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Evening star., 1946-08-06
Maritime Problem

When the American freighter
William J. Riddle rammed into
the United States Lines American
Farmer last Wednesday $50 miles
of the English coast, the stage was
set for a treasure race as dramatic
as any in recent maritime annals
and the winner probably will not be
| known until the courts have delved
into the confusing claims and rem
dered decision in accordance with
admiralty law and maritime tradi-
ton. The fog of circumstances sur
rounding the salvage of the valuable
derelict is almost as thick, in fact,
as the one which led to the collision
of the freighters.
From what has been published, it
appears that an international treas
ure hunt was touched off by radio
reports that the Farmer might have
remained afioat after she was aban-
doned in sinking condition by her
crew. Two British salvage tugs set
out from the French coast in quest
OF the prize, estimated to carry a
100000 cargo of grain and food
products. The ship herself was worth
more than that. Being derelict if
still af1oat, it was case of finders
keepers" subject to legal rules re-
garding division of proceeds between
owners of the salvage vessel and
members of her crew. These rules
OF the sea are of ancient origin and
are intended to encourage the sal
wage of wrecks that might otherwise
be neglected. Most of the prize
money traditionally goes to the
owner of the salvage ship, although
admiralty courts have been known
to deal most generously with crews
which rlsked their lives to effect the
salvage.
IN the present case, small British
freighter which was in the vicinity
of the collision scene won the race
to find and capture" the damaged
Farmer. The British crew began
to tow the American ship toward
Wales. A short while later a sister
ship of the Farmer, the American
Ranger, reached the scene, in COM
pany with an American DESTROYER
and tug. What happened then is
not clear, except that an American
merchant crew appears to have
taken over, cast off the toWline,
started the Farmers engines and
headed the ship toward England. It
is not likely that the owners or crew
OF the British ship will surrender
the Farmer without at least a vigor-
Gus legal battle. More is involved
than prior arrival at the scene. The
courts have held that ability to
effect the safe return to port of a
derelict Is factor to be weighed in
deciding rival salvage claims. An
interesting and probably long court
suit is in prospect.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Caribbean Eurthouukes

The West Indies are a relatively
new part of the world. Indeed, 1t
is not inaccurate to speak of them
as still being in process of forma-
tlon. Some islands gradually are
rising, others subsiding. Hundreds
OF thousands of years hence the
changes now current may have
terminated. If SO, further mutations
of different-and perhaps more
notably catastrophe sort-would
follow. This is a way of saying
that the earth is a mobile planet
Nothing about it is rigidly settled.
1t Will cease to be mutable only If
1t becomes, as the moon is, dead
body
But such philosophic observations
mean little to the populations of the
Caribbean countries shaken on Sun
day and again yesterday. The
shocks are described as being of
Slight intensity" yet Fordham Uni
versity reports the principal tremor
to have been "the most severe re-
corded since its observatory was
established in 1910. All circum-
stances considered, it is remarkable
that damage in the Dominican
Republic particularly has not been
greater than dispatches indicate.
Further disturbances, with more
disastrous loss of human lives and
more costly damage to property, are
conceivable. Earthquakes have
habit of running in seasons" In
1867 and 1868, the Virgin Islands
were disturbed again and again.
The series chronicled in that archi-
pelago at that time included many
separate and distinct vibrations in
a single day.
BY way of explanation, it has been
mentioned that the Caribbean area
embraces "the deepest portion" of
the Atlantic Ocean. The pressure
on the top crusts of adjacent islands,
OF course, is terrif1c-just as the
impact of the waters of the Tusca-
rora "hole' in the Pacific is sternly
felt in japan. But supplementary
factors likewise are involved. The
surface of the earth does not shift
simply because of the weight of the
seas. Volcanoes, erosion, torrential
rains resulting in floods and certain
other mysterious, sketchily under
stood contributory elements must be
taken into account. The explosion
of atomic bombs at Bikini has moth
ing to do with the present case. A
much more reasonable theory Is
that of "faulting" in the drowned
mountains which in ages past con-
nected the hills of Venezuela with
those of North Carolina.
Meanwhile, there will be people in
scattered quarters of the globe who,
knowing their Bibles, will think of
the words in Matthew, xxiv7, penned
roughly nineteen centuries ago:
Nation shall rise against nation,
Evening star., 1946-08-06

