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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

day he sold il he bought the first
suit of clothes he had ever
owned and had $1,000 left. The
night before grandfather had
handed him a twenty-dollar gold
piece, the family savings up I'M
til then, but father wouldn't
take il. He worked his way
through college milking cows and
helped his younger brother
through the same college. He
reached the Supreme Court, but
resigned because he was not con-
tent to live away from home.
In 1893 the boy was just be-
ginning to read the papers. He
hated the mean old Spaniards
because they sank the Battleship
Maine, and killed the sleeping
American sailors. He did not
realize that American Imperial
ism was to take the Empire of
Spain. The first Republican he
ever admired was Teddy Roose-
welt, and afterwards he learned
that Lincoln, the great Humani-
tartan, was the greatest Republi-
can of them all, and perhaps the
gpeatest American. The Mes
ge~to Garcia and "You may
fire when ready, Gridley,"
thrilled him. Many years later
he went to Puerto Rico in search
of the Fountain OF Youth and
found the island soaked in rum
Che always preferred Scotch,
ridden with venereal disease,
idling in %illiteracy, clamoring
for independence, but fearing
the loss of American protection
and largesse. Then he visited
Cuba, the Pearl of the Antilles,
liberated from the Spanish
yoke by American blood and
might, but a foreign land and
he an alien. Now we must re-
conquer the Philippines so as TO
liberate them.
Aunt Lucie was the genealogi-
cal aunt. She said he was kin
to Commodore Perry on his
mothers side. Later he read in
a history book that Perry had
by Naval power terminated Jap
anese "isolationism' and forced
the Japanese against their will
TO open up TO trade.
In 1917 he was a rising young
attorney happy with a good
wife and two sons. He thought
it was wan to end war, and so
he joined up, and after the war
sold his home, paid his accumu-
lated war debts and started over
again. Now one of the boys,
leaving aNife and child, is with
the Fourth Marine Division, and
the other is on one of the big
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08
Where Do We Go From Here


War or Peace?
His earliest reeollections were
of tales of the Civil War. Uncle
Franks favorite story was about
the time when the Army of Vir-
ginia was advancing toward the
Natural Bridge and he started
the rumor that they would have
to go around the other way be-
cause the retreating Yankees
had burned the bridge. Grand
father was wounded at Gettys-
burg. Because of a minnie ball
in the leg, he could march no
more, and was told to get back
home the best way he could.
Down the road apiece he saw a
TuckapaW pony peacefully graz
ing along side, and as the owner
was not about, he induced the
pony to bear him back to his
Mississippi home. Grandfather
was a stern man. He carried
the minnie ball to his grave. He
always said he had not put it
there and did not intend to move
it. Many years later the boy
learned from history that the top
row of dead up the slope Of
Missionary Ridge were MiSsis-
sippians. The red of the roses
on that field must be a very dark
red.
The pony saved the situation.
The children made brush brooms.
Grandfather made baskets from
white oak strips, and they would
go into the woods and rake up
leaves and haul them on a home
made sled, pulled by the pony,
and scatter them over the eroded
fields, and thus the soil was re-
stored. The soil was thin. the
pony was light, but the war was
over and the will was strong and
they pulled through
When father was seventeen
he told grandfather that since
the other boys were old enough
to work he wanted to go TO col
lege, so grandfather let him have
a cotton patch of his own. He
made a bale of cotton, and the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

bring TO Pascagoula and this area
a choice selection of concerts
and entertainments, will present
its first venture Tuesday night
at the High school auditorium,
with the appearance OF Marisa
Regules. brilliant South Ameri-
can pianist. The efforts of this
group deserve commentator and
support, both of which we be-
lieve they will receive whole
heartedly. Formation of this
group marks another step in the
progress that will make Pasca-
goula and Moss Point the coasts
finest and most progressive cit
les in the not too distant future.
THE CIGARETTE SHORT
AGE has hit P~ascagoula, and
should worry no one. AS has
been previously suggested, If
you are addicted to one brand
only (and why you should be we
don't know and are tired of
hunting for il, why not just quit?
The shortage for civilian con-
sumption is one sacrifice that we
can well afford to put up with.
However, when IL comes TO RAJ
tioning the supply to fighting
men on the front lines because of
a shortage, that is another mat
ter We hope the present Con-
gressional Investigation will get
to the bottom and reveal the true
facts, If a shortage has devel-
oped, due TO causes beyond con-
troll, then the civilian supply
should be cut to the point that
a sufficient stock will be made
available TO our fighting forces.
Cigarettes can certainly be
classed as Injuries and rot a
necessity. and all of us would
probably be better off without
them.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

