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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
Yanks Regain InitiiatiUe

AS the Russian fighting developed,
the Nazis looked with apprehension
to the west, where they feared an
other about thrust against the
Rhineland.
Regaining their balance after the
German break-through of month
ago, Allied forces were back knock
ing. against the Nazi frontier, with
the British Second army punching
toward the Roer river along broad
front, and the U. S. First and Third
armies whiting down the remains
of the big bulge.
AS the First and Third armies
hacked off the shoulders of the
bulge, they encountered stubborn
rear-guard action as Won Rundstedt
sought to pull his prize troops back
$40 the Siegfried line.
While British and American forces
exploited their initiative to the
north, the Germans maintained
pressure on the lower Alsatian
plains. throwing in tanks and in
fantry to hold the positions gained
III limited offensives while main Al
lied power was diverted to Belgium.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
LABOR DRAFT:
Push Bill

Spurred on by the Presidents in
sistence, congress gave increased at
tention to Rep. Andrew Mays modi-
fed labor draft bill, prohibiting men
between 18 and As from leaving es-
sential work without their local Sc
1ective Service boards permission,
or compelling them to accept jobs
designated by such boards.
With the army calling for younger
men for requirements, War Mobiliz-
er Byrnes outlined procedure for
the induction of registrants in the
26 to 20 group, with less important
employees In essential and so-cal1ed
critical war industries to be called
up before key men. Probably half
Of the present 1856, 900 deferred farm
workers between Is and Is now be-
ing examined prior to review Of their
cases can expect to be indicted,
Selective Service Director Hershey
said.
While the President said some sort
Of national service act was neces-
sary to channel workers into neces-
sary jobs, representatives Of both la
Dor and industry told congress that
the present comparatively small
manpower shortage could be best
met by voluntary recruiting.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
RAIL TRAFFIC.:
Freight Priority

In what the Office of Defense
Transportation said could be re-
garded as a practical policy ap-
plicable to all emergencies, rail-
roads were asked to curtail passen-
ger service and concentrate their eff
forts on movement of war freight
in areas where recent heavy storms
have impaired operations.
For the present, the ODT's re-
quest chiefly affected eastern rail-
roads traversing New York state,
Ohio, upper Pennsylvania and Indi-
ana, where some of the worst
weather in years has tied up traffic,
and threatened to back up trains
farther distant. In addition to cur
failing passenger operations, the
railroads were asked to prohibit all
commercial loading except war ma
terial and fuel during the critical
period.
In sounding the future policy, ODT
DIRECTOR J. Monroe Johnson said: 1T
would be well for the public to
realize that with the nations trans
portation system so severely over
burdened emergency conditions +. E.
may well be recurrent.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
BRITISH CASUALTIES:
I.O43. 554 to November

With the United Kingdom of Eng
land Scotland and North Ireland
suffering 635, 10Y casualties alone.
British Empire losses totaled 1,043,-
554 up to last November, Prime
Minister Churchill told the house of
commons.
OF the other constituents, midas
losses reached 152,597; Australia.
S4,S61: Canada. 7s,eS5; New zea-
land, SAILS; South Africa, 1898, and
other colonies. 28,946.
Including recent western front cas-
uaitiess Y. s. losses tctaled Y2I, 1875.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
RURAL ELECTRIC:
10 Per Cent Increase

With 1,152,013 customers being
served at the end of the 1914 fiscal
year, the Rural Electrifcation adj
rninistration showed a 10 per cent
increase in operations over the pre-
vious twelve months.
The great majority Of new con-
su1nerssS connected during the year
qualified for service under govern
rnent regulations permitting instana-
tions where equipment would assist
in production of food and relieve the
manpoWet shortage. the REA re-
vealed.
Released by Western Newspaper rnion.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
SYNTHETIC RUBBER:
1914 Production

Built UP almost overnight as re-
suit Of the severance of the nations
imports Of crude rubber from the
far east following the Japs' early
conquests, the U. SIS TOO million
dollar synthetic rubber industry
produced 1853, 600 long tons (of 2,24O
pounds) last year.
Declaring that synthetic produc-
ton can be boosted to 1000, 900 tons
If necessary, Secretary of Com
merce Jesse Jones said that the
1914 output was equal to the ma
TONS annual peacetime rubber
needs.
Because 60 per cent of the rub
Der was made from alcohol instead
of petroleum. Jones said, production
costs Of the synthetic averaged SO
cents pound, compared with about
10 cents for the crude.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
"7Hey Say"

