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The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-08-22

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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
- The Best Choice

standing record in the House of Representa-
tives where hs has served the people of the
Sixth Congressional District for seven terms.
conscientious law maker, something too few
Mississippi members of Congress have
achieved.
And from a hard-headed selfish standpoint,
it would seem wise to us to support a nan who
understands our problems and has come to
our aid before in an effective manner and
who has often proven that he can get the
job done" through personal relations and
the respect of members of both parties in
both houses of Congress.
Mr.. Colmer's cooperation with local
groups, his help and influence in Washing
ton were in a large measure instrumental in
bringing the Pat Harrison Waterways project
to its present status; his efforts and influ-
ence were largely responsible for $4,000 be-
ing granted Pascagoula for port planning
funds, and finally his able and continuous
fight for the schools of Pascagoula and Moss
Point bore fruit in the extension Of the Lam
ham Act, and the granting of federal funds
to aid in the operation Of schools in both
Cltito. III lutli VI Tic llattel IL Iiob III
out these funds we would now be faced with
a shortened school term.
The Pat Harrison Waterway is far from
a reality. The schools will need more help,
and on the basis of his record Mr.. Colmer
deserves the promotion to the Senate. The
theory that he is too valuable in the House
for such promotion is pure poppy-cock for as
a Senator his stature would be increased
and as a natural consequence so would his
influence.
If a segment of our population is peeved
with Mr.. Colmer, even for good reason, we
don't believe that this is any time to cut off
our nose to spite our face.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
You're Telling Me!
BY WILLIAM RIFT
Central Press Writer

Population of the United
States has grown 100000
since the 1910 census. accord
ing to Photographs. No wonder
we've been feeling sort of
crowded late1y.
What the world needs most
at this stage of the game seems
to be some good cneer leaders.
As if meat wasn't high enough
as is that Canadian calf had
to go and swallow a $40 roll of
money.
An Australian lizard, we read,
has the vestige of a third eye
at the back of its head. What a
lucky little creature-with a
built-in rear view mirror.
A California hen laid an egg
with a rifle bullet in it, Is this
a warming we'd better observe
poultryless Thursday?
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A South African cshool boy
is said to have "X-ray' eyes.
Very handy if he can see the
answers in the back of the arith-
metic book.
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An association of dentists
staged their own golf tourna-
ment. They must nave felt
right at home what with Ia cav
tiles to fill in one afternoon.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

Woods from his Broken Hill
Base, New South Wales, is ty-
pical. With a practice covering
an area of 100000 square miles,
DR.. Woods sometimes flies more
than 900 miles in one call. If
a patient needs hospital atten-
ton he is flown back to base
in the aerial ambulance.
The flying doctor service is
maintained by government sub
sidy. private donations and a
voluntary contribution scheme
by which settlers in the area
pay a yearly subscription.
Non-subscribers receive medi-
cal advice bv radio from the
base free of charge. but if the
doctor is called to make a trip
they are expected to pay. Of
ficials Of the service say no de
serving case is based on the
average carrying capacity Of the
property ranging from SIG for
a property with 5000 sheep to
SOS for a 1900 sheep property.
One head of cattle IS regarded
as the equivalent Of SIX sheep.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
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By NOLLE T.

had risen sixty-odd percent. We
don't know exactly when that
was, but it was after our dis
charge and so less than two
years ago. 1t was also after we
had come f~act-to-faee with a
cost of living nearly out of sight.
The government might have
for 20 cents. Yes, mann, we
know that canned milk is kind
of high-three tall cans of the
best for 20 cents.
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This is the last part of 80
and groceries are just going out
tried the same thing that we
did-checking the adds that APP
peared in newspapers during
the period in question and TAX
ing it from there.
We checked the files this
week so that'we could take YOU
on a shopping trip through the
advertisements appearing in
this newspaper during the last
of 1889 and the first of 1910.
The prices advertised were
offered by concerns of a reputa-
BILE nature who are still in bust
ness here and indicates that the
items were "as advertised.
First, ladies, let's grocery
shop a little in a Moss Point
store and begin at the meat
counter. What will we have
for supper?
We might have pork chops.
they are two pounds for IS
cents. Or really splurge and
have steak? That will cost you
10 cents a pound, Nam, but if
you would like either a nice
beef or pork roast how about
this nice four-pound one for SO
cents? Yes, Nam, we have the
pork and beef roasts at 121e
cents a pound. And, lady, how
about some nice s%ugar-cured
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

