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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-03-15
Non-c Compulsory Compensation

Following the course of the bedeviled
Workman's Compensation Act through the
Mississippi legislature is like watching the
little green pea under the walnut shells at
the county fair. Now you see it and now you
don't. And just when you are most certain
you know where it is and are ready to place
your bets, the man lifts up the walnut shell
and presto! the pea has vanished.
A compensation bill has now passed the
house and has moved over at last to the Sen
ate. The house bill was not the original bill
introduced by Representative Stubbs-far
from it. BY the time it finally got through
the chamber it seemed to be something of a
substitute bill for a substitute of a substitute.
As well as we can make out, it provided a
total of $4,000 liability compensation for the
heirs in the case of the death of a workman
through carelessness of an employer, and
$500 funeral expenses. 1t also contained a
provision whereby one percent Of this total
was deducted for each year over 35 years of
age. This seems to us to rate the life of a
Mississippi workman something like the
worth of mules are calculated-you look at
their teeth, and If they are old teeth, you
pay less for the mule. The death of a hard
working man of fifty or even sixty is as much
a tragedy and financial loss to his dependents
as a man of 30-and the rate of payment
SHOULD be no different.
Another provision of the house bill seemed
to us typical Of a tendency of our legislature
to make a clean-cut decision-either to pass
a measure or to kill it. This is a provision
making the bill "clective'-in other words,
the employer who does not want to be bound
by 1t, simply posts a notice in his factory to
that effect. If one of his workmen is injured,
the man will have to go to legal wrangling
just as he does now, and just as though the
law did not exist.
What kind of a law is it when it is a law
and yet not a law? That is a riddle, and
though it might have come out of Alice Ii
Wonderland, instead it came out of the legis-
lature.
The bill goes to the insurance committee
OF the Senate. however. and here it is ex-
pected to get a thorough working over. So
still another substitute will probably be
introduced. 1t Is expected that Senator
Oscar Wolfe will introduce a substitute
making medical allowances less liberal
although they seem reasonable in the pres
emit bill; his bill is also expected. however.
to remove the unique provision which de-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-03-15

A storm on the Gulf of Mexico,
like the Southwestern that blew
for several days this week, is one
of the grand and beautiful ex-
periences in nature. In the town
the days wer grey and rainy.
People scurried beneath the drip
ping signboards and splashed
through muddy puddles. A big
white mongrel stood quietly on
the corner, cold rain dripping
from his fur, the lonesomest and
sorriest looking thing on earth.
The lights we're on in the store
windows. shining through the
mist, and for men and business
and city life it was nasty wea-
Their.
But down at the ends of the
streets, half a mile away, waves
were pounding on the beach and
whitecaps foamed beneath the
leaden skies as far as eye could
reach. Instead of a drizzly, rain
ed-in- city look, the storm had
a wild and angry beauty on
the gulf. Waves crashed over the
beach and Kissed through the
grass and rushes. and washed
beneath skiffs and sailboats that
had been dragged out last fall
and shored up for the winter.
The old. whitening line of drift
wood was obliterated. and big
logs and flotsam. rolling and
boiling in the surf. washed up
on the new stormmade sandbars.
Colors are vivid under a rainy
sky. Waves far out to sea have
a startling witeness, the sodden
timbers of the wharves are black
against the grey surf. The grass.
the purple and yellow flowers,
glow in the gardens behind the
beach. Rain shakes the huge
trees. and they sway wildly in
the wind.
sandpipers were fishing on
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-03-15
preciates a man after IS years of age. and
this is a good substitute.

