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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-08-31

1 sui running, ana IL went where
| you steered it.
We drove into a service sta
ton. and said Fill her up"
Five years had passed since
last we spoke that magic
phrase. and we said il now
with something akin to rever-
enc We were like that fell
low Alibabba in the Arabian
Nights story about the Forty
Thieves. He had learned the
magic word. Open Cesame." TO
open the doors of the cave
where vast treasure lay hid
den: and then he had gone
into the cave and forgotten the
phrase. We we're like Aladdin
after he had lost the magic
lamp. and then regained ii.
Now for the first time in five
years we were driving a machine
with the power of seventy horses
changing and knocking beneath
the rusted hood. 1t was a week
end, and we could drive wher-
ever we wanted. And at last the
magic phrase had come back to
us, as it had to Alibabba, by
which we could chain this horse
power to do our wishes-"Fill
her up"
The boy filled it up and slop-
ped it over the top. A half pint
of gasoline spilled on the ground.
How times change" we thought.
And then we drove out on
the highway, headed for Pass
Christian-fifty miles away. We
actually drove only eighteen or
twenty miles an hour. The tires
were bad and we had no spare.
But eighteen miles an hour in
this old heap meant a lot more
than sixty in a new machine
could ever have meant in the old
days. When yo do without some
thing useful for a long time,
that is when you begin to I'M
derstand the true worth and
value of it. For people who
had not driven for pleasure on
a highway in five years driving
eighteen miles an hour seemed
like power and luxury.
1t occurred to us that the use
of a battered old Chevy would
have seemed like power and lux
ury to any of the old Roman
Emperors or the kings and
queens who lived before the Ma
chine Age, and had nothing bet
ter than chariots or carriages. OF
course, they would have painted
the machine with gilt and royal
monograms, and put brocade and
cloth of gold over the worn and
dusty seat covers. But to be able
to get in this machine, and ride
for hours at the breath-taking
rate of twenty miles an hour,
would have been power and lux
ury beyond the widest dreams
of their times.
We drove down TO the Pass
end stayed overnight with
friends. We drove back to
Wolf River. . beautiful spot.
and across Bay ST. Louis TO
Bayou CaddY. AT this speed
il was possible TO take in every
field and woods. every aspect
of the coast and the sparkling i.
gulf. II occurred to us that in
the old days most drivers had
wasted wonderful automobile
trips by roaring across the
countryside at sixty and sew
entY miles an hour. AT these
speeds a driver has TO keep his
eyes fixed on the road. and he
is under too much tension TO
enjoy the countryside he is
passing through. OF course.
you get where you are going
faster; but considering the time
the average man wastes eve-
rYwhere. there. is really lit
tie gained by risking your neck
and missing a wonderful trip.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-08-31