bacon squares, only 10 cents a
pound this morning?
And does your family demand
hot biscuits every meal? Here is
"a 20-pound sack of guaranteed
flour for SO cents and a half
gallon of new homemade syrup
of sight. 1t has gotten 10 where
you can't get a weeks supply
for three dollars when YOU have
five in the family. But let's
look at the furniture, anyway.
This store wants to sell you
furniture so bad that they will
give you this 32-piece dinner
set or a 8 X II rug FREE if you
will only buy this living room
suite for $44.95. You can have
both FREE if YOU buy one of
the expensive suits at $685..
Here is a carload of bed room
suits to suit your PURSE: $29.95
each, on easy terms and deliv-
cred.
You don't need house dresses,
but look at this lot in a lead
ing store in Pascagoula, wash
able prints, all sizes, take your
choice at IS cents each. These
dresses r good; they have sold
for as much as S1.19 each.
And does your husband need
"A, winter suit? These nationally
advertised suits with two pairs
of pants run $14, $18 and $22. so.
Hats are on sale at $1.88. Over
coats are S12 and $14.
And just one more stop. A
salesman will haunt you for
weeks to sell you one of the
Cali Three" low priced cars.
The cheapest, FOB. Detroit, is
S695. Models in a higher priced
field begin at 1888, the adver-
tlSement says.
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Now all we want to know is,
who has war neurosis? We be-
lieve it is simply that those of
you who were here during the
war years had prices slip up
on you instead of being hit in
the teeth with them upon your
return.
Remember, now, we aren't
asking for a return ito depres-
sion days. We just want to
prove our point. Our pocket
book tells us things have gone
up between 200 and 300 per-
cent, and we believe it.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

M~ississippians will be called on Tuesday
to elect one of five Democratic candidates to
fill the vacant seat Of the late Theodore G.
Bilbo in the nations highest Legislative
branch, the United States Senate.
Being human, none of the five candidates
seeking the office are perfect in the eyes of
all the electorate, for if one was then there
would be little use in holding an election. We
could simply name a man by reclamation.
But this newspaper and each voter must
settle on one candidate, if they are to per-
form their civic duty, and we have decided
to string along with our own Congressman
William M. colmer.
Ours was not a hasty decision, for we have
not always seen eye-to-eye with Mr.. Colmer,
nor do we subscribe to the home own boy
at any price, political philosophy. We have
reasons, which we believe TO be sound, for
supporting Bill Colmer and we list them here
for your consideration.
In our opinion three of the five candidates
are entirely unqualified for the Senate job:
Paul B.. Johnson, Jr. is completely inexper-
fenced and persists in trying to start his poll
tical career at the top instead of the bot
tom; Forrest Jackson is riding on the political
reputation of the late senator and aiming
for the sympathy and support of his follow
ers; Congressman John Rankin shakes his
name and bellows Communist at all who
oppose him and screams "outside interior
ence" in an effort to cover a sorry record.
That leaves Judge John Stennis of De Kalb,
an apparently affable gentleman and accom-
wl.-L.IE 1-oAa~ .-I1 49,. ~ l1,ou, tLo 1.,L
lens of Mississippi's farmers, but has little
to say on the problems of Mississippi. and
somehow seems to lack the stature necessary
for the office.
Mr.. Colmer has a good, and frequently, out
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
Columbus Brought Trouble
To The Bahamas