TINS Is d 9ood supstitute.
We are told that the Senate has been Sc
pestered by the many forces in Mississippi
who want a sound and honest compensation
bill-both workers and industry-that a ma
iority of them have about determined to pass
some kind of bill'-in other words, "any
kind" II would be a lot more in keeping with
public service if they were determined to
pass the best and most reasonable bill that
could be written.
The senate now has two public health
bills, though only one is genuinely of this
category. This is the houses disqualification
bill, providing a $4,000, 900 state Juno for the
financing of regional hospitals in Mississippi
counties. Any group of political units-com-
munities or counties-could get together to
form a regional hospital area; they would
put up Is per cent of the money, the state 10
per cent, and the federal government rs per
cent. We think this is the best public health
bill that has come up SO far, and we urge
the Senate to pass it along with the SIS, 1000, 900
enabling appropriation.
Another house bill now in the senate is the
four-year medical school provision. This
school is at present unnecessary and made
quate to meet the dire public health needs
in the state.
In the abstract a four-year medical
school Is an excellent project and it would
be a good thing for Mississippi to have. But
the danger of this bill right now. is that it
is far more attractive to politicians than
the hospital bill. because 1t will give politi-
cal leaders a fertile field to play politics
and dish out political plums. And for this
reason. 1t is almost certain to drain off
available public health funds from the hos
pital program. which is far more necessary.
The only way the medical school could get
by the house was by the compromises
amendment that it would not be financed
until the badly needed hospital program
had been assured success. Now we are told
that this provision will probably be remov-
ed by political ~maneuvering in the Senate.
We think the voters of Mississippi should
realize the choice involved here, and insist
that no expensive four-year school be built
in Jackson, Miss, until the basic hospitaliza-
ton needs of the rest of the state-now a dire
and desperate shape according to every COM
petent authority-are met by an adequate
regional hospital program.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-03-15

but breathe air just as we do
through a nostril opening in
the tops of their heads. And
they do not lay eggs. but bear
their young. From the DAYS of
the ancient Phoenicians of the
Mediterranean. seaman have re-
garded the porpoise as q crea-
ture of good omen. and por-
poises figure in many tales and
supersfitions of the ses. Some
believe that they are the souls
of women who have died at
sea. and that they will bear
a drowning sailor to shallow
water.
One night we a aground in
a small motor boat in Yazoo in
let behind the shipyard. The tide
was out and there was only a
thin sheet of water covering the
mud flats, not enough to float
a swimmer. The only thing to
do was to Slosh and slide through
the mud to the narrow channel.
and swim down the channel to
the shore, a hundred yards away.
We had swum only a short way
when suddenly a porpoise broke
the surface of the moonlit little
channel only a few yards ahead,
Tipped up a sheet of silvery wat
er and vanished back into the
silence: in another moment they
were breaking all around snort
ing and rolling and splashing
water. They had been fishing for
mullets and had followed them
up the narrow channel, a quar-
ter of a mile inland from the
gulf. II was an erie feeling to
be swimming around with these
huge, mysterious creatures in a
mario stretch of water. /
thought hastily of the sailors
good omen legends, and hoped
very much that there was a ba-
sis of truth in them. Perhaps
there was. We got in without
tangling with any of them. This
is a fish story but a true one.
BEFORE THE STORM CAME
the gulf had been for a week in
a sunny, placid mood, with the
warm light beating down the
shallow waters, bringing the
winter fish spawn along sunken
shells and seaweeds literally boil
ing into life. The appearance of
that leaning spawn of minnows
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-03-15

La Paz, Bolivia, produces 80
percent of the value of all man
ufactured goods produced in the
country.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-03-15

The only European country
with adequate food supplies Is
Denmark, and it lacks corn for
its pigs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
They Can't Do It

President Truman's intention to re-
place John W. Snyder, reconversion di-
rector, by Chester Bowles, chief of
the office of Price Administration.
which is rumored at this writing but
not confirmed, may be wise step. It
would however be unjust to charge Mr..
Snyder with failure to carry recon-
version further toward completion. in
view of the strikes that have crippled
the nations industries. But when il
is added in Washington dispatches that
the purpose of the alleged change is to
make better fight against initiation,
the view appears incredible.
Initiation has already made it's nres.
ence felt and as it is obviously the in.
tention of the administration to brine
peace into the union labor world by
means Of wage increases it is as sure as
that night follows day that initiation
will advance to new levels.
Mr.. Bowles is an able man hu+ h.
can no more stave off initiation thar
Mr.. Snyder could advance reconversion
Unless something is done to bridg,
the gap between supply and an eve
increasing demand by people who's
pockets are bulging with money the!
are fairly crazed to spend, the admin
istration and all its officials canno
hope to halt it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
Revising The Vocabulary

