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Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
MANO FILMU RODY-
MO TIKSLAS

Kadangi Amerikos Lietuviu
tarpe eina gyva kova tarp Lie
tuvai laisves atkovojimo ir is
kitos puses visko atidavimo
svetimiesiems is Rytu, kurie
melu, apgaule ir gelezine prize
spauda Waldo musu tevu zeme
Lietuva, mano filmu rodymas
tikslas yra ginti kuria nors
Lietuviskumo dali, kuria nors
Lietuviska partija ar organiza-
cija kovojancia uz Lietuva.
Filmu rodymo tikslas trum-
pas ir kartu platus - parody
ii tiesa ka kente ir kencia mu-
su broliai tevyneje ir tremty-
je; sujungti visus Lietuvius j
bendra kova prizes mela ir prize
spauda.
Mano tikslas atvira tiesa ir
tikrais vaizdais perkelti jus
Amerikos Lietuviai j kencian-
cia Lietuva ir parodyti begalo
skurdzia Lietuviu dali. Man
neduos apsilenkti su tiesa 80,-
900 Lietuviu kurie randasi pa
begeliu bukleje.
Ypac as noriu prieiti arciau
Americas Lietuviu jaunimo,
kuris laisveje gimes ir auges
be savo kaltes neturi savyje
tos savo tevu zemes meiles, tos
kovos dvasios kurioje musu
broliai ir seses Lietuvoje tesla
zutbutine kova uz ateities ry-
toju. Juk musu tevai taip gar
bingai ir nenuilstamai kovojo
uz Lietuvos Nepriklausomybe.
Jie pasisalina kasdien is musu
tarpo, ju jiegos senka, tat mes
ju kraujo gija turime tue pa
ciu pulsu plaukti ir ia pacia
kovos dvasia gyventi kolei vel
Gedimino piles bokste Vytis
suplevesuos ir Karo Muziejuje
Amerikos Lietuviu dovanotas
Laisves Varpas isnaujo su-
skambes.
Tat esant man su filmomis
arti taves, brolau, sese Lietu-
vi, ateik su noru pasisemti
Lietuviskos kovos dvasingumo,
o as pasistengsiu tave perkelti
ir pervesti per kenciancia Lie
tuva, ir suteikti bent maza XII
birkstele tevynes meiles, kuri
lures mus lydeti kolei kelsis
musu tevu krauju aplaistyta
Lietuva. Vytautas Beleckas.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
RasO Dirvos Korespondentas
Paryziuje.
WUERZBURGAS

