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Evening star., 1945-05-14
Blockade and Assault
BY Maj. George Fieldins Eliot

SAN FRANCISCO. May 13.-There
are only two ways of attacking a coun-
try, just as there are only two ways
OF attacking fortress-blockade and
assault. The one is a negative method.
the other positive.
Blockade is rarely decisive in itself,
but it prepares the way for assault.
Blockade can be both exterior and in
terror; the purpose of both methods OF
blockade is the same, to deprive the
enemy of the means to fight or subsist.
Exterior blockade seeks to cut the en-
emy off from his outside sources of
supply. Interior blockade seeks to pre-
vent the enemy from moving about
within his own area, from making mu-
nitions of war, from carrying on his
normal and necessary activities.
In modern warfare strategic air at
tacks are a form of blockade They
have the same basic purpose as exterior
blockade. To capture a ship loaded
with coal and prevent it from reaching
an enemy harbor is an act which has
the same intent as to bomb a railway
junction through which coal is hauled
from mine to a munitions factory.
The purpose in both cases is to pre-
vent the coal from being used to
strengthen the enemy's war effort.
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With this preface, let us look at the
war against Japan, which is still in the
blockade stage as far as efforts against
the japanese homeland are concerned.
The object Of most of our recent ma ajor
operations has been to get bases close
to Japan, from which we could attack
the industrial centers and interior COM
munications of Japan by strategic
bombing, and from which, also, our
ships and aircraft would be able to
interrupt Japanese sea communications.
That Is the meaning of the sacrifices
our men had to make to get Saipan
and Two Jima-and now Okinawa. No
doubt still other bases will have to be
taken in the same way In order to COM
plete the blockade phase Of the war
against Japan.
1t should be noted that the actual
work Of blockade Is proceeding at the
same time that additional bases are
being fought for. Thus our heavy
bombers on one day are. engaged In
laying mines at the entrances of the
inland sea: on another, they are at.
tacking Japanese industrial centers; on
Evening star., 1945-05-14
Norwoy's Daughter

Where ars you, Tone OF the .sa-blus
eyes
And ,Dild-ross cheeks: you sehe haps
surely proipn
Out OF your cdretres childish loneliness
To beauty deeper tar than had
knoscn?
With lortng hands touch the Ktt,e
You brought me "tor my rings: each
carpen line
Breathes NorWays sspirit, dauntless.
toinged, and free,
Past all the potoer OF tyrant to con-
fine:
And you are Nortoay's daughter. Though
you bo,D
Beneath the load your slender trams
must take
As tvur's bequest, your heart Is true and
strong,
For you may bend, but neper ,osn yos
break.
The conqueror has fed in black defeat:
The fag OF Norway lights untainted
skies
Gods grace be on liberated land
And Nor,Day's daughter OF the sea -blus
eyes!
ALICE BooRMAN WILLIAMSON.
Evening star., 1945-05-14
japanese Army Morale

Japan's hopeless military situa-
tion, from long-range aspect, in
consequence of the redeployment of
overwhelming Allied might follow
ing the end of war in Europe, has
naturally engendered much specula-
ton as to the prospects of capitu-
lation in time to avert Germany's
catastrophe fate.
We. now know that Germany's
suicidal resistance was due mainly
to the fanatical obstinacy of its
Nazi rulers against the advice of
many, If not most, of the regular
army leaders, who saw the hand
writing on the wall after the Al
lied breakout from Normandy and
wanted to finish the fighting before
complete collapse. How does this
square with the situation inside
Japan? Does there exist any diff
ference of opinion there between
"last-ditchers" and advocates of
surrender to avert impending de-
struction? And If so, where does
the line of division run?
Although relatively little is known
of the present state of mind within
Japan, the evidence tends to show
that the psychological situation there
is the opposite of that in the last
days of the Third Reich. In Japan
it is the army that is the center of
fanaticism and the ultimate source
of authority. There never has been
japanese counterpart of the Nazi
revolution which enthroned a po-
litical party as the absolute master
of the country under a supreme
leader. To be sure, the japanese
Army did acquire predominant
power during the past decade and
used that power to precipitate
war wherein the whole national
future was at stake. But the power
was anonymous rather than per-
sonal in character and did not ex-
clude from participation civilian
elements such as the career officials
and the great industrialists, who
have so much to lose in the shatter-
ing of the national economy. Those
elements form an integral part in
the present Suzuki cabinet and
might conceivably be the nucleus of
peace movement. The question is
whether any such tendency might
be squelched by the army die-hards,
who would thereafter assume full
control.
The ability of the army leaders to
grid Japan for resistance to the
bitter end rests, in large part, upon
the morale of the army as a whole.
And thus far there has been no in
dication that the spirit of either the
ranks or the officers corps has suf-
fered any decline. On Tarawa, at
Tarakan, in Borneo, in the Philip
pines and even in those remote gar
risons being mopped up by the
Australians, resistance continues to
be literally to the death The in
ference is that the spirit of the main
body of the japanese Army, situated
in China and Manchuria, remains
equally resolute. So long as the will
to fight in those indoctrinated mil
lions of soldiers continues, wiser
counsels from civilian elements in
Japan itself may be of little avail.
Evening star., 1945-05-14
Letters to The Star
Selfish Nationalism Rejected
in Favor of Trusteeship