Illustrating the looseness with Wnlch
the words "leftist" and "rightlst" and
their variations are used to the contu-
sion of readers generally we quote a
paragraph from New York Times
article from Athens. 1t reads:
Former Foreign Minister John
Sophianopoulos' published accusa-
tions that the center" government
of Themistocles Sophoulis was
tied to the right wing were count
cred today by the Populist party
chief Constantin Tsaldaris, who
asserted that Gin no instance has
the Sophoulis government shown
itself impartial, but at all times
shows partiality to the cleft"
Our guess is that nine out of every
ten persons who may have read this
have only the vaguest idea of what is
meant by "being tied to the right wing"
and "partiality to the left" The same
nine can understand what is intended
by "center," which obviously means
middle-of-the-road. But the two ex-
tremes are, in popular parlance, un-
known quantities in the political equa-
tion.
In this country the use of cleft" was
originally intended to designate a liber-
al, that is a person whose views were
broadened by changing conditions in
national and world affairs, just as
fright" indicated a conservative and
wants nothing to do with the policies
and proposals of the opposite group.
But the time has gone by for desig-
mating the cleft wing" as liberal. Led by
communistic prosalites and fellow
travellers, the cleft wing" in American
politics is no longer merely liberal,
which can be defended, but is radical,
which has no defense.
Until the country gets back on a
sounder political foundation than it
has had for some years, we recommend
that writer's and editors abandon use of
cleft wing" and "liberaP' unless in the
latter case it is an undisputed fact that
the person to whom it is applied is
merely liberal and not radical.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
HOmma Admits Guilt

For the most part, japanese generals
and other leaders, questioned about
their war guilt, have either evaded a
direct answer or flatly denied all
charges.
A notable exception is the testimony
of General Homma who, under cross
examination, admitted his "morap'
responsibility for atrocities of Japanese
troops under his command in the Philip
pines.
Further, he confirmed testimony
that he ordered the march of 10000
American and Filipino prisoners from
Bataan to San Francisco which has
since been known as the March of
Death.
II am morally responsible for any
thing that happened" he said in court
at Manila.
While his admissions cannot vel
stand in his favor, in view of the ter.
rible barbarisms practiced by his
forces, it is nevertheless gratifying te
know that at least one Japanese in au
thorlty has clear sense of moral re-
sponsibility.
Would that more of the race had the
same understanding.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
LETTER BOX

To the Editor:
In recent years we have OBJ
served football bowls grow up all
over the country, such as the Sugar
bowl, Orange bowl, Cotton bowl,
Oil bowl, and others, all of which
offer opportunities for colleges to
spread their stars all over the
newspapers and in many instances
these mediums have proven ad-
vantageous towards the future OF
the participating players.
Personally I am interested in
those boys and I am also a little
more interested in the sprouts
which make the full grown crop.
/ therefore propose that Will
mington begin right away and or
ganize a bowl game as an institu-
ton to be held every New Year S
day However, I propose that, in
stead of using colleges to furnish
the material we organize a bowl
call it Ocean BOWL, Friendship
bowl or whatever one desires SO
far as q name is concerned, and
further, instead Of inviting out
standing colleges to play that we
invite the outstanding high school
football teams from Virginia,
North Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
or Tennessee.
The success of such a venture
would be assured at the very be-
ginning from an economic stand
point. We've got a stadium, which,
after some improvement would be
adequate to take care Of any crown
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
Yes 1t Figures Out That 7riplets
Are Three Times More Care Than One

station he called the hospital to
ask what had happened about Mrs.
Coleman.
The nurse said:
"You are the father Of triplets. -
"Oh, no!' Mr.. Coleman said, at
least figuratively slapping his hand
to his cheek and using that wurra-
wurra expression. II don't think
my wife would do that to me-"
But he went on out to the hospit-
al, just in case.
There, he went into Mrs. Cole
mans room. Mrs. Coleman was
about half asleep.
SIS it SOP" she asked.
We'll, I reckon so,' Mr.. Cole.
man said. 'The nurse said they're
our babies and I suppose she
knows"
The triplets - two girls and a
boy - are named Doris Judith,
Betty Jean, and Joseph Charles. To
the family they are known, res
pectively, as Judy, Jean, and Joey.
H-un-m-m, very nice ALTERATION.
Now let's get back to this treble
trouble business. Since he should
know much more about it than
do, suppose I just let Mr.. Coleman
tell you about it.
every time you have to do any
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11