Columbus commanded three
small ships manned by mutt
nous crews. There were 38 men
on the voyage. Rodrigo de Tria-
ma, a sailor aboard the Nina,
raised the cry of land at two
o'clock the morning of Oct. IL,
1892
Dawn showed a dense forest
growing apparently directly
out of the sea. Better light
showed the outlines of the low
lying island with the ground
sloping gently to the beach.
Anchors were dropped. CO.
lumbus. a scarlet cloak over his
shoulders and carrying the STAN
dard of the expedition, board
ed the Santa Maria's pinnace.
The captains of the Nina and
Pinta escorted by most of the
members OF the expedition also
launched small boats.
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Columbus leaped ashore and
stabbed the staff ofthe standard
into the beach and when every
one had, in the admiral's own
words, given thanks to God,
kneeling on the shore, kissed the
ground with tears of JOY, for the
great mercy received he for
mally claimed the land for
Spain.
Waiting Island, it appears on
British charts. For after years
of conflict, the British took over
and still hold the island. L was
nee part of the Spanish Main.
happy hunting ground for Eng
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

The column this week isn't
intended to make you homesick
for the good old days of dollar
a-day wages and unemployment
lines during 1899. But everyone
talks about how high things are
these days and about how much
the cost of living has risen since
the 1889 era.
We argue that the cost of
living, taking everything into
consideration, has gone up be-
tween two hundred and three
hundred percent without even
including the income tax which
takes a healthy hunk out of
your pay before you even re-
ceive it.
A number of our friends ar
que with us that we over esti-
mate the increase and got UNI
duly upset about the whole
thing by coming back to prices
that had advanced so fast dur
ing our four years in the SER
vice.
We notice, though, that the
people who argue the point
with us are always men who
shop only for neckties-which
have gone up less than anything
that we know of - or other
mems wearing apparel.
The ladies, bless 'em, who
have to stretch that household
budget past the breaking point
while they do ninety percent
of the buying, know what we
mean.
We don't know where the
government gets their statis-
tics but we are certain that
they don't take ten bucks and
try. to make it buy the same
as five in 1899, the year they
pick as normal.
Some time ago, we saw in the
paper where the cost of living
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
Flying Doctor
Service Begun
In Australia
BY GORMLY
AP NeWsfeatureS

Sydney = Australia's flying
doctor" service. claimed to be
the only one of its kind in the
world, is carrying medical aid
to farmers and cattle and sheep
ranchers in Australia's lonely
''outback."
The idea was conceived by
the Rev. DIR. John Flvnn
("Flynn of the Inland'O, super
intendent of the Presbyterian
Inland Mission.
Started 26 years ago with one
base at Cloncurry on North
West Queensland, the flying
doctor service now has eight
bases throughout Australia COW
ering virtually all of the domin-
ions 2,974,000 square miles.
Stating each base is a doc
tor, pilot and radio operator.
Each base is equipped with
medica and surgical supplies, a
two-way radio and a Dragon
twin-engined aircraft fitted out
as an aerial ambulance.
People living on isolated farms
and ranches contact the base
with a pedal wireless" power
from which is obtained by work
ing bicycle-like pedals. These
are installed in homes for s275.
In the case of mild illness.
medical advice is given from
the base by radio. together
with instructions for the use Of
the medical kit With which
every homestead is equipped.
Work done BY DR.. J. G.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

and are still fighting, a bitter
battle to maintain states rights
and ward off federal encroach-
ment on those rights. We have
fought, and are still fighting,
the anti lynch bill on the
grounds that it is a federal in
vasion of states rights. In the
face of such widespread Incl
dents as detailed above this
stand is, to say the least, in
congrous. II should be plain
to us that unless we move to
guarantee the fundamental
right of life itself to our racial
minority. the negro, then we
invite the federal government
to do it for us.
Many professional politicians
have long confused and cloud
ed this fundamental issue, 1t
has nothing whatever to do
with racial equality, or the
abolishing of Jim Crow laws,
or discrimination, or the de-
stroying of the white traditions
of the South, or Yankees tell
ing us what to do, II has moth
ing to do with any of these
things, but dissolves itself into
one simple question
whether a man, be he black,
brown Of white, can live his
life in peace and security, or
whether, as a member of a a
cial minority, the question of
his living or dying rests in
the hands of any member of the
majority group who cares to
set himself up as judge, jury
and executioner.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

