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Tupe l o, Miss issippi , Saturday ' Morning, July 15, 1950.
Johnson To Submit Request UN Trygve lie
Full United P ress Leased Wire .
North Korean Communists Blast Americans Defense ·Lines; Leathernecks Sail
For More Korean War Funds Requests Help * * * * * * * U.S. Forces Saltillo Gym National Guard, Reserves for Cables All Non -Red 1 Of Needs Construction May Be Called Next Week Countries l.n Far Eastern War Defense Department May Need $8,000,000,000 * * * * Reds Attempt To Bottle To Build Army And Fight Reds In Far East Now Underway Reminiscent Of Work Being Handled Up U.S. Troops On Ku.m Under Unique Plan, Departure For f Officials Reveal Enemy Soldiers, Dressed In GI Uniforms,
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. (U.R>* * ·un ited Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie Friday cabl ed nonCommunist UN me mbers that WASHING TON. (UP) - Defen se Secretary Louis J ohnson Gen . Douglas MacArthur's UN is g eting ready to ask for an additional $6,000,000,000 to $8,- forces were in "urgent n eed" of d t th A · more help and appealed for step. ht th K 000 ' 000 ,000 t o f 1g e orean war an s reng en mencan ped-up contri butions, c h ie f 1 y defenses for possible trouble e lsewhe re, it was disclosed ground t roops. Friday. Tho ugh Lie's 52 emergency SALTILLO- (Special) -Con~ The finai figure h as not been dete r mined definite l y, but it wires differed in d etails, almost ~tr uction work on Saltillo's n ew is e xpecte d to be sent to Presid ent T rum a n and the budget all carried this key m essa ge: / $30,000 gymnasium ha·s started bureau for approval ear l y next week. TOKYO, Saturday. (UP) North Korean C ommunists 1 The request then "I have been advised that the unde r a contract system uniq u e '-t C un ified command (U. S. governdrove U . S. troops b<!ck on the western end of the Kum R iver in L ee County school biuldin g woul d ve sent o ongress . ment) is in urgent need of addidefense line today and launched new attacks toward t he other history. Sens. Harry F . B yrd , D ., V a. , and A . Willi s Rober tson, D ., tional effective assistance . I end of the line in an apparent attempt to bott le up the Amer iSch ool officials said Friday the Va., first disclosed the fig ur es should be grateful therefore if gymnasium was being built un- d uring,, Sen ate debate on cans n orth of T aejon. Be 21 the your government would consider der a system calling for separate "single package" a ppropriations the p ossibility of such assistance Americans facing the Communist a ttem pt to spring a trap contracts for the materials, with bill. Top admin istr:1tion officials WASHING TON ~ <U.Rl- Maj. including combat forc es, particSAN DIEGO Cal (U.Rl- T he below the Kum River line included the 24th Division and the actual construction work be- the n confrmed their st atement s. J Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, dr·aft di. ularly ground forces." figh ting F irst Mari~e Di visonother unspecified units of battalion strength. ing done on a salary basis. r ector , said Friday night he fav Not All For War , Ducked Comment I.heavily equipped with mechanThe big push from the northeas t was launched Friday ors registering women fo r naOfficials expla ined that overIt was emphasize<;!, that all the , The a ppeals w en t out as ne ws ized instruments of war sailall contract bids for the gym- money will not g·o mto the Ko· came from the fighting fro nt that Friday fr om Southern Califor- mornin g on Sou th K o rean fo rces near t he ri g ht fl ank of the tional service "if the country nasium r) ,nstr udlion jo b were rea n war. Some w ill be used to Americans strung out along the gets so it needs everybody." infiltrating Red Korea n soldiers nia ports for the Korean battletoo high f or the money availThe first man under the ne w Kum River. in American uniforms had crack- front. able. With only $30,000 avail- bring all branches of the armThe big drive against the South