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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
Along The Cape Fear

BUT NOT ONE NOTE-Today,
in violation of all known knoWn
to us, that isl laws of psychology,
we find ourself simultaneously
elated, disappointed, and angry.
Jenny Lind did come to Whining
ton.
But she sang not M note.
Last night, leafing through our
732-page tome of DR.. Sprunt' S
s'Chronicles," we came across the
full sweet sad, and maddenins
story.
AT THE STATION-In Decem-
Der. 1850, Jenny had just finished
her concerts n Richmond, Va. Her
next engagement was scheduled
for December 26 in Charleston, S. C..
To get from Richmond to Char
lesion she naturally had to travel
south. And naturally her route
took her through Wilmington.
And naturally the Wilmington
ians, not to be outdone by the
Richmondites and Charlestonians,
were waiting at the Wilmington,
and Weldon railroad station when
Jenny's train pulled in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
GOLD HUNT
TO Be CONTINUED
Standard Oil, New Jersey
Plans Seismograph Tests
On Coast

ELIZABETH CITY, May 3.-(P-
The Standard Oil company of New
Jersey announced Friday that i
would continue it's search for oil
in Eastern North Carolina by max
ing an extensive seismograph sur.
vev of the Pamlico Sound area.
Standard is drilling an explora-
tory well near Buxton on Hatteras.
andt his well is scheduled to be
abandoned soon as a dry hole after
granite is reached, the announce
ment said.
A seismograph crew, consisting
of approximately Is men, will be-
gin working on the survey within
the next two weeks, and a house
boat, with a capacity of 80 persons,
has been towed from Norfolk to
Wanchese on Roanoke island to
house the crew.
Standard Oil engineers reported,
meanwhile, that drilling operations
at Buxton had been halted for the
past 10 days because of difficulty
of clearing from the well a stuck
drill pipe. Several cartridges of
nitroglycerin have been fired il
the well in the attempts to clear
the hole. r
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
NIMITZ In SPEECH
BLASTS MERGERS
Calls On Congress To Junk
Unification Bills For
Present

WASHINGTON, May 3-(Pe
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz, report
ed1y with White House authorize
ton, urged Congress Friday to
junk its bill for merging the War
and Navy departments pending a
joint study by the services them
selves.
The Chief of Naval Operations
told the Senate Naval committee
that any Legislation on the sub
ject "should be the product OF
detailed joint studies made within
the services and reaching Congress
through the President"
Senators who heard his testl-
mony behind closed doors express
ed conviction that the measure
approved by the Military COM
mittee is dead. They recalled that
President Truman himself, while
seeking u%nification of the armed
forces, had declined at a news
conference to comment speclflcaly
on the pending bill drafted by
Senators Thomas O-Utah), Hill
DALAI and Austin (R-Vt.)
There will be no merger OF the
See NINTH on Page Two
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BARNUM BARGED-With Mr..
James S. Green at its head, the
Cape Fear welcoming committee
in one comprehensive gesture pre-
scented Jenny a cart-load Of flowers
and asked her to sing at the opera
house. .
Jenny, sweet Swede and gracious
Carlo that she was, had accep-
lance on the tip Of her c%oloratura
tongue but Phineas Taylor Bar
mum barged his bulk into the dis
cussion. =
Gentlemen" he said. What is
the capacity of your opera .house?"
about $50 seats" answered the
committee. But by utilizing the
aisles 200 can be provided"
Gentleman" laughed Phineas,
my orchestra alone would fill
a large part of that space"
CAPE FEAR REVENGE -Un-
daunted, the committee suggested
that a large platform could be
built in the street in front of the
opera house for Jenny and the
See CAPE FEAR On Page Two
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ODT ACTS AGAIN :.:
Passenger Service Now Halued;
Rayburn Saves Day For Wallace
The w leather
FORECAST

