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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-01-26

the quarterly meeting OF the
Pascagoula Parent Teacher Coun-
(, ell will be held at the Lake Ele-
mentary school. Tuesday evening,
Jan. 80. at 7;30 o'clock.
A pleasant group at luncheon
at Longfellow House last We'd
nesday was composed of Mrs. d.
(. HANDY of Birmingham, Mrs. F.
M. Handy, Mrs. d. A. Handy and
Mrs. William Tillotson.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Dantzler,
Jr., we're visitors TO New Orleans
Wednesday.
Gardner Cameron who is sta
toned with the United States
Coast Guard in Philadelphia, Pa,
and Miss Ann Schmidt of the
same city, were guests of the for
mer's mother, Mrs. Garnet Cam
eron and other relatives last
week.
j. M. Brunson and Mrs. Martin
Brunson of Chipley, Fla, and Mr..
and Mrs. L. Hobler and little
daughter, Joan, of Mobile, were
guests of their relatives, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. +. Kelly at their home on
S. Pascagoula street Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Pol, 404
Roosevelt street, announce the
birth of a son, Jan. 10, 1945, at
the Jackson County hospital,
weight eight pounds, twelve
ounces. He has been named
Thomas Gary.
Mrs. d. f. Pogue returned on
Wednesday from a visit of sew
eral days with her parents, Mr..
| and Mrs. r. S. Fausett and other
relatives in Sulphur Springs,
Texas. Mrs. Pogue went to bid
goodbye to her brother, Corporal
Marlin B. Fausett, who leaves
soon for overseas duty.
Mrs. d. E. Handy has arrived
from Birmingham to divide a
visit between her sons, d. A. and
F. M. Handy and their families.
Misses Sara Elizabeth Briggs
and Katherine Corley departed
Thursday of last week for Bowl
ing Green, KY, where they will
attend a business college. The
former is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. K. Briggs, and the
latter's parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
j, L. Corley.
Mrs. Garnet Cameron departed
Saturday for st. Louis where she
will attend two style shows. Mrs
Cameron expects to return home
the latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Sinquefielo
are receiving congratulations or
the arrival of their son, John
Franklin, who was born at the
Jackson County hospital Jan. II
l945. Mrs. Sinquefield and John
Franklin have been moved home
where they are doing nicely ano
where the latter has an Older
sister, Bobby Ruth, to welcome
him at Krebs Avenue Apart
ments.
Jane Briggs, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. K. Briggs, departed
Wednesday for a visit of several
days with her grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. N. G. Briggs at Meri-
dian.
Guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. j. R. Hardy. l4l5 E. Taft,
for a few days last week were
the formers brother, 1t. Harris
Hardy and Mrs. Hardy of New
Orleans. 1t. Hardy has only been
in the States a few weeks after
months of service overseas. The
family party was enlarged by
the visit of Messrs. Hardys'
mother, Mrs. Norma Hardy who
visited in the home of another
son, Meredith Hardy on Buena
Vista street.
Mrs. Frank Williams and son
Bill, of Poplarville, Miss, are Wis.
itors in the home of the formers
grandmother, Mrs. Vincent Ros.
ST., having come to be with her
following the news that Ernest
Ros is missing in action. Pfc. Ros
is Mrs. Williams brother, ano
Mrs. RQs' grandson.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Turkey at War

TWO years ago, even year ago
Turkeys declaration Of war on Ger
many and Japan would have been
a military event of the greatest i'm
port, but now when Turkish arms
cam have little bearing on the defeat
OF the Axis, its implications are
almost entirely political, and not in
significant in that respect.
At the time Of the Teheran con-
ference, when Turkey could have
played a positive role against the
Nazis in the Balkans and the Black
Sea area, Prime Minister Churchill
publicly expressed his disappoint-
ment over Ankara's cautious policy
as Britain's nonbelligerent ally.
For reasons Of their own, however,
the Turks felt irnpelled to avoid
active participation in the war and
presumably would have continued
along that line had 1t not been for
the Big Three meeting at Yalta and
the decisions reached there.
One Of these decisions, as revealed
now by the Turkish Foreign Secre-
tary, was to serve notice upon
Turkey that If it wished to take part
in the United Nations conference at
San Francisco in April 1t would have
to be at war with the Axis:by March
Evening star., 1945-02-25

fnent under the German occupation,
and their liberation at foreign
hands. Emotionally liberated by
the painful contrast between their
traditional greatness and their pres
ent weakness, Frenchmen inevitably
assert their right to a great power"
status and resent anything which
savors OF q denial by any one. Ex-
clusion from the Yalta Conference
was just such a denial. Then came
the Presidents invitation, issued on
short notice, for De Gaulle to meet
him in Algiers, Of painful memory,
as sequel to visits on the President
by trio Of Oriental potentates. De
Gaulle's refusal may have been un-
wise, but 1t is understandable. And,
on balance. 1t will probably enhance
his popularity with his own people.
The lesson of this regrettable cpl
sode is that France and the French
need exceptionally delicate handling.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
1. A similar notice has been served