is hSIui Ie'o FcllIludS JUS
galite is Bambergo pasiekti
Wuerzburga, ta kadaise buvusi
labai grazu miesta, istiesta
Maino slenyje ir is abieju pu-
siQ apgaubta vynuogiu ataslai-
tennis. Tas ligoniniu miestas
per paskutines karo dienas vie
nu bombardavimu buvo paver-
stas griuvesiais. Ir siadien vie
toje Wuerzburgo riogso isdege
namai, gull isvirte akmenys, ir
po milziniSka kruva griuvesiu
ir degesiu ilsisi tukstanCiai uz-
mustuju.
Kai vakar islipau Wuerzbur-
SO stotyje tai nejiskodamas uz-
kliuvau uz keliadeSimt Lietu-
viz, kurie man saziningai ais
kino 'kelius" kaip patekti j
tremtiniu stovykla, kuri esan-
ii uz keturiu kilometru. Nuta-
riau jieSkoti kokios nors susi-
siekimo priemones, nes, prasto-
vejes traukinyje visa keIia is
Bambergo iki Wuerzbergo ne
buvau linkes keliauti 'per pc
dpc aOOC+O1Oy1ln1'
JEI visur zmogui reikalinga
laime tai kelioneje il ypatingai
reikalinga. Ir siadien Vokieti-
joje yra laikoma didele laime
jei tau pavyksta surasti kokia
susisiekimo priemone. Vos ne
ilgai prasizvalges stotyie, ziu-
rui linksma riscia atbeja
fajetonas, tempiamas dveju
labai mazQ arkliuku. Mosuoju
ranka jau istolo, lyg saukda-
mas pagalbos; If vezimas su-
stoja ties manimi.
Ar gall name nuvezti j
pabegeliu stovykla? - klausiu
if, nelaukdamas atsakymo, IL
pu minkstan fajetonan.
- All, il labai toll. 49,. Jums
brangiai kaStuos, - ispeja ma
ne vezikas.
- Nagi kick? - agresyviai
istempiu axis, biiodamas kad
ncuzSauktu nepakeliamos su-
mos.
- DvideSimt markiQ, pigiau
negaliu.
- Vaziuok!
lr taip graziomis, vynuogy-
nais padengtomis pakrantemis,
lyg seno dvaro senas Zemaiciu
bajoras. -. atkeliauju dvieju
zirgQ fajetone j iSvietintu as
menu stovykla.
BAMBERGE. b,damas mas
brCli, kaip ir buvau pamirSes
jog, ineinant ] stovykla, reikia
prisistatvti noliciiai roikia na
rodyti savo dokumentus if gau-
ii leidimas an1ankvti Ia nors
Eia atvaztas nrio NAT va,t,,
vel tureiau atnauiinti nrocpdn,
ra Il mn vartu 5iurint s+o
gyhla' atTooo kao lnelSl ! ol~
"iiisoS Vohleclq karluomeheS
l'Jo'l%' 'lel'as VartQ galaS
p7puoSI"S placlaI lSSlSketuslu
SleIlu' kdlAerlieS VoKletl]os
zeiih'u' 7lltrailIe gaze Eoke-
clo A"rlo SCatuia SaugoJa relcho
3"ilNli'l@' -, GA pat IS VI
o"US PuSeS oioeIe alkSte, apgIe-
wa h7rel'lnlQ paStatalS, kur
=
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17
LAISKAI IS TEN KUR GYVENA
BE MANU-

kovojo sau reikalingus susi-
tvarkymus. Daug ir ivairiu
kliuciu turejo nugaleti stovyk-
los gyventojai kad galetu uz-
tikrinti sau bent kick daugiau
laisves ir daugiau pagarbos ne
gu paprasti kaliniai.
Ir as klausiau iStisas valan-
das pasakojimu apie visa smul-
ku, o kartu ir labai reiksminga,
stovyklos gyvenima nuo pat jos
pirmos dienos Xxi siadien. Wis
tie patys klausimai, tie patys
rupesciai ir tie patys ilgesiai.
Kaip visose stovyklose taip ir
cia zmonems mirtinai nusibo-
do toks gyvenimas, pilnas nezi-
nomybiu.
WUERZBURGE, kaip ir ne
kuriose kitose stovyklose, gy-
vena zmones suvaryti kruvo-
mis-, kaip gyvuliai. -. Po ke-
leta seimu viename kambary-
je be poilsio ir ramybes stun
dosi tie vargSai benamiai, keik-
damiesi ir rustaudami del sa-
vo likimo. Tas bendras gyve-
nimas jiems tick yra igrises
kad jie sutiktu gyventi daug
blogesnese salygose, jei tik bu-
tu jiems galima tureti savo
atskira zidini. Ir lengva SUI
prasti kodel taip branginamos
visokios kareiviniQ sklepuose
randamos lindynes, pakvipu-
sios pelesjais, dregme ir nema-
tancios saules Sviesos. Visos
jos uzimtos ir uoliai ginamos
gyventoju tik del to kad ten
jie gall .iaustis vieni pas save,
savo kambaryje, savo seimoje.
Tie nuo kuriU priklauso iSvie-
tintu asmenu padetis nenori az
negali suprasti kaip yra nepa-
kenciamai sunku netureti ra-
mybes.
Ir jei ne tas judejimas kuri
sudaro stovyklos kulturinis
darbas tai tikrai zmogus gale
tum greitai pasidaryti neuras-
teniku.
, Wuerzburgo stovykloje to
kulturinio judejimo nestinga :
cia ir dailininku, ir rasytoju ir
zurnalistu, ir gydytoju, ir in
zinieriQ ir Siaip visokiu profe-
sionalu nemaza kruva. Tat ir
neleidziama zmonems nuobo-
dziauti: paskaitomis, teatru,
sportu, DANA, laikrasciu, kur-
sais ir malda uzpildomos visos
dienOS.
TAT LAIKAS Wuerzburge
bega greitai. Tuo labiau jis
greitai prabego man. Vos spe-
jau pamatyti pirmutine Lietu-
viz tremtiniu dainu Svente
(Rugsejo 81, vos spejau per-
duoti sveikinimus ir linkejimus
visam stovyklos susirinkimui
nuo Lietuvai Vaduoti Sajungos,
Vos apibegau ''paukscio skridi-
mu" stovyklos irengimus, quo
Illus ir kitus pasimatymus -
If reikejo palikti ta tukstanti
Sirdziu tolimesniam klajojimui.
lr jei ne dainu svente tai as
Wuerzburgo stovykloje buciau
temates tik tai ka ir kitose sto-
vyklose: tas pacias isvargusias
sielas, tuos pacius skaudulius,
ia patti monotoniska gyvenima.
Bet dainQ svente atlygino man
uz vlska. il atlygino ir Kittens
kuriQ susirinko ta diena virs
penkiu tukstanciu. Kad ir DO
sVetimu dangum, bet savos ir
senai begirdetos dainos skam-
besys papenejo visus ilgam lai-
kui. Tukstanciai pravirkusiu
Veidu atsigaivino, ir nutilus
paskutiniam dainos posmui
kartojo is garsiakalbio girdi-
mus zodzius:
"NIEKO nera brangesnio uz
taVe, Tevyne, ir nieko skaudes-
Mo kaip ilgesys Taves netekus.
Mes visada tai zinoiom. O ypac
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os Lietuviju choras, pildes danu sventes programa
DIRVOS 1o47
KALENDORIAI

