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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06
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OF the EASeo n4en wfao waFe eafI
q sor Induction IN the frs quota
Of TIE nAttcnas first peane tauae
army shout fifteen percent wwFn 70
geeted or p2synieal grounds ThA re-
Yecfsan rate VS. sszFpFtNng. fer Ezs@
military authorities lad expne4e6
tisAt il wp1ld n1t exceed tmo rer-
cent Most Of u1ose called wMrx
~Foi6Hsteefs for tfss oue yn2Fe mill
tary training Because of the hlasa
rejection rate IN thiz fiF1s group Il
wfI be necessary 90 can np adj
ttonhl Feg1zsrants under the neiae-
uge Training and Service At 70 fKl
ths frs quusa In each Corp Area
Deahae BaAxet
Indications arR that tire Admin
lstFation viii favor setting up =
dozfb1e-buewst system OF finaneixse
when tk1e Congress c~cuxsnas ~
January Under this proposal en-
p~nditurea for the regular Govern
msut functions and tnnne Tor re-
armament would Be separated and
each would BE- financed tnrnAaRh Sc
own plan Of TAXATION or Eaxnsknn~
backed borrowing 8oxaethtn9 a
this kind was attempted this rear
when the increase Of The debt limit
~ four hilliDu dollars for defense
expenditures was tied 70 wiEts !
series at special taxes designed 1o
amoFtize the amount over . five
year period.
II seems likely that ire rnarnaar
budget sill be bFsafly cut hy redssr-
ms 0utiayA for relief ana public
works a. the defense program ssess
into full swing and ahm0rbs many
OF The people heretofore employed
on these work projects. Tns prani-
Gent has Indicated that he favors
holding IN abeyance for the time
being non defense river and harber
Hood control. highway, and aimElnr
public works proiects In order 10
give defense protests the Fighf OF
way.
Plane PrsAnosisn Prsxrzm
The present goal Of the plane
production program Is 40.000 planes
by July. ies7. about 1900 Of wlllrl
afe for Our Army and Mary and fhe
remaining ls0oo for Great britain
The magnitude Of the task involved
under the program AN be apurnrf-
ated when Il Is recalled that fruu
june /. 1914. to June 1. 1870. the
aviation industry turned out only
$4,000 planes Of ali types In other
Nnrua The industry Is being called
upon % produce Ia twp years almasf
a. many planes "a 1t had Earned out
the previous twnnty-stx years
II takes time TO build or exunnn
laetofy buildings. to train nsw ma
aninfsts. and 70 secure the nerea-
'ary machines to turn out planes IA
mass production. and 80 far the in-
tlmtry has not been able 10 attain
ne scheduled production. However.
ne expansion program Is goire for
with great speed and uru<stc-
ton u expected 70 rise very mark
ediy IN the coming months.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06

The Boy scout Troop III Of Pas
cagouia held az outdoor meeting
this week with % scouts and two
visitors attending.
Robert Wilson opened the meet
ing with the Scout oath. Collection
Of the dues vas made. JACK Cook
and John Lewis chose sides In
Steal the Bacon, which was wop
By the former.
The Scouts enjoyed q hike on this
OCCASION They went from the hut
to Market street pF~actictng march
NC On the way. Returning to the
nut the Scouts were given 3 treat
Of Cocoamalh the seals Of which
can Be sawed BY the scouts and re-
deefned for BOY Scout equipment
those on the hike included. Evans
Cowan- Ernest Faign. Jackie Rem
roe Junior Cunningham and
Henry uautier. who in doing so
passed their scout Mile hike test
The next meeting win Be held NJ
The Scout Tut At 7 O'Clock Tuesday
night q next week.
BOBBY CARTER
Scribe
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06