t1on could be found which would be
wholly satisfactory both to the Italians
and the Yugoslavs. That meant that
the great powers would have to ham
mer out a compromise solution and
then make it stick. The available power
balance was on the side of the Yugo-
slavs who had Russian support as well.
The American and British land forces
in the crucial area amounted only to
two and one-half divisions. But at
the very moment when threats of force
were being heard from local sources,
there arrived at Trieste the American
cruiser Fargo and two deStroyers. Curl
ously enough, two British cruisers and
a destroyer arrived at about the same
time. Shortly thereafter the council of
Foreign Ministers was able to reach
an agreement on compromise settle
ment for presentation to the confer
ence now sitting here in the Luxem-
bourg Palace.
Certainly it would be gross over
simplification to say that in these two
instances we are dealing with cause
and effect. But there is little doubt in
the minds of unprejudiced observers
here that the deployment OF naval
forces was in both cases timely and
most helpful
Tt seems to me that the future peace
of Europe will, for long time, be
largely dependent on the degree of
practical interest which the American
people take in European affairs. AS an
instruments for this purpose, our naval
power becomes of paramount irnpor-
tance. The maintenance of a strong
American naval force in European
waters Is essential to the support of q
strong American voice at European
council tables. This should not be under
stood either at home or abroad as a
waving of the big stick" It is rather
a sensible realization of the fact
which is still fact-that force under
lies all diplomacy.
tCopyrisht, 1946.l
Evening star., 1946-08-06
MuiIbox Thieves

Inc secret Service has issued a
timely warning to the public, espe-
cially to veterans, to be on guard
against type of crime that is in
creasing almost in proportion to the
rise in Federal payments to former
Servicemen and their beneficiaries.
In its report for the fiscal year,
which ended June 80, the Secret Serv-
ice disclosed that nearly 10000
forged Government checks were re-
ceived for investigation, as COM
pared with 16,500 the previous fiscal
year. Most of these checks appar-
emily had been stolen from mail
boxes in residential sections by
thieves who make a practice of fol-
lowing in the footsteps of the mail
man.
Since Treasury checks for vet
erans' insurance, disability pay
ments or other purposes are mailed
in long manila window" envelopes
that are easily identifable, the thief
in an apartment lobby or in the
vestibule of home has little trou-
BILE in spotting his quarry among
other letters. The surprising thing
about this racket is not the ease with
which the checks are stolen, but the
success which the thieves have in
cashing them. The stolen check
must be Endorsed before a bank
or other agency will cash it, but
some tellers evidently have been lax
in requiring identification or in
checking on credentials submitted.
With 100000 additional checks
due to be mailed out under the GI
terminal leave pay legislation, the
opportunities for fraud will be null
tiplied. Check thieves and forgers
undoubtedly are looking forward to
field day at the expense of vet
Grams and other recipients of Gov
ernment benefits. The situation de-
mands increased vigilance, not only
on the part of owners of mail boxes
but of those who cash Federal
checks for persons not known to
them.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

woods" are worth repeating here:
Be sure your cigarette is out. Break
your match after extinguishing it.
Never start fire you cannot control.
Extinguish your campfire to the last
spark. Aid the law in hunting down
"f1rebugs." BY following these rea-
sonable rules you will be doing your
full share toward winning the battle
against forest fires.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Our sympathy, like that of the judge.
is with that California juror who blurt-.
ed out, We'll, I'll be damned!" after
patter of professional gibberish on the
part of physician on the witness stand.
How else could the poor man have
been expected to respond when the doc.
tor, asked to state simply the cause Of
a mans death, said: We'll in plain Ian
guage % he died of an edema of the
brain that followed cerebral thrombosis,
or possibly embolism that followed in
turn arterio-sclerosis of gangrenous
cholecystitis.
We know of just one thing that
matches this, and that is Hegels deflni-'
tion of love. Hegel said: Love is the
ideality of the relativity of the reality
of an infinitesimal portion of the ab-.
solute totality Of the infinite being"
Wow!
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Kutydid