draft m ight "possibly" be in unied forces up to operations ed the America n Kum River deIt was the first organized unit able, t he lowest contract bid for strength in a n effort to avert K orean troops holdin g th e right form in 21 or 22 days, he also fe nse line. · • to leave continental United the entire job was $38,000. flank was matched by a Commu- said. possible Commu:ni-st agr g ress ion But, in answer to queries at a States· for the wa r zone and MaT he school then called for nist assault a gainst the American H ershey said the ramed serelsewhere notably in Yugop news conference, Lie ducked comrine officers co nfidently predictseparate bids on each type of left end of · the line. Communist vices must accept 25 per cent of sl avia a nd Iran. ment on t he milita ry situatio n in ed the d ivision and its accommaterial r equired, took the low soldiers wearing Ameri can uni- the perso ns "this time" that were Congressional sources said the $500 000 [Korea. On whether he thought panying ai r wi ng would glve a forms, or dressed as civilians, sift- r ejected in W orld War II for est bids, a nd then hired a conf unds would include mo ney it would take three to s ix m ont hs good account of themselves when ed through the l ines a nd attacked tractor . to do the construction new take abo ut nine a ircraft ca rs to re pel the Red K orean invasion, throw n into battle. to the Americans from the rear while medical reasons. on a salary basis. { w ork H ershey. who is bossi ng draftescorting veshe expr essed the hope .that "it Gr ound forces of the division The gymnasium, pl anned for riers and perhaps he "mothball" fle et . P roduc ers suppl yi ng the Bar- will not take that lon g." ing of 20,000 men ordered by TOKYO, Saturd ay - <U.P.lber P ure Milk Comp an y's moda modern structure of brick with Sels Out Of t H dd d , depa rted fr om here in three e full a e ff: t b · wmg · Communist forc es of unknown President Truman to reinforce Sen. Lyndon B. J ohnson, D., ern new cooling plant in t he Sky sttl fram -work, will be built "A d tTanspor t s w h 1'l e th e air 11 erne left aboard two ships from San An Advanced American Air strength estahlished a bridge- American military strengt h ' in w ith the $30,000 building fund Tex., said he u nders tood the Na- line Community east of Tupel o, t O b . · the oUr N Y ta c~ncK tional Gu ard and a good num· G d A ·1k f d rmg e ac wn. m orea P edro and their planes shipped Base in K or ea ~U.R) _:Ten a ir- head on the souih side of the light of the Korean w ar, was on hand, sch ool officials said. ber of reserves will be called up with, ra e . mi . were O fere_ to a successfu l c onclusion and to · P ermission to build on a mad that part of the the opport.umty to in crease their confine t he fighti ng to Korea is out frBomd here Son ~he escort car- h appy , tank-busting h A~1 er ican Kum River early this morning asked about th e possibi lity of terials con tract basis was obtain- !)ext Week a n a nnu.a l m ilk revenue _f.r om a,p - · the best course n ow in the inter- rier ·a oeng tra it. v olunteers·, d u bbed t e 'F 1ymg in the vicinity of Samgyo. drafting women. " If the country gets s o it needs d f · Happened Before I:igers of Korea," went on round- Gen . Douglas MacArthur's . ed after a rul ing by the State funds would go for tha t. Othe r proximately $500 000 t o $1 000 000 . G' ·rs B 'b ' 0 1 . ests of savin g 1ives, an o . saving th 1· 'd . h C Attorney Gene ral's office. It is f unds wil be us ed to step up b )! t·h·. e owner, eor..,e ar e r t h e UN as a universal world orAt both ports the scene was e-c ick rai s agamst t e om- headquarters announced · in a everybody, I think women should be registered th e same as everybelieved to be the first time in military a ircraft procurem ent, Birmmgham, Ala., at . an o_pen ganization standing firmly for reminiscent of the early days . of muni~ts on · the . Kum River line communique. body else," he said. "The to.u g.h Lee Cou nty history that a public ,he sa id. . house meetmg h eld Friday mght peace a nd against a thi rd wo rld World War II when the same Friday j n agin g planes w hich er the times ge t the mo re· we11 Reaction Fa.