I'm the event definite assurances
are given to American corpora
tions and business enterprises
that their property rights will be
respected and that they will be
given the opportunity Of max
ing legitimate profits, it may be
expected that . considerable
flow Of private American capt.
tai abroad in the form of direct
investments will take place.-AI-
exander Hamilton Institute.
In our modern world about 66
per cent Of the entire population,
according to rough estimates, is
made up of people who get their
living directly from the soil.
American farm families help
greatly Ia keeping up the world
surplus margin to feed urban
people, for here one farm fam
lily produces enough for itself
and four other families, eight
times the margin for the world
in general.--Arthur w. Turner.
agricultural engineer, UsDA.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
LEND-LEASE:
Food SHIPMENTS

Showing 4 billion pound drop un-
der 1943, lend-lease food and agricul-
tural products shipments during 1914
totalled over billion pounds, with
meats, dairy items and grain
cereals composing the bulk of de-
liveries.
OF meat lend-leased, 7O8, 627, 1888
pounds were cured, smoked and
frozen pork products; 1928, 418
pounds Of frozen pork loins; co.
762, 24a pounds of lamb and mutton;
q, 1885, 1872 pounds Of frozen veal, and
16, 101, 900 pounds of frozen beef. OF
dairy products, $50, 845, 500 pounds Of
cheese were delivered, 1885, 449
pounds Of butter, and 1880. SOB
pounds Of butter oil.
Other food and agricultural prod
ucts lend-leased included 543 $3.50, 297
pounds of granulated sugar; 44,041,-
300 pounds of canned peas; Al, 49,
897 pounds Of canned peaches; 49,
059,988 pounds Of canned green
beans; 24,650,997 pounds of canned
tomatoes; 21,868, $40 pounds of soap,
and 20,195.112 pounds Of canned
pineapple.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01

larger than the 1858 average.
More milk, eggs, meat, chicken,
fresh vegetables and fruits, lard.
margarine. sirups, honey and cereal
products will be available than be-
fore the war, but less butter, sugar,
dry beans, canned fruits and juices,
evaporated milk and canned fish.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
POSTWAR BUILDING
Oh Million Workers

Because it is looked to as the larg-
est single field of expansion. the
building trade will have to employ
6h million workers if the postwar
objective Of go million jobs is to be
attained, r. J. Thomas Of the CLIO
Automobile Workers union told the
American Home Builders convention
in Chicago. Ill.
With 6h million workers, Thomas
said, a minimum Of 1,750 900 homes
could be constructed each year, a
small percentage Of the new housing
needed. y
Meanwhile. survey OF 2S5 build
ing materials and equipment MANU-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01

Rejecting prospects for long
er European war than anticipat-
ed last fall, farm production
goals for 1945 were upped upon
the War Food administration
recommendation for more milk,
hogs and beef, and dry beans,
potatoes, tobacco, faxseed, sug-
ar beets and clover seeds.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
Weekly anal
German Armies Sveto Check Great Russian Break in Fast

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts. and not necessarily Of
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01

Leaders in the great Russian offensive
include Cleft to right) Marshals Zhukov,
KOnev and ROkOssOvsky.
man units in a huge pocket. AS
these two drives developed, Mar
shall Rokossovky's Second and Cen
eral Cherniakvsky's Third White
Russian armies squeezed East Prus-
STA from the north and south re-
spectively.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-02-01
Nazis Outnumbered

Frankly admitting the gravity Of
their situation, the Germans re-
ported the withdrawal of their
forces to the west, and the hus-
banding Of their reserves for coun-
ter-action if the rapidity of the Rus
sian advance should result in the
spreading of their strength. Because
of the numerical superiority Of the
Russians, it was said, it was i'm
possible to stop the Reds advance
by attempting to set up frontal re-
sistance on the open plains along
the whole line.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