South Carolina-Considerable cloudiness
with scattered showers and thunder
storms Saturday and Saturday night,
little chnge in temperature. Sunday part
~ cloudy and warm with few scattered
showers east and south. portions. Mostly
clear and slightly cooler northwest por-
ton.
North Carolina: - Mostly cloudy and
cooler with intermittent rain Saturday
and Saturday night, Sunday considerable
cloudiness with scattered showers east,
and clearing over west portion, Not much
change in temperature.
Eastern Standard -Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 p.m. yesterday.
Temperatures
1870 am 81; 1880 am 68; 1870 pm H.;
7 80 pm So.
Maximum 70; Minimum 66; Mean u;
Normal 81, 49,
Humidity
1:30 am 96; 7:30 am 95; 1870 pm s.;
1880 pm 95. -
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 pm
0.33 inch.
Total since the first of the month
0.48 inch. #t-.
Tides for Today
(From the Tide Tables published BY
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
wilmington --------- am 1908 am
1913 pm 7:09 pm
Masonboro Inlet - 1904 am 1857 am
1890 pm 1902 pm
Sunrise 500 am; Sunset $50 pm; Moon
rise 1857 am; Moonset 1884 pm.
River Stage at Fayetteville, N. c., at
8 am, Friday, 1873 feet.
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MCCLELLAN ENTERS
HOSPITAL FRIDAY
Dean OF Senate To Under.
90 Check-up In Bethes-
da Navy Unit

WASHINGTON, May 3 - N.1 -
Sen. Kenneth Mcclellan, D., Tenn,
7~7-year-old dean and presiding Off
Ger Of the Senate, is in Bethesa,
Md, Naval hospital undergoing q
eheck-up.
Asked the nature of McKenar's
Illness, a hospital spokesman said
he had suffered fainting spells re-
Gently and II presume he is here to
see what is causing it." He added
that Mcclellan probably would be
at the hospital for a few days.
Suffers Illness
McKellar's office said he enter
ed the hospital Thursday night for
"a weekend rest and a little check
up" He has suffered sudden Ill
ness twice recently.
Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D., NM,
was appointed acting president OF
the Senate until Mcclellan returns.
Foe of iva
Long a bitter foe of the Tennes-
see Valley Authority and its chair
man, David E. Lilienthal, Mcclellan
entered the Senate on March 5,
isl7, as the first Senator elected in
Bee MCCLELLAN on Page Two
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SOVIET LAUNCHES
STATE LOTTERIES
Government Plans 7 Q
Raise Huge Sum Through
This National System

LONDON, May 3.-PEThe Sow.
let government called on the Rus.
sian people Friday to invest a
months pay each in a reconstruc-
ton loan of 20, 900, 900, 900 Rubles
(nominally So, TIA, 900, 000) to be re-
tired by them through an elaborate
state lottery system.
The lotter~ will pay prizes rang
ing up to so, 900 Rubles ($9, 435) for
a 100-Ruble t$18.S7) bond, and en-
visages prizes to 66, 600, 600 bond
holders totaling 1871, 200, 900 Rub
les over the 20-year loan period, a
Moscow broadcast said.
On Numbers
The letters will be based on Sc
rial numbers of the bonds.
See SOVIET on Page Two
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MYSTERY VESSEL
OBJECT OF HUNT
Coast Guard Ships, Planes
Seek Signs OF Missing
"Gloria D"

MIAMI, Fla, May 3-U.H-The
Coast Guard Friday launched a
hunt that appeared as battling as
the winter search for ~ missing
Navy tliers, with a mystery yacht
In distress as its goal.
Planes and surface craft inspect
ed the Atlantic and Gulfstream
waters off the Florida east coast,
seeking signs of the "Glorida d.
her size and ownership unknown
and her story told In tragic frag-
ments.
Yachts Sinking
From time to time the owner
Of the yacht, who did not give his
name, reported on the events OF
Thursday night and Friday morn
ing. Shortly after noon, the last
report was heard from him. He
said that his wife had jumped
overheard, that his child and him
self were alone on a sinking ship,
without food or water.
The story, as told in Coast Guard
reports, was that Thursday night
an unidentified vessel caught fire
southeast Of Miami. Watchers At
See VESSEL on Page Two
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FARMS PROMOTION
SLATED BY MCRAE
Invershiel Firm Granted
Charter; Invershiel.
Farm Excluded