·v orable a t the plant. war." · h ad been rescued from the J 'u nk the Communists brought fresh building has been constructed on h s t Marine D i.vision embarked for use women ." Initi al reaction rn t e ena e This offer was conditioned upon The UN commi'ttee room at heap. troop~ and tanks into the battle a separ ate contract basis instead 1 Guadalcanal for the first major f · · t of. an over-all one figur e con- to t hde ff ort ncbolmmEg reques .adp - the producers demonstrating d11r- which Lie announced his appeal engagement of tha t conflict. "The Tigers," as South Ko- or their main br idgehead on the H e said h e favors registering rean P resident S yngman Rhee south side of the K um . p eare avora e. conomy-mm - ing a basic six-month p e riod, for m ore aid to MacArthur's hardtract. women an d "we have done q u ite ed senators, pushi_ng a drive .for from Septembe r 1 to March 1, pressed UN forces was pac ked The cargo ship Ache nar and has , nam ed them,. t ook over the GI's Rei reat ~--~-o~--~a little pla nn ing with t he idea. a c ut non-military spendmg, that th ey can supply the plant with n ewsmen from arou nd the the transport General Anderson 10-plane .Sou't h Korean air fo rce The Americans retreated grud- of reg isterin g them ." made 1t. clear th~,Y w ere r eady . regularly wit. h an ad ditional 1,700 world , on both sides of th e I ron slipped outof San P erd o a few gingly on the western end of t he He did not indicate in wha t (Continued on l'age Three) I gallons of milk per day. Curtain. And t he t en se atmos- hours aft er the a ttack transp orts J une 26 , the day after the w,ar line northwes t of Taejon, fighting 1 Clymer Pi' ck away and broke o ut. They have been hitf1'ercely a lth ough outnumbered by way h e proposed using wome n 's . George 0 L d h ----- -----Don Rogers, general ma. n ager pher e was h eightene. w . en 1e , · services · if they -are re gistered. h a d H enrl· c o left Sa n D1'ego . Th e ear- tmg the enemy 24 ho urs a d.ay m or·e than four to one from the for the l arge Barber concern, ex- started off by · saym g he An y womanpower draft would d t ld rier followed ever since · w ith anything they fr.a nt a nd harrassed by the sh arp. plained that milk production must "news o.f importan ce an o ·D t ld f m ' d th a t exp1o d es. have to be first voted by . Con. cou shootin g guerrillas from the rear. t h d t N be stabilized on a year-round ba- b l ue-um f ormc d guar s o wa c me es royers and a pproved by P resident sis, assuring the I~rm of a certa· u the our exit s t o see that no one Preceding them , nine destroyWorld War Vets On e of the firs t American po- gress Trum an. T here have b een rio nu mbe r of gall ons of milk daily, left before the conference was ers had left port and presumably Whe n the flier s, n:iany of the'm sitions to be overrun by the Comin order to m ake this accomplish- comple ted. fanned out at sea to provide the W orld War II veterans, arcnl t munists on the western front was previous indica tions tha t plans m ent possible and to m eet t he dehtm be'rin g transports w.:it_h _a on mission they are teaching' the an ar tille · battery. Th ese Ameri- for drafting wome n are b eing Jn FightinQ mands of their customers. Mi1k scr een as they pulled out of the 'So'uth • Koreans liow to fly their can were forGed ~to w ithdraw af- cQnsidered. o---production gen erally is greater h arbor. old F-51 Mustangs and some ter destroying their field pieces, BELGRADE, Y ugoslavia (U.Rlduring the summer tha n t he win In contrast w ith the cerem on- newer models supplied by t he pulling out single file through the Yugoslavia charged Friday night ter months and some of the i;; uries that accompanied the load- United States. They are flying mounta ins to rejoin. infantry unthat Bulgaria sen t s mall army for the K orean A i·r