Vienas Kalendorius duodamas
dovanu items kurie dabar at
naujins prenumerata arba nau-
jai uzsirasys.
Dirva metams U.S.A. $500
Kanadoje ir kitur $4.O0|
-. .Namas Gelynuose
-. .Amerikoniska IKE
-. .Briedziai prie Upelio
:. .Motina su Dukrele
:. .Du Vaikuciai zaidzia
:. .Grazuole
TAUTIsKI
...,. Lietuviska Uke,
Kraziu Skerdyne
-. .Lietuva Didvyriu zeme
=. New Yorkas-Klaipeda
:. .Lietuvos Vaizdai
RELIGIsKI
.. .Sirdis Marijos
E. .sirdis Jezaus
-. .Kristus Alyvu Darze
-. .Betlejaus Stainele
:. .Isganytojas prie Duru
.sv. Maria Geguzine
:. .Sventoji Selma
Daugiau negu viena INFANT, uz
kitus pridekit po 30c.
DIRVA
$500 Superior Avenue
Cleveland 3, Ohio
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-01-17

IR VEL as dvi dieni pragy-
venau Wuerzburgo stovykloje,
vienoje is labiausia pagarseju-
siu ir placiausia zinomu Vokie-
tijoje. Per pusantru metu sto-
vykla suspejo gerai susitvar-
kyti: siadien il turf chora, teat-
ra, gimnazija, pradzios moky-
kla, ivairiu smulkiu dirbtuve-
liu, ligonine, biblioteka, tel
sma, policija, pasta, Raudonaji
Kryziu, ivairiu kursu ir.. =. ir
baznycia. Ilga ir sunku kelia
stovykla yra praejus kol issi-
Evening star., 1947-12-21