Formation yesterday Of the IN
vershiel corporation, which has al
it's disposal 5000 acres Of farm.
land located in New Hanover and
Fender counties, marks the first
step toward eventual colonization
of the land into a series of small
er farms, according to Hugh Nor
ton, president of Hugh MacRae
and company.
In the future, said Morton, all
transactions of Hugh MacRae and
company involving the agricul-
tura1. property will be turned over
to the new corporation.
The farmland's business has
been handled by the company in
the past, but yesterday Secretary
of State Thad Eure issued a char
ter of incorporation to the own
er who, Morton said, felt it should
be incorporated as a separate en-
tity "because of certain benefits
given purely agricultural firms.
EXCI"Qcu
Excluded from the transaction
yesterday said Morton is 1,400-acre
Invershiel Farm. The property OF
Hugh MacRae, this dairy farm is
the scene of numerous successful
AGRICULTURAL experiments, lncluo-
ing the development of a system
which, when put into general use.
will give the South u months
grazing in the year.
Plans of Invershiel Incorporated
include the subdivision of the
acreage into Is or 20-acre farms,
Morton explained, and the drain
age and development of the small
err farms. Eventually, he said, the
company will erect a house on the
farm when conditions permit.
Follows Pattern
Colonization of Invershiel prop
critics, added Morton, will follow
the same general pattern as the
Castle Hayne and St. Helena com
mumity development, except that
the colonists will be native peo-
pies.
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Warden Calls
eliminates To
Give Up Guns
Showdown Believed Near
A. No Further Word
Heard From Convicts
CRENADES EXPLODE
Preliminary Reports List
Two Guards Killed, Elev-
en- More Wounded

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3-(Pe
Fear-crazed Alcatraz convicts,
pounded for more than "a hours
with rifle and grenade fire, asked
Warden j. A. Johnston, Friday,
for a truce.
The convicts te1ephoned the war
den.
1--WE went to make a DEAL" they
said.
Warden Johnston replied:
well make q deal when you
throw out your guns and ammunl-
ton"
Phone Clicks
The telephone clicked. At 4:40
p. M, there had been no word from
the trapped men.
Whether the desperadoes obeyed
the warden's ultimatum OF not, 1t
was evident that the siege was
nearing a showdown.
Observers in boats off the Bleak
island reported a detachment OF
Marines, with rifles ready, de-
ployed outside the door of the cell
block. A huber Of guards, wear
ing hoods and coat, possibly for
protection against gas or fire, lined
up on the roof over the doorway.
Another group Of Marines, also
with rifles, were stationed near
the doorway.
See WARDEN on Page Two
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ODT ACTS AGAIN
Tie Vote By Speaker
Restores Cash For
Departments

WASHINGTON, May 1.-W.H--
House Democratic leaders Friday
night came to the rescue Of Secre-
tary of Commerce Henry A. Wal
lace, beating down Republican eff.
forts to slash appropriations for
his department during the next
fiscal year.
They restored to the 1865, 1853, 1853
State, Justice and Commerce de-
partments and Federal Judiciary
appropriation bill about $40, 600, 900
which Republicans earlier had sue
ceeded in knocking out. All the
reservations came on close roll call
votes-and one on a tie.
Speaker Saves Day
The Democrats succeeded in
saving for Wallace So, 545, 900 he
wanted to reorganize the depart
ment's bureau of foreign and do
nestle commerce and create three
See RAYBURN on Page Two
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On the other hand, he pointed
out, when the new report and rec.
cancellations are approved by
the U. S. Board of Engineers in
washington, D. c., the actual
project can then be put into a
general food-control bill.
Col. George W. Gillette, district
chief of the engineers who made
the 1880 report and who will under
TAX the review and recommends
ton work, said yesterday that
the review will get underway i'm
medlately when the directives is
received from Washington head
quarters.
A public hearing and a Thorough
held survey will be held, he said,
to determine exactly the extent OF
flood damages and to arrive at
suitable food-contro1 recommends
tons.
The new Cape Fear Hood-con-
See REVIEW on Page Two
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NOW CLEAR
OF ANGLO TROOPS
Last OF French Detachment
To Be Withdrawn By
June 30, This Year