Through the generosity OF the
Laura Spillrnan Rockefeller Mem
oriAl. funds have been made avail
able for the scientific study and de-
vel0pmeut OF the Cub Scout Pro.
gram On the advisory committee
were many outstanding educators.
social workers and scouters. Excel
lent results have been obtained
through the program. which tn
eiuaea boys from nine to IL years
Of agr
james z West. chief scout exscu-
tive. SAYS. This National Council
Recognizes how significant the tn
flnencea Of the adults working IN
the Cub Program have been The
natural everyday experiences are
the soil out OF which grows their
destiny
The program Is fun of activity for
u1e boy The Cub promise and the
law Of the Pack are vital TO every
member The Den Chief. who Is q
member o. q BOY Scout troop. Is the
official contact between Clubbing
anc Scouting. He does not teach
Scouting but a. a good Scout. ne
docs Clubbing. thereby setting an
example.
Clubbing Is not Scouting Whitfield
down 70 half size for young BOYS
II Is home conferred. The parents
sign al achievement tests, which
are taught the play way Through
Clubbing these young boys are given
training into usefulness In q pleas
ant manner. finding entertainment
IN carrying out their programs of
activities.
A good Cub lives I'D to the cub
Promise, do Your Best"
Pack To Meet
A Cub Pack meeting viii be held
on Thursday night. December u.
az 6szt IN the evening at the Gle
mentary school. AL parents who
wish to have their boys registered
IN the Cub Troop or Den. are re-
quested to attend this meeting. II
win be the first Pack meeting Of ali
Cubs and parents.
J. Z STONE.
Cub Pack Master.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06
Vegetable Laxative
With Proved Feature

The punctual. gentle relief from
constipation which Is generally en-
joyed when BLACK-DRAUGHT IL
used by directions is due to q CON-
bination Of vegetable ingredients
Chief Of these Is an intestinal
tonic-laxative" which helps tone
lazy bowel muscles. Next time, re-
member spicy, aromatic. time
tested BIsACK-DRAUGHTi Il is
economical, too: 25-40 doses, 25c.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06

each usouth VIII b. selected to meet
with tie elab and thus learn the
Fpuf8nr o. Rotary rseSklnws jimmy
acknowledged the introduction b.
saying he wms proud 20 have been
selected 80 . Rnkaf1An. and would
tmke back 20 hts ciAxzznasa2 tina
knowledge he gained b. meeting
with the business men of pAaca-
9oula.
TIE Club dneaded that there
would be no meeting on Christmas
Day. but the Christmas meeting at
the Club wuuic Dc on wednesday.
December u. when . special Christ
ma program viii be arranged.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06

A special ereei CENSUS taken On
Norris Lake Tn TennnzseA rasoenssr
revealed that persons wfao ia
frequently tax more than twtne q
many ftsh rs the aTsrnre anganr
! ne report suggested thai fsxhlnw 4
prrsaabty q combination a. hsek aua
sktl-And weid add. hard wurks
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06

snail paeex a. EroGsaa fruzn ms VII
'legt1n BARKER paA1e - hull6sna him
= new reaadsnce an Il nnar TIE an
min
The quarantine Is Efted from the
Butch Nessea hoexse and liz little
daughter h setstnw along rs sell a.
can b. expectnd
Mr. ard MIRA Hubert OFF werx
~pse4Aant1f saTfsrEzed tn FsnsfxknR g
gift fruen M. ard Mra Fstxruy Of
Bloxa Ia The say o q res radio
AIRS Amos CveFsxree4 had her
father Coz her dinner Ksest. satur-
DAY.
Mrs Mae Rogers aa6 sister. Mlv
Coriure BARKER. 0f Mdns pusnL wsfr
uee& eFaG visitors Of their brother
ard sssssr-fn-lau. M ard Mrs.
Tally Barker
Willard Owbofu. Mira LAnnar9y
ana Mr. and Mrs II q Long at
tended preaching services at the
Paper AflB school auditorium sun
dzy Afternoon Elder Anner 81 lhe
Church q Chris uf Mohak. con
Quoted Tire eervtne TIE services are
held every Sunday Afternoon ~ 3
oeiock Sunday school - -.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06

The inases uf ne LaEexnn
church waa have = uzEnznAee m1s
Ia the e1emENT HaH4lnR On Kan
CORNER of kk&Gno1z4 ard MFxm A.
enue beginning FRIDAY newEnn
Deeentb<r O. a. 1000 ard mxsanx
Exsczzeh SzEard&R
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06
BIG POINT

Rev. W r. Murray filled his rsgu-
lar appointment At me church here
D.
ar. Irwin Helsnn was hurt last
ueak D. hm Sons Aorzn striking him
With his front fee< Tie hurt ga
not serious bar painful
o.
Mr and kFH Frnd Ogh1vn and
Mira Ruth Smith have gene % Moss
PUNT where tfteT viii take charge
CT 8 hotel.
afr. Barker. vino has bought =
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06

Nothing takes the JOY out Of q
Fishing trip like . flock Of .sketter
bugs" Keep some skeeter dope In a
ANAL Pocket aiier la yos.r tackIr
box then YOU won't forget It.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-12-06

