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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07

Last week we discussed the proposed pro-
gram of federal aid for education in the states
and urged that Mississippi support this pro
gram. 1t is the only way that this state and
others with a low general income will ever
be able to support the kind of educational
system we need and pay our teachers a mini
mum salary OF $1,000 a year. The average sal
airy of Mississippi school teachers today is
$3.50. Obviously we are neglecting the all
important process OF education when our
teachers on the average are paid less than
common labor. As we pointed out last week,
the gap between what the state spends on
education and what the situation actually
requires is so great that only the use of fed
eral funds-such as we nave been fortunate
enough to have in Paseagoula during the
war-Will make first-rate school standards
possible.
This week we want to discuss the states
own responsibility.
The National Education Association, which
is the most important organization of public
school teachers and administrators in the
country, has made an extensive study of the
educational expenditures of the various
states in comparison with the states re-
sources and ability to make such appropria-
tions. There are 64 basic tests and standards
by which a states ability to pay for educa-
ton is rated. The states income alone does
not tell the whole story, for a poor state with
low income may be, in a comparative way,
bending more for the education of its young
people than a rich state whose school APP
preparations are several times higher. In
other words, if Mr.. Jones makes 500 a
neonth and spend $40 of it on his children's
cducation, he is actually doing more for his
II ildren. according to his ability to pay. than
Alr. Smith who makes $500 a month but
spends only SIS for education.
IN consparlaon of the states, Mississippi's
income IS more like that of Mr.. Jones than
Mr.. Smith. But even taking into account the
low income of his state, Mississippi still does
not spend as much on the education of its
children as it can and should. According to
the study of the National Education Associa-
ton, which takes into account Mississippi's
relative poverty, we are still very near the
bottom of the list in the matter of what we
pay for education as compared to what we
can afford to pay. In actual figures, we are
seventh from the bottom of the list. And
this is one list it would be possible to lead,
if we desired to, regardless of the states low
income.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07

fen by Hovmes Gauticr in the mem
DRY of his nephew who was killed
N action during the war.
All champions were awarded
miniature gold gloves and the
funnerS up were awarded silver
gloves. Champions were crowned
N the weight divisions as follows:
ll2 Pound Caass-Billy Bob
Morgan, Recreation Center. who
decisioned Milton Eel, also Rec
reation Center.
liz Pound Class--C. S. Naples,
Recreation Center, decision over
Prentis Newman, Recreation Cen
ter.
126 Pound Class-John Hare,
Rec cation Center, decision, F. c.
Shoes, Recreation Center.
1876 Pound C1ass-John w. JUS
tee, Kcesler Field, second round
TKO Of Roy Bosarge, Recreation
Center.
lat Pound Class-Gordon Pc
resieh by default over Wallace
Iasont0.
100 Pound Class-Al Coates,
keesler, former Michigan Golden
Glove Champion by default over
Kenneth Mautice. Point Cadet
Boys Club, who broke his thumb
II subsequent win over Fl. John
son, Keesler.
l75 Pound Class-Howard Els
cue, Kcesle~, close decision over
Charles Fitzpatrick, Recreation
Center.
Heavy Weight-Leon Mccoy,
GC.M.A. third round TKO of
Alvin Bender, also G.C.MA.
Go To Region
The winners leave PascagOula
Sunday afternoon on the Hum
mingbUd" for Nashville where
theV Will meet the winners of
eight other cities o. sections and
where all Of their expenses will
be borne by The sponsors.
Meanwhile, Editor Easton King
Of the Chronicle Star and Adver-
tiser announced this week tina.
the interest manifested in the
first Golden Glove shoWings in
this section had warranted a con-
t|nuati0n of the affair annually.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07
Desk

were prospects of oil being dis
covered on that beautiful
wooded spot Of Mississippi soil
called The Big Level.
Although Crabs land and
homestead was right in the
center of all this activity, ne
was hoping that they would
not 1iscove ell. We have
known old people VINO Were
just as avarielous as young ones,
Il not more 50. We have known
rich men who would drag them
selves down TO an office day
by day, against doctors or
ders, to make another dollar that
they did not need and would
never get to spend. But Crab
was not injected vita this
kind of avaTiee.
Crab wanted the Big Level
to stay the way II Was. He
told ne that BE had walked
through those woods eighty
years ago, as a young boy; had
hunted when there was game,
and many times had brought
home the dinner at his mothers
bidding when the woods
aboundod in turkey. birds and
rabbits. He did not want an
oil boom. He wanted his c9un-
try side to stay the way it
was.
Il worship the pine tree" he
said.
We belong 10 thai religion,
too. And We envied this old
man. in a way, because he had
been alive when the great long
leaf forests stil covered most
Of Mississippi IN our time
they had been cit cut except
tor "A few stands here and
there Yei even 50 the pine
remains the symbol Of the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07