BICYCLE: boys. 2s,in; Continental make
Telephone OIL. 1864,
So so; gasoline radiant heater, $40. 2
small seds; 81 each; ! small wood d,bd lathe
BICYCLE. girls sirls ae-ineh. $500 excel
lent condition, slightly used Cali oV
5000 or FIR 5oes. al
.ssTs new ss 5eyes sns'h al xrssy sef
BICYCLE, boys, large, perfect condition
sbie able s ST. fB soos, ss' sI In'saasS s mis' fe"S0"
BICYCLE, 3-wheeer. adjustable for any
as: prewari unbreakasble steel; ;.ad solid con-
BICYCLE: eirl's, size 26-in., in excel cond
BTcYcLE, boys, 1s-in. frame; tricycle.
fma pane all sood sfsSele cond mee Can p1 ar
BICYCLE. boys, 30-inch, for boys 4 to 8
yrs. old; good tires. 445" Burlington
sIcYsLE, sirTs; s4", good condition
BICYCLE. girls, 26-inch. in good condi-
tlae otief new IA tiTss ss4 and tubes s&S or best
BICYCLE. boys. lightweight, cost SIS last
year: has been used very little: is Just like
BICYCLE. iady's, as-in.. British Cyclone,
almost new. excel. buy. 2335 l4th ST. ne
EiSYgIE, boys, as-in.; perfect condition
BICYCLE. needs repair. Sl2: dark ros,
tapestry liv. rm. suite pieces. $50. AID
BICYCLE. Rollfast Racer; S55 . winte
coats. SIS each; 8 dresses, So each, size 8
MI. 0123.
BICYCLE, girls size IS, Lightweight
Schwinn model: fine condition; $50 Phon,
BICYCLE, 26-in. boys, rebuilt, like new
new tires, seat. etc, S25. WI $3.50
BIC Gle, 26-in. Racer. for $50. Phone
AID 2455.
BICYCLE, English. very good condition
$25. Kenmore 5SS1.
BICYCLE, Schwinn. 2s-in., boys. excel
eond.. new tires; reasonable. UN. 1853
BICYCLE, boys, c6-in., Western Flyer
good condition; for best offer. 1928 Crit.
slryG1 ssRdsn E. how; ny s4p 81 o's5 s5.vsr new
Pedals, basket; $50. TO. 5Osl,
Evening star., 1947-12-21

(cortinued on Next PagO
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
TAKE
FRY PROPERTY

Notice I have this day lie.
Iah mon and will sell at public
1sled "p at the Court House door
.uc.un' county of New Hanover,
Of int Of North Carolina, on Mon
IssR .he 1st day of September,
day. =. 1900 o'clock noon, the fol.
1s4l, described pieces of proper
lOWlps satisfy unpaid taxes due the
10. wilmington and the Coun.
CITY New Hanover for the year
IT, o. directed by law. Cost and
1s4s' 90 lawfully incurred, togeth.
espsiitHhb interest will be added to
ef ALLOWING amount.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23

WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP
Corporations
Grassland, John Co. B 3 lots
30.31 Co. Vii Bal --.. 81
Foster. D. R. Inc. B 8 Tri-
angle Woodcrest Bal e.s5
Free Gospel Mission Corp.
B u Summer Hill -- 17.55
Metro. B and l.. Assn.
ID 70 q az
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23

YoN, Hrs w. M. B II West
Mercer ri ---- 11.7e
Young, G. D.. ct ux B 6 Car
Pl ------.. 4.o2
Vow, Edgar l.. B B Pine
hurst, B 172 -- 97.8s
Zarna. Bill B 1893 Bal 80. 1915
Leller, F. F. B 81 --. 44.85
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
stove SWITZER RECEIVES


According to a news release
from the u. S. Naval Training
Center at San Diego, Calf, Stova
Switzer, AOMI-4, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. f. Switzer. 1873 West Grant
avenue, Pascagoula, has received
his honorable discharge from the
Navy.
Switzer enlisted at New Or
leans, 1941 and after his recruit
training was based at naval sta
tions at Jacksonville, Fla, and
San Diego, Calf, Overseas he
was based at BARRIERS Point, Ha-
waii, Kagman and Marpi Point.
He participated in the battles
of Kobler and Saipan and has
been awarded the Asiatic-P Pacific
and American defense ribbons
and the European Victory and
Good Conduct medals. He was
on sea duty during the greater
part of 1945 and 1916, practically
20 months. Switzer attended the
Pascagoula High school of which
he is a graduate.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
!. 34% MORE MILEAGEl

