Delta Star, The (Newspaper) - February 4, 1938, Greenville, Mississippi This World of Ours Lale Bulletins Quirks Arid Bri lures Which Put he World Your LTA ONE DAY AHEAD CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINE START CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS MADE THIS YEAR KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK the weevil L Can't Blame Him Fpr Misspelling NEW YORK Feb 3 UP The eyebrows of judges special sessions court went tip today when lie negro said he could not snell his name He didn't it very well cither II turned out thai Hunter 28 was impersonating his friend John charged with possession of policy slips Too Much Of A Good Thing YONKERS N Y Feb 3 Joseph Fabio 54 today won and lost a bet with friends that he could drink more ban anv of them After consuming a half-gallon of wine and a half-pint of whiskey Fabio collapsed and died two hours later No Profit There DECATUR Ala Feb UP Citizens oE Decatur were alien for free rides today ns a war between two rival taxicab forced fares down to nothing One com- pany offered free service because its rival had been cd mi exclusive franchise by the city council Attorneys for the barred concern planned court action No Push Down No Pay Up BOLIVAR Term UP Hardeman County evs threatened to on strike today unless local ment expenses arc reduced We have decided to hold up paying our taxes until our officials do something definite said J O Mammons leader of the Bobby Wants His Worth MACON Gu Feb 3 UP Robert T Bobby Jones golf champion and now Atlanta attorney today sought lo paid the United States in in- come taxes in 1933 on which golfer seeks to recover in- come axe sare mud o his father as trustee for u series of motion picture shorts marie in and to his as trustee another series nf pictures made in VOLUME II GREENVILLE MISS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4 1938 NUMBER 67 Brazil And Argentina Seizing Foreign Market For Cotton Says McVeigh I SEE BY THE STAR Merry Time Was Had By Air ORLEANS Fob IS UP Eyes of nearby diners as o Duke saluted his waiter with a kiss today Due Mirepoix of Paris and holder of the oldest unique title in European nobility was introduced to Albert Feugas also Chevalier of the Legion of Honor The Duke advanced two embraced and kissed the waiter on both checks Death Valley's Grandeur And Contradictions Told By John Claire Monteith TV if The overpowering grandeur and of Death Valley were briefly captured and for who attended John Monteith's lecture at the E E last night Presented by high school cipal E J ken bach as one or tlie country's finest Mr captivated his ers with i recital of the floral geological history of Death Valley Us animal life and of stirring dramas centered around the miners He described Death Valley as a land of amazing beauty and extremes It is a land ol silence u land of he said Us silence is so intense that yon can honr it There is sunshine 350 days of the year and it is n land of quietness and It's is indescribable Contrary to popular knowledge Valley is nol u barren ile kind It is productive and in it nrc some of the most beautiful flowers that could be seen where Every geological age has left its own mineral deposits The winds and the sands ing the passing of the centuries have carved beautiful pieces from the towering that arc typical of this land He described the Valley as be- ing from six to 20 miles in width and ISO mil PS in length In it he said is the second lowest spot on earth 286 feet below sea level next only to the Dead Sea And not far from it is one of the highest mountains The lecture was illustrated by operated by Mrs Monteith Scenes of breathtaking beauty were unfolded magnificent mountain scenes sprawling ert lands and pictures of plant and animal life Mr Monteith who has spent many years delving into the teries of Death Valley gave an authentic picture also of tlie hectic days when took the perilous trek through the Mississippi Valley the Rocky Mountain regions on through Death Valley into the fertile land of California Even now he said can be seen the ruins of the old mining camps towns still and desolate surrounded by the encompassing of Death Volley The lite Sec Z Page I Thai the Cup -I the Natchez Sec 2 1 That cotton m markets I City Frank Pane 1 Thin Pane 1 f Today's Recollection A year today Mr velt submitted a plan to Con- gress whereby the United Stales spend two billion dollars over a period of six years for im- proved national defense and II O Hoffman chairman of the sion said that e is no place in the industrial life of our state for sweat shops Tim Guage 21.9 rising Tlic Weather To Partly cloudy mild Friday and Saturday Partly Friday Saturday cloudy aline American Atlanta Augusta Boston Charleston Chattanooga Chicago Denver N Dakota Helena Jacksonville con- Miami Mobile York Phoenix Pittsburgh Raleigh Tampa Thomasville 70 Washington Whisky Protects Sheep if MELBOURNE Feb 3 UP of the late winters and early spring now have no terrors for the men in charge of valuable flocks of sheep at one Victoria ranch Owners bought gallons of whisky and milk A solution of the two was injected into each member of a valuable stud flock one was ON SWIMMING POOL Engineer Says Pool Could Be Built For ing Costs NO GOVERNMENT MONEY IS AVAILABLE Hal Believes That pal Swimming Pool Could Be Operated Profitably City Engineer Frank Hall last night told members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce that on adequate