F or ce, but its, a front dispat cli reported. plus has h ad to be Sold 01" op ~ n in g ot the Marine Division on th tll Pull Out Taejon u nits a nd in dividual troops aFULTON-· (Special) - Noona ; ! ~f~~a~~i~ e~h an fo r a Gra de A the tran sports Thursday, the de- roi{ s I are on the U. S. payThe South Korean forces which cross the b order at .four points Riley Crawley , 17-year-o ld son parture came quietly and car· . · were attacked in force Friday Thursday and that they fired of Mr. a nd Mrs. Denver Crawley Mr. Barber expressed his faith Speeder s con ti nue to menace r ied m ore of the grim reality of The Tigers don't know ex actly morning by the n ew Communist on Y ugoslav border guards. of the Ryan Community in Ita- in the da irymen a nd his belief Tupelo streets and th e drive a- a warti·me sai·11·ng. how many ra, ids they. have been pus h w_e re anc h ore d on a 1·me LONDON ,(U.P.l- Ind ian Prime The ch arge was made in a for- wamba County, drowned at 3:30 that the contemplated increased gainst them h as stepped up t o Two LST's ferr ying h eavy on. T hey don t have time to k eep runn in g north of the Kum River Minister P andit Jawaharlal Nehm al note de liver ed to the Bul- p .m . Friday while in swimming mhilk purchases will go throud gh to an aver age of fiv e arrest a day, equ ipment and units of the d ~ records. Some of the men ma ke from the point where it b ends r u has proposed tha t co· mmun1·st garian l egation b.ere in the midst with th ree comp.anions a t Ben- .t e approximat ely 125 pro ucers police departmnet officials said · · ' is · China b e a d mitted to the UniFriday. v1s10n sa1·1e d two days a.go and two or th . ree son·t es a d ay, and s h arp 1Y t o t h e sou th eas t . Th is of a mQl.lnting war of n erves netts' Lake, 12 miles north of present from eight counties-Lee, . pres umably w i 11 rendezvous they claim they have destroyed about 13 miles almost straight ted Nati'on s as the fi·rs t step t op ontotoc, Itawam b a, Cl ay, Ch 1c1(between Yugoslavia and h er com- Fulton. The five-tick e t a day average w 1·th th e t ranspor t s an d ot h er at least 40 Nor th K or ean t a n k s. nor th of T aeJon · 1\ K p t· d U w h'1c h was th e ward endi·ng th e K orea n war, asaw, monroe, ren 1ss an n has been main tained for t he l ast ·i · · inform neighbors B ulgaria, Services will be held at 2 p.m. ion. The m eeting was arran ged h d . :a uxt iane at sea. They are using rockets, na- temporary South K orean capital diplomatic sources believed FriHungary and Romani , . today. a t the Sandy Spring Bap- by Ed Pittman, local manager, two weeks, t hey said. e k~ive Rin gi ng in th e ears of the Ma- p.alm gasoline-jelly fire bombs, until officials began pulling out day The note ad vised Bulgaria that tist Church with burial in the and .m embers of a special local to curb speeding an r,e c ess riries as they sailed were the incendiaries, conventional ex- Thursday to set up a new headN·ehru also was believed to one Bulgarian soldier w as sh ot J ad joining cem etery. The Rev. L . .ttee of w hi' ch Douglas Bean driving was announcedB inc Ju nke departing woi·ds of Lt. Gen . Lem- plosive bombs 50-caliber m a- quarters elsewhere. h d th t t h . g Comml Fr·ont d 1'spatch es sa1·d 1·t appear- ave propose opposm d and killed by a Yugoslav guard I M. Thom as of Fulton and the b Y Chl. ef of Pol1'ce D • • roe - uel Shepherd, commander of the ch1' ne gu ns a n' d anyth1'n g else · K or ea aceasee f' Moor evl.lle 1·s cha1·.r man. tt they ca n fi' nd. ed that the Communists intended f orces m ire an when h.e tried to throw a hand Re v. C. L . Ivy of Belmont will Of County Ag en t W . J. P ernell oi.;t- e · fleet Marine force of the Pacific: S K the UN then conduct free elecOfficials, said m ost s peeding "Th ere w 1,11 be casualties aThe A mer1cans · · · 11 Y vo 1- to pu sh the outh orean forces t· gren ade. officiate and H awkins Funeral lined how greater production can angina . f "d t· 'f' d unteered to train Korean p ilots bAack .to th~ river .and. fl an kththe ~~~!a:~ ra emocra ic um ie The Yugosla v note said Bui- Hom e is in charge of a rrange- be obtained from cows now ow ned offenses ,ar e being committeed mo ng you." garian border troops 'staged men ts. by local d airymen through a :,;ys - on t he East T up elo levee d rive, T he Marines in their battle- a nd maintenance men, bu t after mencans Y movin g m on em N I1 ' I'd d' h . . fe1. ru s eas on en mg t he "four armed provocat ions" a nd You ng Crawley's body was re- t ern of Winter grazing, perma- on the Chesterv ille Road, a nd in green fatigue uniforms were as their first ra id, the inexperienced from t he northeast. So m . any of. the Com mums. ts m_ con 1ct were S conveyed to bot demanded "urgent measures be covered a bout 20 minutes :a ft er n ent pastures and better manage- t he Wl·111·s H e1'ghts area · g rim as their commander as they nati·ve pi'lots were gro unded and American ' U mted · umforms. had sl1ppect tne tates and Russia . taken by the Bulgarian govern- h e stepped. off into ·a 15-foot ment. With the enlarged m ar k et , .fOff · icers sai'd dth e eas1·1yd- 1'den - climbed the gangways of the th e Ameri·can s took over. . d 1· th e t hrough t he U. S . Imes that they Thursday by his ambassado rs ment to prevent the repeti tion of deep h ole m the l ake, where a Mr . P ernell said, it will also be t.1 bie foo ice squa eeders cars ma ed1'ff1' three ships. And as t he tr ansports - - - - o -- -t h a hampered the American Ai r F orce after, informed sources said, daily such armed provocations." ditch formerly ran through the (Continued on Paqe T!, ree) JO O ca c ng sp - pulled away fro m the dock at w hose pilots could not disti n guish telephone calls to Prime Minister lt Bulgaria "d eliberately infil- ?'rea. Vernon Gentry, his cous-----o c u one. the naval stat1·on, many stayed . · 1 t· frie nd from foe on the ground. Clement Attlee . Th e spee d m g dv10 ba wns were below decks rather than "'atch M 1ss1ss1 ' · · pp1· M ostly cloudy trated small units and individu - m , and Edward Gentry, who ·tt · " F ron t dispatches reported these In N ew Delhi informed sour· b emg commi e ,als of tis a rmy into Yugoslavia were n earby,. located the body Y a very the shor eline disappear behind ' th tt d h d 'd A ttleee sup por ted Nehsmall percentage of Tupelo them. w1 sea e re s ewers to ay and other devel opments : J ces sa t wit hthe puropse of capturing and brough t 1t to the lake bank. rivers, officers estimated. They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ s_ u _n _d _a __: y _ _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (:._ C _o _ n_ t_ in _ u _e _ d _ f _ r_ o_ m _ P' _ a.::. g_ e _O _ n_ e;_ } __ r _ u _'_ s ;_p : ._e _ a_c_e_m_o_v_e_s_.- - - -- - d border g uards a nd bringing them. l\lI,r. Cra_vvley, the boy's fath er, said t hat bet ween fiv e a nd ten back to Bulgaria," the note said . was work.1r;g nea.rby _and Vester per · cent of a ll drivers were d oTaylor, Jimmy W ashington and 0 ing most of the speeding and Way ne Cocker were in swimreckless driv ing. rm e ming with him. In addition to his parents, ay IQ O youn g Crawley leaves five broWEST POINT, Miss. ~ iU.P.)~ thers a nd sisters, Martha Lou, Rites 1 Thu gs a rmed witfl carbines a nd Dennis Lee, Bill y, Jimmie Sue, By TONNY VARTAN f sub-machme gu n? slugged a nd J oal and Da vid Craw ley. H e ro b bed North M1ss1ss1pp1 cafe would have been in the eighth A group of Tupelo business and A group of Tupelo property operator F ra nk Portera of "near- grade th·s fall ,a nd was on the civic leaders meeti ng h ere Frlown ers have accepted a federal ly $100" Friday. bas ketball team . day af ternoon reaffirmed their inRoberta J ean L ivingston, tv,o government offer totalling $65,terest in the completion of the and one-h a lf year old d a ughter 000 for the purchase of l and at j !ocal a irport and elected L . G . Mi- of Mrs. and Mrs. Robert L . L iv- the north west corner of Main a nd l la m, Jr., as chairm a n of a com m it- in