I. A similar notice has been served
on other neutrals and nonbelliger-.
ents, and several Latin American
governments have responded as the
Turks have. Additions to the list,
including Middle East countries,
may be made momentarily. The
general political purpose of all this
would seem to be to associate with
the United Nations and with the
broad objectives of the United Ma
tions as many powers as possible
before the final defeat OF Germany
and Japan, thus creating a practi-
cally unanimous international front
against the enemy and broadening
the base upon which the next peace
Is to be established,
Viewed in this light, Turkeys
declaration of war-which, incl
dentally, was announced in such
way as to imply Russian decision
to fight against Japan-means that
the Turks, even though their mill
tary help comes late in the day and
can be Of little consequence, will
have a voice at the peace table.
This is important to them for many
reasons, not least of all because OF
the Dardanelles and the need for
continuing friendly relations be-
tween Ankara and Moscow.
Evening star., 1945-02-25

human being-no matter what his racial
origin-coud be otherwise than proud"
X 4
Their time honored and patriotic
custom" Of observing the birthday ami
versary Of
oidejk lnhobitonts George WASH
Meeting inston brought
to their rooms
In the Corcoran Building on February
a, 1895, John Marbury, jr., president.
and goodly number Of members
Of the Association Of the Oldest In
habitants. Fred L. Moore read the First
Presidents Farewell Address and Capt.
e. r. Mexican delivered "a few remarks"
Among others present were Noble b.
Larner, j. A. Wineberger, Daniel Genau.
j. M. Cults, Allison Nailor, D. O. Wright,
T. v. Noonan. Phillip May, P. A. Byrne.
Andrew Barbour. DR.. ]. T. Howard and
r. Eichhorn. The Star. as usual, chrons
icled the occasion In detail.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Behind De GuulIe's Snub

General Charles de Gaulle's pat
emily brusoue refusal to accept
President Roosevelt's invitation to
a meeting outside metropolitan
France Is much more than a per-
sonal matter. Undoubtedly the per-
sonal factor enters into the equa-
tion, since 1t Is no secret that the
general and the President have
never hit it off we'll together. But
De Gaulle has too serious a sense
Of his responsibility as acknowledged
head OF the French provisional gov
ernment to have led him, out Of
mere dislike or pique, to administer
q snub which might have serious
consequences for his regime and
the French people. 1t is therefore
safe to assume that his action was
taken in accordance with what the
general and his closest advisers
deemed the interest Of France, no
matter how mistaken 1t may appear
to outsiders or how unwise it may
actually turn out to have been.
Those motivating reasons were
presumably both partisan and ma
tionalistic in character. It should
always be remembered that De
Gaulle is at once the heart and head
Of the almost fanatically patriotic
movement which bears his name.
Born In exile, nurtured on adversely,
and embittered by many real or
fancied Sights from its allied pa
irons, "De Gaullism" became creed
which has left an indelible imprint
on its original supporters, who still
form the generals most trusted
inner circle. Once transplanted
from foreign exile to the halfway
house Of Algiers. in French North
Africa, it underwent an evolution,
at once broadening and diluting,
that has finally eliminated in the
government seated at Paris which
represents majority of the French
people.
However, that people shares to a
considerable degree the same tend
ency to nationalistic loneliness
and self-assertiveness even toward
the Allies which the De Gaullists
have always exhibited. The basic
explanation of this well-nigh uni
versal attitude is that nearly all
Frenchmen suffer from an acute
"inferiority complex" due to a num-
Der Of reasons, including their MILL
tary collapse In 1910. their abase-
Evening star., 1945-02-25