new flattops.
What does ii all add up TO?
Has civilization failed? Is the
whole struggle vain and hope
less? OF course not. Then what
is the answer? First crush the
beastly Huns and the dirty Japs
and their militarism. Then
what?
Peace Through Trade
The world can live without
war, but not without trade.
Therefore, trade is a stronger
force than war. Trade has al
ways been a primary cause of
war. Why not put the power Of
trade behind the enforcement of
peace instead of leaving it as a
cause of war? The idea is not
new. Is it fantastic, or does it
contain, important possibilities?
Are the majority of. the people
of the earth ready for peace2 Do
they ardently desire it? Are the
majority of the people of the
earth ready to restudy the causes
of war and relative human val
ues? Are they ready to value
human life above money and
power and plumber? Are the
people ready to recognize that
war is Improbable and act upon
that basis? Are they ready for
the realization that peace is prof
liable and to act on that basis?
Self-preservation is the first
law of nature. Do no ignore it.
What is more precious to mortals
than life itself? Living human
beings perform OF direct all the
activities of earth. The King
dom of God on earth is advanced
through human beings. What is
the value of the life of your son
or daughter? please don't give
the answer in dollars and cents.
What is the value of your own
life2 Omit cash on hand and
other financial assets.)
Has the standard of values
been false? Is money the only
sacred thing? Should the god
ship of money, the kingship of
vested wealth and the dictator
ship of greed rule, or yield to
the preservation of human life
and human rights, and thereby
preserve and multiply real
wealth. The right Of the individ-
ual to live is higher than the right
of anoter to have more prop
erty than is necessary to main
tain wholesome lifel Life,
blood, muscles, tissues, nerves,
reproductive organs are of great
er value than trade balances, but
if you think only in dollars the
challenge is accepted, for wal is
improbable measured by either
standard. Is there an American
who would not give all the money
we have made out of this war to
have the surviving youth of
America safely back home? The
money made is infinitesimal COM
pared with the millions of lives
lost and the trillions of dollars
lost.
A Plan
Let all peace loving nations
join in an organization set up
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08
War Or Peace !?

The following article was
written by Kenneth C. Price of
McComb. Miss. also well
known in Paseagoula. and has
attracted wide attention. We
believe that If is OF general in
terest and consideration and
for that reason reprint il here
and invite the comments OF
our readers.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

quality from now until spring,
informed War Production Board
sources point out. American
fighting men, the WPB officials
explain, still take the bulk OF
high grade leather. keeping the
hide situation in the tough spot
it has been since the var started.
Army and Navy department
suggestion that robot bombing of
the United States was entirely
possible" lent additional strength
to the widespread belief that
Germany would use other nefari-
GUS weapons, including gas, as a
single, desperate last resort.
While the Army and Navy en-
phasized that robot bombs would
have very little military effect
on the United States, some OBJ
servers have expressed belief
that gas could create momentary
panic in Europe and the British
Isles before the attack was
quelled.
Congressional sources say gov
eminent agencies still are lag
ging in working out programs for
disposition of surplus war plants,
although there has been some
speeding up Of plans in the last
few weeks.
Nevertheless, decisions have
not been reached as to what
plants will definitely be regarded
as surplus.
The surplus war property adj
ministration repeatedly has made
no effort TO dispose of any plant
facilities up to the present time.
OPA chief, Chester Bowles,
has instigated a new policy Of
meeting monthly with the ma
tons top farm leaders and WA
Chief Marvin Jones. They will
discuss all aspects of the food
question, from production TO dis
tribution and rationing.
Look for a flare-up any day
now on the old issue of recon-
version versus war production.
The controversy is back with US
and probably will burst out into
the open now that the election
is over.
The National Association of
Manufacturers called the turn by
pointing out that WOB recently
has begun soft-pedaling recon-
version in favor of increasing
emphasis on tagging war output.
II is another chapter in the
old fight between Donald Nelson.
former WPB chairman, and the
military over how far reconver-
sion should be permitted to go
while the war is still on
Prospects for a shake-up in the
cabinet when the fourth term be-
gins, are believed to be greater
than at the start of any previous
Roosevelt terms.
One reason is the fact that Sec
of Labor Frances Perkins
and Agriculture Secretary Claude
Wickard have not handled big
wartime programs relating to
manpower and food, Reports
around Washington indicate that
both Miss Perkins and Wickard
may step out of the cabinet.
In addition, Secretary of State
Cordell Hull has been i'll for sew
eral weeks at the naval hospital
at Bethesda, Md, and uncon-
firmed rumors are that he has
offered his resignation.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08
THE CITY OF BILOXI hi

