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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-24
Hermes Coulter
Named To State
Construction Body

The appointment of Hermes
Gauticr of Pascagoula to repre-
sent commercial interests on the
Mississippi Construction Commit
tee has been announced by A. G.
Mcintosh, district manager of the
Civilian Production Administra-
tion
Sixty. percent of all building
materials is directed into homes
of wa. veterans and the purpose
of this ,mmittee is to direct the
remaining 20 lercent into essen
tial industrial or other type build
ings. Applications for buildings
are acted upon by engineers EN-
ployed by this administration in
the state with the committee EN-
powered TO keep a check ON per
mits granted and also with au-
thority TO act as an appeal board
for references o. applications de-
MED by the engineers, Mr.. eau
tier explained. The committee
meets monthly.
Other members are industrial
interests, Victor l.. Pringle, BIZ
loxi: construction industry, John
Mullins. Columbus; construction
materials distribution interests,
Tom DeWeese, Philadelphia; con-
struction labor, Fred Patton, Jack
son; press, George Sugg, Jackson,
and Birney lines, Columbus: state
or civ'c interests. Huge White,
Columbia
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-24
Wind Storm
Hits Sunday,
Damage
Hanger Destroyed;
Plones Damaged
AT County Airport

A wind of cyclonic force swept
in on Pascagoula and Moss Point
about midnight Sunday uproot-
ing trees. moving shipyard equip
ment and causing several thous-
and dollars damage at the Jack
o County Airport.
Greatest damage caused by the
16-minute blow was reported at
the airport where the canvas
army hangar, built TO Withstand
g0-mile winds, was completely
destroyed and IA planes housed
In the hangar were damaged in
the amount of So. 500. according
to Marion Parkinson, airport
manager and operator of the fly
ing school there. The hangar,
which was surplus army mater
ial, as standing, represented an
investment of about $4,000 to the
county, Hermes Gautier, member
of the Board of Supervisors,
said.
The w.nd lifted three of the
gantrics from their rails at the
Ingalls, shipyard, leaving the rest
untouched although one Of the
gantries was nearly a mile from
the other two. The siren at the
yard, which starts a warning wall
when the wind reaches a 45-mile
force. started several minutes be-
fore the wind reaehed its peak.
Charles Gwia Of pascagoula
reported that the wind mbved the
automobile in which he vas trav
cling crosswise across the street.
"A number Of large trees W:nre
! few small aad6fes.
In Vancleave Lee Entrekin was
rendered unconscious when light
ming struck nearby. Although un-
conscious for a few minutes, Mr..
Entrekin a not seriously in
jured
Mr.. Gautier said Thursday that
the county will make every eff
fort to provide adequate hangar
facilities at the airport as early
as possible. At the next meeting
of the supervisors, estimates on
hangars Of various materials will
be considered by the body. The
canva' hangar was installed at
the field several months ago and
was expected to serve as suffi-
cient shelter for the planes for
the next few years until a per-
manent hangar could be obtained,
Mr.. Cautier said
Mr.. Parkinson who has con-
tracted with the government for
training veterans said that class
es were resumed as normal Wed
nesday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-24
FILMS FOR JAPAN

Tokyo -AP-A American docu-
mentary films equipped with
Japanese sound track will D.
shown at fishing and inland agri-
cultural Villages on Honshu.
Shikoku and Kyshu islands By
The educational films division of
the central film exchange.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-24
Bill Colmer Asks
Another Term
AS Congressman

