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The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 2

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The Delta Storm To 11 In Oklahoma Reaches 112 OKLAHOMA number of dead in tornadoes in Oklahoma, Arkarusi njounted Saturday Fifteen others were listed missing and hundreds were In Jured. Deaths in Arkansas 21 with live persons unaccountei lor. Six were killed in Missouri Oklahoma's 85 whom 63 were at Anders In Ol southeastern section-of the slate Soldiers, using bulldozers, con llnucd to search the rubble to more persons reported mis "rhe State Health Deparlmen announced it was, ready to beg sanitation program i the stricken areas. This include water treatment and injection typhoid serum. Japanese herd Indonesia women ot all ages into slave lab( camps in Netherlands Guln' to do physical labor for the Ja ancse troops in that area--fellln frees, building trenches, plantln etc.

The death rale amongst thes women is as high as 45 per cen Protection on your entire family at I small monthly cost 'n our BONDED BIJBIAL INSURANCE Stovall FUNERAL HOMK Phone 224 I 8. Tin ui Inspect Meet The Trumans -God Bless Them! Two Election Hen TMdaf Bess other of Ame'rlca 0 "loZ' face. First Lady, to be a second Eleanor To Name Altorne? Senator And Vote On Street Bonds Shaw Activities Mary Alien, Reporter Telephone 3521 Succeeding to. a dozen years ol I ialher js reccdenl-shatterlng activities mcrn ber of the Pi Beta- Ph virs. Franklin D.

Roosev.ll, the cw First Lady may find the spot- mwlim i organizations an ght uncomfortably bright. CVQn ts and docs not lack for Until her husband's TM' 1 she asp ires to a muBlcal career, i 10 voice has n( arl season productions of Opera Company. Still, It's an even bet that Mary margaret Truman may be the First President's daughter to be White House bride since Prcsl- Flnal preparations are being made for the two special elections be held In Greenville this may Tuesday. In addition to their participation in the special election for a state senator and district fittor- rley from this area, Greenville Figire Oil Answer To Ban Against fiumaiis 2Mh Century Clnb The Twentieth Century Garden Club met Thursday in the Club house for the regular monthly meeting, with Mrs. M.

B. Brister presiding. Alter a short business Letters To The Editor Robert Ufe To the Editor: Sunday. April 15. IMS son of IT popular jrwun chemical engineer, ot that city- From first, there was little doubt tbt result ol that meeting; and foon another home was established.

This has been a happy and normal home consisting ol three boys session the meeting was turned lover to Mrs. Bob Oakman, program leader. The subject for afternoon, "Gardens" proved the Editor: mai nome ui uw- Late ot Cincinnati--LaUr ol the and two all very pleas nf -V th.irriif rrlni. but cbarmini with their differing, but charming hi had been a happy merry gaUanUj gallantly; happy call, ot his country JlllC lie young boy, romping with his ador- ng brothers and sisters. Ight months ago as toosevelt's fourth term mate, Bess Wallace Truman was ust another Senator's wife.

She rose early each morning to get for him and their Mar, HJIM, IIICI IQIIIEI ---Mrs. Truman served as secrc-l ount or ner CV cry penny. He has said Trumans used to speech or tor her hutband. that he never made a drew up a report without inlversily student daughter. Do Own Housework Ident Wilson's time.

Mother and daughter did all the Aspirants for her hand- lousework in the Trumans 'i ve nom a like to know (120-a-month ner father has to ac- spem vacations at their home, built by Mrs. Tru man's grandfather. That may no At that time the Trumans us- be so risible now. ually spent evenings quietly a youngster, Hurry S. Tru home.

He would work. Or he andl schoolbooks for Hes Margaret would ploy piano duets. Thcy wiu cdebrale their Now, it th 11 wedding anniversary in June i cast room of the White House by strumming on the geor- gous, glided concert grand. Mrs. Truman got Her first sample of the arduous obligations of the natoii's first families at In- ney iruin vino ti.eu, clllzcns will go to the polls on a $400000 street paving bond election recently culled by City Coun- '1.

