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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26
An4ldeW WASHINGTON
United Nations Also
Are Showing Interest

November"
The year proper would start
the following day, Monday, and
would have 364 days. with So
weeks. so divided that the calen-
dar remains the same year after
year.
Every fourth year there would
be an extra year day, or Leap
year Day to be observed between
June 81 and July /. This would
mark the half way point in the
year, and be a legal holiday.
Edwards claims these advant-
ages for his calendar:
Setting aside of New Years
Day and Leap Year Day as sepa
rate days allows division of the
remaining 364 days into exactly
So full weeks.
Monday is made the first
day Of the week in agreement
with common business practice
and Saturday and Sunday become
the weekend on the calendar as
well as in fact.
3.-The last business day of
each quarter, the Goth day, falls
on a Saturday, which is conven-
lent for completing quarterly tax
records, government reports,
bookkeeping and stoek-taking.
However. another day. the 9lst,
still remains as the year has
equal quarters of 81 days each.
There is no so-called 1unlucky
Friday-the thirteenth" or "Black
Friday" in the entire year to wor.
~ the superstition or deter bust
ness deals or signing contracts.
5-The first, 18TH and 30th,
common payroll, biil-paying and
accounting days, all fall on week
days.
6-The day of the week for any
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26
pAscAGoULA cIRoNcLE-srAR and MOSS POINT ADVERTISER

date in the year may be figured
easily by remembering $50. 80,
81" the number of days in the
three months OF each quarter, and
MONDAY, Wednesday, Friday" the
week days on which the months
Of each quarter begin.
7.-Easter Sunday on April IA
is close to the original historic
date and with a fixed Easter
there would be six three-day holt
days every year since a "Presi-
dents Day" is proposed for Mon
day, February 10, in addition to
an Easter Day" on the Monday
following Easter Sunday. In Leap
Year, of course, there would be
seven three-day holidays.
Anniversaries and holidays
would always fall on the same
day of the week.
9-There would be 26 week
days or working days in every
month.
What came to Edward as a
challenge from his teacher has
become an international issue1
1t was received wide endorse
ment.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26
Congress Is Studying
A Perpetual Calendar
Special to Central Press

Washington-congress and the
United Nations now are consider
ing an important matter wholly
unrelated to war.
They are bordering whether
to recommend that the world
adopt a perpetual calendar.
A serious young student nar1cd
William Edwards first thought of
the perpetual calendar when a
student in the Quincy. Mass. high
school. He considered the pres
ent calendar confusing. The Gaze
sars, he told his teacher, have
done us wong.
Devised by High School Student
Now a lieutenant comman
der, stationed at the Ford
island air base near Oahu, Ed.
wards is still convinced he has
done a potter job than did the old
HotlAHt.
Edwards thought up a perpct
ual calendar. Ills calendar starts
each week on Monday, agreeing
with common business practice,
and permits Saturday and Sun
day to become the weekend in
fact as well as in name.
His calendar would have Eas-
ter come on April IA of every
year, removing some small CON
fusion. The Monday following
Easter would become a legal
holiday.
Another novelty. New Years
Day has no date. II is simply an
extra day to be known by that
name.
The old adage would not ap
ply. Now it would be: Thirty
days hath January, February.
April, July, August. October and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26
Mrs. r. G. WingfieId
Hostess AT Luncheon
Honoring Miss Wade

Among the several very lovely
social affairs of the past week
was q luncheon at which Mrs.
X. G. Wingfield was hostess We'd
nesday honoring Miss Mary Eliz
abeth Wade of Greenwood, Miss.
who is a guest in the home of
Mrs. r. G. Wingfield, Jr., and
Mrs. Thomas L~eatherbury, a re-
cent bride.
The luncheon took place at
the home of Mrs. Wingfield on
South Pascagoula street, Pasca-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26
DISPATCH HOURS CHANGED

Due to a change in train sched-
ules, the afternoon dispatch from
the Moss Point post office has
been moved up one-half hour
from $50 until 500 o'clock,
Postmaster Leonard Robinson an
nounced.
The postmaster stressed that
the mail must leave the post Of
flee at 500 o'clock and that time
must be allowed for sorting and
bundIing the mail in order to
avoid a IL hour delay.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26

