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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19

Ellis and Miss Katherine Wilson
were visitors to Hattiesburg and
Mount Olive Sunday. AT Mt.
Olive thev were guests OF the
Rev. G. H. Mcbride and fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick and chill
dren visited relatives in Mobile
Sunday.
Walter Martin of Jackson, Miss,
spent the weekend with his sister,
Mrs. w. H. Westphal. Saturday
evening they drove to Ocean
Springs to visit their brother,
Bruner Martin, and Mrs. Martin.
Friends viii be glad to learn
that Clifton Rouse and daughter
are convalescing after bad cases
of measles.
A welcoming party in honor
OF Eddie Barnes was given at
the home of Dollie Mae Barnes
Friday night when a number of
Young people gathered to greet
the honoree who has just returned
from four years service in the
Coast Guard. Games were direct
ed by Jean Bond after which re-
freshments of punch and cake
were served BY Miss Barnes. Id
ter in the evening weiners were
roasted over an outdoor fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Harris of
Ocean Springs, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Vincent, Mrs. Wayne Fer
rel and little son and Mrs. Val
rev Ladner and daughter of Pas
cagoula came to visit the grave
of their mother, Mrs. E. A. Ry-
ais, it being the anniversary OF
her birthday.
Mrs. Earl Bond and sons of
Gautier, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis AL
exander and children and Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Alexander of Pas
cagoula were visitors in the j.
M. Alexander home Sunday af-
ternoon.
DR.. F. j. Harrell of Biloxi paid
a professional visit to Vancleave
Thursday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19

ed the hherslization of re~instate-
ment privileges to remain in ei-
feet IN ii Janusry l. l947, Mr..
Shipmm said.
The reinstatement provision will
also apply 70 any NSLI policies
that lapse between now and then,
After Deeembx 81, 1916, regula-
tions that spplied before General
Rradley's announcement viii a
gain be effective
Permanent regulations govern
ing reinstatement require a ply
steal examination if date of rein
statement is more than six months
after the veterans separation
FROM the service. or more than
three months from the date of
lapse, whichever is later.
The liberalization does not af-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19
VanCleave

Mesdames Earl Davis and Ed
ward Vaughan and the latter's
small son and daughter, were
in Biloxi Friday visiting and
shopping.
Mrs. Lucille Means and son,
Raymond Earl Cobb, of Moss
Point were weekend guests OF
their parents and grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dryden Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sergrest
and little daughter, Callie; Mr..
Sergrest's father and mother and
two brothers, Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
rick Kelley and sons, Patrick
and James, Mr.. and Mrs. Dean
and sons, and Mesdames Houston
and Plant, all of Pascagoula were
Sunday visitors in the home of
Misses Susie and Fannie Waugh
an.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Leather
bury of Lacombe, La, with their
children, were weekend guests
of Mrs. Leatherbury's mother,
Mrs. Lyman Roberts.
The Rev. w. j. Walters preach
er Sunday morning and evening
at the Vancleave Methodist
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Tootle and
son, Archie, of Fontaineblcau,
came Sunday to attend service
at the Methodist church.
Mesdames j. w. Kelley and
Walter Green were in Vancleave
Sunday morning to attend the
services at the Methodist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Spaulding
and Mrs. Rose Monroe of Fort
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19
Bayou were also present.

- NH+1 3A-V RANoIifts
The Rev. Ford Parker preach
ed Sunday morning and evening
at the Vancleave Baptist church.
MIR. and Mrs. Vertis Ramsay
and son, Stewart Holm, of Pas
eagoula and Mr.. and Mrs. Keble
Ramsay of Gulfport were Sun
day guests of their mother, Mrs.
Norman w. Ramsay.
Mrs. Wyeth Ramsay left Mon
day for Philadelphia, Penn. to
join her husband who is attend
ing the University of Pennsyi-
vania.
Misses Jean Bond and Mary
Alice Holden were weekend guests
of Miss Juanita Havens at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Ravens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Havens and
daughters. Misses Juanita and
Winifred Ravens, and Miss Mar
jorie Hawley were in Biloxi
Monday.
The Rev. and Mrs. w. ]. Walt
ers will leave Friday for Moselle
to attend the graduation exereis-
es at the Moselle High school,
their son. Dudley. being a mem
Der OF the class. Their grandson,
Joe Allen Burton, will go as far
as Gulfport with them for a Wis
it with his mother.
The Rev. and Mrs. w. J. Walt
ers had as their guests during
the weekend Mr.. Walters brother,
A. F. Walters of Moselle and
nephew, Frank Walters and his
wife and children Of Hattiesburg,
and James Walters of Moselle.
Mrs. B. E. Ellis, Miss Beatrice
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19
authorize VA 10 do 50.