swimming pool of projects which the Chamber is considering ing this he built for but that in all lity no government funds would be for such n project in Greenville Mr Hall and Mayor Milton C Smith addressed the Jaycees on the advantages and problems of obtaining a municipal swimming pool for Greenville They were introduced by Albert the chairman of the organization's temporary committee on n cipal pool There were about GO members present at tlie meeting which was held at Hotel ville Two obstacles to the project were pointed out by Mayor 1 nearly all of the labor available under WPA is taken up with other projects and W it is doubtful that the City cil would vote to appropriate any funds for the project inasmuch as several contingencies lo lie met recently and the cil is reluctant tot spend over its budget Mr stressed the ages which would accrue to the city if a municipal swimming pool were to be built He ed the conviction that such a pool could be operated profitably and that the initial cost could be in short number of years The city has four major WPA projects either under- way the Mr Hall said Be- fore any other projects could he undertaken the City Council on Three BARGE BOUGHT BY YACHT CLUB Will Be Used As Breakwater And Mooring Of Craft it Continuing its expansion the Yacht Club added to its facilities a barge 125 feet long and 30 feet wide it was bought from U S surn Company Commodore J S Kirk said Purchase price was not revealed Commodore Kirk said it would be used as a breakwater to tect the smaller craft owned by members and also for the ing of smaller boats Immediate reconditioning of the barge is not planned but improvements will be made eventually he said The FOG BLAMED IN NAVY'S WORST AIRSHIP DISASTER Eleven Men Die When Two Giant Fighting Boats Crash SAN DIEGO Feb 3 UP Navy investigators an- tonight that two giant navy fighting boaLs which ed in mid-air 70 miles at sen last night and plunged into the ocean in flumes taking 11 men to heir death hda apparently become blinded in a low fog while attempting close tion for two bodice missing was abandoned after IB hours in which practically tbe entire Pacific battle licet and 300 airplanes combed the face of the sea Admiral Claude C commander-in-chief of the fleet announced from flagship Pennsylvania that the search had been halted Eight bodies have been recovered one man tiled in i hospital and three others caped in parachutes A board of inquiry beaded by Commander Henry Mil Hi nix uf the Wright flagship of the aircraft scouting was named tonight to investigate the crash The three survivors ed upon command of their com- mander Lieut Carlton Barmore former naval academy football and Lacrosse star Naval investigators said they tored flying boats had become temporarily blinded und their wings locked in a sudden squall that came up during flying last The accident described as the worst disaster in naval flying history red 70 miles offshore dining night maneuvers The planes collided during n sudden rain squall which impaired visibility The planes plunged into the sea one aflame in the full sight of warships below engaged in battle powerful searchlights were played on the water all night as naval boats searched the sea in the hope of finding survivors clinging to wreckage At dawn 300 planes from tbe aircraft carriers Lexington Saratoga made a thorough search of the aren but found of survivors SCHOOL MEETING Central school mothers are asked to meet at the school auditorium this afternoon it A number of questions will be discussed America's hope of counteracting the steadily increasing invasion of the for- eign cotton market by South American countries is through decrease of the cost of tion in this country by the in- of widespread farming and downward revision of tbe tariff structure That is the studied opinion of John K McVeigh representative of the Dixie Cultivator tion who bas just returned to the States after five months in Ar- gentina and Brazil The business of planting and producing cotton in South erica is enjoying a ly rapid steady growth ing to Mr McVeigh Many acres are being opened up for cotton cultivation each great expanse of virgin jungle land is being cleared away while at the same time South America's tional coffee groves long the money crop of thai continent arc being destroyed to moke way for more cotton acreage Brazil and he Argentine are producing a grade of cotton which compares very favorably with tlie lung staple varieties fur which Die Delta famous Ironically enough Mr on Page DIVINE TO QUIT HOSPITAL SHORTLY Rev Noe's Weight Rises To 132 Pounds On Hospital Food MEMPHIS Feb 3 UP The Rev Israel H Noe tonight planned a clays to leave Baptist hospital where he has been recuperating since his three weeks fast out food or water ended in his collapse Physicians reported the pended dean of the Cathedral of St Mary was greatly ened and was prescribed hospital meals including meats anil vegetables Noe whose weight dropped to 100 pounds at the end of his last now weighs 132 Although hospital attendants said Noe said he would resume his fast when he is released from the hospital friends believed he would not return lo his plan to live entirely by spiritual strength It was believed Noe might KO to Florida hiter this month for a vacation or to his mother's home in North Carolina There was no indication from James Maxon of the Episcopal of Tennessee whether he planned lo return Noe to some position in the church Noe was removed