More food is wasted annually
by delays and inefficiencies in
marketing in the United States
than was consumed annually by
our armed forces and lend-lease
shipments combined during the
war.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26

goula. where the table was beau
tiful with an arrangement of red
roses.
Besides the honor guests and
the hostess, covers were laid for
Mesdames Robert Gautier of
Jackson, Frank Birdsong of Hart
ford, Conn, Houston Duyal OF
New Orleans, j. T. Thompson of
Moss Point, Tom Sanction and
George Field, and Misses Kath-
crime Quinn of Prentiss, Miss,
and Jane Herring.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26

3ome psychologists say that
Cuicuilco. a temple pyramid IN
Mexico, may have been old when
built.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26

Mexico gets its name from the
Aztecs, whose tribal war god was
Mexiti and who called them
selves Mexica.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-26

The first bulbs Edison used for
his laboratory experiments were
free-blown by skilled artisans.
The sub., 1946-05-23

indicate that we are on our way to progress and development. l hope not pleasure land development for the Ivorytowerites from industrial areas, where they use their power to develop industry; and yet would like to exercise that same power to make pleasure ground of this area, thereby stunting the industrial growth here.
 We do not want their kind of pleasure ground. We have a right to call the kind of pleasure land we live in Our pleasure ground, a pleasure ground in balance with
 industrial development that will stabilize business enough, to en- able those doing the useful work in this area to enjoy to it's fullness the natural beauty and recreational facilities of New London County.
 The much heralded blue lagoon, and coral reefs of the tropical
 zones-from which many of our
 boys have so recently returned, are to them "stinky"-by comparison with the shore line from Pleasure
 Beach to Groton Long Point. Yet these homeland treasures, are, as
 the green hills that are far away to the jobless, or. near bankrupt
 New London resident.
 Looking across from the Groton
 side, can see houses all the way from New London to the Light house. Houses occupied by workers, merchants, businessmen, profes- sional men, and Navy personal; all of whom have value in, and feel personal loyalty to, the Thames River area. Then I turn my back to the waters, and behold, majes- tic hotel; occupied only two months out of 12 An edifice whose SIS day makes it exclusive in every
 thing except gambling ethics. This imposing structure, and 1t is inn posing, is surrounded by beautiful
 homes, also occupied two months,
 then shuttered and preserved for the other 10 months.
 Ten minutes ago on my car radio heard an appeal made to you, and me, as good Americans, to share our little four or five room home, With
 those who cannot find a place to live because of the housing short
 age. We have a paradox on our
 hands-too few and too many
The sub., 1946-05-23

The laborers even in those days tried to have the working day re- duced to ten hours. In 1880 work CTS at the Thompsonville Carpet Manufacturing Go. went on strike for more pay. For their endeavour they were jailed and convicted of trying to ruin the industry! About this time in New London unionism became strong and elected three members to the government and later all town officials were elected by the union.
 Union men wanted to better themselves not only financially but educationally as well. This prompted them to secure reading ability for the young children working in the mills. These young sters, some as young as seven years of age worked Is to IT hours daily! But when the unions demanded this, the mill owners forbade the hiring of these 10 hour obnoxious men from Connecticut" and issued statement that people should not be deceived by this false and pernicious drive for book learning
 MT. Tone then spoke of the wretched living conditions and the horrible working conditions of the miners who were used by the op- orators with as little regard as they would give to chattel. Were the miners to lose a limb they re- ceived no satisfaction, were they to lose their lives their families re- ceived no remuneration. To make matters worse the workers had to trade in the company's store. And this kept them perpetually in debt.
 The speaker then dwelt consider ably on the ravages of occupational diseases which, in many industries, shorten the lives and working abili- ties of the worker.
The sub., 1946-05-23
Ecpac to Meet May 29th