George B. Walker of Stoneville will be unopposed for the senatorial post of this county. Runnlni for the Fourth Judicial Distrlc attorncyshlp are Howard Dyer of Greenville, Woshingtoi county prosecuting attorney, and El. D. Evcrltt of Rulevllle, prose cutor for Sunflower county.

The $400,000 street bondln ssue will be decided by a secon pecial election In which onl qualified electors within the cor porate limits of the city may vot covers approximately eight an one-half miles of concrete pavin rir tCwerTGTM "1 to, program a is natural to find'this young PolTM" an would hour was enjoyed during name 'and 1 land cake. The 42nd previously bad taken Wucrzbuu, whosi let forth in the 1945 street pro gram. Booths for the senatorial an naoii augural functions January 20. For I literally hours she stood beside I Mrs. Roosevelt to greet more than people.

Today In Rosedale Mrs. Maiirino B. King Reporter Mr. and Mrs. Welslian.

Enlertaln oos or district attorney election will 1 set up at City Hall and th County Court House and will main open from 7 a. until p. Tuesday. Approximately 3,600 Washin ton county citizens are qualifi vote in this election. Booths in nearby a towns are to be placed as fo Le'land, City Hall; Carlo Powers Store; Areola, Willia Drug Store; Chatham, Stel Store- Hollandalc, City Hall, a Glen Allan, Clinic Building.

It tentatively scheduled to place icHWEINFURT, Germany vadcd Germany. be a 1 rf nlroduct on to th ng was a charming boy, with a magic Onl was smile that carried him far. Only a lev! weeks ago, he was busy with his "school books and enthusiastic, in his sports. Those few simple words, bearing their heartbreaking message, have placed his name on the shining roll of glory crowned young American heroes --than whom tbe world has known no greater. It is natural to find'this young aoor- cau, 01 nis Bobby the call had been liven, to hta, urac Kn vnnnff! before personally.

He was so young! To all, nt that household, we. the friends, ol his mother's childhood and youth, offer our lovinj iously ba se cellars yielded The Rotary Club hold the re- bu: whose cellars choice champagnes. Corks gular meeting ing all afternoon. sembly room of the Presbyterian Church. Special guests were Colonel Bill Litton, Lt.

(j.g.) J. A. Ely, Electrician's Chief Male Clovis Pyron. Colonel Litton arid Lieutenant Ely made sbort talks. his two great grandfathers, Colonel Joseph Jayne, and General Robert Lowry, were brave soldiers of the Confederate States of America.

Before these great Mississippians, came otber soldiers the Indian wars and ot the American Revolution. Since the! "Horror March" Under Nazi Whip day, there has been no war euenan he delicious lunch a served Governor, that men, of names, have not been numbered among those in service. General Lowry was a belovet sympathy. Sincerely, Susie Trigg Greenville, RADIftTOR REPAIRING CLEANING Curs All Sixes rears Experience THOMPSON'S Battery and Electric, Station J17 Hals Phone ZU by Mrs. E.

V. Denton and John Wherry. Mrs. WO neople r. an Although Mrs.

Roosevelt show- Mr. and Mrs. A. Welshnns i I i a teitlr fnpnfls at ttletr Aiinuugn I ed Mrs. Truman trick of knee- flexing to spare her fatigue, the new vice-president's wife found the occasion exhausting.

I Recent signs 'indicate that Mrs. Truman may take the role ot Firsl 1 Lady-- as It was 183 3-- in stride. known before Apparently she's become accus- IVII. il'JtJ entertained a few friends at their lomc Thursday evening, complimenting Captain Hamilton Shnt- tuck ond Lieut. Joe Eddins.

Other auests were Mrs. Spencer Wells, Mrs. Mickey Dattel, Mrs. Nenl Streater, Mr. and Mrs.