as doan of St Mary's cathedral on Bishop order Police Get Confession From COUNTY HAS Of NEW PUN TO enactment Ul Sixty Million Road Plan Near Permit For Fish Dock On Lake Front To Be Denied on Three ic The dock and market which Oscar Simon ly of Helena had intended to operate just north of ilic con- crete wharf at the font of ington avenue will not be granted a permit il indicated day by members of the City Council committee for the of the river front Guy Drew member of the beaut committee said yesterday a tacit agreement had been made by members of that body to deny application for a permit although no cial action has as yet been en Mr Drew said that W r Simon has nol yel cation for a permit H is u riders that the odor common to fish docks and the refuge which would be cast inio the waters of the lake arc the grounds upon which the permit is to bo refused Mr Simon has been instructed not lo unload any equipment The committee holds that it has the right to re- ject grant a permit of this nature under authority delegated by the City Council Mr Simon has the right of appeal to tbe City Council which over- ride the decision of the tee grant the permit The WPA Official Makes Survey Of Conditions Miss Miriam Noll regional supervisor of W 1J A office in Orleans was in ville yesterday making a survey of conditions for the Department of Social Research in ton D C Miss Noll in explaining her work said that Washington county was selected as typical of the Delta and my trip is to mate the relief that will be ed for the Miss Noll was accompanied by Miss Myrtle Mason of the Em- ployment Division of the W P A Greenwood District While in Greenville they were assisted in making the survey by Mrs George Archer county welfare of fire Tlie information was gathered for the report from in- with Mayor Smith Mai Starling statistics on file in the welfare and security offices and from interviews with other citizens Criminals arc finding ville an unhealthy place to stay around Yesterday police jailed n gro on a murder charge the third in he past throe weeks to be apprehended on i serious charge by law enforcement Thc alleged murderer is Willie Fields 25 wanted in County for the pistol slaying of Robert alias Lee negro in IMS Chief William Taggart said Fields confessed lo Iho charge He was picked up eral days ago nl 419 N Harvey on a charge of stealing hogs from Sam Duncan He was fined and costs to pay he was sent lo work out his time on county roads Chief Taggart said he had in- formation regarding Fields that implicated him in the shooting with the charge Fields at first denied il but con- fessed Inter Chief Taggart said Thc shooting took place at Alligator Fields was ed but was never apprehended He claimed self defense staling that Lee we armed and ened him during argument Albert George gro charged with the shotgun slaying of his wife in Pine Bluff in 19.11 was arrested by ties R F Chancy jr and W IX Bunch Pine Bluff returned Wednesday Willie who was ed by deputies some time ago is being held in jail on a charge of shooting his wife She re- Thc Tank Will Be Bought And Located In Near FREIGHT RATES TO GREENVILLE CHEAPER Also Rebates On Gasoline Taxes Expected To Result From New Setup ic In a move to take advantage of a differential in freight rates the Washington County Board of Supervisors has competitive bidding on a gasoline storage tank which will be located in Greenville and which will replace the storage tank now operated at Stoneville According to Murray Strong assist a tit chancery clerk who acts as secretary of tbe board the freight rale on gasoline shipped into Greenville is three cents per gallon less than the rale on gasoline shipped into Stoneville tbe present location of the lank Thc counly uses approximately gallons of gasoline per year and the switch in the location of the tanks should result in a saving of about 5300 per year The cost of he lank will bo decided by the bills made but it is thai the cost will be somewhere in the hood of ov The board of supervisors is re- ported to have considered Iho of a man to handle the disbursement of the gasoline and to keep records of the amount used particularly in reference lo gasoline used on construction jobs The allows to salers a rebate of five cents on the six cents lax on gasoline if the gasoline is used on tion jobs Mr Strong said The county at present is not ing this he said A report Unit tho position lias already been filled was denied by Torrey Wood of- Hollandale a member of the board As far as I Mr said the board has taken action in hiring anyone For position No 11 res relative to amount of gasoline used in con- struction work were available Mr Strong said thai the amount of construction work dorse varies with the weather and Unit thermore the new Mississippi road program before tbe state legislature at present may alter past figures materially The tank now used to store the county's gasoline located nt Stone is nol owned by county but is rented it was said Thc county purchases its line on n competitive bidding basis Thc Firemen Have Breathing Spell if Greenville firemen have had n breathing spell since the first of Instead of ranking mi average of a run a day there hasn't been onr alarm since 3 o'clock Monday During January 30 alarms were sent in Assistant Chief Chipman said Thc LITTLE MEN OF BUSINESS FINISH DISORDERLY MEET Tax Relief Balanced get Loans Are Demanded ir WASHINGTON Feb 3 UP The two-day Congress of lle businessmen ended on the