gston of Tupelo, died a t 12 :45 Church S tr eets as the site of this tee to presen t t h e ir viewpoint pri- p .m. F riday at the Com munity city 's proposed $767,000 post ofor to the July 28 elec tion on the Hospital following a short illne~s . fice building, it was disclosed here issue. S ervices will be h eld at 3 p .m. Frid ay. The m erchants, industria lis ts today from t he home, 322 N ortr. N egotations w ith local owners and professional men attending Church Street , wi th the Rev. R. G . were completed in T upelo by the session were una nimous in Lord, pas tor of the -F irst Metho- Frank V. Lanham of Atlanta, a t he opinion that obtainin g of the dist Churc h , officiating. Bunal re presentative of thP U. S. Gen airport will be worth to 'Fupelo will be in the Sherman cemetery e r a 1 Services Administration GREENVILLE, Miss. (U.Rl-The and the experiment stations a re w hatever pre-election work may with P egues in charge of ar- Public Buildings Administratior bQll weevil was described F riday produci ng tan gible results, a nd a be necessary to assur e v ictory ra ngements. Official a nnouncement of the as the wors t enem y of furthe r continuation of the insect control in th e ballotin g. In addition Lo h er par ents. the decision, which must receive finAirline Ready mech anization in the cotton in- programs will result in greater little girl leaves her grandmother. al approval in Washington, is exW. W . Gardner, alderman-at- Mrs. L uthe r S. Livingston of n ear pected to be forth coming soon . d ustry. accomplishments in the years Jarge, pointed out .that S oul.hem Sherman a nd her grandfather, Don Lerch of Washin gton told a head." It was e mph asized that the delegates attend ing th e fourth a n Dr . Paul J. Talley of th e Lion Airways is ready to begin serv- Mr. Theodore Bari;ies of Tupelo. go vernment will n ot take possesnual Beltwtde Cotton Mecham - Oil Company, El Dorado, Ark,, ice to Tupelo with four planes a Pallbearers will be J. 0. Har- sion of t he property, which conzat10n Conference that insect said that t he tiresome work of day as soon as the airport is com- ris, Fred Massey , Cy P ar ks and tain s two frame apar tment h ouses pleted. It is also expectin g appests have caused farmers s uch ha nd-hoein g weeds from the cotJ . H . Lummus. and a brick bungalow, for at least losses that t hey can 't afford more ton field will be ended some day prova l this month of a route in tc 15 months, since the 'agreem ent New Orlea ns w h ich would promodern machmes. . through the use of chemical concalls for a one-year delay period vide still better service h er e, he Public relat10ns director of. the trols. But he said che mical conpl us 90 days notice . There is a said . Nat10na l. A gricultural. Chemicals t rol st ill is in its early stages. likelihood that gove rnmental posPlans for completion of the air Association, Lerch said the an. . session may n ot ' be affected for swer to this proble m li es in im Talley .noted th ~t I ecent expen - p ort call for cons truction of a an even longer period, inasmuch Shown above is the northwest corner of Main and Chw·ch Streets, which has been selected as the proved pest control program s me nts with chemicals on 60 col- landing strip 3,800 fe e t long a nd .Str eef.s will s tar t getting as funds for con struc tion of the site of Tupelo's projected $767 ,000 post office building. Many Areas Hurt · ton farm~ had produced .results 100 fee t w ide, paved to a t hick-Staff Photo by Vartan. post office have not yet been ap"In many areas where proper rang_ing from good to nearly dis- ness of 11 or 12 inch es to ha ndle smoother in Tupelo Monday. Tupelo's s treet depar tme nt will propriated . programs have not been out in as~~1 ous. . . th h eavily loaded planes tha t w ill ment buildings facing sou th on be l ocated across Main Street from 175 fee t al ong Church Street. Purchase Price t he past ," he told the 100 industry The use of chemicals can be be landing h ere. The loading s tar t a m ajor repa ir program, Ma in Street while the third is the Calvar y Baptist Church and across Original Cost Thursday's r.e port stated that leaders , "cotton yields have been expected to ~ecome a _par~ of co~- area a round the admin istration technically known as " re-sealing," Mayor George Maynard the followi n g purchase prices had When bids were first submit ted A . P . Boggs brick bungalow fac- Church Street from the Kirkso r educed <;1.s to make machine ton P!