thing for one OF them you have to
do it three times. Just, for instance,
have you ever tried changing ONE
baby's diaper?'
I could not see that Mr.. Coleman
should delve into my personal
qualifications. But I can assure
him that I have. But let him go
on:
'tNow, figure this: my babies eat
five cans of baby food each day.
They use three cans Of milk. And
I have to buy three times as much
cod liver oil, nose drops, and all
those other little things you
know what I mean as the guy
who doesn't have but one baby at
the time"
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin don't have
any trouble telling the trip1ets
apart, but most everybody else
wonders how in the world they can
tell Judy from Jean. I suppose you
get used to your own children after
you've been around them long
enough, even if they are triplets.
The triplets are getting more ex-
pensive by the day. First off, the
Carnation milk people supplied the
Colemans with milk during ths
first year of the triplets' life - or
lives. Now, Mr.. Coleman is on his
own so far as this item is con-
cerned. Too, the clothing item is
getting more complicated and ex-
pensive. How would you like to 60
down and instead of buying one
dozen diapers, etc., have to buy
three?
Naturally, Mr.. Coleman, and
Mrs. Coleman. too, are proud o7
their babies. Mr.. Coleman, unlike
most fathers, can give YOU the up
to-the-minute statistics on them al
the drop of a baby bonnet.
When they were born the little
boy weighted four pounds and the
girls each weighed three pounds
and 13 ounces.
Now Joey weighs 26 pounds
Judy 26, and Jean "a.
I didn't bother to ask Mr.. Cole
man any obvious questions abou
what he thinks about one Of hi:
fellow fathers, Mr.. Dionne.
figure the man has enough trou
bles Of his own.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
Wonderful Navigation

Not since the old clipper days has
especial emphasis been placed upon sea
navigation. Yet last week feat was
performed that outranks anything ever
achieved by clipper captains, great as
their fame and efficiency were. It hap
pened when the Gunard White Star
liner Queen Elizabeth pulled out of her
dock in the North river, swung down.
stream and departed for Southampton
without aid from single tug.
The maneuver was the more remark
able because the Queen Elizabeth is l.
O3O feet long and is an 85,000-ton ship.
When such a vessel moves under her
own power the man on the bridge must
have almost superhuman intelligence
to prevent it from going too far, in this
case, from backing into whatever con-
struction occupied the opposite bank of
the river.
The strike of tug crews in New York
harbor means nothing to Captain C. M.
Ford and other officers and crew men,
bers of the Queen Elizabeth. More pow
er to them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

While the declarer on hand
probably has more opportunities
for good plays than the defenders
and needs as much skill, no one
can be classed as an expert unit.
he becomes a fine defensive play
er. Harold Ogust, Of New York
made a very nice defensive play
on today's hand in a recent rub
ber bridge game.
His partners opening club leac
was won in dummy with the king
and a small spade was led which
Ogust won with the king. The
natural return at this point would
be a diamond, but then the de-
clarer would have no problem al
all to make four-odd. Ogust rea.
soned that declarer could not have
8needvbgkqj cnafwyp shrdluu
the queen Of clubs, or he prob
ably would have played the ter
from dummy to the first trick. Il
declarer did hold the club queen
there was little likelihood of de.
featlng the contract anyway, sc
Ogust returned a club.
Now, when declarer led anothe1
spade, East won and led anothe,
club which declarer had to trump
This reduced his trumps to the
same number as East's. There
was thus no way to prevent East
from making three spade tricks
which, with the king Of spades. de.
feated the contract.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
TT n
lhe Doctor Says
MEAT NECESSARY
|DURlNCPRECNANCy
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIpx

Eat plenty of meat. A oon n' D,
serving at least twice a dsv svDeSoQs
advice Ruth M. Levert5o,4 " Inc
Thelma J. Mcmillan Glow WI and
the American Medical Associaa4!: c;.a! Ot
give pregnant women. A g(o',I c@,5Oa)
women who followed this 6lorp nLU9p q
higher hemoglobin and red ii caM Aad
centages, less tendency ton ~ peF.
swelling Of the body (edemaG GV"aFa
better success In nursing thni, aaa
fants. '' III
Studies OF the diets Of NAV.
during pregnancy reveal that b.ss .s
amount of protein eaten ssld.a aa
equals the National Resa.Usqq sOq
Councils recommendation NJ N'.a y
least IS grams daily; it aver, AZ ~ y
less than 60 grams daily in a5ss
one-half the cases. AS mest
good source Of protein, it il -
commended to expectant rno+her. W. "
an easy way Of helping meet tba' "
special needs. 'a
Meat was selected as a so,,,.
OF extra protein because the NAV
tity and quality OF the protein Na ~
meat makes it easy for the avs, ~
age pregnant woman to eat Ma,
also contains iron and has q bigs
rating in appetite appeal.
To be certain that the ,ss
women received ''plenty Of meat
each was supplied with Nv.
ounce serving OF meat daNr
(three-fourths Of the time It W.,
beef in addition to their rerla,
meals.
Although the number Of WON,
en- who took part In the eypeT,
ment Is not great, those who had
the extra ration of meat apps,
emily were benefited. Those VIII,
received vitamin B complex in
addition to their regular diet did
not derive much more benefit
from it's Use than those who a+a
their regular meals with no add.
tons.
One month before delivery tbs
women who had extra meat tor
three months had an average in,
crease in he1noglobin and red blood
cell percentages of 10 to Is Der
cent. Most noticeable difference
was found one month after deliv.
ery, as their blood was in the best
condition; none Of them had any
swelling and more were able ID
nurse their babies.
The old idea that meat wa,
harmful TO pregnant women il
based upon the finding Of alb1
min IN the urine in one Of tn:
complications of pregnancy. A!
albumin is a form Of protein i
was assumed that it originate:
from the meat in the diet. Thi'
is not the case, as the urine al
burnin comes from kidney trouble
and not the diet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
By JOHN SKIES

It would naturally follow, as a
simple matter Of arithmetic, that
triplets are three times as much
trouble and three times as expen-
sive as one child.
And Mr.. Coleman Goodwin, Maj
fit Village, agrees heartily with
this natural arithmetical conclu-
sion.
Mr.. Coleman is the father Of
triplets. Moreover, he is the ia
ther of the first set of triplets by
Cesarian birth born in the world.
At least, that's what he conclude des
from all the records he's been able
to gather.
The reason he thinks this, is that
some months after his triplets were
born he read in the papers of a
similar operation somewhere in
Texas. The doctor who attended
that birth, feeling pretty proud
about the matter, called in the
newspaper boys and announced to
them that that was the first Cesar.
ian birth Of triplets in the world.
So, since his triplets preceded the
Texas triplets, Mr.. Coleman fig
ures his was or should that be
were? first.
Now that we've established that
claim let us proceed with the de-
tails. The triplets were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Coleman Jan. II, 1945, in
James Walker Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Coleman's first name is Ma.
define, she's 20 and MIR. Coleman.
SO. Mr.. Coleman works at the ship.
yard as a welder. He's originally
from Gastonia.
AS matter of fact, the day the
triplets were born he was on his
way back to. Wilmington from Gas.
tonia. He was in Gastonia visiting
his folks when a kinsman called
him to tell him Mrs. Coleman had
gone to the hospital. Mr.. Coleman
forthwith caught a bus back to
here. When he reached the bus
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-11
Religion
DayByDay
A REUNION OF WORKERS
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

This winter 1 attended a dinner
Of North American Survivors"
More than hundred of us men
and women, VINO used to make
Philadelphia foremost paper,
gathered in a reunion that meant
American has been out of exist
ion. The great old North American
more to us than any other social
occasion. The great old North
ence for a quarter of a century;
but the love and loyalty of its
workers still lives. Every one of us
was conscious of having had a
part in a unique and courageous
public service.
We gave Mark Sullivan, one of
our alumni, a scroll of appreciation
and he made fitting speech. But
it was the memory-saturated fel-
lowship that was the outstanding
feature of the evening.
There is no other social tie to
equal the friendship of those who
have worked together in worthy
enterprise. Most toilers find their
social life among their workfellows.
Every North American survivor
wears with pride the conscious
ness of his share in that valient
championship Of public progress.
We thank Thee, o Heavenly Fat
her, for the work Thou hast per
mitted us to dc in the world. May
it have been such that our mem
cries are sweet. Amen.