authorize VA TO do so.
Veterans who are totally dis
ablcd for a period of at least
six consecutive months may APP
ply to VA for waiver Of premiums
on their NSLI. Mr.. Shipman add
ed. Before the granting of the
waiver. however, the veteran must
continue premium payments.
Premiums that have been paid
and that are then waived are re-
funded.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19
C BOYS ENLIST

Announcement is made from
the army recruiting office in the
city hall that Oliver Bosarge,
324 Herrick street. Carl Elkins,
1923 Lee street, and Fred Nelson
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19

The Einsleni 70 maIA THAT mat
ter can be converted into energy
completely was not Experimental
~ proven until III years after It
as propounded in 1905.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19
Insurance For
Veterans May
Be Reinsiaied

Veterans who have let their ma
tional service life insurance poll
cies lapse may reinstate them
without physical examination If
they submit a signed statement
they are in as good health as
at the time of lapse, w. S. Ship
man, manager, Veterans Admin
istration Regional Office in Jack
son, announced today.
General Omar N. Bradley. Vet
Grams Administrator, has direct
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19

Of TT /, Paseageula. have en-
listed in the army
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19

Nearly all snowflakes are six
sided. as are honey bees cells.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-19

Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Tootle and
son, Archie, of Fontaineblcau,
came Sunday to attend service
at the Methodist church.
Evening star., 1946-01-30

point seems to be altogether too generally
held by some people in the so-called
metropolis. 1t is true that the matters
OF local interest are important to Cleve-
landers. They are important to New
Workers, too, as is shown by an inspec-
ton Of the most widely read New York
papers. But even a little travel will
reveal that New Yorkers show no edge
over other cities in interest in national
and international affairs. II generali-
cation Is possible, I would say, on the
basis Of great deal Of travel throughout
this country, that the people you meet
outside Of New York are as keenly and
informatively concerned with national
and international news as are New
Yorkers.
The New York Times gives itself and
New York completely away in another
part of the same Monday paper. In an
editorial deploring the rundown condi-
ton Of its public libraries. it says: New
York City spends 81 cents per capita
on libraries, Cleveland $227; New York
City has four-tenths of q book per
capita in its libraries, Cleveland 25 vol
umes; one staff member in New York
City serves 1886 population, in Cleveland
LOTS population"
In the same editorial, the cultural
deficit" Of the richest city in the world
is dcplored. II may be that New York's
cultural deficit" Is what accounts for
the Times correspondents droll idea
that Cleveland people are not much
interested In their Nation and the world.
Oslsassd b. the Associated Nswspapsra 1ne.)
Evening star., 1946-01-30

