OF MISSISSIPPI GRADED HIGH CLARKSDALE, Nov. 25 (Special) Cotton ginned in Mississippi during the period from November 1 to 13 was about the same in grade and in staple as that ginned during the previous period of October 18 to October 31, according to a report of the bureau of agricultural 'economics of the United States department of agriculture released here.

Of the cotton ginned this season through November 13 approximately 19 per cent was white strict middling and better in grades, 25 per cent was white middling and 27 per cent was white strict low middling and low middling, the report said. Strict middling and good middling spotted represented 20 per cent and middling spotted 9 per cent, according to investigators. The proportion of spotted cotton is much larger this season than last year although the lower spotted grades represent about the same percentage, the report stated. The staple length of cotton ginned in Mississippi this season is considerably longer than that ginned during the corresponding period of last year, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Approximately 11 per cent of ginnings this season represent ed staples 31-32 inch and shorter, 64 per cent ranged from one inch to 1 3-316 inches and longer.

Ginnings for Mississippi priot to November 14 of this year wer 1,637,877 running bales compared with 2,111,684 bales for thtj same period last year. The prickly pear, a form of cactus native to the American, southwest, has spread so widely in Australia as to cause widespread concern. MeadlGQBBes John D. Rockefeller who died last year left an" estate of 20,400,000. During his lifetime he gave away 5-30 millions.

This net gain indicates that men in big business are not always the scoundrels that demagogues would have the voters believe. When Rockefeller oney was once being used in Mississippi to combat the ravages of hookworms politicians exclaimed, "It is tainted money." And Rev. Campbell, Methodist minister then of McComb, replied in his pulpit, "The only trouble with that 'tainted' money is that thei-e tain't enough." Women are urged to watch out for their rights, the urging coming from blue-eyed Alice Paul who that the effort to limit women to employment with their own husbands would curtail the advancement of womankind. Nowadays many wives are working because it takes more than one to make a living. Anyhow, this is the way that some people see it, and some people are not altogether wrong.

Politics abroad is accepting football tactics. A London newspaper says, "To hell with Hitler." That war cry seems more natural when it is worded, "To hell with the Panthers" or "the Bulldogs' or "the Tigers' or whatever team you want to go to hell. ijf jJi i'i White doesn't look with much tolerance up" on the idea of drunken drivers on the highways of Mississippi. And why should the governor be tolerant? Eternity is a long time and when a car rams into an innocent pedestrian he or she is dead for an eternity, Jimmie Skewes, editor of the Meridian Star, is hailed by Birney Imes as a "big shot now." Reference is made to Jimmie's election as a member of the board of directors of tne southern KaUroad System. But where does Birney get that "now" stuff? Jim-rnie has been a big shot all along.

Edgar Harris is feeling his oats or something. He writes in his sparkling column, referring to the "glamour girl," "I'd like to swat her with a hammer for all that she can do glammer." if Out in California the unusual is happening again. A person by the name of Lila Mickey, born a girl, wants to become a man. Surgeons ha.va taken the case in hand, and comment has it that she may beeomc a man. J(t Why would any woman.

want to become a man It seems that women would be so wejl pleased in their queenly setting that no amount of reasoning could shake them from their point of vantage. However, if the way is found to make men out of women and women out of men it is highly unlikely that many men will apply for a conversion. That is, unless some fellow meets another fellow who has a nice bank roll and decides that a change of might put him in a position of advantage, thus enabling the man in question to become the wife of his "best friend." i' 'if lf 1 On second thought this may be one way to get around the divorce court. It a man wants to be cut loose from his wife let him down flndiw ciiti. verted into a woman, and as so few women know how to get along harmoniously to- (Continued, on Page 2) FOUR PERSONS ARE HURT IN AUTO WRECK Four New Orleans persons were injured, one of them seriously, in an automobile wreck about 7:30 p'clock last night.

The automobile, driven by J. E. Burtis, going south, left Highway 51 at the curve in front of X. A. Kramer's residence in Edgewood end smashed into a tree, according to Policeman Tom Lane's report.