W. M. Priestley Mr. and Mrs. George Shaddock, Mr.

nnd. booth in Maddox's store at Avon. The booth for Greenville's street bonding election will be at City Hall. This will be the only polling spot for this election. Election clerks for tbe countywide poll are Mrs.

L. Frederick, Mrs. H. O. Langstron anc harlies Sivers at the (Delayed aucnded' the part of 2,000,000 Allied Prisoners es of the Melh- ot wpr and slave lab re Church in Cleveland, ated so far on German soil, tola loday of a "horror march" under oaltelli and daughter ihe Nazi whip as brutal as that by the Japanese In the Philippines, They were the half-starved, weary, footsore doughboys liberated by the British Second Armored Division and who had been Kecappinf and Vuleanliinf Guaranteed MISSISSIPPI RETREADERC FlMMUSl Ceraer Walnat tat Mate formal and semi-formal functions.

i 'Blessed with a good memory for I faces, she tries to remember the Ihundreds of unfamiliar ones she encountered recently. I She's been seen at the capitals I smart gathering places with vnr- Illous groups. Knows Her The week of-Inauguration Mrs. iTrumin not only answered at (length reporters' questions, I later telephoned this reporter to I offer more information which she I thought might be useful. II Lait night the wife ot the new I President sent no aniwer to a re- I auest ibr an interview.

I Yet she may be willing to re I celve the press occasionally, If no I as frequently as did Mrs. Roosc- I v.elt who established the prece I dent of a First Lady's news con lUerencefi. Women reporters recal I that the morning after Mr. Tru I man was nominated lor the vice his wife held her firs I'news conference in a iiia- A. R.

Shnltuck, Mrs. Shelby Miss Julia McGee and Mr. Hol- Chancy. Mrs Rosa Belle Shelby and forced to march from eastern on camps as the Germans fled the Soviet drive. This Is not the first time such story has been told.

American captives freed on nearly every front tell of the hor- House, and J. North Mrs. "early arch beat Ethel Chunn nnd Mrs. 01 1 marnhpre laozed. ings when the marchers lagged, have returned from a visit in Memphis.

Dudley Stewart III of Fayetle is staying with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weil- enman during the illness of his mother in a Vicksburg hospital.

Altean Hammett is home from the University of Mississippi for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Hammett.

Jo Weeks, Mrs. Jack Mascali, Vi it ngs when me martneio rl th election, of'the weak left to die in the the son of Colonel Jayne; this couple being the great grandparents, of Bobby Holz. His mother tas a brother and six 3 sins in service, at presi Bobby's mother, Leila Lowry Jayne, beautiful and popular, was I aorn and spent most of her early I life here, in her grandmother's! She received her early education in the Greenville schools, of which she is a uate. Mrs. J.

M. Jayne, the devoted grandmother, still lives, in Greenville, with an aunt and uncle, who mourn together, the sorrow of their dear child. When Leila was quite young she left Greenville to be, for a short lime, in Cincinnati. There she soon met her fate, in the per- A I and Mrs. Gilchrist shopped in Greenville yesterday.

died no one could were many as fran CHICKEN FEED I A Mrs. Olga iu hut they were many as Iran- i vrj nmissloncrs. i strove to keep ahead goose of a certain large red roos Observers have expressed the tic strove 10 sometimes roams he cnimfv Of tnC llUSSlanS. ct t' LJDSUrVUlft mi -belief that Washington county of the Mrs osa ee a Miss Patricia Walton left wi turn out a heavy vole this ss ssnaaa the week-end. Mr.

John Worthlngton of Cleveland was a business visitor Rosedale Friday. Mrs. Wurfield Nugent has turned home from a two weeks visit in Natchez with relatives. France Mourns Roosevelt Death range, a greater fuel load and a greater explosive load. IDOSe uei mtti ter which sometimes roams her neighborhood on Chicago's North Side.