throat trade practices on the other are vio-
lations of the great law.
We are thinking right now OF the taxi sit
uation that has grown up. in Pascagoula.
Hacking" is 4 competitive business and we
nave no chestnuts in the fire for any OF the
parties, neither for the older companies nor
the newer ones. But we do have an interest
in the situation as 1t affects the town, and
that is why we bring it up.
Right now, we learn from the number OF
five dollar privilege licenses issued by the
city, there are about seventy cabs operat-
ing in Pascagoula. We don't like to see
anyone fail inbusiness, but common sense
argues that the town cannot really support
that many legitimate cab businesses, and
some of the companies are going to fall. 1t
is to the interest CT the public to see that
the responsible ones survive, whether IL is
a one-cab business or a six-cab business, and
that the irresponsible ones are the ones whlchI
competition will weed out.
The city has an ordinance on the books
requiring each cab to be insured for possible
liability to its passengers. This is not a
racket ordinance, and anyone who humble
words to this effect is talking through his
hat. If some relative of his was injured
or killed in another mans cab, leaving a
family in poverty while the expenses mount
cd up, he would cndnge his tune quick
enough and demand the protection to which
the cab passenger was due. II is not going
to help this town for a cut-throat cruising
cab business to develop, with men without
insurance or responsibility racing one an
other to stops, and piling up against other
automobiles. And realizing all this, Mayor,
John r.. Watts has announced that IL is the
city's intention to begin making arrests of
cab operators who have not met the insur-
ance qualifications.
OF the total of about seventy cabs, sonly
~twenty-four have been covered thus far by.
insurance policies which have been register
ed in the City Hall. Sixteen other cabs
been covered by ten day binders, pending.
the writing of a policy, but since most of
these policies have not been registered, it is
very likely that the policies were not COM
pleted. This leaves some forty or more cabs
in town which are now in violation OF the
law. The mayor says he has given instruc-
ions to the police to begin enforcing the or
dinance. This is not an act directed against
the cab business, but a policy of public re-
sponsibility and protection that the city Off
Gals are charged with performing. And we
hope the public will understand what is in
volved and support the policy.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14
Moss Point Choirs
To Give Christmas
Contatu Sunday

Choirs Of the Moss Point
churches will present a cantata,
THE Rose of Christmas" Sunday
at 7:30 p. IN. at the Baptist church
under the direction of Mrs j. T.
Thompson with Mrs. l.. B. Rob
inson as organist. Congregations
of other churches are invited to
attend.
The following program will be
given: Sing Unto the Lord a
New Song, choir with soprano
solo by Mrs. Arthur Jones; New
Heavens and New Earth, choir
and bass solo by John Brock, Jr.;
"The Shepherds, contralto solo,
Mrs. E, F. Lindsey; GLORY to
Cod. choir; HE is Born, WON
ems choir; Love Came Down at
Christmas, soprano solo, Mrs.
Jones; "A Great and Mighty
enor solo, Jimmie Bishop; ''Throu
Wonder, choir; Oh, Bethle-
hem, tenor solo, Jimmie Bishop;
Through the Dark, mems choir;
How Silently, mezzo soprano,
Mrs. Frank Mixson; "Hosanna,
Sing, choir; THE Tabernacle of
God is with Men, tenor solo,
Jimmie Bishop; Joy to the
World, choir.
Members of the choir will be
Mesdames ]. F. Brock, T. L. De-
Lashmet, Arthur Jones, A. l..
Monroe, E. F. Lindsey, Frank
Mixson, Bill Parks, John Brock,
Jr., T. Barton West. W. G.. Bex-
ley, C. Bagley, Misses Louise
Bolt, Dora Cowan, and w, M.
Alexander, l.. B. Robinson, John
Bill Parks and Jimmie Bishop.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14
inadequate Markers

Tourists heading West along Highway 80
are continually going astray at the inter-
section of North Pascagoula and Liv Oak
and as a result heading all the way out
North and South Pascagoula street to the
Beach and up Beach Boulevard until they
bring up at the old Naval Receiving Sta
ton. Instances of this are frequent, two
and three times a day, and causes the tour
list involved a loss of 80 minutes or more of
time and considerable bad, temper.
Only a small highway marker warns
the tourist headed down the coast of the
turn. and it is easy to see how this would
be missed with 1t necessary for the driver
to concentrate on the traffic at this busy
intersection. For the tourist headed
East signs adequate In size and visibility
exist.
With the tourist traffic increasing daily
1t is high time that either the city govern
ment or some civic organization took steps
to remedy the situation. 1t seems to this
newspaper that the city could we'll afford
a sign post showing distances to points both
East and West at this intersection. Il would
be a public service and at the same time
eliminate a lot of bad will that Pascagoula
is gaining.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14
Ionsdlressiona
G H.
Congressman Vim. M.Colmer
E FOR