ABOUT FIVE YEARS Acc.
during a period of tr%ansplanta-
ton and travel, we sold u au-
tomobile, and then when the
time came when it was advisa-
BILE to get another one, automo-
biles were getting to be some
thing of a liability. The ration
in u neighborhood was three
gallons a week, and this ration
was likely to be taken if some
some cop stopped you and you
could not demonstrate that your
car was proceeding on a pretty
straight line between your home
and your work. Furthermore, it
was almost impossible to find an
automobile for sale, for which
the owner did not ask the cost
Of a pre-war Cadillac with jewell
mounted bearings. 1t was the
day of the guessing games. You
paid the ceiling price, and then
you guessed the owners weight,
or his wife's maiden name, and
if you failed, which was always,
you added a couple of hundred
to the ceiling price. If you didn't
want to go to all that trouble,
you just upped the ceiling price
without upping it on the bill of
sale. 1t was not right; but if
you wanted an automobile-at
least where we were, and may
be it was the same all over
you got in there and bid at in
flationary and inflation-making
prices, or you did without.
Therefore we heaved a sigh
of regret for the old coupe
that we had sold for small
change in 1910. and joined the
great pedestrian class of Am
erica. Sometimes we rode with
other people; but sometimes a
year or two would go by be-
tween the times we drove a
car ourselves. We rode street
cars. buses. taxis and bicycles.
And the time came when a two
or three mile walk TO town.
or ~postoffice. or drugstore-or
just out in the evening air. al
a substitute for the old auto
ride for pleasure-gof TO be an
almost daily occurrence. Six
and eight mile walks were not
uncommon. And for a long
time we talked ourselves into
believing we did not miss the
old days of pre-war automo-
biles. gasoline. tires. and road
maps. We remembered that
running an automobile was Of
ten troublesome. and more ex-
pensive than il should have
been. and sometimes a respon-
sibility. And we thought that
maybe we wouldn't even buy
a car after the wal when ma
chimes and tires end gasoline
were once more on the mar
ket. For us. the automobile
habit was broken. We had slip
ped back through the aufomo.
bile age. and the horse and
buggy age. and were way back
in the age of the pedestrian.
And then came the end of the
war. and the startling end of
gasoline rationing over night. A
week ago a friend left town for
a few days and left us in pos
session of a battered but honor
able old heap with rusted fend-
ers, smooth tires, a blown-out
spare, and a loud carbon knock.
The seats were ragged, the paint
was gone, the knobs and CAD
gets and handles had fallen off
of almost every fixture where
they belonged. But it was an au-
tomobile. bless Moses, and it
would start. roll, or stop. as the
driver willed it, if he only push
ed the right pedals and kept her
gassed and oile9. 1t had about
eighty-five thousand on the
speedometer. and had survived
a couple of wrecks. But it was
he afrozap pi,fo IF tho pnet-u
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Firebote, in English law, is the
right of a tenant to cut wood on
the estate for fuel.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-08-31

be frozen out of the postwar market, causing a proper
tionately greater amount of unemployment than would be
experienced if materials were alloeated during the period of
reconversion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
RUSSIANS IN DRIVES,
 ALL SIDES
Entirelemeni of Capita l City CompIeied-Tdke
 Hitler Alive Order

LONDON, April 26-The victorious Red Army troops, driving from all sides, today battled the Germans in the center of flaming Berlin, Soviet front line dispatches said.
 Men of the Red Army are fight ing in the heart of the German Capital City" says Tass, in story datelined Berlin
 The stories gave no details, but probably referred to fighting in the vicinity of Alexanderplatz, center of the capitals business district.
 Earlier. Nazi broadcasts said the Russians are storming the Alex anderplatz and also Police and Gestapo headquarters. about half mile away on the eastern end of the Unter Den Linden.
 Two mighty Soviet Armies have completed encirclement of Berlin and Russian clements are closing in from the west in the rear of the hard-pressed defenders, to whom continuing promise of rein- forcements is being given by Nazi propagandists, who still will not Iadmit to Berlipers their city is completely rineed and the Russians are pressing closer to the inner defenses.
 Some German civilians have crawled toward the Russian lines believing they are safer there than in their cauldren of encircled area. Russian storm units are making the conquest of the Capital City the worlds greatest manhunt.
 Moscow dispatches said the fight ing is over and under the streets,
 The Russians have been ordered to take Hitler alive. If he is still in the Capital City. as the Nazi propagandists declare.
 Possibly half a million Germans have been caught in Berlin.
 The Hamburg radio asserts Goebbels is still in Berlin, and that Field Marshal Keitel is also in or near the city.
 While the moose is being tight ened around Berlin, other Soviet forces surged across the Elbe River toward the imminent junction with the Americans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
TANKS NEAR GREAT PASS,
 ITALY AREA
Allied Forces Stampeding 10 Various Sectors as
 Germans Flee

