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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21

responsible for all local activi-
ties OF the Red Cross within its
territory, subject to the policies
and regulations of the national
organization. The territory as
signed to a chapter IS usually a
single county, but circumstances
may make some other territorial
assignment desirable.
@. 2. Does the national Red
Cross control chapter activities?
A. g. The chapters have wide
autonomy in their local opera
tons, subject to the general
policies established by the nat
ional organization. All funds and
property of the Red Cross, in
J Guiding funds received bv the
chapters, are subject to the con-
troll of the Central Committee.
Charters are granted to chapters
by the national body, which re-
tains authority of withdrawal.
Chapters elect their own board
members and officers. Many
chapters have branches or aux
iiiaries which are responsible to
them.
@. 3. How are the programs of
Red Cross chapters determined?
A. 3. All chapters of the Amer
lean National Red Cross in ac-
cordance with its congressional
charter are responsible for the
basic services of disaster pre-
paredness and relief and Home
Service. Local needs and condi-
tons determine the nature and
extent of the chapters other ac-
tivities. The governing board
of the chapter aided by the nat
ional organization determines the
other services to be conducted.
@. A. What special opportuni-
ties for participation in Red
Cross work are offered to the
women in the families of men in
the armed forces?
A. 4. Red Cross a~uxiliaries
have been organized in connec-
ton with a particular military
or naval reservation to make pos
sible for the wives of men in
the army navy coast guard and
marine corps to become part of
the Red Cross activity and to
provide them with greater OPP
portunity for training in the vol
unteer services auxiliaries are
affiliated with chapters adjacent
to army posts and naval stations.
@. 5. What special opportuni-
ties for participation in Red
Cross work are offered to college
students?
A. S. College students may or
ganize under chapter supervis-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21
Discharged Vets
To Number $4,000
In State BY Oct.

Veterans of World War II from
Mississippi who will be diseharg-
ed by October | will number
$4,000, according to Colonel l..
w. Lang, state director of selec-
tive service, and every effort is
being made to insure rein
statement into the civilian econ
omy of the community in which
he returns"
In the interest of this rein
statement, Colonel Long and Ii.
Comdr. w. c. Roberts, USNR,
navy liason and veterans assist
ance officer of state headquart-
ers of selective service, returned
this week from a week in Wash
ington where they conferred with
General Hershey and his staff
on the veterans assistance pro-
gram.
According to Colonel Long,
men in the 18-19-year-old brack-
ct should continue to be induct-
ed into the service to assist in
the replacement of veteran sol
diers.
"All of us would like to see
every man in the service return
ed to his family and civilian life
but in order to meet the occu-
pational and other needs of the
armed forces, a sizeable police
force must be maintained" he
said.
In further relaxation of regu-
lations, state selective service
headquarters announced post
ponement of induction or prein-
duction examinations of any reg
istrants who have received hon
orable discharge from land or
naval forces. This new ruling
will eliminate possibility of dis
charged veterans being called for
additional service, as has been
the case in some instances.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21
Arena

Mr.. and Mrs. Buddy Under
wood brought Brother Matthew
Underwood to our community
Saturday night where there was
preaching at the Church of God.
Mrs. Harmon Williams, Har-
old and Eleanor, accompanied
Mrs. Ai.nie Jane Montgomery
to Laurel last week.
Mrs. A. Stricken, Mrs. John
Baria and Albertine were shop
pers in Mobile Tuesday. Mrs.
Stricken and Mrs. Baria attend
er the Teachers Institute at Muir
ply High.
The teachers at Tanner Will
liams are Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly of
Criehton, Ala, Miss Maggie
Drummond, Mrs. Mildred Brooks,
Mrs. Frank Williams, Mrs. Elmer
Stricken, Mrs. John Baria, Mrs.
Maud Tanner, Mrs. Herman Will
liams, Mrs. A. Striekler and Mrs.
G.. k. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ennis Rainwater
r the parents of a girl born
last Friday night at Mobile In
Urinary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Stricken,
Bob, Wanda and Joyce returned
to their home Monday from Bell
Center, Ohio.
Mrs. A. Strickler and Carl Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. Ed. Ladnier
in Mobile last Saturday.
Mrs. H. c. Strickler and Emma
Jean returned home last Friday
from the Mobile Infirmary.
MI. and Mrs. Shows left to Wis
ii Mr.. Shows parents in Richton
last Tuesray.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21