On Wednesday, the 29th of May, the Eastern Connecticut Citizens Political action committee will meet at the YWCA, New London, at 8 D. m. to hear addresses by both Charles Silva, chairman of the New London Democratic Town Committee and John OConnor, Chairman of the New London Re- publican Town Committee. These gentlemen will state their parties platforms and give an outline of the aims of their parties.
 Representative Satti will also be present to explain registration. There will be an aid to veterans program.
 The general public is invited to these meetings in order to acQuaint them with both the major parties standards and to interest them in their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE!
 Among the sponsors of the Con- necticut Political Action Committee are Joseph P. Cleary, International Teamsters Union, and Samuel Cop pola, International Hoisting Engin- eers. Both of these men are active on the A. F. of LIS Connecticut Political Action Committee.
The sub., 1946-05-23
The Rivers Mouth
(CoatinNEd irom PaEe OMsl

That is some of the relaxation I get from the river. Rivers, like mountains, always seem to stim- ulate thought in the human brain. The immensity and power of water, and the white topped giants of the uplandS, help us to realize what little puny things we are in the whole scheme, when we think by the deep water, on the mountain side, we really think as men were intended to think-intensely.
 Pleasant memories are only part of what the rivers mouth gives to me. Here could be their dreams come true for so many of the boys who came back to their homeland after hard years of fighting. Here, could be the deep channel that the big ships carrying the products from New London sailed on. Manu- factured products that the world is waiting for; the creation of which would gainfully employ so many of these men who deserve to be gainfully employed. A homecoming that would mean more than just enough to get by on.
 Here I can look out and see the gateway to plenty, or to poverty, for all of the people who are anxi- ous to do their share of useful work in the New London area.
 The River Thames is their great est asset; and its marker buoys, and lighthouses are patiently wait ing for the opportunity to guide the ships to, and from the port of New London. The kind of ships that will indicate progress and work for the people of New London, and sur rounding territory. Not the palatial yachts of the (burdened?) rich, nor the stenchy Boney Fisher, who come to coal, but shipS-cargo ships!
 The thought comes as l look out on the water-that maybe l am too impatient, and that recent events
The sub., 1946-05-23
Famous Star
 In IN. l.. Tapestry"

Elsie Ferguson, noted star of the theatre and motion pictures, has accepted the leading role in New London Tapestry" pageant play based on the history of New Lon- don, which will be presented June 18th and 2Oth at the Coast Guard Academy here as the main event in the city'S tercentenary celebra- ton. Miss Ferguson who has had a brilliant career in motion pictures as well as the legitimate theatre, is a resident of nearby East Lyme. Her last appearance on Broadway was in 1943 when she played the leading role in Outrageous For tune" by Rose Franken.
 New London Tapestry" was written by Courtney Abbott, and it's production involving cast of 800 will be under the supervision of Byron Hatfield of this city.
 Rowland Bishop, formerly direc- tor of the New London Civic Drama League, has consented to direct New London Whaling Scene VI. First rehearsal will be tonight at Buell. Hall Gym, WMI, at 7:30 p. m Longshoremen are cordially invited to attend all rehearsals and take part in this great saga.
The sub., 1946-05-23

houses at one and the same time. I know, I know, these houses are not located where they can be used to house the people who need houses.
 But just minute. The point l am trying to make is that; the own CTS of these houses cannot be counted on to help us to get bal anced industrial development in this area. Why? Here is why. Dur ing the national emergency of World War II, the Victory Yard was within walking distance of these unoccupied houses; unnoccu- pied 12 months during these years, because of the fear of bombs aimed at sub construction plants nearby. Did you hear any offers to give or rent these places for the use of the people who were not too scared to work at the plants likely to be bomb targets? l didn't.
 Production on subs, if you re- member, was held up because we did not have housing facilities to offer the people who were needed to work on subs. By their deeds ye shall know them
 I suppose that in Bethlehem 2OOO years ago, there may have been people who lived in one, and had another shuttered home, and so Jesus had to be born in a stable. Yet the lowly Carpenter of Nazareth left us great heritage, while the economic potentates of his age have sunk into historical oblivion.
 So quietly reasoning at the rivers mouth, I am persuaded that we must be vigilant. We must stand be- hind the Metal Trades Council, the Central Labor Union of New Lon- don, and all the other elements in this area that support balanced in- dustriaE and port development.
 Development of New London area for the people whose roots are deep set along the shores of the Thames River. These, and many, many more thoughts I get as dream by the Rivers Mouth.
The sub., 1946-05-23
Catholic Diocesan Labor Institute