ROME, April 26--The .. s. Fifth Army erupted onto Lombard Plain, overwhelming Parma and Reggie and threatening to bottle up Nazi troops fleeing the industrial area of northwest Italy, where cities are reported falling to general partisan uprising.
 Near the east coast, the British Eighth Army poured across the Pc River to strike at the Adige River line, 30 miles from Venice, where the Germans are digging in for a last-ditch stand before the Dolo- mite Alps.
 The last reported positions of the American forces, which burst from the Apennine Mountains, were 25 miles from Vienna, in the foothill approaches to the Brenner Pass.
 Radio reports from Switzerland, heard in London, said Verona had fallen into Partisan hands, as well as the industrial cities of Turin and Piacenza.
 Free Genoa radio station an- nounced "all resistance ceased by g o'clock this morning" in the great Ligurian port, from which Mussolini is declared to have fled to Milan.
 The Nazis are estimated to have lost at least one-third of their effectives in prisoners, as the total of prisoners passed the 40,000 mark two days ago.
 The onrushing American columns at Parma are only 265 miles from the American Third Army's ar lnored spearheads, stabbing south ward in Germany toward Mem mingen.
 The British force below the Adige River is about 250 miles. from ad- vanced Russian positions in Aus tria, and about 180 by land around the northern end of the Adriatic from Marshal Tito's Yugoslavian forces, reported at Sysak on the talian-Yugoslav frontier outside Plume.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
B R EM E N IS CAPTURED BY
 SECOND ARMY
Patton Is EntireIine Great Poekei-Russians. Amer
 itdns Nearing Contact

PARIS. April 26.-The British Second Army has captured Bremen. clearing all of the great port except the dock area and Burger Park, north of the center of tbe city, while far to the south, the American Third Army is within II miles of Austria and q miles of Munich
 The British Lowland and Iron Third Divisions captured 5000 Ger mans since entering Bremen yes- terday, where rigid opposition gave way suddenly and almost disappear ed by midafternoon. The worst ob- stacles encountered in the debris of Bremen were swarms of freed for eign laborers who ran pell nell through the streets, many of them fortified by the city's plentiful h- quor supply
 General Patton's Third Army tanks are now within hundred miles of junction with the Russians west of Vienna, a union which would encircle Czechoslovakia and create a pocket larger than the Ruhr
 Elements of the Third Army were last reported 72 miles from Berchtes- gaden. but are encountering harder opposition on the fringe of the AL pine redoubt. They are reported
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
pRE5IDENT ADDRESSES
 DELEGATES
Statesmen of 46 Nations Plainly Told About
 Tasks Facing Them
By Douglas B. Cornell

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf, April 26 President Harry S. Truman opened the conference of statesmen of 46 Nations and solemnly dedicated them to the task of forging a per- manent peace and becoming "archl- tects of better world"
 In a single succinct sentence, the President brought sharply into the focus the challenge of the oppor- tunity confronting them.
 We still have the choice between continuation of International chaos ---or establishment of world organ ization for enforcement of peace
 Into the impressive stone build ing. whose flag. still flew at half staff in honor of the last President Roosevelt, the voice of his successor was brought from Washington, D. C., launching one of historys great est International meetings.
 Other voices were raised in eX- pressions of confidence and hope hope of a world scourged for years by bursting steel-that delegates from many lands will weld their pclygot tongues into one mighty voice for enduring tranquility among Nations.
 The delegates themselves appear ed grimly determined to succeed and prospects for success seemed bright save for the serious Anglo-Ameri- can differences with Russia over the Polish Government and giving it representation here in the United Nations Ccuncils-and there were the early arriving delegates when they reached the Opera House after the April sun was lost behind the rain clouds.
 We represent the overwhelming majority of all mankind" President Truman said We speak for the people who have endured the most savage devastating war ever inflict- ed upon innocent men, women and children. We hold powerful man. date from our people. They believe We will fulfill this obligation. We must prevens-if human mind, heart and hope can prevent it--a repeti- tion of the disaster from which the entire world will suffer for years to come.'
 The delegates listened in silent awareness to the enormous duty resting upon them and listened too, to the brief address of Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Tenn porary Chairman, to the welcoming words of Gov. Earl Warren of Cali fornia and Mayor Lapham of San Francisco, but in pre-conference consultations, the smaller Nations continued up to the opening hour to jockey for positions of greater importance
 The Big Three failed to break the deadlock on creating Polish Gov ernment acceptable to all.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26