TIE CITY OF BILOXI has
adopted an ordinance prohibit
ing all kinds of road shows, car
nivals, fortune telling, etc, we
are told. Now, If our neighbor
city would just follow jackson
county's example and get rid of
their "one-armed bandits" their
citizenry would be pretty free
of gyp artists. Seriously, how
ever. the city government of BIZ
loxi is to be congratulated on
this step. Pascagoula has been
inflicted with two Of these So
called shows this season, and in
both instances it has been nee
essary for the sheriff to crack
down and close several of the
side shows because of lewdness
or gambling rackets. These
shows for the most part count
on this type of exhibition for their
biggest profits. For the past
number of weeks we have had
two fortune-telling concessions
operating on our main street in
the heart of the business dis
trict, which certainly does not
add any attraction to it, TO say
nothing of health and sanitation.
Prior to that we have had nu-
merous side shows operating in
the business district, and almost
every week two or three pitch
artists take up their stand there.
Pascagoula city officials would
do the citzenry a fine service
il they would adopt a similar
ordinance.
JACKSON COUNTY HAS. AS
USUAL. met the test in the Sixth
War Loan, as il has in all pre-
vious wan loans. II is one of
the few counties that reached its
e. Bond quota on "E-Bond
Victory Day. December 18th, the
third anniversary of the Jap at
tack on Pearl Harbor. This is
a fine record, but not nearly
enough. After all, when we buy
a Wan Bond we give nothing. On
the contrary we make a sound
investment that viii yield a good
profit. The only way War Bond
purchases can be effective is to
forego luxuries and some of what
We even think of as necessities
and invest the money in War
Bonds. We know. little of sac
rifice. II we knew more, il
would do Us all good.
THE AMERICAN Fedora
TON of Labor proposed, at its
convention in New Orleans, a law
requiring the employment of
only union labor in the repair
or construction of houses fl
nanced by government-insured
loans. We doubt seriously if
such a proposal will ever reach
Congress, and if it did by chance
get that far, it would have little
hope of passage. That is as il
shout dbe. The government rep
resents the whole people of the
United States and not the mem
bers ofthe A. F. of L., c. |. O.,
or any other union organization.
The right of free choice is one
Of the principles for which We
are presently fighting. When or
Il that choice is taken from us
our fighting men will have
fought and died in vain.
ENTERTAINMENT. INC. an
organization recently formed to
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

The campaign of the Tuber-
culosis Association against TB
has been maintained since 1907
solely by the sale of Christmas
Seals.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our deep
appreciation for kindness shown
us during our recent bereave-
ment and for the many beauti-
full floral offerings,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. o. Newman.
Mrs. Gladys Davis.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08
SUBSCRIPTION T

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS does not give q Newspaper
ths right TO publish scandals. attack innocent individuals or
business firms. Neither does FREEDOM OF SPEECH give the
Individual the right TO be-snear the reputation of outstanding
citizens. attack the conmunity,s leading institutions. nor start
whispering campaigns for the sole reason of disturbing the
public peace. To violate the above rights and privileges Is to
sndaneer the rights and happiness Of all"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

The Chinese wear white for
mourning.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

quality from now until spring,
informed War Production Board
sources point out. American
fighting men, the WPB officials
explain, still take the bulk Of
high grade leather. keeping the
hide situation in the tough spot
it has been since the war started.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

Peace or war?
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-08

Let all peace loving nations
join in an organization set up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
The Battle of Germany Today

One of the strangest and most crucial battles in the history of warfare is going on inside Germany. The opposing armies" are Allied bombs and the Nazi military and secret police The battle field" is the German people. The prize of victory is their morale. This is made clear in Swiss newspaper story by man who returned home in March after spending months in Germany and under going SO air attacks in Berlin. Even be- fore the pulverizing attacks of the last six weeks, he reported that 70 or 80 per cent of the NaZi capitals factories were de- stroyed or damaged. He also disclosed that residential bombing had knocked out tens of thousands of small home workshops serving armament production. But of equal military importance is his story of the terror oi Germanys war sick people-terror of the bombs and of the Gestapo.
 Fifty per cent of the German popula- ton is already demoralized," he writes. Tt is unthinkable that the German peo- pie can bear the existing conditions for an indifinite period. People now say quite frankly that If the air offensive IS further intensified a way out must be found. There can, however, be no thought VI tSfSauhSh, AHS ANos@Po aifu "sS " are too powerful for the whole German people to dare to rise up against the Natlonnl-Sociallst system"
 It is obvious that the air offensive has been tremendously intensified. And as we attack in growing strength, the Ges- tapo and the SS surely are finding that their job is also tremendously intensified. First of all there are the physical diff entities. Each attack adds thousands to the dazed and weary homeless. deprives sections Of city of light. gas and wate., dlsrupts transportation. But there must also be a weakening of morale. Each Allied plane over Berlin Is another har- blnger Of German defeat. Each explosion echoes the ever emptier ring of party boasts and promises.
 As late as January, the Swiss writer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
Changed Medical Outlook