Congressman VIM. NJ. (BilD Col
mer OF Pascagoula this week for
mally announced his candidacy
for reelection to the office of
Representative in the American
Congress.
The formal announcement of
Congressman Colmer who is now
serving his seventh term, follows:
ITO the severe gn white voters
Of Abe Sixth Congressional Dis
'tfict Of Mississippi:
TDue to 4 oeration for
i rtfpNrrc arptrdix a1d my dul
Ties here, | have not had an op-
portunity heretofore to make for
NAL announcement of my candi-
dacy for reelection. Under our
system OF government, with which
! am in thorough accord the
members of the House chamber
of the Congress must be elected
every two years. | welcome this
opportunity for the people of my
district to express their approval
or disapproval of the record /
have made as their representa-
tive.
"Our country has just emerged
from the bitterest and most cost
" war in It's history. Right now
it is undergoing a serious crisis
which the history of the world
shows that all countries must
face at the end of a major war.
This glorious republic of ours
the last on the face of the earth
-ig challenged by the foes ~ de-
mocracy both abroad and at h me.
The paramount issue before the
country is whether we shall con-
tinue u system of free enter
prise ana the American way of
life or shall suecumb to one of
the foreign 'isms' or systems of
government. Having been NON
ored by the Congress in being
chosen as chairman of the Postwar
Economic Policy Committee of the
House, | have been for the past
two years, and still am, engaged
in the most serious effort TO see
that this does not happen and that
the democratic system of this
country viii continue.
my record as yotlf representa-
tive in the Congress is reflect
ed in the Congressional Record
and Is open to the inspection Of
all ! am proud of that record.
While there may be some vino
do rot agree with one or more of
the positions have taken on
national and international affairs,
know in my own heart that /
nave honestly. pairiotically and
conscientiously acted solely for
the welfare Of the country.
'As a veteran of World War
|, and as the father of sons who
have seen service in this war
two of them with overseas SER
viee-l pledge you a continue,
tion of that same honesty of pur-
pose if YOU see fit to endorse my
record in the July 2nd primary"
Mr.. Colmer IS serving his sew
enth term in Congress and is a
member Of the Rules Committee,
regarded by many as one of the
most important committees in the
House of Representatives. He is
credited by opponents of the
FEPC legislation with defeat of
that measure IN the House by "tie-
ing il up in this committee.
He is also a member of the
National Forest Reservation
Commission. which Is composed
of the Secretaries Of War. Inte-
Continued On Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-24

To meet an unprecedented need
for surface craft. particularly in
the early stages OF the war. the
Coast Guard acquired a total of
approximately 400 eserv yes
sells of various types. practically
all of which have been returned
to their private owners.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-24

The federal government origi-
nally planned to reserve all O.
Oklahoma. Kansas. Nebraska. the
Dakotas and parts of Wisconsin.
Iowa and Minnesota for perma-
nent residences of the Indians.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-24

The Greeks were the first peo-
Die to use bedsprings. They made
hem of braided leather throngs
Anng between heavy boards at
.ke sides Of the bed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Stop The Speeding

There is widespread complaint of
automobiles speeding through the
streets of the city and the suburbs with
young boys at the wheel. The record of
recent accidents under these circum-
stances justifies the complaint.
Boys of high school age are said to
take the family bus abroad after dark,
fill up with kindred spirits and, be-
cause youth itself is a race, disregard
speed limits and danger points. They
do not realize the hazards of accident
they create both for other, more care
full, drivers and persons afoot.
Parents, we believe, are not wholly
to be blamed. Certainly no father or
mother, teaching a son who has reach
ed the age emitting him to a license to
drive would fail to give him full in
structions for observing speed limits,
stop signs and general c~arefulness and
watchfulness in approaching intersec-
tions.
But they may be responsible in that
they allow their IONS to have the car
at night without first knowing beyond
peradventure of doubt that they can be
relied upon to drive with due caution
and consideration of traffic conditions
1t is so natural for youth to take
chances it might be better in the inter.
est of safety for parents to deny their
youngsters use of the car after dark
despite the rumpus this would start
under the family rooftree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12

34-which may be interpreted as re-
fleeing the feeling prevalent IN large
sections of the civilian population that
this country, despite it's great wealth
and resources, is not justified in tying
up such a large amount of money tor
this purpose at this time because OF the
uncertainties confronting it and all
major nations.
What action the House of Represen-
tatives will take is as difficult to pre-
determine as April weather. There is
no assurance that quick action will be
taken. Just at present the House is
chiefly and ~belatedly concerned with
plans for legislation to control labor
and put the brakes on strikes. AS many
of it's members are subject to labor in
any effort to pass an anti
strike measure probably would con-
much time.
If the administration wants speedy
action on the British loan it will have
to employ its full power and borrow
some from the border-vote.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Blame Misplaced