She stepped from her home and was pecked vigorously on the ankle by the bird. But it wasn't so much the rooster's laste for a passing ankle here and there; it was that rare pair of nylons he ruined which caused Mrs. Cookes antagonism. NOW IN STOCK I I A All Kinds Dixie Hardware 60S Wasn. Phone Greenville, Mtes.

Our and Joy! Our waitresses whose smil ing suggestions and cour teous service make them our iavorite candidates Come in today and let them serve you the finest In fare Bill's fat Shop C03 Washington Del U'i (fl pi-- France observed an of mourning Saturday ent Roosc velt, with Clarksdale. ,1 CIUMJU mm ol Mrs, W. J. Lacy of evolin the day to the study ol the President's life. Mrs.

TUbn.nB.thc.ek and Jr. are spending several days in Itta Bena visiting rela- Cathedral church lives and friends. COTTON SEED STONEVILLE2B DELFOS531C Direct From STONEVILLE PEDIGREED SEED COMPANY CERESftN-TREATED 1 4 FIRST YEAR FROM BREEDER City Briefs Tom Mullen has been called to and in a Paris synagogue. The Paris press played up fav- iorably President Truman's asser- Itlon that he would follow Boose- veil's policies. Perhjps nnt one Frenchmen in len even knew the new President's name before yes- lerrtp.y.

Today it is on everyone's lips Slaying Of Yanks Dr. Erneit Buller left Saturday MANILA Douglas night for a week's visit in New MacArthur's headquarters report- Orleans, ed today lhat a Japanese document to return to his station where he i will be killed. 1 personnel officer. Headquarters said the document part of battle inslructions to Robert C. Chotard, county trea- al rO ops from the ground I surer of Chlcot county.

Lake Vil- 0( Juji group and I lage, was a local was da March a ,945. I Saturday, being accompanied by .,1...... Japa Are 5p ec jj From Shanghai Alfred Mitchell is expected homel CHUNGKING Japan-'- --1 a cse are speeding mechanized forc- on cs from the Shanghai area to positions they occupied originally in Manchuria as a result of Moscow's denunciation of the Russo- Japanese neutrality act, a Chinese army spokesman declared last jnight. I mother. i during the week-end after weefc's absence in St.

Louis business- Obituaries Mrs, Ida O'Keefe Winona, Thursday Mrs. Ida O'Kcefc, held in afternoon for who died Police Will Probe Drivers Licenses City police will open an a i drive soon (o determine lio many motorists in Greenville have Wednesday at tho home of fil i rt i daughter, Mrs. I-. C. Bryan at i I mi Si according to Chief u- (William Tacgart.

Mrs. O'Kcefc lived in ashmg-1 Th( po ico 0 if poiiflcd out that only an estimated 2,200 li- cc-nsrs huvc ticcn sold to date. ton county for number of residing at Lake Washington with her son, Ernesl O'Kccte. She was of the few surviving Civil Veteran's widows, and the CERESAN-TREATED 'he GOYER GREENVILLE This figure, he explained, is what below the number of Greenville motorists. one last one in Montgomery county.

She is survived by four sons. J.jtors also survive: and Barkley of Mrs. Joe G. of Memphis, and Er-isong, Jackson, and Inest of Clarksdale. Three daugh- Memphis.

Delia Transportation Company Bus Schedules NORTH BOUND TO: Clarksdale, Memphis and Helena, Arkansas 6-00 A 10:30 A. 3:30 P. 8:00 A. via Stringtown to Benolt 4:30 P. Rosedale via Stringtown.

SOUTH BOUND TO: Avon, Glen Allan, Rolling Fork. Mayersville, Old Filler and Vicksburg 9:00 A. M. Avon, Glen Allan, Rolling Fork and Vicksburg 4:00 P. M.

EAST BOUND TO: Indlanola, Belzonl, Yazoo City, Jackson, Drew and A. 10:15 A. 2:30 P. M. and 5:15 P.

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