Mr. Burtis, his wife who was the niost seriously hurt, and two sons, all passengers in the ear, were taken to the McComb city hopital. Infant Succumbs-to Diphtheria at Residence Here Funeral services were- held at 1 o'clock this afternoon for Norman Andre Wilkinson, 14-month-old son of the late Norman Wilkinson and Brittle Mae Howell Wilkinson. The child succumbed at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon-at 431 Third street to diphtheria. The funeral were conducted by the Rev.

W. A. Gill, pastor of East McComb Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. J. B.

Hunt. Kennedy funeral home was in charge. Interment was in the Jacobs family cemetery in Amite county. Surviving are the mother, a grandmother, Mrs. A.

A. Howell, grandfather, Bennett Wilkinson, and several uncles and aunts. The father passed away several months British Newsdealers. Destroy Magazines oh Complaint of Count LONDON, Nov. 25 (British newsdealers today destroyed copies of the December Cosmopolitan magazine to avoid possible legal I not'tnn liV Clniinf-.

Cnnrt HllfrwitZ- Reventlow, estranged husband of the former Barbara Hutton. The ccunt objected to an article called "The Truth About Barbara Hutton." Radio Priest Must Submit Scripts for Study by Station NEW YORK, Nov. 25., testation WMCA announced it had notified Father Charles Coughlin, Detroit, that hereafter he must submit scripts for his weekly broadcasts 48 hours in advance. The station said last Sunday's broadcast was ''calculated cite religious and racial strife-His subject then. "Fersccu-tion Jewish and Christian." First Baptist to Hear Pastor Sunday in Two Services The Rev.

Wyatt R. Hunter, pas-toi', will preach on the topic, "The Tragedy of Uselessness" at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at the First Baptist church. His subject will be "The Song of the at 7 p.m. Sunday school convenes at 9:45 a.m., and Training union meets at p.m. Local Youth Has Part in College Play STATE COLLEGE, Nov.

25. (Special) H. L. Boyd of McComb has a part in the Varsity club's first' production of the year, Director Henry Meyer of the student dramatic organization, announced today in revealing the castings for the program. The production, a womanless wedding, will be staged December 1 with the Starkville chapter of Delta Beta Sigma, national high school sorority, as joint sponsor.

FOREST BLAZE MAKING SWEEP OVER MOUNTAIN LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 (Jf) A forest fire raced across the Rim on the San Bernardino mountains today toward the crest of the forest district, its 4,000 cabins, residences, stores, and hotels. Fanned by a brisk wind, flames jumped fire lines established along a highway, and headed for Pine-crest community. Two hours later Pinecrest had still escaped destruction, but the fire had traveled two miles toward the more populous village of Crestline. The fire already had caused damage estimated to approach in four counties.

Magnolia Boy Scouts Repair Broken Toys Magnolia Boy Scouts arc now getting their shop equipped to repair discarded or broken toys for distribution to poor children for Christmas. Within the next few jdays, the scouts will canvass Magnolia for toys. Magnolians are invited to telephone 3841 if they have toys that can possibly be repaired, and the scouts will collect them. Presbyterians to Attend Centenary Church Sun. P.

M. Sunday morning at the J. J. White Memorial Presbyterian church the pastor, Dr. Charles E.

Guice, will speak on the subject MoreovtrrI -Is- Requ At: the" close of the service theie will be the ordination and installation of the deacons who were elected last Sunday, Edward Fly, William Neville Mat Harper Roy Lambright, W. T. Tucker, Eddie Thorburn, R. Robertson, Horace Carruth. By way of welcoming the Rev.

Ira Williams of McComb and to the Centenary Methodist church, the Presbyterians will give way their service Sunday night, and at that time worship with the people of the Centenai-y Methodist church. Sunday school willbe held at 9:45 a.m.; the Pioneers and Young People at 6:15 p.m. MXOMBMAN NAMED COACH AT DUNCAN HI CLARKSDALE, rov. 25 (Special) E. L.

Branch of McComb, a graduate of the Holmes -Junior college and former all-state football and basketball star of the college, will take-over the duties of coaching at Duncan high school December 1, it is announced by Charles Brooks, Duncan school superintendent. Branch also attended State Teachers college at Hattiesburg and was a leader in spox-ts events there. He will succeed Coach Bamett at Duncan. Barnett resigned to take a position with the United States department of agriculture at New Orleans. Barnett has taught history and science at Duncan for some time.