IN FaVOf OF i lruStceSnlp
To the Editor of The Star:
Newspaper reports OF negotiations at
San Francisco concerning the question
Of international trusteeships are un-
fortunately confusing.
The general principle OF an interna-
tional trusteeship is very simple. Briefly,
it is that the administration of all terri
tories occupied by peoples not yet ready
for complete independence primarily
shall be to prepare them for self govern
ment and for the exercise of their inter-
national responsibilities.
This principle has been accepted ex-
plicitly by all of the larger colonial
powers, namely Great Britain, France,
The Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and
the United States, as set forth in World
Affairs for June, 1914.
The manner in which this principle
shall be applied to varying situations
Is problem which can be worked out
only by the mutual agreement of the
colonial powers themselves.
The formula proposed by Australia
and New Zealand that the main pur-
pose Of the trust is for the welfare OF
the native peoples and their social,
economic and political development"
is one that deserves careful consider
alton by Americans because OF our spe-
cial interests in that area.
The principle of international
trusteeship has larger implication
than is generally realized. Needs of
international organization and security
require that all peoples, whether fully
independent or not, shall hold their
territories and resources as a sacred
trust for the welfare and safety of all
mankind. This applies particularly to
such strategic bases as Gibralter, Suez,
Singapore, Hong Kong. Hawaii, Pana-
ma and Newfoundland. 1t applies to
such basic raw materials as rubber,
minerals and food.
The nations of the world during the
fiery trial by war have come to realize
that no selfish nationalism or pride of
empire should be allowed to defeat
the generous application OF this prin-
ciple.
Let us not be unduly concerned re-
garding the precise manner In which
this principle shall be applied under
vastly different circumstances. We
should have great forebearance and
faith in the nations which have the
greatest colonial responsibilities and
the heaviest burden of maintaining in
ternatio security.
PHILLIP MARSHALL BROWN,
Evening star., 1945-05-14
'Boby Broker Verdict

lue dCQulLIdl VI LII. JONI "A. Logan;
who had been charged with violating
the Districts baby broker" law,
confirms what was already rather
obvious-that the officials RESPONSE
BILE for instituting this prosecution
were deplorably lacking in Judgment.
DR.. Logan is reputable physician
He knew OF a man and wife who
wanted to adopt child and he
introduced them to an unmarried
mother. He did not discuss the
matter with the mother, nor advise
her to do anything. Nevertheless, he
was arrested and brought to trial
under a section of the law which
forbids any one not parent, guard
ian or relative within the third
degree to place or assist in placing
an infant in home.
The trial disclosed that the theory
OF the Districts case was that If DR..
Logan had not introduced the pro-
spective foster parents to the mother
the child would not have been placed
in the home of the former, and that,
therefore, the law had been violated.
The mother was not coerced in any
way, there was no suggestion of any
fee being involved, and no claim was
made that the foster parents were
either unable or unwilling to give
the child a good home.
On these facts, it seems incredible
that the complaint should have been
filed. 1t might be possible to make
a legalistic argument to the effect
that there had been technical
violation of the statute, but Con-
gress did not adopt the measure for
the purpose of keeping lawyers or
social workers occupied. It's purpose
was to clean up an underground
traffic in the placement of babies.
which had been conducted primarily
for profit and in which the welfare
OF the children involved was at best
secondary consideration.
When this laudable intent of Con-
gress is twisted to cover prosecutions
such as that brought against DR..
Logan, the inevitable effect is to
bring desirable law into disrepute
1t would be possible, of course, for
Congress to amend the law to pre-
vent recurrence of this abuse But
a simpler and more effective remedy
would be to use little common
sense in enforcing the statute as 1t
stands
Evening star., 1945-05-14
New Foce; Same japan