farms of the South.
"One of the big factors in fu-
ture farm development is a high
strength steel wire which en-
ables as to place poles farther
apart than previously. Use Ct
electric power lines to transmit
telephone messages offers anoth.
er possibility which can be adapt
ed to rural telephone develop
ment.
Steps are being taken now
and additional measures will be
taken as soon as possible to inn
prove and extend long distance
facilities in the South. A new
cable, called the Southern Trans
continental, will pass through
Southern Bell territory, connect
ing such key points in Dixie a
Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham,
Meridian, Jackson, and Shreve-
port. The cable terminates al
Los Angeles.
Work on the Washington
Charlotte link of this cable has
just begun while construction on
the Atlanta Meridian leg has pro-
crossed to a point considerably
west of Birmingham.
Another important cable
route will be from Chicago and
st. Louis south to New Orleans,
%intersecting the Southern Trans
continental at Jackson, Missis-
sippi. Still other projects call
for the completion of the Jack
sonville-M Miami : section of the
Chicago-M Miami cable and for a
Charlotte-Atlanta route by way
of Augusta, Ga.
Service to motor vehicles is
also in the offing, and this and
other new developments will be
studied and adapted to fit the
needs of the South as soon as
practicable.
1.-The kind Of projects ahead
can be announced now with reas-
enable assurance" Mr.. Dumas
declared, but many, of course,
cannot be accomplished with the
speed we would like to see them
accomplished simply because of
the tremendous backlog of equip
ment which must be manufac-
tured. The availability of money
to do the job and the level of
business conditions will determ-
inc the speed with which our
program detectives are accomp-
lished.
Financing this program, of
course, presents a very real prob
lem. Wages, taxes, costs of ma
terials and services have all gone
up while the price of telephone
service has declined. Along with
the decline in the price of tele-
phone service has come a decline
in telephone earnings until in
1914, our earnings to Investment
were the lowest in % years, ex.
cept for the year 1888. If such
a programmes | have outlined i:
to be financed, the telephone in
dustry must be allowed earning
which investors will regard a!
safe and adequate.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21
oKEY. 20 sss PENNIESl

Pittsburgh, Kas.. AP.-A ques-
ton with some cents to it
was thrown at the Pittsburgh
First State Bank. Arthur Sig
NOR asked bank officials if they
could use some pennies. They
said yes Sigmor poured out
6,a67. Several months ago he
popped the same question and
came across with several heavy
buckets containing 23,l2l pennies.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21
Southern Bell
Plans Expansion
On Huge Scale

A $500, O00,0 900 to $500, 900, 600
construction and installation pro-
gram-aimed to meet the ex-
panding telephone needs Of the
Southeast-Was announced by
Hal S. Dumas president of the
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany, through j. S. Abbey, To-
cal manager.
Mr.. Dumas said the program,
The largest ever undertaken By
the Southern Bell Company,
would extend over the next five
to six years.
Some idea of the size of the
program is given by Mr.. Dumas
when he points out that it means
that I'VE must in this compare
lively short period of time spend
a sum for expansion about equal
to the dollar investment in the
facilities we now possess"
A large proportion of the am
cunt to be spent by the telephone
company in the near future will
go toward clearing up pending
applications for service, but be-
pates a period of substantial eco
You'd that, Southern Bell antici-
nomic development in the South
which will necessitate further
telephone expansion to meet the
growing requirements.
Mr. Dumas said Southern Bells
post war plans included many
different projects, some of whiclI
he outlined as follows:
Filling as quickly as possible
applications for service being
held because of the lack of fla
cilities.
Extending and improving rural
telephone service.
Catching up with plant short
ages to provide for the volume
of business now being handled.
Expanding the long distance
network.
Extension of service into other
fields as the need develops.
The company is already well
along in the planning and en-
cheering stages of its rural de-
velopment program, which was
interrupted in mid-1942 because
of war needs for materials and
manpower,
Southern Bell is keenly inter-
ested in providing service to
more and more rural jewellers
throughout the South Mr. Du-
mas said. For the three years
before the war. we spent more
than 1000, 900 building rural
lines and added nearly 10000
rural telephones. Actually, since
1885, Refrigerated farm tele.
phones in the Southeast hav'
more than quadrupled.
Telephone development in ri
raj areas can be expected to ac'
CELEBRATE, as future years bring in.
~ereasing restoration of Southern
farm lands and improved rura
economic conditions.
Experience gained in the pre-.
war construction program, plu'
experience gained through wa
use of telephone facilities, will
be brought into play in a large
measure to expand service on tn,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21
Red Cross Notes