You'll get the great lei Goodyear De-
Luxe tires. In tests they averaged 34%
more non-skid mileage than the famous
Goodyear tires they replace. They have
stronger cord body. q wider. fldtter
tread. ON improved shoulder - which
meons better traction. added sofetY.
LONG even wear.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15

children and Mary Elsie Peter
son attended a chicken fry in
Vancleave Saturday night honor
ing Tom Roberts sister, Mrs. NJ.
M. Martin of San Diego, Calf.
The revival that was held at
the First Baptist church closed
Friday night. Mrs. James Berries,
cleo Collier and joyce Rollins
Joined the Church during the SER
vices. Starting Monday, August
10Th at 8 a. m. there will be a
Vacation Bible school with Miss
CANINE Marie Crane of Pasca-
goula, principal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Owens and
l.. E. Yocum of Mobile spent the
weekend with Mrs. Given's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Yocum,
Jr.
Mrs. j. c. Yocum visited her
sister, Mrs. Porter Myers, in Ocean
Springs, Tuesday.
Edward Miller, son of Mrs. w.
c. Yocum, who recently joined the
Navy is stationed in San Diego,
Calf.
Mrs. c. w. Loescher, ST.. and
granddaughter, Fidelis Kuhn, of
New Orleans, arrived Wednesday
to spend a week with Mrs. Hur-
ley Guillotte and Mrs. Carl Del
comyn.
John King of Fountainebleau,
father of Mrs. Jules Garlotte and
B. r. King who has been very
i'll for some time is somewhat
improved.
Pvt. Pete Beasley of Keesler
Field is spending a Furlough Wis
ting his mother, Mrs, Chester
Taylor and other relatives.
Mary Lue Parsley of New Or
leans spent the weekend with
her sister, Mrs. Lee Thomas.
J. C. Yocum, Sr. has returned
to Ocean Springs after spending
the past month with his sons, j.
c., Jr. and w. c. Yocum.
Mrs. Robert Horgan and daugh-
ter, Diane, met Mrs. Lydia Egan
of New Orleans, in Bay St. Louis
Monday and accompanied her to
Gautier where she will visit for
a few weeks.
Mrs. Nora Harmon and Mrs.
Ethel Dykes of Panama City.
| Florida arrived Saturday to visit
their sister, Mrs. j. B. Moates and
niece, Mrs. Frank Godfrey. They
will be here for two weeks.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
N Ell RkBALM

kilis ALL EIvI Of TINE COMMON ArHLtTts
1907 tuNoI ON CONTACT
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
Mesd0mes Grossick
And Beebe Honorees
At Longfellow House

Among the many social events
that have conferred around Mrs, A.
f. GraSsick and Mrs. Spencer
Beebe since it was learned that
they were to soon depart for resi-
dence elsewhere was a luncheon
at which Mrs. Charles w. Smith,
Mrs. A. F. Dantzler and Mrs. M.
l.. Funkhouser were hosteSses at
Longfellow House Thursday, Aug
ust z, at noon.
Besides the hostesSes and their
honorees covers were laid for
MeSdames Robert Ford. Saul Pc
terrell, Jack Buzard, Robert Ma
cy, George Briggs and r. j,
Dempster.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
Springs. and other places.

Springs, and other places.
Mrs. Frank Godfrey honored
her daughter with a party on her
9th birthday, Monday, August
18th. Outdoor games were play
ed and refreshments of birthday
cake, iced cookies, candy and
fruit punch were served to Elaine
McGrath, Rubye Gautier, MabeI
Ruth and Ann Franklin, Myra
and Joan Trussell, Buddy and
Ann Godfrey, and Robert and De
lores Webb. Mothers present
were Mrs. Famous Webb, Mrs. J
c. Trussell, Jr., Mrs. Mabel
Franklin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Guillotte en-
tertained with an outdoor supper
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15

err side. At one end of the table
was a large many-tiered birth
day cake with Happy Birthday
Wallace" Refreshments of ice
cream, iced squares, fruit punch
and birthday cake we're served
by teen age girls of Gautier to
more than a hundred guests from
Gautier, Pascagoula, ocean
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
o WIN q WAYS!
BIG TRADE-INI