A miscellaneous shower was given him prior to his departure for New Orleans to begin his new duties. Magnolia Cotton Mill Is to Resume Operation Monday The Magnolia cotton mill which has been closed down this week will resume operation Monday morning, according to company officials. Slackness of orders resulted in the accumulation of a large quantity of manufactured goods, and the shut-down was to enable demand to catch up with supply. The plant had been running day land night shifts for some time. Slight letup in the cold snap which has held Mississippi in its grip since Thanksgiving eve was predicted for tonight and Satur- ICC Dismisses Negro Solon's WASHINGTON, Nov.

25 (P) The interstate commerce commis-j sion dismissed today the com-j plaint of Arthur Mitchell, Negro congressman from Illinois, that the Rock Island railroad forced him to leave a pullman iiv Arkansas and travel in a coach inferior to a pullman. The Rosetta stone, an important archaeological relic permitting the deciphering of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, was ceded to Britain as a trophy of war in 1801. Lo Co ses FRENCHDISCORD IS INTENSIFIED BY STRIKE WAVE PARIS, Nov. 25 (P) The Socialist party, most powerful in the French chamber deputies, decided today to demand Premier Daladier's resignation amid spreading agitation against the government. The Socialists were understood to be trying to form a new government.

A mounting wave of strikers threatened intensified discord in Fiance today. Premier Daladier called out mobile guards and 20,000 gen darmes to afflicted centers at the strike roll approached 100,000 and grew hourly. Daladier was understood to be determined to crush the movement, even planning a decree of a state of siege similar to martial law and considering the arrest of former Socialist Premier Leon Blum, leaders of French labor. Meanwhile Daladier and British Prime Minister Chamberlain together warned Poland against invading Czechoslovkia's eastern territory. France and Great Britain agreed at Munich to guarantee new Czech', rentiers along Jith Germany and Italy, EXPENDITURES FOR ROADS IN PIKE INCREASE Expenditures for maintaining the roads and bridges of Pike county for the month of October were $5,174.57 more than for the month of September when the cost was 63.39.

The first district is entitled to the credit of having drawn on the county treasury for much less money for its road work than any ether district, and the fourth district leads all others in its totals. The figures for the two districts districts respectively are $1,133.37 and $4,137.16. There, were unusuallj' heavy requirements, however, in the fourth district for supplies, no less than $3,491.16 having been expended for this item alone. Following is a recapitulation for the al districts of the amounts expended for supervision, labor, and supplies. In the latter are included the cost of gasoline and oils, repairs and purchase of machinery, lumber for bridges, gravel, and other supplies.

First district, 150 miles Supervision $120, labor $570.00, supplies $442.87. Second district, 106 miles Supervision $120, labor $565.59, supplies $790.76. Third district, 133 miles: Supervision $120, labor $1196, supplies $1180.55. Fourth district, 128 miles: Supervision $120, labor $523, supplies, $3,494.16. Fifth district, 120 miles: Supervision $120, labor $675.21, supplies $1,289.53.

Whole county, 647 miles: Supervision $600, labor $3,530.09, supplies $7,197.87. Total $11,282.96. JUDGE ORDERS A DOSING FOR A DOSING BERKELEY, Calif. (IP) A woman complained in police court that in an argument her husband Gustav had "cooled her off" by pouring two pitchers of water down her neck. The judge quietly gave some orders to his bailiff.

Up from the cellar came the latter with two pitchers of water. Her husband then got the same treatment. York's newly-elected New Dealer Wake of day by the weather man. 4 The forecast shows fair weather for tonight and temperatures not quite so low. Frost will be ex- perienced to the coast, however.

Temperatures ranging from 27 to 32 were for the in- coast tonight. i Saturday will see cJbudiness and warmer teniDera- tares. Mississippi Hens Take Egg-Laying Prize in Florida JACKSON, Nov. 25 (Special) jA group of hard-working" Missis sippi hens 13 in all won top honors at an egg-laying contest held at Chipley, it was reported by the state department of education. The Magnolia champions, competing with 1222 chickens from 22 states, produced 341 eggs during a 31-day period, or an average of 26 per day.