same disorderly note on which il after two unruly delegates had been ejected and resolutions had been demanding tax relief a balanced budget and loans to small industry Tlie fur reaching program of it critical of the New Deal will be submitted to ident Roosevelt tomorrow by a committee which ed tonight to fit the resolutions into a cohesive pattern and to lake some of the sting out of the by some com- Meantime Rep C h a u n c c y Heed H 111 introduced a proposing Iho establishment of a government to insure bank loans to small business He said be had long recognized tlie urgent need of such loans and ed the Administration for only recently arriving at the same conclusion Many of the little business delegates trekked homeward on ACREAGE RECORDS No Base Acres Possible Un- less Records On Land Handed In He Says County agent J W yesterday warned ull planters Hint records ort the amount of land in tion are made available to his office the planters who do not report will have no base age figures The records are necessary from all planters did co-operate in tbe 1937 program Mr emphasized the necessity of reporting acreage in cultivation of tno probability that Congress will this year enact compulsory ton acreage restriction Without a record or history of in cultivation no base acres nrc possible and any cotton planted on this and will suffer a penalty Mr Whitaker said He estimated that there are about 25 to 80 thousand acres in the county on which he has no record whatsoever and that there are about twice as many on which the records are plete The Conference Report Accepted Eight Counties Omitted In Priority Program To Re- Paving JACKSON Miss Feb 3 UP Signature of Governor Hugh White possibly tomorrow and the Senate formality bling a motion to reconsider its acceptance of tbe conference committee report remained for enactment of a way bond issue for Mississippi When both Houses late today hod speedily accepted the con- ference committee report the measure That each of eight counties omitted in the priority system would receive paving that iHc first bond series would have a instead of a 25-year maturity lawmakers were barred from the bond issue pork motor boat fuel was exempt from the six-cent tax pledged to retire the and maximum of new money which may go lo complete the priority system was fixed at This sum is be by a federal roads grant of Some will refund bonds under the priority system financing saving the slate and nearly may be for new road construction in Mississippi The House refused to sider its reduction of the Senate ad valorem tax and the ate after refusing to concur ed for a conference The House would set the tax at from two to milter find authorize the ernor to waive it during the biennium if it was not needed Tax sales of may ho postponed by county boards April to September this year un- der a The Senate meanwhile unanimously provided a remedy for tion of certain funds between two or more counties cd county superintendents of education to waive rent liens in on produce from lands and lated the pay of education board members in certain counties Senators facetiously ed Senator Frank Harper's prohibiting round dancing at public institutions and killed it Senator John Kyle offered a permitting the Senate Bond Commission to issue of short-term notes to Con lined an Page Three 1938 Tax Collections Drainage Boards Will Meet Saturday The Black Bayou drainage board will hold its regular monthly meeting Saturday jng nt o'clock nnd the Bo- gue and Riverside board will meet Saturday afternoon at o'clock il announced yesterday The Black Bayou board con- sists of J N Aldridge president Will Alterbury and E J commissioners H H secretary-treasurer and H P Farish attorney The Bogue and side board consists of H E Dean president A M Lyell and An- son Sheldon commissioners R H chief engineer IT P Farish attorney and Mary Lane Griffin secretary-treasurer The Scientists have found that hams can be given the flavor of aging in a few weeks hy a heating procedure THE DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND if Total tax collections for the first four months of 1938 taxes are paid in advance were over greater than in any of the preceding four years o re- port issued by City Clerk Guy Drew disclosed yesterday I To we vc r recei pts from the sale of drivers licenses while exceeding the receipts from these months in 1937 1936 and 1335 fell considerably below the re- of Thc tive figures are The figures on tax collections 1938 1937 Realty Personalty Separate School Total Drivers License 602 1935 1934 Realty 136.222 Personalty Separate School Total License 2.363 The By DREW PEARSON And ROBERT S ALLEN if lias boon no fanfare or noise about it but the lins been engaged in a very steady to build defenses in the mid-Pacific Every transport plying be- tbe West Const and waii during recent weeks has been loaded with live which are new nnd sure lo As a result Hawaii has become one of tbe most important ammunition dumps in or around the USA Tlie flight of army and navy bombing planes to Hawaii ready bas been published ever It has escaped general at- tention that these planes were sent to Hawaii permanently not on stunt flights All of the bombing planes and a good part of the army's are now at Pearl Harbor Extra supplies chiefly oil also have been stored at Samoa Exactly what this means the navy does not explain But in- side word is that preparations are being pushed to put the fleet Continued on 2 Sec U