OF many of its old members, Is as active
as IN the days Of the German occu-
patton. Its leaders, who work under as
sumed names, have real organizations
Of ! 900 Or more men each, publish their
own newspapers and possess short-wave
radio communications. There are daily
clashes with the government forces and
with the Red army OF occupation. Men,
bers Of the underground, of course,
avoid open engagements and follow
guerrilla tactics. Their hideouts are in
forests and marshes, and the Polish
Russian reprisal troops have hard time
finding them.
When caught, the men can hope for
no mercy; a summary court martial
makes 1t its business to hang or shoot
them on the spot But 1t is difficult for
the Warsaw authorities to find out who
belongs to the underground. Sometimes
whole villages, seemingly law-abiding
settlements, are on their side. Soil
tillers and artisans who appear to be
peaceful citizens In the daytime become
raiders Of isolated and weak military
police posts at night. In the former
German portions Of Poland from Stettin
to Silesia the Germans are joining these
forces, and it is very dificvlt for the
constituted authorities, sponsored by
Moscow. to keep order.
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In Yugoslavia there is similar situ-
alton. Gen. Draja Mihailovich, whom
the forces of Marshal Tito have never
been able to catch, still represents the
forces of resistance and has many fol-
lowers among the inhabitants of old
Serbia and some even in Croatia and
Dalmatia
Gen. Mihailovich has regular" force
estimated at between $4,000 and $4,000
men. This force is still sufficiently well
provided with arms and ammunition to
resist any attempt of Tito's legions to
defeat it.
Early in 1945, when 1t appeared that
Tito-a Moscow appointee-was going to
establish a constitutional republic based
on freedom, Mihailovichs star seemed
to be on the wane.
The methods adopted by Tito have
disillusioned even some Of his ardent
adherents, including members of the
army and the OZNA (the secret police)
These men and women are now secretly
siding with Mihailovich and are not only
helping his foraging detachments in
raiding government stores but also swell
ing the ranks of the Chetniks who have
found safety In the fastness of the Di-
nara and Bosnian Mountains, where
neither tanks nor airplanes are of much
avail in guerrilla fighting.
A similar situation is said to be de-
veloping in Bulgaria and Romania, al
though reliable reports are difficult to
obtain. The bandits" and underground
forces are said to be still loosely organ
lied and lacking in the leadership which
exists in Poland and Yugoslavia.
On the whole, however, the picture
which American observers bring back
from all those sections Of Europe is
worse than what the historians say
existed in the darkest hours of the Mid
die Ages.
Evening star., 1946-01-30
r Form Letters Preferred

Form Letters Preferred
To the Editor of The Star:
A very routine letter before me is an
acknowledgment of change Of address.
1t is typewriter and bears the signature
of L. H. Sims, Brigadier General, U. S.
Army, director of the Army Service
Forces Office Of Dependency Benefits.
Such marked attention to type of
communication of which the Army must
receive thousands daily is, Of course,
very fattering; but printed or mime
ographed form letters would serve the
purpose just as well and release many
GIs, who could find much better use
for their time.
If my husband must stay in the Army
to perform such trif1ing duties, his time
could be much better employed in help
ing me with the care of our child. There
must be many wives and mothers who
feel the same way. I'm sure printed
card would be very acceptable to any of
us, If it would shorten our husbands
length Of service.
Incidentally, this is the second COM
munication answering the same letter.
I think the matter would bear investiga-
tion, don't youa
MRS. ]. r HARPSTER.
Evening star., 1946-01-30
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,Un

American military and civilian OBJ
servers who have returned recently from
Europe say that almost complete an.
archy reigns in the entire area from
Italy to the borders of the Soviet Union.
They say unorganized bands Of armed
men are rowing about, plundering and
assassinating, because OF hunger and
privations. Then there is a powerfully
organized political underground in
Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Po-
land which is fighting the puppet gov
ernments and the Red armies assisting
them.
The hunger bands" which pose as
modern Robin Hoods, are particularly
active in Italy and less virulent in West
ern Germany.
The situation is very confused in
Italy. From the point of view of modern
international law, Italy is neither fish
nor fowl, nor good red herring The
country surrendered to the Allies in
September, 1913; few months later it
became cobelligerent by throwing the
remainder of its organized forces against
the Germans on the side of the Allies
It's navy, with Italian personnel, was
placed under Allied command and
helped convoy Allied shipping through
the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian
Ocean.
The optimistically minded italian
leaders believed that after such actions
they would be taken into the Allied
fold. The rank and file of the popula-
ton was less prestige minded" and
more interested in food and other es-
Sentials. They believed that the diplo-
matte recognition of Italy would result
in large quantities Of foodstuffs being
poured into the country.
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So long as the fighting went on, the
situation was bad but not desperate.
Some crumbs came from the American
and British forces. Moreover, the polit-
icos in Rome kept the people hoping
for better conditions by telling them
that after the Nazi collapse more ship
ping would be available to transport
food and coal for the civilians. This
did not happen, and as result the des-
perate population has formed bands of
brigands which are taking whatever
they can from whoever has something
left. In many instances the police can
not cope with the situation, either be-
cause they do not have suficient
strength or because they are in SYM
pathy with the bands.
In Germany the situation Is far worse,
since the limited supplies sent in by the
UNRRA are distributed only to displaced
persons, that is to say. mont Germans
The well-organized bands Of Robin
Hoods, armed with machine guns and
modern rifles, are raiding stores belong
ing to the forces of occupation. or the
UNRRA and also are posing as the
advanced guard" of Germany's liberia
tion forces. They are frequently led by
officers and often become reckless be-
cause all they can lose is their lives
And life is Of little value in the former
Reich today.
In Poland the underground, composed
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Atomic Object Lesson