Details Of the mass killing of
eight negro convicts at Bruins
wick, Ga, by a drunken prison
camp warden and his deputies,
being brought out in a federal
court hearing charging viola
tion of the civil rights of the
slain men, are brutal and sicken-
ing to read. But the most dis
heartening aspect of the whole
affair is that these facts had to
be brought out at a federal
hearing several months after a
local grand jury had investigat-
ed the affair and ansolved the
warden and deputies Of all
blame.
In the same issue of the dali
~ newspaper carrying the story
of the Brunswick hearing is
another story datelined Aber-
deem, Miss. 1t tells of a negro
who was picked up and ques-
toned during the investigation
of an attempted assault on a
white woman. The negro was
released after questioning BY
the sheriff of the county, and
absolved of all connection with
the alleged assault. Despite
this he was taken from his home
later that day, shot, critically
wounded and left for dead by
a group of about 30 white men.
No arrests in the affair were re-
ported, and if normal routine
is followed none will be made.
Without difficulty we can re-
call a number of such incidents
that have occurred in Georgia,
Mississippi, Louisiana and other
Southern states during the past
year, and the only local move
towards administering of impair
tial justice that we remember
is the indicating and bringing to
trial of a group of taxi cab OPP
orators in North Carolina,
charged with the Staying of a
negro murder suspect. The
group was freed By a jury, but
thes were at least hunted down,
indicted and brought TO trial.
We Of the South have fought.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

lish warships seeking Spanish
treasure ships.
San Salvador, Columbus call
ed it, and the name is still some
times used.
Guanahani, the peaceful and
friendly Lucayan Indians called
it. But sthe Lucayans are gone
today. Some were victims of
disease and the guns of the
Spaniards. Some were shipped
eastward as slaves to die in Eu-
rope.
In their place are descend
ants Of Africans. Their ances-
tors were sent to the islands as
slaves.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

Where Christopher Colum~
bus first set foot in the New
World, the icean swells still
break in endless procession
across a pebbly beach. Peace
has come to the few hundred
dark-skinned people who still
live quietly on the little island.
But Columbus landing ASS
years ago brought disaster and
centuries of trouble for the Ba-
hama islands of which it is a
part.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

ing members of the rose family
are apples, ounces. plums,
peaches, strawberries, raspber-
ries and blaekberries?
To produce extra large flowers
on peonies, chrysanthemums. or
dahlias. all side buds on a stalk
should be removed and only one
should be allowed to bloom?
The ~best-known shrub is Spi-
rae Vanhopttei?
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Morning glories may be likened
to railroads because each bloom
has five tracks for bees to trav-
ell down to the honey supply
without tearing their blossoms?
Potatoes, eggplants, peppers.
and tomatoes belong to the
nightshade family? While the
nightshade is poisonous, all its
relatives are good for food.
The thistle is the floral en-
blem of Scotland?
.
A curious old name for the
pink was that of scopes in
wine" because its spicy petals
were used to flavor vine COB
lets by our ancestors?
The Gala lily is really a bract
or leaf. not a flower?
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
BEST POLICY

Fairbury. Neb. - AP Money
matters between the Beetley
Salvage Co. of Fairbury and the
United States Treasury have been
set right
The government Strengthened
things out by writing a check and
dispatching it to the Fanrbury
firm, which is having the nego-
table instrument framed. II rep
resents a refund on surplus army
equipment.
The check Is for one cent.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
You Know?

The roots of some species of
Yucca furnish a substance simil-
ar to soap? They also contain
a chemical which ruins the
quality of milk given by cows
after eating its leaves.
During Elizibethian times,
the tender young leaves of mock
orange, which have a cucumber
taste. We're used as salad
green's?
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There is a plant called LA
dies Pocketbook''? Calceolaria
is the botanical name for this
plant. which is a tender peren-
Nal and thriveS best when kept
in 4 cool room.
Among the edible fruit-bear-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31
THIS WEEK
in Other Years