The Senate Banking and Currency
Committee has been told by George
Moncharsh, enforcement chief of the
Office of Price Administration, that
blame for growing black markets rests
upon an indifferent" public. Mr.. Mon
charsh added that a terrific loss of
the patriotic motive" had made en-
forcement of OPA price ceilings in
creasingly difficult, a view shared by
Senator Charles ". Tobey of New
Hampshire, who told the committee
that the people "lack moral fibre"
1t is undoubtedly true that the pub
lie has steadily grown more and more
indifferent to the OPA and it's rulings,
but the Star cannot agree there is a
terrific loss of the patriotic motive or
that the people lack moral fibre.
There has been a let down since VI
Day, to be sure, and a general inclina-
ton to ease up after the heavy strain
of the war years. But black markets
cannot justly be attributed to- this.
Rather they stem from the OPA it.
self, which bungled its job throughout
the war and since hostilities ended has
foolishly expected manufacturers to
produce their wares at a loss and go
happily into bankruptcy, with an in
applicable idea that by this method i'll
flation could be avoided.
There is a job for the ,OPA to do,
but it must revise its policies if it ex-
poets public support. When it sees fit
to permit industry to make a fair profit
and so clears the way for capacity pro-
duction through legitimate channels,
black markets will be like a moon that
has set.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
British Loan

Beating down all attempts to re-
vamp and amend the proposal as origi-
nally presented to it, the Senate has
approved a loan to Great Britain to the
total of $3.50, 900, 900, to be drawn
against during five years, with suspen-
sion of all interest for that period of
time. Thereafter 2 per cent is to be
paid, and repayment to be extended
over fifty years.
Although the Administration was ir
c. '"' during the closing hours of dis.
the final vote was close-46 t.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
TWO MARINES Die
In AUTO ACCIDENT
Camp Lejeune Servicemen
Fatally Injured In Crash
At Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, May 1t.-Tw'
men, including a Camp Lejeun'
Marine, were fatally injured in
collision Friday between a civlIaf
car and a military reconnaissance
vehicle at an intersection neal
here. Three persons were injured.
John Mobley, of RichlandS, dleo
shortly after the accident. Corporal
Aaron Lowdermilk died later IN the
Naval hospital.
The accident occurred al an m
tersection on Highway H. accord
ing to State Highway Patrolman
H. c.. Jackson who investigated the
crash.
F. R. Jones, Goldsboro barber
was the driver of the car Whlcs
collided with the military Vehlcis'
Jones allegedly pulled out into Inc
highway in the path of the recon-
Nuisance ar. He was not injured
Confined to OnsloW county ho3
pital with serious injuries are a
J. Daughtery and j. F. Bufks'
civilian employees at Camp L.
.jeune. Marine Henry j. Barren "a'
taken to Naval hospital.
The reconnaissance car turned
over three times throwing the 0c,
cupants onto the pavement os
patrolman reported. oooo
Jones is being held under $z'o04
bond on a technical charge VI
manslaughter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Draft Seems Doomed

AS matters stood yesterday, there is
little reason to hope that extension of
the draft, which our military establish
ment declares a necessity, will be ap-
proved by Congress before Wednesday,
the date upon which the present Sc
lective Service Act will expire.
The Army says that a force of L.
$4,000 men will be needed by july /.
If the efforts to continue the draft fail,
we will fall short by some 100000 to
100000. Such a shortage cannot fail to
create dangerous consequences. The
New York Times sizes the situation up
this way:
american occupation armies in still
vengeful Germany and still treacherous
Japan will have to be reduced below the
safety point. American contingents now
helping to keep the peace, and serving
as a protective shield against coup
detats that might instantly jeopardize
the peace in such trouble zones as Aus
trla, Northern Italy and Korea, will have
to be pared down. American soldiers
who have already had long periods OF
service overseas will have to be kept al
more hazardous posts for a still longer
period of service. The plans of the War
department for an orderly transition tc
a peacetime basis will be thrown into
chaos or near-chaos. And the whole
world will be treated to the spectacle
of a great nation victorious in war now
Sinking the responsibilities of peace
Apparently the only means of cor
recting the evils of our too sudden de
mobilization is to summon new forces
to the co7ors. AS voluntary enlistment
are not large enough to meet the need
recruitment of the ranks must be done
/, if at all, by the daft
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Mother