FfOm the new fork Post.
We can now expect to see the ruling
groups in Japan prepare a campaign
for peace, one that will. of course.
acknowledge the defeat of Japan but
will try to save their interests We
shall now be hearing from be-spatted
and silk-hatted gentlemen instead of
the Jap Prussians with samurai swords.
Perhaps it was better the other way.
Then we knew our enemy Now we
may get to imagining that moderate"
really means moderate, that the Jap
businessmen never really did like the
war and Japan is on her way to being
a peaceful nation again.
Evening star., 1945-05-14

Clearly the days are over when
Chinese troops could look every
where to the outside and find little
chance of being adequately supplied
with the tools OF war. In the cir
cumstances, with real equipment on
the way. they can be expected to
fight with increasing vigor from now
on toward victories far greater than
any they have won so far.
Evening star., 1945-05-14
Making Their Own Rules?

from the st Louis Star-Fimes.
While always remembering the mag
nif1cent contributions of Russian arms
to the victory over Fascism, one NAV
nevertheless hope for an abatement of
the Russians apparent desire to have
everything their own way before they
play ball
Evening star., 1945-05-14
Stresses Financing Problem

Stresses Financing Problem
To the Editor of The Star:
One OF the very few really discerning
observations recently made about post
war problems comes from Sterilization
Director Davis. He says that our
standard OF living will have to be raised
from 80 to 40 per cent If We are to
absorb goods enough to give everybody
jobs and keep our national income up
to where it would have to be If every
body is working and producing.
But such a concept raises other prob
lens II our standard OF living Is to
rise, the average income must rise pro-
portionately. To provide purchasing
power that keeps our industries busy
during war our Government had to
chip in some so billions of borrowed
money. We might listen to some
private or public personality who can
tell us just how that extra go billion is
to get into the individual consumers
hands during peace time without Great
ing new debts of equal amounts.
Mr.. Davis Is getting warm" with
reference to the real problem of postwar
finance, compared to which the problem
Of mere physical production is easy. The
really serious fact is that nobody, ap-
parently, is even attempting to face the
tough part of the problem-that Of
finance. LESTER PEAGRAM.
Says Germans Not in Smolensk
To the Editor of The Star:
For the sake of truth in the light of
which We must see both our friends
and enemies in order to be just. may
I point out to B. v. Milan-who Pleads
for Remembrance" in letter printed
in The Star, May THAT his own
memory is at fault, for the 10000 Polish
army officers who had been most
treacherously murdered in the Gratyn
forest near Smolensk were not prison.
ers of war of the Germans, nor were
the Germans in the Smolensk area in
1910, as he enormously states. He must
have forgotten that the Nazis attacked
U. S. s. r. on June "a, 1e4l. and not
before.
BY all means let us remember all the
events of the greatest tragedy of man.
kind. but let us remember them cor
rectly, please! A POLE.
Evening star., 1945-05-14
Praise for Mr.. Brown

To the Editor of The Star:
The article in The Sunday Star for
April 20 by Constantine Brown enti-
tied Minor Nations Striving to Assure
Justice" is Of such extraordinary I'M
portance that 1t should be read by the
delegates to the San Francisco Con-
ference and by all others attending it.
It should also be translated into Span
ish and sent by airmail to some of the
leading newspapers Of Latin America.
which no doubt would reproduce 1t.
Warm congratulations to Mr.. Brown.
PERSIO CELESTE FRANCO.
Evening star., 1945-05-14

not be a complete oversubscription
success everywhere-in the. District
no less than in the Nation as a
whole.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Legion Votes To
Hove Restaurant 7
At Sponish Fort

The Jackson County post of the
American Legion Monday night
accepted a proposed plan to open
a restaurant at the old Spanish
Fort and the House and Grounds
committee was vested with full
authority to work out details of
the plan and to contract for the
operation of the business.
The proposal was made by II.
II. Douthitt who will operate the
restaurant and presented to the
membership by E. A. Talbot.
Approximately so members of
the post were present Tor the
meeting at which time bylaws
and the constitution were re-
vised with particular attention
to returning veterans of World
War II.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
School Facilities
Viewed BY RotdrY
Education Week

