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The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29

ing commodities needed for the
construction of new homes. 1t
will take, the Institute figures,
more than IL million tons to
make Is million automobiles;
five and half million tons to
make five million new trucks;
five million tons for the steel
rails needed by railroads and
street car lines; two million tons
for eight million refrigerators;
more than a million tons for six
million washing machines; a
million tons for 20 million ra-
dios and million tractors.
These estimates point the i'm
portance of coal in the satisfac-
ton of civilian needs. They do
not indicate any threat to the
future coal supply.
Four hundred million tons of
coal is a lot, but $50 million
tons a year is less than fourth
what this country's mines pro-
duced last year in spite of man.
power shortages and" labor dis
turbances. 1t is slightly more
than a quarter of the tonnage
Solid Fuels Administrator Har-
old Ickes has predicted would be
mined this year. but is less than
quarter of what the United
Mine Workers are certain they
can dig out of the ground.
Word from the anthracite re-
gion is not quite so encourag-
ing, as of this moment, but pro-
ducers of hard coal, upon which
the northeast depends for home
heating, say that at worst things
would be better than they were
last winter.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
BY s. BURTON HEATH
.NEA Staff Correspondent

PITTSr rURGH - Strikes have
already cost a coal production
loss of more than the 5000, 900
tons Uncle Sam expected to ship
to Europe this winter.
When John l.. Lewis called
the United Mine Workers out in
dispute over recognition of his
foreman's union, $40 mines were
closed, involving 187,037 men.
Production loss has exceeded
100000 tons daily.
Business leaders who asked
President Truman to intervene
in the strike were worried be-
cause they feared delays in re-
conversion which would result
in unemployment as we'll as dis
tress and discomfort for millions
this winter.
Up to the time of the strike,
the nations big coal operators
had predicted there would be
plenty of coal for industry, heat
ing, and as much exports as
available ships could handle.
Secretary of the Interior Har-
old L. Ickes is still confident
that both domestic and foreign
quotas will be met despite strike
delays.<
The mines Still need more
help. At the beginning of the
war the bituminous coal indus
try had about 100000 miners.
Now it has only 100000, and
an undue proportion of these are
oldtimers who either came out
Of retirement for the war or
would have donned slippers in
the chimney corner if there had
been no war. <
On its face this suggests q
need for 100000 more miners,
net, and indicates serious la
Dor shortage. But Harry Moses,
the nations biggest coal produc-
er, says that 10000 men net -
that is, 10000 plus replacements
for the oldsters, would enable
the mines to meet all demands.
Moses is president of the H.
c. Frick Coke Co. and the u.
S. Coal and Coke Co., subsidi-
aries of u. S. Steel. His COM
panies exist primarily to pro-
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Washington Notes

cousins. Rev. and Mrs. A. M.
Cherry.
Mrs. August Fuhrhoff and two
children of Holly were Thanks
giving day dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Christensen,
on Pilgrim street.
Herbert Danhauser received
his honorable discharge from the
Navy few weeks ago and with
his wife and two-year-old baby
Is living in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Gass were
guests of the Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
vim Grieves and family of Flint
at family dinner Thanksgiving
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Boldt are
parents of a 7 pounds son born
Sunday evening at General Hos
pital, Mount Clemens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams
and son First Lieutenant and
Mrs. Norman Williams and 9TH
er relatives were Thanksgiving
day dinner guests of their SON.
in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Grinnell and fam
lily in Detroit.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29