Mrs Amos OveFsxreet had her
father FOR her dinner EsWst. 9ziuF-
DAY.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

how they would spread the news
all over the Green Meadows that
Blacky the Crow, who thinks him.
self 50 smart, had been caught.
THAT reminds me-" said Jimmy
Skunk suddenly. II haven't had
my breakfast yet. Have you seen
any beetles this morning, Peter
Rabbit"
Peter Rabbit stopped and scratched
his long left ear With hts long left
hind foot.
1T seems to me that, now you
speak q It, I did" said Peter Rab-
hak
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Frank Beck
By WiIlord
By Edqor Rice Burrouqhs
By Mormon Morsh
ADVERTISEMENT,
BY Button

Rabbit crept around on the other
side. Suddenly Peter thumped the
ground hard twice. Jimmy Skunk
was waiting and all ready to spring.
When he heard that thump he lust
sprang as quickly as he could. What
do you think happened? Why.
Jimmy Skunk landed thump rieht
on Reddy Fox, who was taking :
sun nap on the other side Of the
pine stump.
"Ha, ha. ha." shouted Peter Rab-
bit. and started down the Crooked
Little Path as fast Is his long I'm
could take him.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

Presently they came to an old pine
stump.
Peter Rabbit stopped. He put
one hand on his hips.
Hush" whispered Peter. II think
there IS q whole family of beetles
on the other side Of the stump.
You creep round on the other side
and I'll creep round on this side.
When I thump the ground you
spring right around and grab them
before they can run away"
So Jimmy Skunk crept around
one side Of the stump and Peter
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Points for Parents

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
1t IS possible to teach small chill
dren hotD to take turns and to re-
Spect the rights of others.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

"Where?" asked Jimmy Skunk
eagerly.
Peter pretended to think very
hard.
1T seems to me that 1t was back
at the top Of the Crooked Little
Path up the HILL" said Peter.
II think I will 60 look for them
ct once" replied Jimmy.
"All right" replied Peter, "I1l
show you the way"
So up the Crooked Little Path
hoped Peter Rabbit, and right be-
hind him trotted Jimmy Skunk.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

few minutes he jumped up in the
air and kicked his heels together
just for fun. Presently he met
Jimmy Skunk. Jimmy was on his
way back from Farmer Browns
cornfield, where he had been to
help Blacky the Crow get free from
= snare. jimmy was still tickling
and laughing over the way Blacky
the Grow had been caught. He had
to tell Peter Rabbit all about it.
Peter thought 1t just Is good Z
joke ~ did Jimmy and the two
trotted along side by dde. planning
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Don't Toke Ny
Word for Ii
BY FRANK COLBY.
Pefits Pois
French. Little peas; green peas.

French. Little peas; green peas.
The average unilingual American
will say "PET-its POISE," q pro-
nunciation unknown to the French.
Petits pois is phrase that cannot
be dismissed with a shrug; we see
1t constantly on the labels of canned
peas; it appears regularly in printed
menus. We should know how to use
1t correctly.
French is dangerous language
for the uninitiated. It cannot be
(but so often Isl pronounced ac-
cording to English rules. It contains
certain sounds that have no equiva-
lents in any other tongue.
A reader rebukes your word re-
porter for showing the last syllable
accented in French words, stating
that French words have no accent,
all syllables receiving equal stress.
It has so been said. The English
or American ear, however, catches q
decided stress on the last syllable
of most French words. American
dictionaries recognize this and mark
them accordingly. Moreover, the
New Chardenal, one of the most
widely used French text books, tells
us always to stress lightly the last
syllable.
In petits pois both "S's" are silent.
Pois is "wah" preceded by the sound
of "p."
Correct Pronunciation: puh-TEE
PWAH.
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented.)
For personal answer to your
questions about words, send
stamped (3-cent). self-addressed en-
velope to Frank Colby, care The
Evening Star.
un a recent issue Mr.. Colby was
quoted as saying, Don't feel badly
about it." That was typographical
error, for he wrote bad in his COPY,
which is the correct form when
sorry or distressed is intended.)
Evening star., 1940-02-20

Remove letter from reaange the word
called Tor IN the last column Print the letter in
the word have removed from have
have substitute.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

Twenty-six, or almost one-third, OF
the Districts trafflc fatalities last
year were centered in = rectangle in
the downtown area, roughly bounded
BY Florida avenue on the north,
Pennsylvania avenue on the south,
Maryland avenue on the east and
New Hampshire avenue On the west.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
B. J. Jonkmun Elected
As Mopes' Successor

BY the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. 20.
Voters in Michigan's 5th congress
sional district, served for % years
by the late Carl E. Mapes, have
elected a fellow Grand Rapids Re-
publican, Bartel j. Jonkman, to
complete Mr.. Mapes' unexpired
term.
Evening star., 1940-02-20

thus: Mac sends regards to my
self" OF course we know this is
wrong, so we change it to Mac
sends regards to me" and Mac
sends regards to Mother and me" +"
We do not say Myself went to
town." but II went to town" and
Mother and went to town."
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w.