Representatives.
 Senator Fulbright suggests an ex- ecutive- Legislative cabinet, composed of the members of the Presidents Cabinet and the chairmen of the Senate and House standing com mittees. He considers, of course, that these latter would be far fewer than the 80 standing com- mittees of the two chambers today.
 Most frequently suggested stream- lining of Congress but the one many observers think the least likely to be enacted. because of the reluctance of members to give up committee seniorities, is re-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
SENATOR TO xp0WER5
 OF COUNCIL
ConnalIy Named to Group Which Will Pass on
 Use of Force

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.- Senator Tom Connally, Texas Dem- ocrat, who believes in force against outlaws, emerged as America s spokesman in shaping the powers of the proposed World Security Council.
 The veteran Democrat, who IS Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was chosen as the American representative ill the group which will pass on the powers of the II member Council under the Dumbarton Oaks Plan, be- fore this Conference Council will de- side whether to use force against an aggressor.
 No American delegate may serve as chairman of any work commls- sions in the United Nations Con- ference, since Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius is chairman Of the world works.
 Commander Harold Stassen was put on the committee to study both the peaceful settlement of interna- tional disputes and arrangements to enforce peace.
 Senator. Arthur Vandenbury re- ceived the job of representing the United States in a group to study regional arrangements for such problems as the maintenance of the Monroe Doctrine, under the general framework of the international or ganization.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26

duction in the number of com mittees. The Senator from Arkansas agrees wholeheartedly.
 The idea of cooperation of the executive and legislative branches isn't any great novelty in itself. Leaders at both ends of Pennsyl- vania Avenue have been struggling for it for years.
 The novelty arises in the pro- posal of Senator Fulbright that the executive Legislative cabinet have the power to dissolve Congress, the Presidency and Presidency at any time there is a complete im- passe.
 This smacks of the British sys- tenn and others or the continent. under which new election is called whenever the existing gov ernment fails to receive vote of confidence--but it wouldn't be the same.
 Tn the first place, only twice in the last 30-odd years has an ap- parently complete impasse occurred
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
TO START G0LDSTEIN
 BUILDING
Alaska Construction Com pdny Gets Contract
 for Rebuilding

A new Goldstein Building, to re- place the one destroyed by fire in soon become reality, after many months of planning by the owner, Charles Goldstein, and will be a dis tinct asset to the city of Juneau.
 MT Goldstein announced this morning the awarding of the con- tract yesterday in Seattle. to the Alaska Construction Co.,, of Seattle, which company is also the general contractors for the Hoonah Housing Project, under the Federal Public Housing Authority, and which has offices in Juneau Theirs was one of three competitive bids submitted for the Goldstein Building
 Completely modern in every re- spect, the Goldstein Building will be rebuilt entirely. though utilizing thz existing walls so far as possible, of reinforced concrete construction throughout.
 Five Story Building
 ~ 10 IO OC q llNC-StOlJ Rs with full basement. The entire first floor will be reserved for stores, while the other four floors will be devoted entirely to offices. The basement will be used for general storage purposes.
 The cornice and trim on the ex- isting walls will be removed and the exterior completely refinished and modernized, with new marquees over both Seward and Second Streets. The main entrance will be on Seward Street. New sidewalks will also be laid on Seward and Second Streets.
 Elevators
 One feature of which MT Gold stein is very proud are the eleva- tors, which will be installed by the Otis Elevator Co., and are the most modern type of office elevators, with manual control during the day and automatic operation at night
 Fluorescent lighting is being con- sidered, to be installed throughout the building, and many of the off ces will be supplied with an inter office communication system. There will also be a new light court con- structed for additional light to the inner offices.
 The Goldstein Fur Company will occupy approximately the same store space in the new building as was used in the past in the old building, but will have a much larger and more modern cold-storage vault for furs.
 Office Space Taken
 Most of the office space in the new building is already taken. but there are stilf a few offices available on the second and third floors.
 Actual construction will begin about May Is, and MT. Goldstein is confident the work will be completed by December l.
 H. B. Foss Co.,, are the architects for the project, and under the gen. eral contract, many local firms will participate. Fred Wendt, of the Ideal Paint Store, will do the paint ing and decorating; tile work will be done by Dave Burnett and the cleo trical work will be done by Parsons Electric Co.
 This project has been given the approval of the War Production Board and all necessary materials are available.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
By Jack Stinnett