NEW YORK, May 3.-P-Grea
Britain and France reported to tn,
United Nations Security Council
Friday night that ali their troop:
had been Withdrawn from Syria
and that "the bulk of fighting for
ces" would be evacuated from LIE.
banon by June 30.
The reports were made in letters
to Hafez Afifi Pasha, chairman Of
the council, by the British ano
French delegates, Sir Alexander
Cadogan and Henri Bonnet.
Nears Solution
From the reports, it appeared
that at least one of the c%ontrover-
sial questions before the Security
Council at its turbulent London ses-
sion was nearing a solution.
The letters were the first official
reports to the U. N. peace agency
on the Syrian-Lebanon situation,
although 1t was reported unofficial
ly in Dasmascus, Syria, on April
IS that the last British and French
troops had departed.
Token Force
Cadogan's report said that all ex-
eept "a small liquidation party of
British troops would be out of Lee
banon by June 80, while Bonnet no
titled the council that the bulk
Of French troops would have left
by then.
If the Lebanese government
helped in transporting matericl,
"the withdrawal of French troops
as a whole from the Lebanon could
be completed by 81 August 1896"
Bonnet wrote.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
South May B Hardest
Hit Under Ruling
To Carriers

WASHINGTON, May 3 DIP
The government ordered a second
sharp cut in railroad passenger
service J Friday in an effort to
stretch out the nations dwindling
coal reserves for the duration OF
the deadlocked mine strike.
Coal-burning railroads through
out the country were notified by
the Office of Defense Transporter
ton that after May Is they will
be permitted to carry only half
the passenger traffic they handled
on April l, when the strike be-
gan.
Surprise Order
The surprise order was the Sec
ond issued by ODT within 10 hours,
and it pointed up the gravity of
the coal crisis which already was
beginning to paralyze industrial
See PASSENGER on Page Two
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FLOOD SURVEY
FLOOD SURVEY
Reuiew By Engineers
Asked By Rep. Clark

The floods which have so often
devastated the upper Cape Fear
river country may in a year or two
h. brought under control.
A movement for Cape Fear
rood-control was initiated yester-
DIV whsn theU.S. House of Repre-
,sntatives Flood Control committee.
acting on the urgent request OF
congressman J. Bayard Clark.
nassed a resolution directing the
i. S. Engineers to make a COM
nlete review of their 1880 Cape
Fear report and recommend flood
control measures.
Congressman Clark said in Wash
ington that he decided to obtain
the committees resolution instead
of going through with his previous
plan Of introducing a bill for q
specific Cape Fear project. Such
a project, he explained, would have
taken much more time since it
would have had to get the approval
Of both houses Of Congress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
FOOD
FOOD FIASCO
Stir" By Congressman
MayRebound, MauySays

WASHINGTON, May 8. W.p
The Navy wagged a 1eproving
finger at Rep. Walter Nopblad. R.,
Ore, Friday night and warned
thta he may be a sorry Congress
man Saturday if he goes through
with. his plan.to eat that discarded
Navy food he 'salvaged from an
Astoria, Ore, garbage dump.
Norblad created a mild stir on
the House floor when he produced
and announced he would eat it in
several cans Of the discarded food
the House restaurant Saturday to
prove that the Navy was wasteful.
Navy spokesman predicted he
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
So To Bed