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Peter Rabbit came hopping and
skipping down the Lone Little Path.
Peter was feeling very flne that
morning, very Zine, indeed. Every
Evening star., 1940-02-20
Finest Teas

Usually the finest teas grow in
high attitudes, the first quality be-
ing the tender terminal bud at the
end of the shoots. The first and
second leaves make good tea, but
the quality deteriorates progressive
" in the lower leaves of the shoots.
Evening star., 1940-02-20
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Enqlish
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.

by JUS. J. FhlSCH.
O. T. F.-"Mac sends regards to
Mother and me" is the correct
form, not ito Mother and myself"
A good way to avoid this error is to
try the sentence without Mother,
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
The Holiday Trade Season

II is our belief that the merchants
of Milford have made many new
friends during the holiday trading
season just closed, and have built up
trade for the future. They are to be
warmly praised for the enterprise
they have shown in providing large
and handsome stocks. The courtesy
and helpfulness shown in all cases
by managements and their employees
have made shopping in these stores
a pleasure.
The customers have gone away
with the satisfaction of getting their
moneys worth One can imagine
them taking home their nice pur-
chases in triumph, displaying them
with pride to their neighbors, and
offering them as gifts, with the
knowledge that they will give salts
faction and pleasure.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
Business For 1941

The business concerns of Milford
are about to enter on the new yeaI
with many hopes of good things
They have found business improving
during 1910. and have seen many
evidences that the people like to
trade in these stores. Many people
have come long distances to trade
here. and they have not gone away
disappointed.
II is to be hoped that all our peo-
pie will work in close cooperation
during the coming year. doing every
thing possible to hold trade within
the community. and draw it from
nearby and distant localities. We
can feel confident that if the people
of a 5O-mile radius knew what
good work is done in our stores,
many more would come to do busi-
ness with us.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
The Business News

In the news columns Of newspa-
Ders are printed the events of the
world, in politics. war. social life
etc. That is only one side of the
worlds news. There is also the
commercial side, the field of buying
and selling. The people who have to
buy things want to know what is
being sold, and they look eagerly
to the advertising to get ideas about
styles, prices, and new ideas in
goods and merchandise.
A concern that advertises takes a
conspicuous position in the busi-
ness news. The people are keen to
see what the advertiser says, for the
light it throws on the cost of living,
the purchases that can be afforded,
and the desires of the public. Those
who take this position in the busi-
ness news are rewarded by the
stream Of people who come and see
the things described i'm the adver-l
tising.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
The Healthy Draftees

The first physical examinations Of
the young men drafted for military
training show American youth to be
healthier than ever before. While
there have been many reflections,
most Of these were for minor de-
fects.
Medical science, public health,
nursing. sanitation and physical cul-
ture services are working on a wide
front to stamp out disease, save life
and promote physical welfare. Ath-
letics turn young folks into strong
men and women. Also the business
depression of recent years has not
perhaps done any great harm to the
public health. When people have lit
tie money to spend. they don't do so
many unhealthy things. If Mr.. Hit
Ter could look over a bunch Of our
young men. he would probably con-
clude it is not worth his while to
pick a fuss with them.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
Bottlenecks