A tDarning comes with keen repeated
- singing,
Although a ,pnrmth OF summer glad
ness still
Is here Darning that a rapier
stinging
viii Vhiten meadow, Held and or
chard-hiH.
But, euen so. the late rose blooms un.
daunted,
And scarlet sage unseals flaming fire;
Along each country road is gaily faunted
The eloto OF stars in many an aster
spire.
But, heart, you kno,o the fnH prophetic
You. ,oho haze telt the fingers OF the
frost
T,uining ,ohite petals in the hair, and
cleaning
Carnipal bubbles youth so toildly
tossed.
Haste, then, repair the shutter, mend
the coat,
Eren though hoary days still seem
remote.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS
Evening star., 1946-08-06
This and That
By Charles E. Trace1Uell.

CATHEDRAL AVE.
Dear Sir:
ut is commonly stated that robins
cock their heads in order better to hear
the noise allegedly made by earth
worms in masticating.
Has 1t been actually determined that
discovery of the worm Is accomplished
by hearing?
Il ask because 1t seems much more
probable that vision is the perceptual
sense employed
Worms do INCEST soil but they do
not chew it, depending on a 'gizzard
to grind up ingested material and on
digestive Juices to extract nutritive sub
stances. Therefore, 1t Is doubtful
whether an audible degree of noise ac-
companies ingestion or digestion.
Worms bring their tunnels to the
surface and also dig on or Immediately
beneath the surface, in the latter case
like moles-forming visible ridges of
loose earth
Robins refexly turn their heads to-
ward the source of noise, but I have
never observed birds to cock their heads
to one side unless to bring acute CEN
trail vision into play for better dis
elimination.
IF am wrong in my belief, I should
like to be corrected.
Very truly yours, H. w. s."
n Is
DR.. S. is right
Most people believe the bird Is lis
tening" when he takes that pose and
cocks his head, and perhaps hearing
does play some part in it, but mainly
he catches his worm by seeing him.
He actually sees him, as the worm
pokes his head out of the earth.
The idea that robins listen has so
caught the popular fancy that many
persons who know better fall into the
habit of believing it,
Most of the perception, in this case
is done by sight.
The birds eyes are on the sides of his
head and if he tries to look squarely
at his prey, his bill gets in the way.
So he turns his head, bringing into
play the central vision of which our
correspondent speaks.
In this manner he is much better able
to see the slight ridge which the worm
turns up as he comes along.
All Is not honey, however, for Mr..
Robin, for although the worm is sight
less he has the benefit of instinct,
which often tells him a robin is look
ing his way.
He pulls his head in with a Jerk,
leaving the hungry robin biting the
dust.
The noise which the robin also hears
is not any sound of digestion, of course,
but the very slight slither the worm
makes in going through the soil.
Robins possess fine aural canals. and
it is not at all impossible that they
can hear worm sliding along. Also
the earth movement might be hear
able.
In the main, however, the robin sees
his food, rather than hears it.
These wonderful birds have many
habits of interest.
One of the most interesting is their
manner of keeping their nests clean.
Every time they feed the young they
clean the nest, and do you know how
they do it?
The excreta is in mucous capsules
which are thus easily removed, either
to be dropped afar or eaten by the par
ent birds.
There is nothing mice" in nature
nSSoibi1a6 W iClAlC0 StdIludI US
When we deal with animals, fishes, in
sects we have to learn that most ele-
mentary of lessons, to take them as they
come, and to accept what we find
whether we like 1t or not.
When you see robin with capsule
in his beak remember that you are
witnessing sanitary process and q
very amazing one.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
The Missouri 'Puroe'