Mr. Joseph Tone former Secretary of Labor in the State of Connecticut Consutant to the U S. Secretary of Labor and Special Industrial Investigator addressed the seventh session of Diocesan Labor Institute at the Catholic Gen. ter Jay Street. May 13 In his talk on the Hso1D ot Labor Connecticut Mr. Tone spoke of the hardsps of the aborers during Colonial times when all work nlaY and small pay.
The sub., 1946-05-23

It is a good idea to send the children's stuffed toys to the dry cleaners occasionally. During play they pick up quantities of dirt and dust which may not be noticeable.
The sub., 1946-05-23

Tn conclusion, MT. Tone made an urgent appeal to his listeners to assist the starving people in lands laid low by war.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-06-20
Social Security Rate
Will BE Increased

A so per cent increase January
l in Social Security taxes from the
present one percent. to a new 1.5
percent rate against employees
pay and employers payrolls was
voted today by the House Ways
and Means committee. If approved,
this action will affect practically
every one in Noble county direct
Iy or otherwise.
Without congressional action, the
security levy would jump auto
maticalIy next year to 2.5 percent
each against employer and en-
ployee.
If the House and Senate sustain
the committee, the tax boost will
be the first since the security law
was written in 1885. The act stip-
ulated gradual increase in the tax
rate but each year congress has
frozen" the levy at one percent.
The increase, as recommended by
the committee, would mean a per-
son making $40 a week would pay
the security fund go cents instead
of the present 40 cents assessment.
The control stipulated that the
is rate should prevail for five
years.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-06-20
HOneybees Multiply
Clover Seed Yields

Average Ohio yields of red clo-
yer seed over a 10-year period
were one bushel per acre and the
yield of alsike clover used in the
same period was 1.6 bushels per
acre; but the agronomist at Ohio
State University say average yields
of four bushels of red and eight
bushels of alsike clover seed per
acre can be obtained under field
conditions by employing plenty of
honeybees as pollinators.
Tests supervised by w. E. Dun
ham, extension entomologist at the
University, proved that alsike clo-
yer can produce 20 bushels of seed
per acre under ideal conditions and
that red clover can produce IL
bushels of seed per acre. These ex-
tremely high yields would not be
possible in practical farm opera
tions.
The task of getting complete
pollination of clover bloom in farm
fields is almost impossible because
an acre of alsike clover may have
4O0,OO0,000 florets and an acre of
red clover 216,0O0,OOO fIorets. Each
of these florets could produce one
seed under ideal conditions.
Shortages of all legume seeds in
duce the University agronomists to
urge Ohio farmers to harvest as
much clover and alfalfa seed as
possible in 1916. Prices for seed are
likely to be very good, legume seed
production qualities the farmer for
AAA payments, and the seed will
be urgently needed to start mea-
dows which will improve Ohio
soils.
Ohio farmers who harvest alsike
and red clover seed regularly are
advised to keep so to 100 colonies
| of bees or to make arrangements
with a beekeeper to place suffi-
cient colonies on the farm. The
colonies should be established or
the farm long enough before clover
| bloom so the bees are working
steadily when needed as pollin
atOrs.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-06-20
Farm Bureau Insurance
Continues To Serve

In order to correct an erroneous
impression by the public that D.
c. Leonard and E. A. Gildea were
going out of the insurance business
in this county, a statement has
been released from the local office
to the effect that Leonard and
Gildea will continue to serve you
on your insurance.
Clayton Belcher has been added
to the agency force to give better
service on insurance problems of
their policy holders. D. c. Leonard,
Cumberland, route I, E. A. Gildea,
Salesville route l or c. Clayton
Belcher may be contacted at the
office in the Farmers & Merchants
bank building, North street.
Mr.. Belcher maintains the office
from 8 to II noon, Monday through
Friday and Leonard is in the office
all day, Saturday. of each week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-06-20
BLESSING ON THE DAY
FOUND RHU-AID' HER
RHEUMATIC PAINS END