WASHINGTON - Mrs. Eliza
beth Pierson entertained the
Pierson family at dinner
Thanksgiving day also her
daughter, Mrs. William Lill and
little son. The latter has re-
ceived word her husband is on
his way home with an honor
able discharge from the Navy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rue Rex and
four sons and daughters from
Live Oak, Tenn, returned home
last week Wednesday after
spending 10 days with his aged
mother. and brother, Mrs. Cora
and Roy Rex and relatives. 1t
has been 10 years since his last
visit here.
Washington Farmers Club has
postponed its next regular meet
ing at the Methodist Church
from the first Thursday in Dec.
until the second Thursday, Dec.
13, in order to prevent conflict
with the church chicken supper
on Friday evening, Dec. 7th.
The Methodist w. S. c. S. will
meet with Mrs. Hattie Edwards
this Friday. Nov. 80 for pot luck
dinner and election of officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kirsch-
baum and son. Charles, Miss
Herta Fisher of Romeo, and Mrs.
Kirschbaum's brother and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Henry of
Jackson, were Sunday dinner
guests of their brother and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Martin
of New Baltimore.
Mrs. Charles Curtis and as
sistant leader Mrs. Charles Nor
owske will demonstrate at a
meeting of the Extension Glass"
at Washington school for the
next lesson How to Make A.
cessories," on Monday evening,
Dec. 3
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Danhauser
of South Van Dyke road at
tended a dinner Tuesday evening
given by his brother and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Danhauser at
their home in Royal Oak.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moon of Detroit
were Sunday guests of their
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Advice 10 loveIorn
Writer Dead al 10

WASHINGTON. Nov. 29-R
beatrice Fairfax" originator
Of the advice to the lovelorn
column published for years by
many newspapers, died yester-
day at her home here after q
heart attack.
Her real name was Mrs. Ma
rie Manning Gasch. She was 70
years old.
The late Arthur Brisbane, a
Hearst newspaper editor, gave
the 20-year-old Marie Manning,
then a Washington Society Cir.
her first newspaper job. He as
signed her to answer some let.
ters which had been received by
the old New York Journal ask
ing advice on love problems.
This led eventually to the wide
ly known daily column.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Lepreehauns
Help Irish q
Locate Sister

BOSTON, Nov. 20 - (R -
A British soldier of Irish ex-
trastion rang 2,015 doorbells -
by his own count - yesterday
looking for his sister, Mary.
Then, he said, he decided to
call upon the Leprechauns -
those knowing little fairies of
Irish mythology - to aid him in
the search.
Gunner Maurice Kennedy, re-
Gently released after two and
one-half years in a Japanese
prison camp, is convinced they
did.
He finally received call
from a woman who said she
knew a Mary Kennedy who
might be his sister. Would he
whistle his sisters favorite tune
over the telephone?
He did. 1t was: "Come Back
to Erin" Mary recognized the
way he piped it, Maurice said,
and they were reunited.
Maurice had not seen Mary for
IS years. She came here intent
on becoming an actress, but be-
came a maid instead. He lost
track of her after he entered the
army and had not heard from
her for four years.
Kennedy arrived in Vancouv-
er, B. c., recently and obtained
a five days leave to hunt for
his sister. He has been in the
British army since 1899. Their
home was in Dingle, County
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29

vide fuel for steel-making, but
they sell much high grade heat
ing coal. buy some lower grades
for coking and Moses watches
the overall coal situation with
an eagle eye.
j. B. Morrow. president of
the Pittsburgh Coal Co., one of
the foremost commercial pro-
ducers, agrees with Moses. He
says that miners released from
uniform or war industry are re-
turning slowly because they
want a bit of rest and little
fling before they 60 under
ground again. He thinks that lag
will take only from 80 to 60
days, and that the miners man.
power shortage will begin to
evaporate.
INDUSTRY NEEDS COAL q
Thus far, coal output in 1945
is slightly under last years. But
the deficiency is less than should
be saved by the showdown in
industrial demands during re-
conversion.
In Morrow's opinion there
may be slight shortage of high
grade steam coal such as is used
for heating homes, apartment
and office buildings, schools and
hospitals. But there will be plen.
ty of usable lower grades or
which such users can get by
splendidly.
Once industry gets reconvert
ed and begins rushing out the
consumer goods that everybody
wants, enormous quantities o.
coal will be needed by industry
The bituminous Coal Institute
has translated the backlog o.
consumer demand for many fav
orite items into coal require
ment, and comes up with an es
innate that 381, ,432, 500 tons will
be needed for that purpose ir
the next three years.
That is not, of course, thu
whole story. 1t covers only Sc
lected major items and it take.
no account of residential ano
commercial heating, gas-making
railroad use and many others.
CAN MEET QUOTA
The biggest requirement. by
far, is $50 million tons for max.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29