So many and varied tributes to
mothers have been expressed on Moth
ers Day that it would be difficult IN
deed to say anything new on the sub
ject.
But there is one debt the children
of America, whether three or ninety,
OWE their mothers which we would en-
phasize.
1t is their power to guide their off
SPRINGS thoughts in safe directions.
If they are not always successful,
the blame is not theirs. Rather, it rests
upon the children themselves who, un-
der wrong influences, choose their own
way of life only to find their days be-
set with trouble.
Question any successful man or
woman, whether they have risen to the
top in profession or business or live
humbly in the esteem of their neigh
bors. The answer invariably will be that
they owe whatever merit attaches to
them to the fact that in the plastic,
formative years of their existence they
had the guidance of Mother.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Veterans Show Interest In Returning
To Service IF Pay Hiked so Per Cent
Simmons Portraits Will
Be Presented Til Week

tons have been honorable; and I
believe that on the whole my poll
cies have been sound and construc-
tive. l have little to regret and
nothing to conceive.
I'm my speech in the senate in
May, 1929, l said I would be will
ing to surrender my toga, if neces-
sary, and retire to private life ra-
the than vote for AL Smith. To this
day I have never regretted in
the slightest this decision, although
l was the only Democrat in either
House Of Congress to pursue that
course. have never apologized for
it, and I have lived to have the
satisfaction. of knowing that if
needed any vindication, Al Smith $
course. l have never apologized for
vindicatlon. Thus abiding by the
dictates of my conscience regard
less OF personal consequences, l re-
sign myself without qualms to the
tribunal of history"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12

The News
BY DEWITT Mackenzie
AP Foreign Affairs AnaIvs4

Whether Winston Churchiu,s
Of a United States of Eurone tuea
OF the East and of the West@ WI"
terlalizes as a goodwill measure
peaceful collaboration, the indi,
tons are that the Old World u,i1I~ a
any event be divided into two h1,a.
friendly or otherwise.
AS 1 pointed out in yesterday.
column, one bloc already has
formed in main, and that * 4ta
new Russian zone of infIueno.
which blankets most of the coms
tries of eastern Europe and fl.
Balkans. The logical eqsollary ~
that will be a western bloc of nv
tons which will combine becaTs.
of their special community Of ~
terests, including a democrati"
form of government that is ~
variance with the Soviet sotaIt,
tarianism.
Seeks Unificatioa
Naturally the fact that there
were two groups of nations wouId
MT ipso tacto mean that ,hey mIs,
be at logger-heads. Mr.. Church,
ills United States of Eurons
both Of the East and Of the West"
under the guidance of . world
organization, would be calculated
ito unity this continent in a man.
ner never known since the fall Of
the Roman empire"
That would be the ideal. III,
cold reality is that nobody can saw
now what the relations among the
old world nations will be in the
Europe of tomorrow. We Cannot
determine that until the realjpn-
ment Of the zones of influence has
been finished-or at least until il
is clear how great a change is con-
templated.
The great unknown quantity al
the moment is Russia's program.
Moscow long ago made it quite
clear that the Soviet Union was
determined on extending its sphere
of influence to the line IRON Stet-
tin in northern Germany souta
ward along the eastern borders of
Poland, Czechoslovakia and Aus.
tria to the Adriatic. The Russians
also have emphasized their inten-
ton of having access to the Med
iterranean. Broadly speaking,
after we have noted these facts we
get a dim-out.
The question agitating United
Nations diplomats is how far Rus
STA intends to try to expand. Lack
of information on that vital point
is one Of the chief causes of all the
troubles which have been bedeviI-
ing the Security Council of the
United Nations and the unhappy
conference of Big Four foreign
ministers in Paris.
That surely is a gloomy back
ground for a United States Of Eu-
rope which will unity the cont
nent. Already it has produced sharp
divergence of views between Rus.
sian and the Anglo-American
fraternity. Whether that diver
gence will expend into the forma-
ton of a defensive bloc of western
European nations will depend on
developments in the immediate
future. Unless Russia shows its
hand and relieves the suspicious
and fears of the other allies, a
western bloc is most likely. And
the existence of two blocs formed
under such circumstances scarcely
could inspire amity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Free Will Baptists
Take Over New Church
With Special Seruic.

Services will be held in the new
reconstructed Free Will Baptist
church, Fourth and Queen streets.
this morning for the first time.
The congregation has been wor-
shipping In a temporary building
at S13 S. Eighth street while the
new structure was under construc-
ton.
Sunday School will start at s:45
o'clock this morning followed bv
church services at 11:15 o'clock.
Young peoples Endeavor will begin
al o:oo o'clock followed by an eve
nlng church hour at 7:45 o'clock,
me Rev. f. H. Willis is pastor
of the church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Greater Supply OF Mems
Suits Forecast For u s.