Today is the first Saturday In
May.
And the first Saturday in May,
be it fair weather Or foul, Is
official "Straw Hat Day."
Tradition requires you to
throw last years straw hat to
your goat today and buy a new
one.
WiImington's haberdasheries
are crammed full of straw
hats, SO you have no excuse
for not wearing a new one to-
day unless you don't have .
goat to throw the old one to.
The sole purpose of today's
"And So To Bed" is to guard
against any such possibility.
We're simply trying to "get
your goat" in case you don't
have one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
Demand Made
Holy War
ugeM obs
Violence Breaks Out AT
Noon Within Old Walled
City At Jerusalem
IN THREE NATIONS
Commercial Life AT Stand
still In Palestine,
Syria, Lebanon

JERUSALEM, May 3-UD- A
12-hour general strike ~paralyzed
the Holy Land Friday, highlight-
ed by violence within the old wall
ed city of Jerusalem when 5000
screaming Arabs attempted to
storm through Damascus Gate in
to the modern city.
The strike stopped all CONNER
cial life in Palestine, Syria and
Lebanon and brought Arab de-
mands for United Nations inter-
vention, a Holy War" against
the Anglo-Americansa and an ap-
peal to Russia to join the Arab
cause.
Stores Reopen
The paralysis lasted from
dawn to dusk. Then stores and
restaurants reopened and the
British command lifted extraor-
binary military precautions that
had been clamped down when vio-
lence flared shortly after noon
within the walled city.
The mob that stormed Damas-
Gus Gate was led by Jamal Ell
Husseini, chairman Of the Arab
Higher committee. It formed as
Arabs emerged from mid > day
prayer at Mosques and converg-
ed on the gate screaming down
with the American and British"
Gates Are Shut
Alerted British troops slammed
shut the ancient iron gate and
sent details racing to close four
See ARABS IN Pare Two
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American Legion posts through.
out the entire Seventh district, viii
receive invitations today to attenc
a mass obligation ceremony, and
district convention to be held May
10, at which about 800 candidates
will be indicted into the American
Legion.
The invitations were mailed yes
terday, following approval OF the
date for the mass initiation, ny
local officials. Five hundred Local
candidates have pledged member
ship. and will be indicted at oo,
legation ceremonies to be nelo a.
Lumina, Wrightsville Beach, &C.
cording to an announcement Aas'
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. 80 p
would cause an even bigger stir if
he went through with the idea.
They said all the food had been
thoroughly tested before it went
into the garbage dump. Sorae folks
in Astoria, tried to eat it, and
promptly came down with .dysen-
terry, they added.
Canadian Bacon
Included in the food rescued
from the Astoria dump, Norblad
said, were tins of luncheon meat,
pork, lemon juice powder, cram
berries and shredded wheat. He
added that some Astoria residents
y See STIR on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
INVITATIONS ISSUED
Local Legion Plays
Host To Convention

night by John C. Myers, general
chairman of arrangements for the
initiation.
Chairman Myers said that White
vile. Southport and other Seventh
district posts had invited Whining
ton Post number 10 to visit their
respective posts, but the invita-
tion had been declined, because of
the large number of candidates
scheduled here.
The mass imitation will follow
regular business which will be
taken up at the annual district
convention.
See LEGION on Page Two
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FORMER GENERAL
MADE SUPERVISOR
Clarence L. Burpee APP.
pointed To Coast Line
Executive Post

Clarence L. Burpee has been
made General supervisor Of term
inals for Atlantic, Coast Line, with
offices in Florence, S. c., F. w.
Brown, operations vice president,
said yesterday. e..
The new supervisor was COM
manding general of the Second
Military Railway service, Europe
an theatre of operations during the
war, and was recently relieved OF
active duty, He will have charge of
See BURGEE on Page Two
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TWO STRONG QUA,GS
ROCK KAVA Eos
IN SOUTH s S