Drive in - we'll give you q generous
trode-in allowance on your old tiresl
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15

Mrs. Barbara West of Covington,
Ky. After supper all the guests
went to PaScagoula and enjoyed
the soft ball game. Friends who
enjoyed this party we're: Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Fuller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Clifford, c. l.. Clifford,
Sr., Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Clifford,
Jr., John Fuller, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. c. Penton, Paul Vaughn, Eliza
beth Guillotte, Mr.. and Mrs. Alva
Guillotte and Mrs. B. West.
R. B. Lindsey accompanied Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Nichols to Mo
bile Saturday, where MIR. Lind
sey entered Providence mfr
mary. He was to be operated on
Wednesday.
Camp LaMotte held its closing
exercises Saturday at sunset with
a short program by dance pupils
of Miss Annie Laura Davis. Ann
Rene Hall of Ocean Springs, pre-
sented a special ballet number
and Cynthia Left of Mobile did
an acrobatic number. Seven boys
from the camp entertained with
tumbling and made a pyramid.
The girls in the recital We're:
Mary and Catherine Davis of
Montgomery, Margaret Caveleria
and Cynthia Left of Mobile, Ann
Rene Hall and Marjorie Ander-
son of Ocean Springs, Mary An
derson, Marjorie Thomas and
Myra Trussell of Gautier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mick Lane and
son, Mickey of Mobile spent the
weekend with Mrs. Lanes moth
er, Mrs. c. H. Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Penton
and children of Mobile spent the
weekend with Mr.. Penton's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Pen
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Balius are
receiving congratulations on the
arrival of a baby son, Thursday
of last week at Jackson County
Hospital. The baby weighed 8 lbs.
and IL ga ozs. and has been CIV
en- the name Terrell Dean.
MI. 'and Mrs. Pete Hunt and
family and Mrs. Mabel Franklin
and daughters visited Mrs. Hunts
brother, J.. K. Woods and family
in Pascagoula Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nichols,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hargan and
Mrs. r. B. Lindsey visited r. B..
Lindsey at Providence Infiimary
in Mobile Sunday.
MI. and Mrs. Pat Yokum spent
the weekend in Florida where
they visited Mrs. Yocum's rela-
tiveS.
1t. John Yocum spent the
weekend with his brother, j. G.
Yocum, Jr., and family.
Clyte Olsen of Evergreen is
spending a few days with Mrs.
Earl Berries.
Bill Terrell of Picayune spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Berries and family.
Mrs. James McGrath and chill
dren Elaine and Eddie returned
Sunday from Apalachicola, Fla,
where she visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Maddox and Mrs. leila
Shealley. Mrs. McGrath was ac-
companied home by Mrs. j. H.
Oliver who will visit Mrs. Wal
lace Quinn for two weeks.
Mrs. Earl Bond left Friday for
Columbia, Miss. to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. Ernie Bella Berry. She
will bring home her two young
sons, Earl and Cleve who have
been in Columbia for the past
month.
Andy Bond went to New Or
leans Friday afternoon and stay
ed until Sunday, while there
he visited Herbert Rausch.
Lula Mae and Elizabeth Gull
lotte spent Saturday in New Or
leans on business.
Mrs. Josephine Jordan accom-
panied by Katherine Jean and
Tommy Roberts spent Sunday in
New Orleans.
The Gautier girls softball team
played in Ocean Springs Satur-
day afternoon and won by a score
of IL to 2.
NJ. a.l NJ T. pala.4a -
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15
VS. From Coulter
News From Coulter. 80.
Open House For Friends, Guests
Marks Birthday OF Wallace M. Quinn

' Open house was held at the
Wallace M. Quinn home Satur-
day night in honor of Mr.. Quinn's
birthday. The house was decor
ated with cut flowers and the
dining table was covered with a
hand embroidered cloth and CEN
tered with a bowl of pink car
nations with four lighted candles
IN silver candle holders on eth
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-15

Giant tree frogs are found in
Key West, Florida, and probably
came there from native Carib-
bean islands by travelling on palm
trees knocked into the water by
hurricanes.
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The pig-like peccary of the
Southwest is some 30 inches high
at the shoulder, is about a yard
in length and weighs as much as
so pounds.
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l0Ia % LOWER PRIcEl