They are owned by R. W. Taylor, of Ocean I Springs. Apparently working overt ime with no day off, one Mississippi hen won individual laying honors by turning out 29 eggs. Her teammates, according to the score-sheets, rested at least one day out of the week.

It -isn't reasonable." i- Mi. Murphree undertook to raise as many questions as possible, to give the WPA administi-ator an opportunitpy to present the WPA side of the picture. When a question was raised about reports that WPA. workers have turned down offers of private jobs, preferring to make a career of WPA Wall declared: "I've never known a WPA worker yet who wouldn't be glad to swap his WPA job for a job in private industry, providing of course that ifc as work he could do, and if the employer offered a living wage and decent conditions. Everybody knows there's no future in a WPA job.

We get complaints every now and then at our office about WPA people who have refused to take jobs. But when we check up on them, they usually peter out. It's the same way in Washington. Mr. Hopkins' slaff investigates every complaint of this kind that he gets.

Of the thousands of complaints that have been investigated, less than one-tenth of one per cent have had anything to them. The WPA will not keep employing a man who refuses to take a decent private job. Mostly, however, these rumors of jobs going begging are just talk." The radio interview was one of a series of "United States Government Reports," arranged by the national' emergency council. Most ever The Assuciated Snowplows and shovel brigades mopped up in' cities and rural communities across the nation today in the wake of the worst Thanksgiving day storm in many years. Incomplete reports showed nearly two score storm fatalities, with shipping and air transportation partly paralyzed along the Atlantic coast and elsewhere.

Trains and buses were behind schedule. The worst single tragedy oc- Tyler to wn's New Methodist Pastor Arrives for Duty TYLERTOWN, Nov. 25 (Special) The Rev. T. J.

O'Neil, new pastor of the Tylertown Methodist church, has arrived to assume his duties here. The Rev. Mr. O'Neil, who was formerly a presiding elder, comes to Tylertown from Crawford Street Methodist church at Vicksbui'g, where he was pastor for the past four years. He will deliver his first sermon, as the pastor here Sunday morning.

The Rev. Mr. O'Neil succeeds the Rev. Ira E. Williams who went to McComb.

i Mother and Two Children Burned to Death in Home AMSTERDAM, N. Nov. 25 UP) Mrs. Carrie Derosa, 27, and her four children, age two and eight were, hurned to- death tbdiiy. -wheji ire-swept their Authorities; attributed the blaze oil stove explosion.

Special Election Called in Copiah HAZLEHURST, Nov. 25 (Special) The Copiah county election commission has issued a call for a special election to elect a justice of peace for district five to fill the vacancy caused by the death four weeks ago of Judge Ben T. Walden. The election -be held December 27, with four precincts participating. Hugh Catching is the only candidate for the office so far.

The time limit for qualifications expires December 12, 15 days before the election is held. County Trees Are Purchased by Bellingrath The beauty of Magnolia is being considerably lessened by large purchase of japonica trees which residents have grown by Bellingrath, owner of the famous garden near Mobile. Some plants eight to ten feet high are said to have brought their owners $100, while many smaller ones have been sold for 1 Wall Tells About What Are WPA iWorkers Like- Former Governor Dennis Mur-phree, who is director of the national emergency council for Mississippi, asked Roland Wall, deputy WPA administrator-, "What are WPX workers like?" in a radio interview'. which was broadcast this week over station WSLI. Mr.

Wall replied, "Well, that's like asking what Americans are like, or what human beings are like. WPA workers are just like you and mo only not so lucky." Mr. Wall pointed out that WPA workers, on the average, have had ten years of private employment before they became unemployed, land that the average age of WPA workers is about 42, just a little above the average of workers in private industry. And on the score of WPA workers' efficiency, Mr. Wall continued, "I hear all the jokes about termites eating the shovels out front under WPA workers, of course.

But the next time you hear a ny one talking like that, Mr. Mur-phree, you, go right up to him and ask him if he knows any WPA workers. Chances are he doesn't. Or if he does, he has an ax to grind. Of course, there are some lazy workers on the WPA, just as there are in private industry.

But nobody condemns private industry for that. Why should any one condemn thousands of unemployed people simply because he happens to see one or two loafers 2i ifllk.