·od.uct10n. practice if the1r building w ill also b e paved . Feemster Building now under been agreed to by the government for the building site . in early ing east on Ch urc h. farming impxactical." use · win m~ke 1t possible for one The ove r-all project, for whic h said Friday. Department crews w ill seal up and the res pective property own - J anuary, a total of $76,000 was Funds to buy a buildi ng site construction. B ut Lerch <1dded that through man w ith little or no extra labor the federal government will proasked for this property, records a nd to prepare plans a nd sp ecifi- in g containing 16,000 square feet such educational programs as to produce as much as a hundred vide half th <. fund s, also calls for cracks a nd crevices caused by ers: Mahlon Br own (acting with show. Six bids were submitted, cations for new post office build- of floor sp ace for post office and that co nducted by the Natio nal or two hundred acres of cotton p er construction o f a six- inch water water seepage under the surCotton Council and other agen- season at a lower cost tha_n would lin e out the Chesterville Ro ad to face. Crews will spread a layer of W ord H . Baker as a dministrator ranging in price from $35,000 to ing ha ve been appro pr iated, the federal office facilities. Public Buildi n gs Administration The present post office on the liquid asp halt and then cover for W. C. Raymond estate)- $24,- $76,000. · cies, many farmers were able to result from ~ny production pro - the ai rport, Mr. Gardn er said . n orthwest corner of Br oadway Two of the houses. on t he post has a nnounced. buy insecticides a nd successfully gr a m m which chemicals were The city will asphalt the road the asphalt with a l ayer of one- 000 . Tentative pla ns reportedly call and Main Streets was built in office site-the old Raymond P. K. T homas- $24,000. combat the boll weevil this year. not in corporated," he said. to the city limits, Mr. Gardner inch s lag. ho me on the corner and the for- for a three-story post office build- 1914 and 1915. It cost ap proxiA. P . B oggs- $17,000. • The "smooth ing" program w ill Education Needed "This is not only an objective said , a nd it is understood tha t mately $50,000 a nd contains aboi.tt The three lots extend a total m er D. W . McBride home to the ed. "T he combin ed effo rts of the but is actually a possibility and the cou nty w ill improve the road in clude both business and res iThe proposed building would, 5,500 square feet, officials reportof 198 feet alon g Main S treet and west-are frame , two-story apartcoun cil, the land grant colleges. probability at the present time." on out to the airport, he added. dential areas.
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Hershey Favors Registration Of Women For Duty
Dra ft Director Also Reveals Draftees May 'In' Within Days
Air Wing Sails For Far Eastern Front, First To Leave
Barber Offers Da1rymen • Pl an
'Flying Tigers' Batlle Koreans
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Peace Plan Is Ma~e By India
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Civic L.eaders Back Program Milam ·Directed To Present Viewpoints
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For Roberta Jean Livingston To Be Held Here Today
Boll Weevil Is Worst Enemy Of Further Mechanization In Cotton Farming Sections I
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Tupelo Streets Will Get Resea ling Job
Proposed Tupelo Post Office Will Be Located On Corner Of Main And Church Street_s; Purchase Price Of Site $65 000