Amazingly. these great new tires &C
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Luxe on all popular sizesl Other siz
also reduced.
Evening star., 1947-08-17
Foul tips, temperamental pitchers and
charging baserunners all make a catcher's
life busy one. Just ask Walker Cooper
ELREY KNEES are achin'."

kkKEY KNEES are achin'."
The sufferer is Walker
Cooper. catcher for the New York
Giants, perhaps the best backstop in
baseball. 'Catcher's knee" comes
from squatting to give the signal,
rising to take the pitch. squatting,
rising. pitch after pitch, inning after
inning.
''What do you do for your knees?"
Cooper was asked.
t'Let 'cm ache" says Cooper,
srinning. He has a grin that
bursts like sunrise on q broad
and cloudy face.
Cooper's hands are big and bat
tered. The left member has "fast
ball hump" a swelling on the palm
caused by the endless pounding of
high-speed pitches.
Cooper's right hand suffers from
foul tipitis, which leaves the joints
as crooked as a brier branch. Every
fingers been broken" says Cooper
glumly. ''the little one, three times.
All from foul tips"
Advice 10 Pitchers
HANDLING pitchers takes>high-grade
diplomacy. Some get mad and throw
the ball all over the lot. Others get
nervous and pitch too fast, getting
the ball from Cooper and firing
it right back. When one of these
situations comes up, Cooper calls
time and lumbers out to the mound
with soothing advice.
What does he say to the dis
traught hurler? Cooper remembers
the exact words on two occasions.
The first was in the 1912 World
Series. Coop" was catching for the
Cards and Johnny Beazley was
Evening star., 1947-08-17

base line in the wake of his rival.
Over came the throw. 1t was wild.
On to second plunged Mr.. Dick
ey. Onto the errant ball pounced
the alert Mr.. Cooper. A quick
throw and Dickey, sliding into
second, was out. As Cooper trudged
back under a shower of applause. he
glowed as he thought that Mr.. Dick
ey was a catcher, Mr.. Dickey was
from the rival American League, and
a routine effort had been rewarded.
Evening star., 1947-08-17
By PHILIP HARKINS

pitching. 1t was the first inning. The
tension was terrific. Phil Rizzuto, of
the Yankees, swung on Beazley's
very first pitch and knocked it into
the stands for home run. The dam
burst. The crowd released its tension
in a screaming frenzy. But for
Cooper and Beazley the tension was
worse than ever.
Time" said Cooper and, with
bloodthirsty cries beating about his
ears. the big catcher walked out to
comfort the stricken pitcher. There
they stood, presumably Matching a
miracle of strategy.
Don't let that bother you,
Johnny" said Cooper.
Don't worry" the pitcher
snapped, "the next guy who gets a
Evening star., 1947-08-17

baseman. This trip is
usually superfiuous. but
it paid off in one ALL
Star game.
Catcher Bill Dickey
Of the Yankees was at
bat. Cooper was CATCH
ing-one star backstop
against another. Dick
ey's bat connected, and
the annoyed MI. Cooper
trundled down the first
Evening star., 1947-08-17
The Man Behind The Bat
BY PHILIP HARKINS
HY PIsKIN

IF you have time to get set."
he says, the base-runner won't get
the best of it." Cooper's build.
six-feet-three, 210 pounds. lends
muscle and bone to this statement.
Cooper doesn't talk it up." sell
dom heckles batter or berates an
umpire. After a myopic decision,
he'll say quietly. without even turn
ing around. II think you missed that
one, kid. Try and bear down on the
next one."
Ixlesosne Job
CooPER was born in Atherton,
Mo-, 32 years ago. He joined the
Cards in 1910. After a year in the
Navy, he was sold to the Giants for
the staggering sum of $175.000. He
is married, has one eight-year-old
daughter who cheers him from a
box at the Polo Grounds.
One of Cooper's more irksome
duties is the monotonous trudge
down to first, whenever a ball is hit
to the infeld, to back up the first