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
@. |. What is a Red Cross
Chapter and how is it estab-
lished?
A. |. The chapter is the local
unit of the American Red Cross.
1t receives its charter from the
national organization and it is
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21

Salt is an important ingredient
in the process of manufacturing
toothpaste, solvents to remove
spots from clothing. the sulfa
drugs, bleaches for wood, fumi-
giants, refrigeraEts, and products
to soften and purify water.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21

ion into college units which may
carry on Red Cross activities FOR
which there is need and interest
in the college or the community.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-09-21

Drama of distinction = Beau
tifully produced CLAUDIA
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-20
May TRANSFER 0xLEY
10 LABOR DEPARTMENT

w AS Hi N G. T 0 N, Sept. 19
(ANP)-Changes among Negro
personnel in various departments
are predicted at an early date. Spec
ulation over the status of 1t. Law
renee w. Oxley, formerly with the
department of labor and now with
the United States Employment
service, says that Oxley, along with
all others of the employment serv-
ice, will be transferred to the de-
partment of labor. Oxley has just
returned from a prolonged visit to
the west coast and his transfer is
expected momentarily.
Insiders say that Judge Sherman
Minton, former Democratic senator
from Indiana, is slated to take over
the war department secretaryship
now held by Stimson, who is said to
be anxious to retire, his age, 78, be-
ing one of the chief reasons.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-20
CHEST EXPLAINS 10 POINTS
IN S1,450, 900 GOAL

The board of directors and the
honorary council of the Community
Chest Association, meeting Friday
noon at the Biltmore hotel, by reso-
luton reaffirmed 81, 100000 as the
minimum goal Of the Community
War Chest campaign, Oct. 9 to %.
The resolution further set forth the
reasons for the action, pledged in
creased giving by members of both
groups, and called upon the public to
give more "to express our sense of
gratitude for the peace which has
been won."
The board, headed by DR.. Hugh
l. Evans, is the official governing
body of the Chest and the honorary
council is made up of former cam
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-20

paign leaders.
The 1O-point resolution is as fol-
lows:
1. That we must use every
means at our command to impress
upon our fellow residents of Day.
ton and Montgomery County, the
absolute necessity for raising and
oversubscribing the ST, ,450,00O goal
of the Community War Chest cam
paign for 1916 funds, Oct. 9 to %.
2. That this action is deemed
necessary due to a growing pub
lie misconception that because the
shooting and bombing part of
World War II is over" there is no
longer a need for emergency war
services which the Chest has been
financing and that therefore the
Chest goal should be reduced.
3. That the public be told in the
most emphatic possible words that
it cannot now fail to provide a
full budget for the National War
Fund and other war service agen-
cies to enable them to successfully
complete their work within the next
Is months, because:
(a) The next six months will
decide the issue of survival for mil
lions in Western Europe, China and
the Philippines, and that the job Of
providing them with food, clothing,
medical and other relief supplies is
one that Chest-financed agencies
must perform.
(b) The USO, which gets the
bulk of all money raised for war
services, must continue to operate
at an all-time high peak of serv-
ice for the duration of the process
of demolization in order to main
tain the morale of men and women
awaiting release from service; to
relieve the monotony and loneliness
of occupation forces, and, to ease
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-20