One lady recently took RHU-
AID three days and said afterward
that she never would have believed
such a wonder medicine" existed.
She says she couldn't raise her
left arm more than few inches.
Rheumatic pains afflicted the
muscles of her shoulder and arm.
She could hardly move the fingers
on her left hand. Now this lady's
rheumatic pains are gone since she
got RHU-AID and she says she can
use her left arm as well as her
right, in fact, she says she simply
blesses the day she got this medi-
cine and she feels like an alto
gether different woman.
RHU- AID is the new liquid for
mula containing three valuable
medical ingredients. These Three
Great Medicines, all blended into
one, go right to the very cause of
rheumatic and neuritic aches and
pains. Miserable people soon feel
different all over. So don't 60 on
suffering! Get RHU-AID.
RalstOn's Pharmacy-Caldwell
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-06-20
Along West Frontier

Along West Frontier, June 8 -
The village of Reinersville was so
quiet the 9th you could hear the
termites at work.
But-on the 10th, the hamlet was
all aquivver, from the frosty morn
ing air and the rumble of heavy
laden coal trucks.
A car, from which the driver dis
appeared like mist was wrecked to
smithereens when it connected
with a bank on 78, between Har-
mon and Blackburn homes, about
the 5th.
The night of the 18th there was
a demonstration of the terpsichor-
can art at the village "airdrome"
where feet TAXED across the var
nished floor in tuneful rythm to
Fishers Hornpipe, or something
The guest stars of the evening
were the elderly twins, 72 apiece.
John and James Nelson, James re-
sides at Cumberland, John at
WoodgroVe. However, James, hav-
ing fed his 10 acres to the coal
octopus at SO many mazumas has
bought a home at Beverly and
plans removal there this fall.
Charles McManniS, who has been
employed by the John Hursh road
building company near Marietta, is
now dissociated with that work
and has resumed his farming.
Arthur Sealock, Jr., marine vet
eran of the Pacific theatre. and
who has been taking a conserva-
ton course at OSU, is now with
his parents at Reinersville and will
not resume schooling there until
October.
The Misses Joy Hutchins and
Vivian Roster, employed in Zancs-
vile, were recent guests of parents
at Reinersville, over Sunday, re-
turning the 10th.
Claude Simmons, Jr., who was
recently discharged from the navy
after about three years service is
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Simmons of Reiners-
vile.
The night of the 11th, during an
electrical storm, two cows belong
ing to James Zimmerman of the O.
o. Welch farm were killed.
While helping load the Rohr-
bough truck with logs at the Phillis
farm, the 9Th, John Phillis sus-
tanned a fracture of breast bone
when struck by a log. Another in
jury was received at the time to
the arch of one of his feet He, how
ever, is out and around.
A car went "berSerk" in Reiners-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-06-20
House Passes
Terminal Leave
Bill For GIs

Washington - The House passed
and sent to the Senate a bill to
give an average of $3.50 terminal
leave pay to each of about 15,000,-
900 enlisted men and women who
served in the armed forces during
the war.
The bill would be retroactive for
service since Sept. 8, 1889. It would
give enlisted persons pay for un-
usued leave on comparable basis
with officers, except that it would
be paid in a lump sum.
1t is estimated that the bill
would cost about $2,OO0.OO0,0O0 for
the army and $1,OOO,OOO,OOO for the
other services.
1t was predicted that the Senate
would send the measure to White
House for final approval before
the proposed Summer recess ex-
pected to begin in mid-July.
Enlisted men and women would
be entitled to pay for up to 80 days
of unused leave a year, but not to
exceed a total of 120 days. They
would be eligible for payment in a
lump sum on application. They
would merely have to submit a
sworn statement that they had ac-
cumulated so much unused leave at
the time of their discharge.