The national defense program ism
moving ahead as fast as people haC
hoped it would. They ask what is
the trouble. The answer usually
comes that it is due to the bottle
necks" of industry.
We have seen bottles which had
the capacity of holding large quanti-
ties of liquid. but which would pour
out their contents only slowly, be-
cause the neck was so narrow. So
the points where industry lacks suf-
ficient machines, men. or tools to
create quantity production are the
bottlenecks where the whole process
drags.
Probably the worst bottleneck is
the lack of skilled labor on certain
processes. During 10 years when
business has been slow or below
normal, there was not the former in
centiVe to train new workers.
Where formerly a steady stream of
young men was flowing into the
shops, the industries for 10 years
have often had trouble to find jobs
for the men on their payrolIs. The
tendency was TO hire the men who
had experience, and there were usu-
ally plenty such, rather than break
in new workers.
The processes of modern industry
are extremely complicated. If the
machines or the men are lacking in
some small particular. the whole line
of production may be hindered. II
was not so in the old days. Such
bottlenecks were rare in those times.
1t was customary for men to know
how to perform more than one pro-
cess, and many skilled workers
would know how to do many differ
ent things. So if there was short
age of labor iun one spot, men could
almost always be found who knew
how to do that particular thing. BY
shifting them around, the bottle
necks were relieved or prevented.
Let us hope that from now on the
Industrial system can be aided to op-
crate so regularly that a constant
stream of trained men will always
be available to open up the bottle
lecks.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
High Record For Voting

More people voted in the presiden-
tial election of November than
ever voted before. The total figures
up to 49.SOS.624 people. Back in
1886. which made the previous high
record, the total vote was 45.646,S17.
Many people are physically or
mentally unable to go to the polls
and cast a ballot. In these times Of
migration, many people are located
far from their legal residence. Per-
haps many have moved around so
often that they could not establish a
legal residence anywhere. Even ac-
counting for all such persons, there
probably were millions Of people
who figured their one vote would
not count, so they would not trouble
to cast it. They might consider that
our ancestors gave their blood to OBJ
tain this right. which some people
do not seem to value so highly.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
England Against Europe

Adolf Hitler is trying to demon
strate to England that it is fighting
against the whole continent OF
Europe A good half of Europe is
not really fighting. but merely lying
like conquered slaves under the
Nazi heel. That kind Of power is
not so crushing.
Hitler's idea now is to get Russia
and Spain lined up as real fighting
partners. instead of mere passive
well wishers. AS Spain is short Of
food and half ruined by war. and as
Russia's dictator is probably more
fearful of Hitler than anybody else,
any fighting those two countries do
will probably be of sham charac-
ter. Men who are ordered around by
,lictatOrs will not probably fight as
long or as hard as men who rule
their own lives.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
The ''piIe-Up" Accident

More than two ears are often in.
volved in an automobile accident Il
you are following cIotely after tht
car ahead. and II that car becomea
involved IN an accident, You may nol
be able to stop IN time to avoid a
crash for your own CAR. 50 three or
more cars may get into the same
smash-up.
The California State Automobile
association has been inquirlng into
these ''pile-up'' accidents. It adj
vises every motorist IN line going
25 miles an hour TO allow three ear
lengths between himself and the car
ahead, and to increase this margin
one car length for each additional
five miles an hour OF speed.
Many accidents would be saved Il
this advice was followed, but it is to
be feared the average motorist will
not obey this rule. When a line OF
cars are ziping along. many motor
lists hate to leave any considerable
space between themselves and the
next car. They may be fearful that
someone behind will cut in and
wedge into that space. So. they are
apt to get up within one or two ear
lengths of the next car, even when
they are going at a pretty fast clip.
II such mot0rist would think
little more OF his safety. he would
not worry about his place in the line.
He would fall back enough SO that
he could come to a safe stop. even
if the car ahead should get into
trouble.
The automobile driver may say he
has driven many thousands Of miles
without running into anybody, and
he will Trust to his good luck that
the car ahead won't stop suddenly.
Unfortunately, trusting to luck shas
placed many people on their backs
in hospitals, and it has wrecked
some very fine cars. so they looked
as if they had been through a raid
Of Raj bombers.
Milford chronicle., 1940-12-27
Roosevelt Elected

Strange as it may seem to many
people. Franklin D. Roosevelt was
not legally elected president until
Monday, December 16. On that date
the electors in the as states met and
cast majority of ballots for him.
Also Henry A. Wallace was elected
vice-president at the same time.
The organization of electors, COM
monty called the electoral college,
as originally conceived. consisted of
a group of persons chosen by the
people whose duty it was to meet
and choose president and vice
president, acting solely on their own
initiative and Judgment. It was felt
that such a group of specially com
petent persons, using their own
wisdom, could do better in making
these choices than the people would
if left to do the electing themselves.
But it has not worked out that
way. The people tell the electors at
the November election what they
have to do. and these electors So
appointed meet and cast the ballots
which the people ordered at the
polls. It is proof that the people are
the real rulers in this country. and
they prefer to take the electing and
business into their own
hands.