s--.-.,s..';..-.-.-.4---------- time the JapS
had capitulated. the 4lst had
rolled up a record for jungle
fighting second to none. Not the
least impressed by this record
was Tokyo Rose who, during her
pre-peace prominence, referred
TO the 4lst as The Butchers.
The Jungleers first fought the
Japs at Sanananda. Outnum-
bered and dependent for sup
plies on what little could be
flown in to them over the Owen
Stanley Mountains.
Six months later, going ashore
at Salamaua, they set theater
record of rs days of unrelievcd
jungle fighting. In 1914, the
battle hardened Jungleers re-
quired 36 days to break the two
year grip on New Guinea. Beat
ing through 900 miles of dense
jungle, the 4lst met and defeat
ed the foe at Aitape, Hollandia,
Wakde and Biak.
The Jungleers went into the
Philippine campaign Feb. %,
1945, landing at Palawan, west
ernmost isle of the Philippine
group. In "a combat-crowded
days, the 41st made no less than
four assault landings. After
Palawan, the Jungleers threw
their weight into the initial in.
vasion of Mindanao. Elements of
the division struck Basilan Is
land and secured it in three
days of furious fighting. On Ap-
ril 2, the 41st landed on the tip
of Tawitawi and destroyed the
Japanese there.
Originally composed Of Ma
tional Guardsmen from the
Northwest, the 4lst finished the
war as a representative cross
section of the United States.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Fighting
Divisions
BY NEA Service

The men who wear a golden
setting sun against a crimson
background for their shoulder
patch-the Jungleers of the 4lst
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-07
Lunch Hour Ciosinqs

We remember the old adage about people
who live in glass houses not throwing stones,
and we trust that we do not forget it any
more than most human beings seem to forget
1t, from time to time. But perhaps there
should be another adage to the effect that
people who do not live in glass houses should
have the right to cast pebble or two. In
the matter of lunch-hour closing, the Chron-
icle-Star is on solid ground as are the vast
majority of the businesses in town, and there
fore we hereby send a moderate sized missile
flying toward the city hall and the court
house; at the same time we send a bigger
one at the Mississippi Power Company, which
does not have the same leeway of being
public office but which is private business
like all the rest of u.s. selling product to the
public making profit out of it, and obligated
to conceptions of public service which should
be the foundation of business practice
Some of our readers have asked us from
time to time why it is that they find the
city hall closed from noon to one-thirty when
they go to pay their bills, and why they find
the Mississippi Power company closed from
noon to one. They point out that for work
ing people this hour is often the only time
they can get off conveniently, and that in
their own business organizations staff is
always left sufficient to keep the doors open
during the lunch hour. If you want to buy
groceries, hat, a railroad ticket, postage
stamp, you can do so at any time from open
ing to closing hours. This same rule of bust
ness should apply to the city hall, and far
more SO to the power company. If a grocer
adopted such independent ways, one could
take his business to a competitor, which is the
principle of free enterprise. But by the ma
ture of things, you have to buy gas water
and light from the companies who hold the
franchise. They should not take advantage
of this.
We know that the city hall and courthouse
had a great volume of work to do with
small staff during the war, but that iusti-
fication has now passed And we ask the
city and county administrations on behalf of
readers who have expressed their opinions
to us, to come into line with the rest of US
AS for tn epower company, we can say that
the rest of us selling a product have been
short-handed too, but having competitors
we had to keep mind to public goodwill
and convenience.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-07
Opportunity and Obligation