The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation announced last week
that 10000 surplus jeeps will be
sold to veterans throughout the
country who place orders there
for with their Regional RIG.
offices before midnight December
18th. For a l4-day period ending
December 18th, no but veter-
ans will be allowed to place or
ders for these jeeps. Orders must
be made in person or by mail be-
fore midnight, December 18th by
veterans certified by the Smaller
War tIants Corporation offices.
The vehicles will be sold only 70
veterans who need them in their
business or trade, or for farm or
professor nal use, as they cannot
be sod for persinal use. The
price .anGe on new and partially
new jeeps is from $4,000 to
$784.00, depending on the year it
was manufactured and its con-
dition.
After the expiration Of the
application period for veterans,
the regional offices will forward
their orders to the REC. office in
Washington where the jeeps will
be allocated by states to insure
a fair nationwide distribution.
Veterans will be notified by their
regional offices-after the alloca-
ton by states has been complet-
ed-as to where to go to inspect
the vehicle, make a selection and
take possession.
Veterans interested in buying
these surplus ieeps should take
the following steps:
l.. Take your discharge papers,
terminal leave papers, or other
proof that you I a veteran of
World War ii, to the Smaller
War Plants Corporation Regional
Office, 1l0l Tower Building,
jackson, Mississippi, where a GER
tificate will be issued. Of a
SWPC certificate has already
been secured it will not be neces-
sary to secure another unless the
certificate held calls for another
type vehicle. The certificate used
in plac ng an order for these
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14
pAscAGoULA CHRONICLE STAR and MOSS POINT ADVERTISER :
'"The Messiuh" To
Be Presented BY
Music Club Dec. 10

The Pascagoula Music club is
sponsoring the presentation of
THE Messiah, under the direc-
ton of c. r. Hare, Tuesday, De-
cember 10, at 8 p. m. at the Pas
cagoula High school auditorium.
The choral group is made up of
members from various choirs in
Pascagoula and Moss Point and
the oratorio will be sung to the
accompaniment Of two pianos,
played by Mrs. r. T. Huthmaker
and Mrs. E. F. O'Malley.
Soloists are C. r. Hare, tenor;
the Rev. James Cogswell, tenor:
Mrs. Upton David, soprano; the
Rev. M. S. Varnado, bass; Mrs.
R. A. Heritage, contralto; Mrs.
Arthur Jones, soprano; the Rev.
j. r. Parker, tenor; and Miss Ka-
tie Thompson, soprano.
THE Messiah" is HandeI's most
successful and best known orato-
RIO which was composed in 174l.
The composition tells the story of
mans redemption in three parts.
The first part sets forth the prom
Use OF the Redeemer, the birth
of Christ and His missionary heal
ing and comfort. The second part
is devoted to His passion, resur-
rection and ascension, the dis
comfiture of the heather and the
establishment of the Kingdom of
God upon the earth. The third
part deals with the Christian be-
lief in the resurrection of the
body and ends with the triumph
of the redeemed and the glory
of heaven.
There will be no admission
charge but O free will offering
will be taken to cover expenses
attendant on the production.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

us find ourselves in that posi-
ton at some time or other. Day
after day we will shove this
collection of disorder out of sight,
and out of mind, and put it off
until we feel like doing il.
Then the moment comes when it
can be postponed no longer, and
we plunge in, making disposition
of each paper as it presents it,
self, discarding, wedding out, and
at last putting our books in or
der. Nine times out of ten the
work becomes interesting while
we are doing it, and we wonder
why il has ever been put off
so long.
II is the difficulty of the
beginning. and not the difficult
iy of the task itself. that ac-
counts for most human lazi-
ness. We build up some resist
snce in our minds. and often
defeat ourselves before we
start. by never trying. There
are few people in this world
who ever reach, their full po-
ienfialiiies.
But getting back to the jour
nalists task of writing a weekly
column, let us say frankly that
though we enjoy it, one a week
is just about our speed, and we
would rather take a beating than
try to write a daily column. How
some of those boys do it is be-
'vond us. The simple news col
ums we can understand; that
lis Just a form of daily report
ing. But the heavy and ponder
Gus opinion columns, so many
of them full of world-solving
opinions day after day after day,
written by one and the same in
d~ividual, represent a job of work
we would not like to do, for any
amount of money. AS a matter
of fact we are suspicious of many
of these world-saving columns
No man on earth can really have
a first rate idea on an interna-
tional scale every day of the year
emitting Sundays. Sometimes
we think a lot of these boys are
taking, working a line-and that
they really don't know any more
about the human spirit, its needs
its hopes, its foibles. and its fail
ures, than you and |.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