President Truman has acted wise
ly in giving his approval to Secre-
tary of State Byrnes' recommends
tion that the United Nations Atomic
Energy Commission be invited to
witness the forthcoming bomb tests
on guinea pig" fleet at Bikini
Atoll in the Pacific This highly
important commission, charged with
tremendous responsibilities in a
world now entering the threshold
of an atomic age, should have an
opportunity to see the potentiali-
ties for destruction of the awe-in-
spring forces loosed by the split
ting of the atom How better can
the members of the commission ap-
preciate the gravity of their respon-
sibilities than by viewing an actual
demonstration of atomic power as
weapon of war? What better in
centive could they have to carry
= forward with grim determination
their task of seeking to preclude
mankind's destruction by sciences
fearful new discovery?
The presence at a respectful dis
tance of foreign observers at the
Bikini experiments would in no wise
compromise the secrecy properly
surrounding the manufacture and
operation of the bomb itself. These
secrets we propose to keep, at least
until such time as the United Ma
tions Organization has set up ade-
quate safeguards against improper
use of the information. There is
a move in the House to consider
legislation designed to prevent dis
closure to other powers of the re-
suits of the atom-versus-w -warships
tests. Aside from the difficulties
of erecting a censorship barrier i'm
pervious to leaks in a demonstra-
ton of the scope contemplated, it
is not clear what would be gained
by attempting to draw veil over
the broad results OF the tests. The
terrible destructive power of less
efficient bombs at Hiroshima and
Nagasaki is well known to the world
and little imagination Is needed to
arrive at the conclusion that no ship
OF present design and armament Is
capable Of standing up to the dew
astating explosive power and metal
Evening star., 1946-01-30
A Temporary Mukeshift

Lie latest prOnOuncement OF the
Fine Arts Commission, accepted by
President Truman, has the effect of
simplifying the plans drawn up by
Lorenzo S. Winslow for the expansion
OF the White House 1t now def
nitely is settled that there will be
no museum and no cafeteria at
tached to the Executive Mansion.
Those projects are dead, and Con-
gress doubtless can be trusted to see
to it that they remain dead.
Meanwhile, the commission con-
ceoes something to expediency by
agreeing to the construction of an
annex to the existing west wing of
the White House to meet the Pres
ident's imperative need for addi
tional office space. But it does not
abandon the principle to which it
has been committed since 1902
namely, that all such patchwork
excrescences must be regarded as.
temporary and nothing but tempo
rary. 1t knows that the basic prob
lem of providing a proper, modern
Office building for the Chief Execu-
tive cannot be solved even by trebling
the facilities now available. The
statement released by the commits
sion yesterday places new emphasis
on the demand for a genuine per-
manent Solution-outside the White
House grounds but near enough to
be as convenient to the Presidents
Official home as may be feasible.
If Mr.. Truman is determined to
proceed with the proposed extension
OF the west wing, in spite of earnest
opposition from many sources, it is
assumed that he will insist that the
addition will be plainly, conspicu-
ously temporary in character. That
is all that the commission has con-
sented to, and it has been demon
strated again and again that it is
all that the public at large can be
persuaded to approve. There must
be no complication of the elemental
issue in time to come because the
annex now finally agreed to by the
commission and indorsed by the
President has been built too we'll, too
solidly, too durably.. 1t should be
remembered that the existing west
wing was supposed to be temporary,
yet it has lasted more than forty
years.
Congress has the major RESPONSE
olllty in the circumstances-the
responsibility to authorize and fur
nish funds for the permanent office
building which the Chief Executive
demonstrably needs. The temporary
annex which the Fine Arts CommIs-
sion has approved is only a make
shift.
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Looking Down a City's Nose
BY Ravn ond Moley