Wars terrific toll of injury and disease has one beneficient by-product. That is a marked improvement in the application of medical science. This improvement, evolved through inevitable and frequent experimentation, begins while war is in progress, but reaches its full fruition in wars aftermath as response to the vast and onerouS burden of rehabilitating hundreds of thousands of sufferers.
 This was true after World War I. It will be so emphatically the case when the present conflict is ended as to justify the feeling humankind may be about to enter a new medical era. Already in this war, for instance, it is authoritatively reported that the period of convalescence of wounded men in the American Army has been cut to half the time it formerly con- sumed. In military hospitals it has been demonstrated that even within that period supervised light exercise by a patient often builds him up to a point where it aids fixed muscles, and typical atrophy is not evident when casts are removed.
 And now comes Bernard Baruch, mind- full not alone of the postwar need Of the armed services, but also of the millions annually of civilian sufferers from physi- cal disabilities, with an endowment ot S1, 100000, approved after survey by the highest medical authorities, for extensive research and teaching in the field of physical medicine That will involve a greater and more thoroughly responsible knowledge of benefits to be derived from light, heat, water, electricity, exercise and massage. Eager as physicians will be to employ the benefits of the Baruch endoW- ment and wartime discoveries for the we'll being of their patients, they rightly look with misgivingS at attempts at federal socialization of their profession.
 There seems little likelihood of any such legislation this year or next Its possibility, however, is clearly on the horizon It can, of course, be circum- vented not only by using the intimate relationship of physician and patient to marshal public sentiment against it. but also through the medical professions taking stock of it's own deficiencies and being able to show itself intent on seeing that there is adequate medical care Tn uncovered areas, easier access to hospital ization and a better livelihood for young and struggling doctors.
 Unfairly, perhaps, but none the less truly, the medical profession seems to be put into position where it must take the initiative. This is more particularly so because the eyes of some national leglS- latorS will be on the results of the Stlll further socialization of British medicine that has been approved by the Churchill cabinet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
Victory Gardens

To anyone other than the professional or addicted gardener there seems to be little prospect of excitement offered by the thought of spading, hoeing and weed ing a victory garden. But there is eX- citement of another nature offered by the prospects of a possible shortage of food StuffS, especially canned vegetables, dur ing this coming winter. By terms of this latter possibility therefore, the prospects of the victory garden takes on the flavor of excitement.
 We have been forewarned by planting experts of the nation of the possible can ned food shortages here in the East this winter, principally because of tranSpor- tation difficulties and the demands of the armed forces. It has been estimated that the Services have already earmarked some 60 percent of the crops that will go to make up the nations canned good SUD- ply of next year. Although this earmark- ing has come about from preinvasion eSti- mates made by the services it is possible that the progress of the actual invasion may result in increased demands above the 60 percent.
 We will not be asked to starve by this curtailment. But it will mean a leaner distribution of these foodStuffS and will
 
 line for the people of America between nutritional deficiency and normal good health. These latter exegencies that we are asked to meet will mean a greater source of healthful foods for the occu- pants of Axis held countries who may lie in the path of our invasion route. By means of bringing to these peoples, already starving from Axis enforced mal- nutrition these foods we perform not only an act of corporate mercy but one which will make the administration task of our conquering armies an easier one.
 Hence the victory garden in the back yard here in Waterbury comes into it's own wartime prominence and in view of these aforementioned facts such a gar den will tighten the demand load of the home-front and will to some measure mean life giving food perhaps to now starving child of France.
 Only those who can conScientiouSly give the time to such an endeavOr are asked to do so. It is waste to start some thing of this sort which couldn't be fin ished. The garden should be cultivated expressly with the idea of the ultimate consumption by the gardener of his own home grown foods as well as the canning of many of these foods for the coming winter season. Of course the garden may be planted also with the prospects of doing bit of bragging over the results, but that is but one of the rightful com penSationS.
 Now is the time to start this garden! Its cultivation will mean another stay in the supporting framework of the nations war effort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-17
A Thrifty Nation

In answer to the charge the American people were not putting aside anything from present flush incomes is the report that never before in history has the nation been so thrifty.
 While national income has doubled during the war, the American people have increased their savings five-fold during the same period In 1943 one dollar out of every four of the national income was salted away for rainy day.
 This fact is given emphasis by contrast with the situation in 1929, at the peak of the good time period of the twenties. Then only one dollar in ten was being saved. By 1882 the ratio of spending to saving was 20 to 1.
 The tendency toward thrift is general, with large portion of the savings being accumulated by those in the lower-income brackets. Economists see in this growing nest egg a bulwark against postwar de- pression. A large proportion of savings is being put in war bonds, with $1l ,0OO,- OO0, ,0OO invested in these securities in l943. That exceeds total of all savings Tn any one year prior to l94l.