of one room, occupied by four per-
sons, had no heat, only one exit and
rented for $3.25 week. r.
Seventy Of the 1856 dwelling units,
representing 1871 per cent, were each
given 100 or more penalty points. They
lacked inside toilets or baths, most of
them had no inside water outlets and
the rents ranged from $11.90 for one
room to $3.50 for six rooms per month.
, While space here is lacking for greater
detail, the area probably is character
istic Of too many in Washington and
the dwelling units receiving high scores
are merely fraction OF the 10000 which
the former Alley Dwelling Authority in
1910 said should be replaced and some
day will be condemned under accepted
standards Of health and decency.
Most of the discussion OF slum
reclamation in Washington relates to
the cost Of replacing insanitary hous-
ing; the cost, that is, to the taxpayer,
and whether the public or the private
builder will get cut Of 1t and how
much.
With more experience and more re-
search, the emphasis In the future un-
doubtedly will be placed on the cost to
the taxpayer In tolerating insanitary
housing. A surprisingly large per-
centase Of inmates Of our public hos
pitfalls come from insanitary homes.
Public health authorities have noted
an incidence between poor housing and
one Of the scourges Of childhood, in-'
dammatory rheumatism. Tuberculosis
Evening star., 1945-02-25
And Now for Action

It is welcome news that Senator
McCarran is to begin new hearings
on slum clearance and redevelop-
ment bills on Monday. The subject
is of great Importance to Washing
ton, as it is in most of our larger
cities, and if we are to be prepared
to go ahead with an acceptable pro-
gram after the war the legislation
should be perfected now.
Chairman Bilbo of the Senate Dis
trict Committee has assigned to Sen
ator McCarran an excellent sub
committee, fully capable of making
the decisions on controversial but
not irreconcilable features of pend
ing legislation which will win public
confidence and support. Senators
Briggs of Missouri, Burton of Ohio
Capper of Kansas, Hoey of North
Carolina, Saltonstall of Massachu-
setts and Tydings Of Maryland are
all men whose experience or philos-
ophy assures an intelligent and un-
prejudiced approach to the housing
problem. It could be hoped that all
OF them will be able to attend as
many of the hearings as other duties
permit. In previous hearings on
comparable legislation, Senator Bur-
ton often had to carry the ball alone
through many weary weeks of rather
futile dispute.
Senator McCarran promises that
he will not permit the hearings to
become forum for public debate,
nor should they. But it will be very
important to get the informed criti-
cism, of his own bill as we'll as that
sponsored by Senator Capper, which
will help perfect final legislation.
These two bills represent, in some OF
their provisions, the conflict between
private interests which are correctly
anxious to see every possible oppor-
tunity given for private enterprise in
slum reclamation and those who are
not convinced that private enter
prise can find profit motive in suf-
f1ciently low-rental housing.
These are legitimate points of
view, but it is to be hoped that in
reconeiling the differences of opinion
the legislation which results will be
carefully designed to serve the in
terests OF: the people of~Washington
and will not become the convenient
vehicle OF those whose prejudice
against public housing or distrust OF
private enterprise leads them to the
extreme of wanting to eliminate
such competition from the field
entirely.
The real objective is to discover
the best method of doing a difficult
Job in q country which depends on
private enterprise for its prosperity
and advancement, but which does
not hesitate to rely on public
enterprise when other means are
inadequate.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
' No Gambling Matter

No recent hearing in either branch
Of Congress has produced more care
fully prepared testimony, delivered
with greater sincerity Of conviction,
than the views of witnesses called
before the House Military Affairs
Committee on the nurses draft bill.
Some Of those who testified spoke
for the women who will be affected.
While none was enthusiastic over
the prospect, it will be to the lasting
credit of the nurses themselves that
the views of their spokesmen were
uncolored by selfish considerations
in giving candid acknowledgment
Of the necessity of the draft.
The report which Chairman May
sent to the House yesterday reflects
this testimony in recommending
passage of the bill. Voluntary re-
cruiting has failed to meet the need
and even the large increase of en-
nstments in recent months, even If
it continued, would not overcome the
estimated deficit of nursing per-
sonnel. "The wounded and the
SICK" said the report, cannot wait
that long,"
The bill is yet to pass the House
and after that must begin its journey
through the Senate. In the mean
time, if present signs are accurate
forecasts, the final great offensive
by the Allied armies, from the east
and from the west, will have begun.
That offensive may crush Germany
before spring. And in view Of such
a possibility, the temptation may be
to dawdle with enactment OF the
draft bill.
In that connection, it is to be
hoped that the legislators will rely
wholly on the technical advice of
the medical authorities OF the mill
tary, naval and public health .serv-
ices, and not on their own inclina-
tions. The adequate care and COM
fort OF our wounded men are at
stake and they are not to be placed
in hazard by any gamble with the
future.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
For q Knockout