TO us as though we have reach
ed the bottom of the barrel. and
have to dress up some of the
old ones. and take a little piece
of one annedote and a little piece
Of another and mix them all to-
gether and make a new one-as
the BOYS in the war did with
the old craeked-up bombers on
the airfields.
And vel. sometimes when we
7 reaching way down deep
in the barrel. and scratching on
wood. we surprise ourselves by
coming up with a brand new
idea. OF memorY-something
that we had known once. but
had forgotten for many years.
In our own small and incon-
sequential way we have learn
ed the truth of one of The
many wise observations of the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

The reader would 3e surpris-
i how often once a week can
rail around, when the matter tn
volved is writing q column of
lnoughts, alleged-ihoughts. an
nedotes, philosophy and fond
foolishness which must, OF ought
70. pass muster by the general
public. The average man doesn't
nave more than half d dozen
passable stories tucked away IN
memory, and IN this respect at
least the editor is average. Some
lines we remind ourselves q
he rivef-pilot cousin of ours We
sfote about some weeks ago.
tie had one story-about the
Irogs and the japanese captain
and whenever a story was re-
sained of him he told 1t. We
have a few more tales than that
20 tell, brit some weeks il looks
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

great and wise English novel;
isl. ThsckerY. How many
thoughts come feeming into a
mans mind of which he was
never before aware when he
takes up his pen and sets out TO
wrifei" There is a lot of truth
in that. II seems 10 US that
the writer's gift exists to some
degree in ell people-fhe a.
billy 10 remember. TO think.
TO fell . story. The chief diff.
ference is that the writer COM
miis himself 10 earning q living
that way. and he has TO de-
velop and perfect this flow of
ideas. whatever their merit. or
else go hungry. In the same
way. the insurance agent. the
doctor. the grocer has TO per.
feet his own skill and knowl.
eye of his business. or 90 hum
CRY. In most cases. writing is
what the writer enjoys. and
that is why he chooses this pro-
fession; while law. medicine.
business are rewardins to their
own votaries. most of whom
would not change for any other
way of life.
There are some interesting ex-
,eptions to all congratulations,
however. Right now in the maya
lines the works of the Victorian
Novelist. Anthony Trollope, are
coming back into fashion, ano
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

jeeps must specifically state that
1t i fof q j. ep.
2. Take n mail your certifi-
cate and rcquts' to purchase to
the Cop,umG Disposal Office of
the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poraton at l05 Prior street, At
lanta, Ga, on or before Deem
Der l7tn, 1915.
3. Await notification from
your R.F.C. office as to where
you can inspect the jeeps for
purchase
Reconversion
President Truman recently
summed up the reconversion pic
ture in the United States 100 Gays
after the end of the Japanese war.
He included in his statement the
following five pertinent points:
/. Employment is back at vi
Day level and is expected to con-
tinue to rise.
2 Plant reconversion is vir-
tuallv completed, with one-third
of TIE $4,000 war contracts can
celled since VI Day already set
tied.
3. Wartime restrictions have
been lifted on all rationing-ex-
cept tires and sugar-and on man.
power, most transportation, and
export and import controls.
4. Retail sales + 10 percent
above the 1914 level.
5. Prices have held level since
VI Day, but the initiation threat
is still troublesome.
Navy Discharge Rules Relaxed
The navy has further relaxed
its discharge requirements by
providing that all enlisted per-
sonnet 38 years of age or older
who nave n or more depend
ents will be discharged upon re-
quest. Some $4,000 men are Gov
cred by this new regulation, but
it is estimated that approximately
half of these are already eligible
for discharge under the navy's
point system. The new rule APP
plies Only to those who had de-
pendents, including wives, as Of
August Is, 1945.