The Pascagoula school system
was hosts TO the Rotary Club
at their luncheon Wednesday as
a part Of the American Educa-
ton Week observance. Superin-
tendent Thomas r. Wells and
High School Principal v. G. Gill
acted as hosts and Warren Me
Clesky, Jr., high school senior,
made the welcoming address,
The luncheon was held in the
high school cafeteria with music
by the school orchestra and the
girls glee club. School facilities
were inspected by the Rotarians
who were guided by the MEM
beers of the Beta Club, honorary
scholastic society.
The club members saw the
commercial, home economics,
and manual training depart
mentS.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Funeral Services
Held For J. "A. Green
Friday Afternoon

Funeral services for John A.
Green, So year old retired Pas
cagoula baker, who was found
dead in his home on North Pas
cagoula street November 7, We're
conducted Friday at 4 p. m, at
Fails Funeral Home by the Rev,
j. F. Campbell. pastor of the
First Methodist church, with in
terment in Greenwood cemetery.
Pail bearers were Roy Krebs.
Robert Walker, c. 7. Naquin,
Carl McMurphy, ". j. Higgin-
botham, Russell Bullman, w. T..
Gardner, and Alex Witchen.
Coming from out of town to
attend the funeral were his son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Green, and small
daughter of Houston, Tex, Mr..
and Mrs. A.. f. Green and son,
Burwell, and Mr.. and Mrs. w. F
Green of Mobile.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Mrs. ]. R. Waits
Wins Grand Prize
For Best Garden

Mrs. John r. Watts, 929 Beach
Boulevard, was declared grand
prize winner in the Ingalls-spon-
sored garden contest conducted
by the Pascagoula Garden Club,
according to an announcement
made this week by Mrs. George
B. Field, contest chairman.
Winners in Glasses A, B and
D were announced last week but
judges were not prepared at that
time to give the name OF the
grand prize winner nor of Class
C which is for non-garden club
residents of Pascagoula. Mrs.
Watts also won the 500 War
Bond as winner in Class c and
others were Mrs. M. F. Tillot-
son, 901 Harrison street, second,
$50 bond; Mrs. Roy WingfieId,
South Pascagoula street, third,
SOS bond; and Mrs. j. A. Stat
ford, 576 Cedar street, third, $40
IN stamps.
The winner of the grand prize
was selected from winners in
classes A, b and c as having the
most outstanding garden.
AS the member of the Garden
Club winning the highest score
in the contest. Mrs. ID. G.. Peat
tie will this year receive the
silver flower bowl presented to
the club by the Ingalls, Shipbuild-
ing Corporation. Mrs. j. A. De
trick won the bowl last year. ANY
member capturing the prize three
times will get the permanent pos
session of the bowl.
Mrs. w. X. Enrich, 1918 S.
Pascagoula street, had the best
lawn and Mrs. Hugh Lyon, VJr.,
ITO East Tyler street, the best
Victory garden.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Letters To The
Editor
To The Editor,
The Chronicle Star.

To The Editor,
The Chronicle-Star
BY an inexcusable error in my
office we have placed the good
name of Mat S%umedinger, Pasca-
goula plumbing and heating con
tractor, in an unfavorabfe light
due To emitting his name among
the fair contractors who are CO.
operating 100 per cent with the
crafts OF the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, which appeared
in the last issue of the Chronicle
Star.
We beg the use of your columns
to correct this grave mistake as
Mr.. Ma Sumedinger is and has
always been fair in every way
with organized labor and his
achievements and contribution
for the winning of the peace with
the use of organized labor is an
unquestionable record of merit
and patriotism.
Respectfully.
TOM A. BASS,
Business ACT and Fin. Sec, Lo
cal 568, Plumbers and Steamfit-
tiers Union.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Pdsc ogoulo Ends
Regular Season
AT Home Tonight