Although nearby Virginia is hav-
Ing its first primary battle for a
Senate seat in many years, chief
interest here and throughout the
country will center today on the
fifth Missouri congressional district,
where Representative Roger c.
Slaughter is seeking to retain his
seat in the House against the COM
bined purge" efforts of President
Truman, the Pendergast organiza-
tion and the CIO-PAC.
A conservative Democrat, Mr.
Slaughter has used his position on
the important House Rules Commit
tee to combat portions of the Presi-
dents legislative program of which
he dlsapproVed-a strategy which
brought Mr.. Truman into the pri-
mary fight with his recent press con-
ference statement that IF Slaughter
is right, then I am wrong" This
presidential attack, however, has
not persuaded Mr.. Slaughter to trim
his sails. Instead, he seems to be
trying to make capital out of it, the
dominant note of his campaign
being denunciation of what he de-
ScribeS as an effort by "the execu-
tive" to dominate the legislative
branch of the Government. He has
also joined issue with the Political
Action Committee, which he accuses
of seeking to take over the Demo-
cratic party. Mr.. Slaughter says
that Il intend to oppose in the fu-
. ture, as have in the past, the Com
muniSt philosophy of the PAC, in
Guiding legislation which it demands,
such as the FEPC bill"
His principal opponent, Enos AK
tell, has been indorsed by the Pen
dergast organization, presumably in
collaboration with the President,
and has said nothing in his cam
paign to attract national attention.
Apparently he is relying mainly on
the support of the machine" There
is third man in the race, however,
who has a reputation as liberal
and who is said to have the indorse-
ment of the AFL. Ordinarily one
might expect that this candidate,
Jerome Walsh, would also have CIO
support, but the PAC evidently con-
cluded to throw its support to Axtell,
who has a better chance to win. Mr..
Walsh is rather bitter about the ar
rangement, and is urging the Negro
and labor groups to support him and
not to be Influenced by "the sell-out
to Pendergast."
With this lineup, according to
most political observers on the scene,
the contest will be decided by the
extent to which Republicans cross
party lines and vote in the Demo-
cratic primary, which they can do
under Missouri law by pledging
themselves to support the primary
winner in the general election. 1t
Is expected that considerable num-
ber of Republicans from the silk
stocking" district will support Mr..
Slaughter, while the PAC is said to
be urging Negro Republicans to 90
into the primary and vote against
the incumbent. The best guess
seems to be that Mr.. Axtell would
win in total vote of around 10000
while the winner if the total reaches
10000 will be Mr. Slaughter. In the
latter event, the inference would be
that the open opposition of Mr..
Truman and the PAC had stirred up
enough COP voters to elect the man
who is described as having the Num-
ber l on spot this years purge list
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Further Reply to Mr.. Lawrence

Further Reply to Mr.. Lawrence
To the Editor OF The Star:
have read with interest the exchange
of letters between David Lawrence and
Union Printer" arising from Mr.. Law
rence's recent column labelling the
typographical unions demands an
abuse of collective bargaining.
But nowhere have I seen mentioned
what appears to me to be the most
significant fact In the dispute, the fact
that Mr.. Lawrence, publisher, employs
substantial number of printers who
have made these demands on him.
Therefore, when Mr.. Lawrence COM
plains against these contract demands,
he does 1t not from the ivory tower of
a detached colunnist, but because they
directly affect his business. Nor is Mr..
Lawrence shedding crocodile tears"
over the fate Of the Washington busi-
ness he knows Of which will be forced
to close up If the printers demands are
enforced; his tears are real, since the
business Is his own and the increased
payments would come from his own
pocketbook.
do not usually approve of unsigned
letters, but since I am an employe of
Mr.. Lawrence Il strongly suspect Union
Printer" is, too) it would be wiser for
me to remain ANONYMOUS.
Editors Note: In fairness to Mr..
Lawrence it should be pointed out that
he did not write as columnist in refer
ence to the effect of printers demands
on local business; the reference was
contained in letter from him to the
Editor of The Starr
Another Native Georgian Speaks
To the Editor of The Star:
I want to congratulate Henry l.. Nc
Lemore on his article In the July 26
issue of The Star.
i, too, feel ashamed to admit that I
was born in Georgia, especially after
reading in the same issue of the
awful crime committed at Monroe, Ga,
presume as a result OF the Talmadge
doctrine Of white supremacy"
MRS. EUGE HILEY.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

After long lapse the tobacco
markets of the South are open
again. Auctioneers feel confident
that although they may be bit
rusty at the moment, within a week
or two they can eliminate all traces
of intelligibility from their talk and
get back into pure tobacconese.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

and kingdom against kingdom, and
there shall be famines and pesti-
lences and earthquakes in divers
places" The parallel surely has
lesson for all who are willing to be
taught.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

A Jap was found in the Philip
pines few days ago who declared
that Japan had won the war. He
did not, however, 60 so far as to
claim that the Athletics had cinched
the American League pennant this
year.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