At this writing, Cleveland is entering
its fourth week without newspapers. A
strike is. of course, the reason the out
of-town papers which come in are
eagerly, even madly, snatched up. A
mob scene was reported on Sunday, a
week ago, when the out-of-town papers
arrived at large news store.
A story on Cleveland's troubles was
published on Monday, the 28th, in the
New York Times, written by a special
correspondent of that paper. The story
will not contribute to the happiness Of
Cleveland when the said Times reaches
that city. Nor will it please the intelli-
gent people in any city except New York.
For the story says:
Unlike New Workers. whose first in
terest is news Of international or ma
tional significance, Clevelanders want
local news, the little fires, accidents and
crimes, as well as the big sensational
scandals and significant developments in
the life Of their city and region.
They want the list Of births, engage
ments and marriages licensed and cele-
brated along with long lists Of re-
ports Of security and property sales. They
want to compare the prices, the advan-
tages and styles Of goods, and other items
Of news they formerly found In display
advertising columns"
The writer Of this account must have
arrived at his relative evaluation OF
newspaper readers In New York and
Cleveland as result OF long isolation on
Manhattan Island. For his curious view.
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Letters to The Star
ALLEGES Security. Discrimination
Against Working Women

To the Editor of The Star:
Much Is being written with regard to
proposed broadening OF the social se-
curity plan, but there Is one aspect Of
the plan as it already exists which to
me needs publicity and correction.
On the face OF it, theoretically at least,
the plan proposes benefits to all citizens
who are compelled to contribute to it
from their earnings. Yet I wonder how
many realize that it discriminates
against the large number Of women
who start working In their 20s and sos
and then marry, as is usual, in less than
10 years, leaving the field of outside
employment.
In figuring up my personal resources
insurance, etc.-recently, had occa-
sion to study the operations and bene-
fits of social security, and much to nv
dismay 1t appeared to me that although
I had contributed since 1937-up to 1945
on an average salary of $1,000, was
not included in the category of those
who, at IS, would receive some return
for my contribution.
Seeking further information at the
Field Office of Social Security, they
confirmed my fears. One must have
worked either 40 quarters, or one-half
the time between 1887 (when Social Sc
curity became effective) and ones
65th birthday, whichever is the lesser
period. This automatically excludes
most women, as statistics will prove,
believe, that a great number of women
work less than 10 years, the largest
number getting married before they
are 3d. In unusual cases, because of
depressions. ETC., other women are COM
PEELED to work for periods varying from
one to five years, after their marriage.
While in the United States many
women are forced to seek outside en-
ployment for the same number OF years
as the average man, this does not hold
true of the majority of women, and as
stated by the clerk in sthe field Office
unless you die next year (still in the
40s) you get nothing. and all that you
paid in over a period of eight years be-
comes part of the general fund. If you
die next year, or very shortly, your hus-
band or family receives lump sum
payment" Qn that case I would come
under the coverage of currently in
sured.D
1t seems to me that some provision
should be made for refunding at least
the amounts contributed by the en-
ployes in such cases, permitting the
employers contribution to go into the
general fund.
This condition should be recognized
We have no choice as to whether or not
we wish to contribute. Statistics will
prove how many can be Disseminated
against in this manner, and the average
life expectancy is still 50 years-so the
odds are against us as working women.
M. P. s.