IeueTaI EISENHOWER makes clear
that the smashing new offensive
of the American First and Ninth
Armies is designed to achieve q
very great objective-nothing less
than the destruction Of the German
Army in the northern sector OF the
western front on this side of the
Rhine.
To this end, in a flaming battle
area situated between the American
Third Army to the south and the
Canadian First and British Second
to the north, the First and Ninth
have surged forward across the
Roer onto the Cologne plain close
to Cologne itself. Coupled with the
Canadian and British operations
and with what General Patton's
Third Army troops are doing, this
massive new drive unquestionably
constitutes threat of decisive pro-
portions to all German forces stand
ing west of the Rhine before the
VAVelA AsA4AA AloAStI ldl ICSiOI.
General Eisenhower does not un-
derestimate the enemy, however. If
the character of present German
resistance is maintained, he says,
the battle OF Germany will not be
over until our Allied armies in the
west and the Red Army in the east
hammer their way forward to a
junction in the center of the coun-
try. In other words, even though it
may safely be said that the final
knockout blows have begun, the last
days of the war in Europe may run
into many long and bloody weeks,
and, even when all organized fight
ing is at an end, large numbers Of
Nazis will probably hold out in the
mountains for a while and then 20
underground.
Hitler has vowed that Germany
will never capitulate. Even as Gen.
eral Eisenhower outlined the battle
prospects yesterday, the Fuehrer
sent a message to the Nazi old guard
predicting the final victory OF the
German race" The prediction is
double-talk, of course, because "vic-
tory Of the German race" is Hitlers
way OF saying that, even though
Germany loses this time-as he
knows 1t must-it will win in an
other war, thirty or flfty years from
now.
But this is what the Allies are de-
termined to prevent when the next
peace is written. General Eisen-
hower's new offensive, which he is
confident will succeed in achieving
its great objective, Ats in with Rus
sian plans to defeat Germany to-
tally, and when that is accom-
plished-and 1t may take consider
able time, though there is some
ground for optimism-it will be the
task of the victors to see to it that
the German race" never again has
a chance to do what Hitler envisions.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Can You and I Really Help?
the Reu. Hugh O,NeEl Ph. D.,
Curator Herbaun University

rest Of the world. Suppose we take
every opportunity to rid ourselves
Of this incubus. adopt the metric
system and at the same time elm
mate at least one barrier between
the Russians and ourselves. May
we ask the Soviet Union. In turn, to
throw down barrier on its side?
Some years ago the Russian alpha
bet was reduced from SO to SO letters.
May We suggest that the reduction
be carried still further by adopting
our alphabet? Notice how the fol-
lowing words in the Russian alphabet,
POCCIa. HHOHIa N HTAIIa
when alliterated as Rossia, Iaponia
and Italia Immediately are recogniz-
able as Russia, Japan and Italy.
~
Turning now to the Firms, II we
are to understand Russo Finnish
questions, we might begin by remoy-
ing misunderstanding about the
Northern Firms, viz, that they are q
half-savage people, eating raw meat
spd raw fish. The Firms, like the
Eskimos, Samoyeds and other peo-
Piles living In the cold, treeless coun-
tries, eat meat and fish raw not be-
cause Of innate savagery but because
they frequently have no fuel and be-
cause the raw food, especially the
raw liver, is sometimes their only
source Of vitamins in the long Arctic
winters. In point Of paying national
debts, we could hope that other ma
tons would become as half savage"
as the Firms.
1t must not be forgotten that in
ternatonAl peace cannot exist with
out internal peace within each ma
ton. Perhaps the most horrible of
all wars is civil war, particularly
when 1t takes the form of class war.
Let profiteers In this country re-
member that It was an uprising Of
starving peasants in Siberia against
profteering merchants that pro-
voked bolshevism. Here is an ex-
ample Of how to prevent world
peace: The other day q mother
dragged her little son of one of our
streets with the scoldine remark,
Il told you not to play with him.
He's only carpenters son!" But it
was "only a carpenters son" in Pal
estine over 1900 years ago. May we
remind that unwise mother that
snobbery is the first stage OF guillo-
tinery?
To sum up, you and I, at home,
can help to secure a lasting peace
by understanding our neighbor
wherever he may be or whoever he is.
Evening star., 1945-02-25

has long been associated with bad
housing.
But there has not been time or the
means, apparently, for laboratory
test, using. human beings as guinea
pigs and transplanting the occupants of
insanitary dwellings to decent housing
while scientifically noting the results.
While there are volumes Of generaltties
and suggestions, the facts are hard
to get. It should be tried. The guinea
pigs probably Would enjoy It and the
housing people could talk about that in-
stead Of each other
Evening star., 1945-02-25