WASHINGTON, April 26 The report of the La Toilette -Monroney Committee Investigating the possi- bilities for reorganization of Con- gress now is on file. What some committee members think ought to be done makes fascinating reading.
 Perhaps the most drastic pro- posal was made by Senator J. Will liam Fulbright.. Democrat, Arkansas. a freshman Senator who also has done his stint in the House of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
Start Is Now Made
 Over 5iream|ining
 Of Congress Of U. }.

First of two articles on streamining
 Congress)
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Ronald E. Mounce has pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery in the U s. Commissioner $ Court here. Commissioner Felix Gray sentenced him to six months in jail, which sentence was sus- pended with the proviso that Mounce leave immediately for work at Galena.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26

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S. F. Arab Guards
 Garry Stimifars

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26-- Whipping winds disclosed that the guards of Arabian princes here for the United Nations Conference are well-heeled.
 Outside their flowing robes they carry scimitars. Strapped inside around the waist of each is a AS caliber automatic pistol
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THREE VOTES FOR 50vIET5
 APPEAR SURE
Four rAmeriean Nations Are Named on Conference
 Executive Council

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26-The United Nations held their first business conference here today. with the prospect that Russia will seek quick acceptance of her bid for three votes in the proposed World Assembly.
 Chief delegates of the 46 Nations, which would become AS if the Soviet proposal wins approval as expected, gathered today in the conference room, on the second floor of the War Veterans Me- morial Building. Russia's Molotov
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-04-26
DIVORCE DECREE

A divorce decree was granted here in Federal District Court to Golden Waltman from Ira c. Walt man. Both are Ketchikan residents. No property settlement or minor children were involved.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-02-01

Belgium and is now in Germany.
The last letter received by his
parents was written on Christmas
day, when he said: wonder what
you have been doing today. AS
for myself, I went to church. It
wasn't church, but a barn yard,
although it was church to us"
Pfc. Ashley has been in service
eight months and overseas two
months, with the infantry.
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5 But the shells kept on coming,
brave men had to die.
We accomplished our mission and
broke the strong line,
And Jerry pulled out, leaving
wounded behind.
After they started running, it
wasn't so bad;
The 339th gave them all we had.
We knew our objective, it was to
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take Rome,
And we knew that each step
was nearer home.
We marched through Rome on
June the 5th
Dirty and sore, tired and stiff.
The only regret we had on our
mind,
Was our buddies that we left
on Hill SO.
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Pvt. Roger Pugh, son of Mrs.
Matte Pugh, Of Lansing, was
home on furlough last week and
is spending this week with Mrs.
Pugh, the former Miss Ruth OAR
mon, at their home in Elkton,
Md. Pvt. Pugh, who is with an
engineering company, has been in
service for a year. He is station
ed at Camp Bowie, Texas.
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Twenty-three hours on that hill
we stayed
And many brave men went to
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Pve Carl Davis, son of Elder
and Mrs. Edd Davis, of Tucker
dale. is stationed somewhere in
Italy. He has been in service for
Hour years and writes that he is
getting along fine: He said to
please tell his friends hello" for
him.
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Pvt: William L. (Buster)
Stansberry, who entered serv-
ice in May, is now somewhere
in France and has written his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Stansberry, of Lansing, that
he is getting along fine with
his work.
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stationed at Camp Parks, Calf.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
S. Scott, of Todd and said tell ev-
eryone "hello" for him.