Word: mississippis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Civil War. In the 82nd year after Appomattox, twelve southern states shelled out more than $3,000,000 in pensions for Confederate veterans, their dependents and the Negro servants who followed them into service. The veterans themselves now numbered fewer than 100 (highest number in one state: 14 in Mississippi). But Confederate soldiers are still survived by 5,000 widows. Notable example: 79-year-old Helen Longstreet, widow of famed General James Longstreet...
...eight months, Mississippi's gnome-like Theodore Bilbo had been waiting for the day he would descend on Washington and reclaim his seat in the U.S. Senate. Part of the time he spent dawdling around his echoing 27-room Dream House at Poplarville, Miss. Part of his exile was spent in New Orleans "getting my mouth reamed out." He had cancer of the mouth and he underwent a series of delicate operations...
Steamboat round the Bend. The Greene Line Steamers, Inc. announced that the 250-ft. steamer Delta Queen, which it bought last year from the U.S. Maritime Commission, will soon go into drydock in preparation for Mississippi River service. Launched in Glasgow in 1924, the steel-hulled Queen has served most of her time as a West Coast ferry. In her new role as one of the Mississippi's few extant sternwheelers, she will offer -air-conditioned accommodations for up to 200 passengers on trips between Cincinnati and New Orleans...
...Mississippi tried a new racial tactic. In last week's Democratic primaries, prospective voters could be required, under a state law passed last March, to swear their faith in "party principles." In Mississippi, Democratic party principles not only mean white supremacy, but include opposition to federal antilynching, anti-poll-tax and fair employment practices laws. The new law was frankly designed to keep Negroes from voting...
...years, the Gazette (which proudly calls itself the oldest paper west of the Mississippi) had been edited by 74-year-old John Netherland Heiskell. Ever since he lost his son in the war, Editor Heiskell has been looking around for a successor. When he heard Ashmore's speech, he decided he had found his man. This week, liberal, 31-year-old Harry Ashmore went to work as editorial-page editor for the Gazette (circ. 92,000), whose editor calls it "a conservative paper which sometimes disappoints conservatives." Explained Old Editor Heiskell: "I certainly didn't want...