the suffering and unhappiness of
war heroes confined to convalescent
hospital beds.
(c) Local services to the armed
forces, such as the Soldiers Serv-
ice club, the USO Council with it's
varied program of activities, and
others, must continue as long as
there remains a critical need for
them, probably until the job Of de-
mobilization is nearly completed.
4. That we emphasize the obli-
cation the community has to re-
turning veterans to provide them
and their families with case work
services and that we prepare the
case work agencies to meet the
needs on an estimated 1900 vet
erans in the coming year.
5. That we make known the fact
that these case work services will
have to be provided by organiza-
tions which are now serving more
than 1000 families annually.
6. That we publicize the neces-
sity of continuing to give help in
the way of food, shelter, clothing,
medical and other care to more
than 1900 orphaned, dependent and
neglected children annually and
that we recognize that more than
800 unmarried mothers will re-
quire services of the case work
agencies in the coming year.
Z. That we impress upon parents
and relatives of more than $4,000
children that the continuation of
the youth-serving organizations to
which the children belong depends
upon adequate support by the par
ents through Chest giving.
8. That we remind the public
that the crippled, deaf, blind and
aged will certainly not be fewer
in number in 1916 and that their
needs will again have to be met
in the coming year by Chest
agencies.
9. That we advise the public that
health and hospital services, fl
nanced by the Chest, will certainly
be no less in demand during the
coming year with average earn
ings declining as compared with
the past several war years, and
10. That we make the public
fully aware Of the need to finance
new Chest services in the coming
year. These include the Travellers
Aid Society and the Metropolitan
Health Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16

In q broadcast from the White House
following the unconditional surrender
ceremonies oboord the Missouri President
Trumon proclaimed the end Of the war
and the beginning of an ero Of world peace
and prosperity. He oIso proclaimed Sun
doy. September z. os VI Day
-
The historic meeting hos ended. Jopon
is defeated . the Rising Sun" hos set.
American Navy officers and men stond at
salute as the Joponese miIitory and civil
representatives, who signed the surrender
document file across the deck to dis
embork
Navy. Signal Corps and
Harris g. Ewing Photos.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16

General Of the Army
DoueIos MooArthur, So
preme commander for the
Allies. is accompanied BY
Fleet AdmiroI Chester W.
kimitz, commander in chief
Of the United Stotes Poetic
Fleet ond Poetic Ooeon
Areas, os he strides up the
deck Of the bottIeship be-
fore the opening Of the oere-
mony in which Jopon for
molly and Internationally
surrendered. Symbolizins
Allied might. carrier bosed
pIones roored over the Mis-
souri, os the ceremony pro-
crossed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16

The mighty botteship Missouri steoms into Tokyo Boy
1t her decks hot Of the ctors and the
vonquhed weeks to marx the formo' ending OF
World Wor
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The Lincoln times., 1945-08-20
BEAUTY CONTEST
PLANS PROGRESS

Plans are going ahead for the
Beauty Contest, which the Parent
Teachers Association will sponsor
here next Tuesday night.
As previously announced there will
be three groups of contestants. Lit
tie Miss Lincolnton" will be selected
from the to 8 year old group. All
mothers who plan to enter their chill
oren in this group are urged to have
them at the high school building next
Monday afternoon, August 27. Mrs,
Summey Alexander and Mrs. Herbert
Miller will be there then to help the
mothers with any questions they wish
to ask. 1t is pointed out that there
is no entrance fee for contestants
srd what they shall wear is left en-
tirely with the mothers. The COM
mittee announces that entrance in
this group is entirely voluntary and
nc invitation will be given except
through the paper. The children will
be sponsored by the PTA.
The junior group and the adult
groups from which "Miss Lincolnton
Junior" and "Miss Lincolnton" will
be selected, are asked to meet at the
high school building next Monday
night. August 81, at 1880 o'clock te
make final plans.
Admission to the show will be IL
and 35 cents.
The Lincoln times., 1945-08-20
IraH. WilkinsonDies
From Injuries Result
Being Struck By Car
Accident Happened Saturday
Afternoon In Front Of Bo-
ger City Baptist Church.