SIX WEEKS AGO THIS
WEEK, Moss Point voters over
w~helmingly approved a $780,
600 bond issue for the construc-
ton of a new high school and
a negro school BY a vote Of 305
to 7 The federal gov
eminent agreed to share $3.50
in a $4,000 water works inn
provement in Pascagoula
A Sass, 900 sewage project for
Pascagoula was approved with
the federal government agree
ing to foot $259,000 of the bill.
Editorially, the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser called at
tention to the deplorable con-
dition of Pascagoula's streets
d.. Pointed out that 81 900
nurses were needed to fill exist
ing vacancies in the nation.
FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK. Gulf Coast shipyards
adopted a uniform eight-hour
shift in a move to cut down Job
shifting and absenteeism . i.
A voluntary Victory Corps was
set up in Pascagoula and Moss
Point high schools to train
youngsters to take their place
in war Plans we're laid
for the dedication of the Moss
Point Elementary school to the
memory of the late Miss Char
lotte Hyatt, long time teacher
in the system.
No editorial was carried.
FOUR YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, the dim ban was lifted
here as enemy submarines were
cleared from coastal waters
.,. Little progress was made
in the solution of the brutal
murder of little Opal Kicks in
spite of a widespread i~nvestiga-
ton :. the National War
Relief Drive got underway in
the county.
No editorial was carried.
THREE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, the SIS. Sea Dolphin
was launched at ingalls,
the Chamber of Commerce an
nounced a new boiler assembly
plant would be located in Moss
Point The Moss Point
High school planned a Home
Coming celebration for former
graduates at the school on No
vember 10.
No editorial was carried.
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TWO YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, a new order was issued
by the Jones County Circuit
Court prohibiting Masonite
from poluting the Pascagoula
River System pending a hear
ing of a suit Shoe ra-
tioning was abolished by the
OPA Sergeant William
-Rett Johnson of Wade, Mar
inc veteran of Bataan, arrived
home on furlough after liberia
ton from a Jap prison camp
where he had spent many
months.
Editorially the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser continued
its fight against the proposed
four-year medical school in
Mississippi, to be inaugurated
at the expense of a small hos
pital system for the state.
A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK,
a contract was let for the tenn
porary repair of dangerous
bridges between Pascagoula
and Gautier on U. S. Highway
80 The surveying of
lots began in the Eastlawn
section of Pascagoula in prepa-
ration for the eventual sale of
teh FPHA units T. j.
Dickson of Moss Point announc-
ed that he would be candidate
for the office of Alderman in
Ward Two.
Editorially, the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser backed the
building of a Memorial Sta
dium in Pascagoula
Asked for a fulltime Health Of
ficer in Jackson County
Called attention to the danger
Gus condition of Washington
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

To the Bedouin family the
camel IS transportation, milk.
meat and sometimes clothing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-10-31

Among the edible fruit-bear-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-11-27
IN THE GRAND TRADITION

old American custom dating back to the
Americans however, have long been
think of their Its
shock AS of fact of
relationships shifting forms of government We
not quite and rockng think and perhaps that
all the good.
strength of these traditions be found this
week millions American homes The who have
from other lands have been rapidly asSimiated the
pattern This Thanksgiving will be family gather
throughout the land thanks will be God in heartfelt
will about the festive tables
the of Commonwealth MassachuS
The Warznsk family Detroit the Swensons of Minneapolis
Richmond Grandmas joining with the Cabots
Lodges of thanks Almighty God for benefits
received Thanksgiving old American CUSTOM it's the
Grand Tradition
traditions good Ameri
which traditions institutions under fire
They the dctionays definition of conservative lone
disposed existing Institutions They nothing
maintaining such existing institution Thanksgiving Yet
reasonably conservative today he finds himself
called reactionary usually all
red in the well principle Americans ARE reasonably
a foundation
the These institutions have been tried found
wanting
Of all the of Americans American Christians
undoubtedly the
of affairs They reasonably conservative They have main
tanned their existing institutions they their foundations
supernatural Christianity valianty
nnumerabe attacks
And for has had submit quite
bit namecalng Reaconary fascist OF progress
merely few of the genteel that have been tossed at
believing Christians America the Chris
uphold her existing Institutions they
the Grand Tradition the Tradition of God Thanksgiving
Christian Tradition as we'll an American Tradition