The Pascagoula Panthers com
pletely recovered from their
rubbing at the hands of the
3ogalusa Lumberjacks, rallied
friday night and sunk the Gulf
port Commodores 1870. They
,halked up two touchdowns
Early in the second quarter and
ldded the final tally in the third
period against their arch rivals
from down the coast.
The Cpmmodores. threatened
too little and too late in the fl
nal stanza, moving down to the
Panther's three yard line as the
game ended but the Panthers
took over on downs.
81. Stanislaus Next
The Partners close their
moderately successful season
mere tonight against st. Stanis-
Iaus. The Stanislaus crew is con-
siderably weaker than they were
in the days when Felix Doc
Blanchard was their fullback.
and the Panthers are expected
to end their season with a win.
In last Friday nights contest,
the Panthers and commodores
traded punts to Pascagoula's adj
vantage during the opening
period and the quarter ended
with the ball on the visitors
five yard line and Bobby Wit
chen hit pay dirt on the first
play of the second period.
Three plays later, Lester Pad.
gett fumbled while lugging for
the commys and the ball went
over the Gulfport 40. A Pitt
man # -Witchen running at
tack accounted for IS of the yards
between the Painters and pay
dirt and Furr tailed from there.
piiimsn Scores Final
Hot back Buster Pittman ac-
counted for the final tally in
four plays from the Commodore
Is after the Panther forward
wall had partially blocked a
punt.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Notre Dome Offers
Little Opposition
To Tigers ToeluY

Moss Points rampaging Tigers
celebrated their Homecoming
last Fridhv night by sotsndly
trouncing the Class-B Long Beach
eleven 27-0 TO make il seven
wins and a lie for the season..
With the i4-i4 lie with the BIZ
loxi Indians the only blot on
their record. the Tigers appear
headed for q choice of post-sea-
son bowl invitations and will
probably accept a Lyons Bowl
Did In Jackson, upsets in their
iast two regular games excepted.
Tcnight's game with the weak
Notie Dame crew in Biloxi should
provide q breather for Coach Tom
Swayze's powerful Tigers and
they are expected to ebb the Ma
room Tide OF Pocayune in the
Thanksgiving afternoon game
here.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Noted Coach Slated
To Speak AT Annual
Testimonial Banquet

Tickets are on sale for the an
nual Moss Point Young Mems
Business Clubs Testimonial Ban
quet for the football team which
will be held December l4th at
500 o'clock in the High School
cafeteria.
Allyn McKeen, head football
coach at Mississippi State, will
be the principal speaker and
members of the Tiger team will
be presented.
Tickets may be purchased by
the general public at several of
the business houses down town
or at the High School for Sl.50.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
Tigers, Panihers 0uiclassed Opposition;
Benqals Slated For Choice Bowl Bid

his own AS ward line, and skirt
ed right end for a first down or
the opening play but the attack
begged down and Davis puntee
out of bounds on the Long Beacl
10. Long Beach quick-kicked
TO their own forty and Fields
made another first in two trys
Meyers went for seven to til.
Long Beach rs but a tumble
lost the Tigers their chance. The
teams see-sawed in Long Beacl
territory for the rest of the quar-
ter which ended with the Tigers
in possession Of the ball on the
Long Beach 38.
Meyers. Davis. Click
Davis and Meyers pulled a
hokus-pokus routine on the third
play Of the second quarter for
the initial score, Stauter picked
up q first down. and when an
serial attempt failed, Davis took
the ball and lateraled to Meyers
who skpted right end TO the Long
Beach 10 yard line and then lat
eraled back TO Davis who loped
over standing up for the score.
The kick for extra point went
wide.
Besr Cats Threaten
The Bear Cats almost retail
ated Immediately when Joe Stoes-
sci tossed to Guiffria who ran
In the clear TO the Moss Points
Is before he was pulled down
from behind by Fields. Stoes-
sci moved down to the Tiger
eight before a tumble cost Long
Beach the ball and their best
chance for scoring. Davis booted
out from the shadow of his own
goal.
A few plays later Meyers skirt
ed right end behind perfect
blocking for a 70 yard touch
down jaunt. White converted and
the Tigars led 1870 as the halt
ended.
Daley Scores
After an exchange of punts,
the Tigers took the ball on the
Bear Cats 40 and Daley skirted
right end for ten yards and then
exacted reversed the play and
went around left flank for the |
Whites kick was good
again for the extra marker.
Meyers opened the final stan
"a by romping is yards for a
first on the Long Beach rs. and
gathered in Clay's pass or the
next play for another first on
the Bear Cats IL. Stauter went
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-16
TIME OUT

Chattanooga, Tenn, AP. -
Criminal Court Judge Frank S.
Darwin. a former sports official
wei known throughout the South,
carried one of his ideas to the
bench. When opposing lawyers
begin their summationS, to last
a specified time, Judge Darwin
pulls out a battered stopwatch to
time their speeches.