Carpenters are known by their
cnlps, just as a certain politician
is known by the letters that he
wrote to General Eisenhower.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

Many social light is a dim bulb
outside of that special field.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-27
New Heods Nomed
For Two Divisions
Of Locul Red Cross

Two new division heads have
been announced by Miss Nellie
Tallman, executive secretary, for
the Jackson County chapter of
the American Red Cross.
Mrs. John F. Rudolph is new
knitting chairman and will be at
the Red Cross offices in the old
Central school building on South
Pascagoula street from 10 a. m.
to IL noon each Wednesday to
give out yarn and instructions.
There is a good deal Of yarn on
hand, Miss Tallman said, and
sleeveless sweaters for the Army
are being knitted.
Mrs. c. II. Gray has been NAM
ed chairman of the home nurs-
ing division. Plans are being
made to hold classes through
the county and also a Junior Red
Cross home nursing curse. She
will attend an institute in BIZ
loxi October 8 where area direc-
tors will conduct a course on
home nursing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-27
Woman Club Protests Amusement
Features Proposed For Beach Park

The summer adjournment 1t was
opened by Mrs. Charles H. Gray,
TIE retiring president, who con
ducsed a short Business meeting
It Which old matters were cleared
UP and some new ones were TAX
en- up.
Among these was the report Of
the nominating committee head
ed by Mrs. r. T. Justice. This was
accepted and the following were
unanimously elected to office:
Officers Installed
Mrs friedrich A. Graef. presi-
dents Mrs. Harrison q. Oiis, vice
president; Mrs. Joe @. Leather
bury, secretary Mrs. Archibald
j. Grnssiek, treasurer; Mrs. John
II. Cole, parliamentarian and
Ms. RAYMOND II. King, histo-
rian.
Following this, Mrs. Henry
Gautior, the retiring secretary
fead several letters. Among shege
were two from Mrs. j. t. Frame.
The first was her resignation at
correspond ng secretary, and the
othes was a letter from her thank
ing the club for the understand
ing and sympathy which prompt
ed the sending Of flowers to Mr..
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-27

feIFow rangers, received special
lied training in maintenance and
operation of forest fire fighting
equipment, radio and telephone
communication facilities, as well
as training in international ard
educational methods Tor present.
ing forestry information to the
citizens of their respective areas.
OF particular interest was the
development Of the use of radio
facV ties in gapid communica-
ton for detecting and suppressing
forest fires. Dispatching meth
DDS for handling trained crews
IN fire suppression was stressed.
Ranger Hazard. who serves the
forested areas OF Area No. %,
George and Jackson countless
maintains Headquarters at Luce
dale.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-27
Hearing Tests
Vital For Adjusted
Child. Parents Told

A child who can not hear well
does not stand a fair chance with
other children in the schoolroom.
For him, sounds may be distort-
ed, fuzzy or fragmentary. He
miSunderstands directions be-
cause he may not hear all the
words or syllables or because
what ne thinks he hears is en-
9'rely opposite in meaning to
what is actually said. Many a
child is considered slow about
learning, contrary or defiant,
timid or uninterested and lack
ing in self-confidence when he
is i'm reality hard Of hearing.
Such a child does not even have
a fair chance on the playground
or out of school
If detected and treated early,
at leas. so percent of the impair
ed hearing cases in young chill
dren can be improved, accord
ing to an authority who has
treated children over a period of
years. But since a person may
suffer almost that much loss of
hearing before it is noticed, a
child may be seriously handicap
ped and maladjusted before any
thing is done to help him. Dis
eases which may affect the hear
ing arc diptheria. scarlet fever,
humps, meningitis, mastoiditis.
measles ard anemia. Lack OF
proper food and vitamins, too
frequent fatigue and exhaustion
an also contribute to deafness.
Swimming and diving under wa
ter may also endanger hearing.
Nose blowing with nostrils held
closed can force infection into
the ear canals.
Parents who notice in a child
such symptoms as a strained
manner when listening, habitual
requests for repetition, a dun or
uninterested manner, failure to
understand instructions. tagging
in school work or slowness in
earning to talk should consult
: doctor to determine if there