Funeral services for Ira Huston
Wilkinson, who died in local hos
pital Saturday night from injuries
received when he was struck by an
automobile, were conducted this af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the As
bury Methodist church by the pas
tor, Rev. A. A. Kyles. Burial took
place in the church cemetery.
The accident took place in front of
the Baptist church at Boyer City.
Wilkinson, it was said, was crossing
the highway when he was struck by
car driven by R. R. Bradshaw, a
soldier home on furlough. Coroner
Frank P. Heavier has announced an
inquest will be held at his office to-
night to determine the cause of the
accident.
Wilkinson is survived by three
brothers, Marion C. Wilkinson, of
Catawba county, Hampton A. Wilk-
inson, of Lincoln county, and John
w. Wilkinson, of ,Statesville, and
one half brother, E. Woodberry Wilk-
inson, of Lincoln county. He was
never married.
The Lincoln times., 1945-08-20
Gen. MacArthur's
Aides Grimly Quiz
Hirohito's Envovs
Japanese Questioned in Pro-
longed Conference About
Triumphant Entry of Amer
leans Into Japan.

Manila, Monday, Aug. 2O-Japan's
dour surrender ENJOYS, questioned
for more than five hours last night
and this morning by General Mac
Arthur's top aides, were summoned
back to the conference table at $3.50
a. m. today $3.50 p. m. Sunday.
Eastern War Time), still without
having seen the Supreme Allied COM
mander of their defeated empire.
The surrender delegates, required
to check their samurai swords at the
door, were interrogated at length in
the first meeting concerning facili-
ties for the triumphant American
entry into Japan.
"a report that the Russian dele
gates to the surrender conference
would arrive in Manila Monday night
was broadcast by the American
Broadcasting Company, which said
this indicated the meetings would
continue at least beyond that time.
so that they could attend.)
AHCiS was llO WoIu 1IOLu IIIc pIl-
vate conference room of the subject
under discussion at the second ses-
sion this morning.
The ENJOYS, who arrived by air at
$3.50 p. M, yesterday were allowed
to go to bed about 8 a. M, and were
summoned again for $50. They still
had not seen Macarthur, and there
was no intimation when, or whether,
they would meet personally with
the Supreme Allied commander of
their conquered country.
Instead, stern-faced Macarthur
aides, acknowledging none of the
Japanese preferred amenities and
forcing the delegates to remove their
samurai swords outside the confer
ence hall, took over the questioning.
1t was known that after the jap
anese presented credentials and gave
information which Tokyo had pre-
scribed, they were questioned closely
about airports and other facilities
which Macarthur will need when he
makes his triumphant entry into Ja-
pan as head of the Allied forces of
occupation.
The meeting began about three
hours before midnight and was still
in session at a. M, when a recess
was called while the ENJOYS and the
Americans had coffee and sand
wiches.
A half hour later conferees emerg-
ed from the building without any an
nouncement of what ground had been
covered or what the conference
schedule would be.
1t had not yet been announced
when the Supreme Allied comman-
der would meet face to face the en-
voys of the Imperial government
which he has fought implacably for
more than three years, but presum-
ably it will be some time later in
the day.
1t. Gen. Richard E. Sutherland,
MacArthur's chief of staff, was hand
ling the preliminary conferences
across long black table.
The Lincoln times., 1945-08-20
McGinnis Youth Dies
From Spider Bite

Arthur Benjamin McGinnis, IA
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. McGinnis
of Boyer City, died Saturday morn.
ing in local hospital as the result
of bite from a black widow spider
earlier in the week.
In addition to his parents the lac
is survived by the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. Elmer Lineberger
of Dallas, Mrs. Frank Beal, Mrs
Ted Bolick and Miss Jeanette Nc,
Ginnis, of Boyer City; Sgt. Judser
McGinnis, in the Atlantic area; Noel
McGinnis, seaman first class, in the
Pacific, and Kermit McGinnis. An
other brother, 1t. Broadus McGinnis
was killed in action in the Pacific
area early in the war.
Arthur was a pupil at Asbury
school and was popular with wide
circle of friends.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
from the Baptist church at Boyer
City with the pastor, Rev. H. B
Jones, in charge. Burial was in
Mount Zion cemetery near Alexis.