The diplomats and statesmen who
will make the peace at the end Of
this war will never see this little
article. What you and I as indi-
viduals think ought to be done at
the peace table will not exert the
slightest influence. But what most
of us think, that which we call pub
lie opinion" may have some in
fluence, If enough OF us agree In
wanting the same thing done.
Now, we all agree in thinking that
the way to peace Is best prepared
by mutual understanding. While We
are not clear on the best practical
means Of reaching such understand
ing, the course Of the war has an
ticipated our efforts In that direc-
ton. When the millions OF citizens
in our armed forces come home. they
will bring back an indelibly vivid
picture Of the horror Of war and a
deep appreciation Of . durable peace.
but they also will bring back first
hand knowledge Of other peoples and
their ways.
Never before in the history Of this
country will there have been 50
many citizens well qualified to dis
cuss world peace based on an under
standing Of the other peoples Of the
world. This is one of the few bright
sides Of the war.
Unfortunately, however, the very
people whom 1t is most important for
us to understand are the least known
to our men in the service, VIZ, those
in the Union Of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics.
While our soldiers and sailors are
winning the final victory and Incl
IDENTIFY preparing themselves to think
and vote intelligently on the terms
Of durable peace, there is much
that we at home can do in the same
good cause. Here is case in point:
Obviously, the very cornerstone Of
world peace for the next quarter Of
o century will be a mutual and, as
far as possible, sympathetic under
standing between one hundred and
seventy million Russian-speaking
people and two hundred million Eng
disappearing people. Among the bar
riers between the two peoples there
is one which seems very practical
to remove. Our clumsy system Of
weights and measures begins vast
ing our time in the grade schools
and continues to waste our time
until the end of our days. Further,
1t is an immense barrier to inter-
national trade betwee us and the
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Challenge to Networks
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
BY right, the national radio networks
should accept leadership in setting
standards Of broadcasting good taste;
by example, local stations actually have
taken the lead.
Nogales international., 1945-05-18
Students Home
From, College

Among those home from the Uni
versity for summer holidays are
Miss Mary Harrison, Miss Lillian
Chatham, Miss Virgie Walker, Miss
Patricia Sisk, Miss Mary Ann My
ers, Mrs. Georgina Goings, Miss
Kay Cheshire, Miss Mary Allen
Smith, Harry Lowe
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BACK FROM KENTUCKY
Mrs. Herman Medlen and daugh-
ter, SuZonne, are home after ar
extended visit in Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Virginia. In addition te
relatives, they were able to visit
Mrs. Nancy Lohn and daughter
Alice Katherine, in Virginia. Mrs
Lohn, former teacher at Lincoln
School, is dean of women at Con
cord College They also visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Edmonsor
in Bluefield, West Virginia. Mr.
Edmonson, radio technician at st
Luke's hospital, is a brother of E
S. Edmonson.
Nogales international., 1945-05-18
Lillian Acuila
Bride OF
Carlos Griijjalva

Wedding bells continue to ring for
Nogalians; this week they announc-
ed the marriage of Miss Lillian
Acuna to Cpl. Carlos Grijalva, al
the Church of the Sacred Heart, or
Sunday.
The bride, daughter of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Joe Acuna of Tucson, gradu-
ated from Nogales High School q
year ago this month, and the mar
riage is the outcome of an attach
ment formed while the two were
schoolmates few years ago.
The groom, son of Mr. Jesus Gri-
jalva, is home on furlough from
Hawaii, where he is stationed with
the armed forces.
Attending the couple at the we'd
ding ceremony were Mr.. and Mrs
Ralph Bufanda of Tucson.
A reception was held at the CluE
Verde following the simple but
beautiful church service, some fifty
friends being asked to share in the
happy festivities.
Following honeymoon journey
to Mexico City, on which they de-
parted Monday, the bride will joir
her family in Tucson for the dura-
ton, while the groom will report
for duty at his Hawaiian post.
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