WESTON, M s, 50
U.H-Two "ver/ $. s.
quakes prob . g
the South p IS. Oh
of Kava " Cht
by the West> 81 .-11mo-
graph station.
Both temblOrs ST. ere be-
ing felt more than tn ee hours
after the original shock. The
first started at 6:20:20 and the
second-the stronger of the two
at 6:42; 81 PM. (EDT).
The Rev. Daniel Linehan, di-
rector Of the station, said they
would have caused widespread
destruction had they originated
on land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04

Wilmington and vicinity: Mostly CLOUDY
and cooler with intermittent rain Satur-
day and Saturday night. Sunday cor.
siderable cioudiness with scattered show
ers. Not much change in temperature.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31
sWomun's Auxiliary
Has Meeting AT VFW
Club Rooms MoY 27

a meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary to Elmer Joseph Grant
post 1878 of Veterans of Foreign
Wars was held in the club rooms
on Frederic street, May 81, with
Mrs. Morgan Bingham in the
chair.
Among items coming up for
discussion was the giving of a
theater party to the Girl Scouts,
and non-members of the auxi-
liary who helped so efficiently
during the recent Buddy" pop
py sale. The suggestion was
adopted and voted upon affirma-
lively with the date to be set
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Mesdames Earl Davis and Bur-
ton Roberts attended a meeting
of the Vancleave Home Demon
5tration Club Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Jack Fletcher in
Pascagoula.
Mrs. Wilfred Leatherwood and
children of Mobile were guests ef
relatives in Vancleave Saturday.
Hal Davis of Mobile has return
ed home after a weeks visit at
The family home, Ingleside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olin Davis and lit
lie daughter motored to Columbia,
Miss, Sunday. Mr., Davis re-
turned the same day but Mrs. Da-
Wis and the baby remained for a
two-week visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Goff were
out Sunday to attend the preach
ing service at the Baptist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Steelman
of Ocean Springs spent the week
end with the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. B. Davis.
Mrs. Rupert Roberts and Mrs.
Harry Butler shopped IN Biloxi
Saturday.
Bill. Farley of Kreole was a
visitor Sunday in the home of
Mrs. l.. B. Ramsay and Frank
E. Ramsay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert l.. NAL
lette spent Sunday at Ramsay
Springs, visiting the formers
brother, Peter Mallette, and fam
lily.
Mr.. and. Mrs. William Moore
and daughter, Linda Ann, have
returned home after a delight
full visit in Lacombe, La, and
/ Mobile. In Lacombe, they visit
ed for several days with Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Leatherburry
and in Mobile they were the
guests of Mr.. Moore's parents.
Clifton M. Dees, son of Mr. and
Mrs. c. l.. Dees, returned Sat
urday from Memphis where he
had been a patient for several
weeks at Campbell Clinic. He un-
derwent a serious bone opera
tion there and his friends will
be delighted to know that he is
rapidly recuperating.
Mrs. Wyeth Ramsay of Phila.
delphia, Pa, is here on a visit
to her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. C
L. Dees. Mrs. Ramsay had been
in Memphis for sometime at the
bedside of her brother and ac-
eompanied him home Saturday
Mrs. N. E. Taconi is still in
Gulfport to be near her mother,
Mrs. w. ]. Faulkenbury, who is
patient in a hospital in that
city.
Rupert Roberts, who was sep
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

Raymond Earl Cobb, of Moss
Point spent Sunday night with Mr.
and Mrs. Dryden Walker.
The Rev. Ford Parker preached
Sunday at the Baptist church.
He has been attending Clark Me-
mortal College at Newton during
the session which ended on Fri
day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-31

the Department OF the Interior.
These positions pay $2,320 a year
and are located in various parts
of the country, chiefly in the
western part.
No experience is required but
applicants must show completion