We made tour of the new $lo0000 rec
reation building on Market street this week
and were muc6 impressed with what we
saw. This is beautiful and Well-designed
building and we consider that our commune
ity is fortunate to have drawn it in the big
.,idb-pag OF war construction, as part of our
eward for sending fleet OF freIghters and
iahtino ships to the oceanic battlefronts.
And this newspaper will do its utmost to see
tnat this building is operated for the public
Id the workers and the planners and all
who contributed to this effort and made the
name of PascagouIa well-known and respect
ed in the story of wartime production.
good recreation program, providing soft
ball, baseball, tennis, bowling, gymnasium,
<, mes and other entertainments furnishes
the most wholesome type of outlet for men
who do exacting labor and for adolescents
VINO are exposed to all the dislocating infu-
ences which make juvenile delinquency
problem today. Such program will be
as useful today to the community and to
the men themselves as it was during the
war, when the government considered this
building to rate high priority.
The construction inside is impressive.
There is a gymnasium, q regulation basket
ball court, stage, showers for the men and
shower and dressing room compartments for
women. There is a place for a snack bar
and a game room and cement foundations
mittee of citizens closed deal with army
officers who are disposing of Camp Van
Dorm property, for the purchase of IL of
the finest wooden alleys made They were
used only five months at the camp. The
citizens will underwrite their purchase and
they will be installed shortly.
Revenues from the building are expected
% be sufficient within short time to under
write the cost of the entire recreation pro-
yrsm. Revenues are anticipated from bask-
etf all games, boxing and wrestling matches,
supervised dancing, bowling, etc. However,
this is community project and will be OPP
Grated on strictly non-profit basis For the
present. until the program can be put in OPP
Grafton, it is necessary for the public-spirited
citizens to help underwrite the initial costs
since the city does not have funds for this
purpose and no other way to finance the
project has presented itself
II there is really any foresight and sense
O community team play in us, we are going
. see that an adequate public use is made
II this building. If we fail in this this build
ing will stand as a monument to our own
shiftlessness and disorganization
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-07

lives. II was in our Christmas
poetry, in our songs, in our stor-
les at school. II was in the mo-
vies, and in our English tongue,
and probably it was buried
somewhere in our inherited
memory. And here it was at last
A snowfall brought hundreds OF
miles by accident atop a dozen
freight cars.
Someone had phoned the news
paper photographers and they
came out taking pictures. They
helped us make a poor amateur
ish little snow man and posed
us beside il, and got pictures of
us throwing snoWballs. | had on
a rubberized Windbreaker and
we loaded it with snow and took
it back to the school. 1t made us
heroes for a day. The principal
and the teachers, all out of our
own background, were just as
excited to see real snow as we
were. They feit it, and talked
about it, and remembered how
snow had fallen once or twice
in their childhood; and they sent
us on a tour OF all the class
rooms, holding the melting slush
in my windbreaker, for the chill
dren to walk up and view as
part of their education. The
teachers used the event for
cropping lectures in natural his
tory, telling US what little they
knew about the formation of
snow crystals, hailt sleet, and
how they differed
We played on the box cars all
that evening, and carried buck
cts of it home to show the neigh
bors. 1t was easily one of the
finest days of childhood.
In the morning we raced To
the railroad siding, hoping
against hope that the freight train
would still be there. But it wa
gone, as we knew it would be.
Children, somehow, never get to
enjoy such things long enough.
Maybe that is why they enjoy
them so intensely while they
last
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-07
Community League Asks USO Leave
Furnishings In Community Building

The United Service Organiza-
ton was requested to leave the
furnishings intact in the commu-
aitv building that has been used
for USO here for the past four
years following a meeting OF the
Community League, which holds
title to the building, Saturday of
this week.
The meeting was attended by
J. r. Watts, chairman; H. H.
Cole, Mrs. G.. J. Hollister and
H. F. Gautier, directors.
The USO is to officially close
on December 81, A. P. May, di-
rector, announced some weeks
ago. and the furnishings are to
be sold. Bids are being received
by Mr.. May under the present
setup, which are forwarded to
the regional office at Atlanta for
consideration.
Following the meeting of the
Community League, Chairman
Watts, on behalf of the league,
requested the USO by letter to
leave the furnishings intact so
that the league could complete
plans for keeping the building
open for the use of the public.
The matter of the future oper-
alton of the building was left
open at the meeting pending de
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-07
Singers To Give
Parts of Messiah
At Field Hospital

The singers, who on December
l8 will present Hanoels Mes
siah" at the Pascagoula High
school auditorium under the aus
pices of the Pascagoula Music
club, will give parts of the ora
torio for convalescent patients at
Keesler Field hospital Sunday at
2 p. m, officers of the Music club
announced Thursday. =
This entertainment for the SER
vicemen is a part of the regular
war service program of the club
and will consist of several choral
numbers and few solos.
This group will present the
oratorio at 8 p. m., December 18
under the direction of c. r. Haire
to the accompaniment of two pia-
nos played by Mrs. E. F. O'Malley
and Mrs. R. 7. Huthmaker. Seven
of the most loved choruses and
seven of the most familiar solos
will be sung.
There will be no admission but
in order to cover the expenses of
the production a free will offer
ing will be taken during inter
mission.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-07