NEW YORK, May IL. 1P
'lleIlcan men are getting suits at
d ate more than double that at
me turn OF the year, and supplies
should become increasingly great.
er as the year progresses.
inns conclusion came from an
international statistical b,,ra,1,
private h organization
study which said about 1000 mn
SUITS a month currently are flow
ing INTO retail stores-a quantity
equal to the highest prewar pro-
duction rate. Wv
IL estimated output this quarter
at o,ooo,0O0 suits compared with
5,ooo'ooo in the final quarter of
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Dachau Concentration
Camp Defendants Found
Guilty By U. S. Court

DACHAU, Germany, May IL.
"A U. S. military court today cor II
victed all 81 defendants OF NI!-..7
and torturing thousands Of prIso.'
ers in the Mauthausen concern
ton camp murder mill ana ~
Monday for sentencing. uo+
The trial VA the largest ~
of all mass wal crimes trials
The defendants, mostly memosi o
of the German SIS, were respoaS-p1s
for 10, 900 deaths at the camp s,,g ~
''the clock would be turned oS.s
1000 years if the court con oorr'
these atrocities the proseIu
1t. Col. William benson, oeclai'N
in his summation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12

ODER, as proposed in tho Ho,,se
p pT1sion OF the Draft Extension
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
Ceremonies Arranged In
Craven Monday Afternoon
And In Jones Tuesday

NEW BERN, May 11.-Presenta-
ton of oil portraits of the late u.
S. Senator Furnifold McLendel
Simmons of New Bern to the court
houses in Craven county on Mon
day afternoon and Jones county on
Tuesday morning will occasion elo-
quent tributes to the memory of
this distinguished statesman, who
for more than half a century r
ed his state and nation in official
capacities.
During his 80 years in the senate
he was responsible for much fin
ancial and tariff legislation. An op-
timist, he supported all movements
that he thought tended toward fur
Their progress; a Democrat, he
stood for the little man and little
business. as opposed to big in
terests. He worked zealously for
prohibition and for waterway i'm
provements.
After his defeat for the senate by
senate by Senator Josiah W. Bailey
of Raleigh in 1880, following his
failure two years previously to sup
port Alfred E. Smith for the presi-
dency, Senator Simmons conferred
his attention on his farms il Crav-
en- and Jones county.
A native OF Jones county, where
he was born Jan. 20, 1854, Senator
Simmons was graduated in 1873
from Trinity college, now Duke
university, in the same class with
his later senatorial colleague for
a quarter of a century, the late Lee
S. Overman of Salisbury. He was
long a trustee of Duke university.
From Duke lie received Master of
Arts and Doctor Of Laws degrees.
He also received the LID. degree
from the University of North Caro-
lima.
During the term of 1898 he
served in the House of Representa-
tlves at Washington, but was de-
feated for reelection by a Negro,
Henry P. Cheatham. In 1892 he be-
came chairman of the State Demo-
cratic Executive committee. For
four years he served as collector
of Internal revenue for the eastern
district of North Carolina. In 1898
he returned t. the Craftsmanship of
the state democratic committee and
held this office through 1906, sue
cessfully defeating fusions of Pop
ulists and Republicans.
Longer than any other North
Carolinian he served in the senate,
surprising the % years of Senator
oVermar, and the % years of Sena-
tor Matt W. Ransom. During the
administrations of President Wood
row Wilson he was chairman of
the Seaat' Finance committee and
mad much to do with the financial
legislation entitled by this coun-
Try S participation in World War /.
ne helpeu draft bills that brought
BIO ooo, VOC, 600 to the federal treas
ury.
II have tried to promote the best
1n'erests of North Carolina and
me nation he declared shortly
pe1ore his death in 1910. Il NAV
nave erred at times, but nv inter-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-12
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION

NICHOLS, Conn.,, May 11.-(Pe
connecticut state police combed
through records of cases prosecu-
1ed by States Attorney Lorin W.
Wills today in an attempt to find
a clue to the identity of an assail-
ant who vainly sought to assassi-
nate the veteran Fairfield county
prosecutor. A single bullet crash
ing through a window Of the Willis
home here Thursday night, mar
rowly missing the prosecutor and
his wife, precipitated n of the
most intense investigations in
county history.