We went upstate for a couple
of davs this week and ran into
a light fall of snow at Jackson.
1t fell most of the afternoon but
most of it melted as it hit the
ground. But later the weather
turned a little colder. and a light
layer of snow stuck and froze.
Coming back on the &c we saw
1t in the fields and trees almost
down to Virgins. The reason it
rarely comes down to the coast
is the fact that the water in the
Gulf of Mexico, no matter how
cold it may feel when YOU tum-
Die in during the wintertime,
still holds more heat than the
land and the water sends uD
enough heat into the Sky To make
snow formation almost impossi-
BILE. Sometimes it happens. Of
course, but not often. We do re
member one year, when We were
living upstate, coming to the
White Castle at Pass Christian
for the weekend To enjoy the sun
shine and waking up 10 see big
feathery flakes falling past the
windoW-the first snow seen
there in many years. And We
have heard stories of a hard
freeze some twenty five or th.r-
ty years ago. when a friend Of
ours who was then a student At
st. Stanislaus in Bay st. Louis.
declares that the boys went ice
skating out on the sound. But
of course, these things rarely
happen.
In the last ten years I saw
quite a bit OF snow, more than
was really necessary. To Us. the
frozen north begins somewhere
up there bv Memphis. and from
there to the North Pole we con-
slider the country more or less
uninhabitable in the winter time.
Quite a few million Americans
seem to disagree with US, but
our feelings in the matter are
not open TO debate. Snow Is a
beautiful sight when you can
watch ii for about one afternoon
in the year-pref ferably on
Christmas eve. / vas righl
pleasant = see i sprinkle OF
Of the skies for 3 little while
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-07
Christmas Gifts
For HospitoIized
Servicenren Asked

The Camp and Hospital Coun-
ell Of the Jackson County chap
ter of the American Red Cross has
been requested to provide 770
Christmas gifts for patients IN
the Keesler Field hospital, Red
Cross personnel announced Thurs
daV.
This total number includes $50
gifts for men and 20 gifts for
women. The presents or money
to paw for one or more will be
accepted at the Red Cross Of
flee in the old central school
building on South Paseagoula
street. The gifts may range in
price from SO cents to S1.50. Those
who wish to prepare their own
gifts are asked 10 make a list
of the contents on a tag that
can be torn off before the git
is presented, otherwise the pack
age may have to be opened be
fore il can be sent To the hos
pital.
Suggested items for men are
writing paper, candy, wrist watch
bands, books, mechanical pen
ellis. address books, non-break-
able mirrow. folding picture
frames, nail file and clipper,
hair oil shampoo, shaving and
sewing kits. For women sugges-
tions include writing paper. can
dv, combs, brushes. soap, dust
ing and face powder. deodorant
sun glasses, cleansing tissues.
cleansing cream. manicure seiS,
mirrors, bath towels, bohh pms.
sewing boxes, bed socks and
handkerehiefs.
Gifts should be at the RED
Cross office BY December Is and
money should be received earlier
so that purchases may be made
and attractively wrapped.
Presents for eolored patients
are being received BY Anna
Weems. 334 School street. Pas
eagoula, and Ernestine Fountain
Moss Point. Two civic organ
zations have pledged to fl
500 Christmas stockings for be
patients al Keesler hospital with
fruit, nuts, candy and cookies.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-07
Miss Melbu Roberts
Celebrates Birthday
With PortY Saturday

A pleasant event of Saturday
evening was party at which
Miss Melba Roberts celebrated
her 10th birthday.
The festivity took place in
Lincoln Hall where games and
dancing proved pleasant diver
sions.
Cookies and cakes were served
with punch towards the latter
part of the evening.
Miss Roberts was assisted by
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Roberts
and Mrs. Ben Kelley.
The guest list included Misses
Lavon Kelley, Joaline Cory, Bill
lie 10 Bowman, Sara Rush, Con-
ME O'Bryant and Otto Blood
worth, Jerry Groom, Bobby