South Mississippi title winners
in the first annual Golden Gloves
boxing tournament held here by
the Chronicle Star and Advertiser
as shown above. bottom row. left
10 right: John Hare. Recreation
Center Billy Bob Morgan. Rec.
reation Center; c. S. Naples.
Recreation Center. Top row. left
II right John w. Justice. Keesler
Field Howard Escue. Keesler
Field; Lean Mccoy. Gulf Coast
Military Academy; Gordon Pere-
SIGH, Biloxi Point Cadet Club.
and Al Coats. Keesler Field. Al
LEFT is shown Morgan. Hare and
Msples. of the winning Recrea-
ton Cenier Team. and T. N.
Tucker. left. director of The
tournament. and Terry Lehman.
coach of the winning local team.
with the handsome trophy pres
enied by E. A. KhaYai for the
Pdscagoula Moss Point Bank,
Photos by Martin Syndicate.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07

a forest and shovel the hills
into the rivers. But so far no
one has found just the right
chemicals to ruin an ocean.
You can get in a boat and go
far enough out on the face of
The deep; and there it j., the
hmitless sea beneath the eter-
nal sky. just the way il was
the morning after Creation.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07
BY NOLIE T. ROBERTS

They say that Uncle Abner
Cunningham only weighed two
and one half pounds when he
was born at Big Point seventy
seven years ago, and It's a fact
that he only weighs about a
hundred pounds more. than that
today. TheV told him, too, that
his need was Just the size Of a
silver dollar al birth, and frat
his fist cradle was a clear
box, but h doesn't know for
sure, # course, and there seems
no ona around to say whether
ii is teae Or false
For Uncle Abner Is the lone
survivor Of his big family and
0uw Only living great uncle, the
son IS William James Simon
Cunningham and Mary Rose
Coleman who were married
we'll over q century ago and
from whom a lot of we present
dav re8idents Of jackson Coun-
~ descended.
Greatgfandfather Cunning
ham came here from Kentucky,
Uncle Abner tells us, and work
ed as a stepedoTe in Mobile
in the winter and supervised
slaves on the Coleman planta-
ton during tire summer months.
He fell in love with his summer
bose daughter, Mary Rose,
and married her the summer
she &c ebrated her thirteenth
birthday.
All If which leads up 10 the
story Of the big oak tree on
the Cunningham place, when
has attracted a good deal Of
attention, ana which we intend
ed to write abott this week
RICH. after William Cunning
ham aud his bride settled their
place northeast OF Big Point, he
shot a wild duck in the swamp
one dav and found an aeorn IN
the ducks craW when he
dressed it. We guess the nov
city Of the thing prompted him
to do i, but at any rate, he
planted the acorn down by the
lot fence AMI took a great deal
of pride in the water oak that
sprung up from it
And the tree responded TO
the care il received and grew
tall and strong, soon provid ng
shade and beauty to its section
of the farm home.
Other trees were planted, too,
Of course, but Greatgrandpa's
pet oak outstripped them all
until ii measured twenty .seV-
EN- feet around OF the ground
and there was no other tree as
on the whole place.
Perhaps Grandpa Cunning
ham saw in the tee q parallel
to- his own life. Both he and
the acorn from which the tree
bad crown had come to the
county more or less by chance
and both had taken roots IN
the friendly soil and were des-
tined to spend their lives IN
their new home.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07
You're Telling Me!
BY WILLIAM RIFT

In the old DAYS wearing
tire hair shirt meant doing
penance. But from now on it
VII be the mark Of a dude.
g 4
Zadok Dumkopf is already
planning TO cut down his old
eamePs hair benny INTO a short
sleeved, open at : the throat
sports blouse.
GrandpappY jenkins thinks
tie fur shirt idea O. X. but too
expensive l. rs case he'd
need lne fashioned exclusive
II of silver Eax-in order %
get perfect malea fog his beard.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07

For as the tree spread It's
roots and shed acorns of its
own, Grandpa Cunningham
added to his two story log
house and his children began To
play under the protecting
branches OF the tree. And the
droppings Of his cattle fed the
tree and the tree provided
shade for him and MS.
The big oak still stood when
Grandpa passed on many years
ago, bat its time came also al
ter it had passed the century
mark, as few of we humans do.
The heart rotted ont of it, in
some strange way, and a mas
sive hollow formed at the bot
tom where only six inches or so
Of sap remained.
Yearlings-some no doubt
descendants Of the original
cattle that hid fed the roots
OF the young tree-Walked into
its greet body during stormy
nights end were sheltered from
the wind and driving rain.
But it was old and sick and
a menace 10 the barn and live
stock during high winds and
Uncle Abner finally sadly de
cided to have it cut down. And
it Law last week beside the barn,
returning to the earth where IL
VIII JOIN the mortal remains
Of the man who planted ii so
many years ago.
= 81
There were many old things
around Uncle hbner's place.
as well as modern things ike
gas heat and electrical appli-
anees, There IS a japonica
bush more than sixty wears ed
and ten inch heart yellow pine
boards floor the back porch.
They were cut with q gang
cav from our virgin forests
three quarters of a century
ago 3nd there is none like
them today. None even close
in quality.
His place is as beautiful as
any we have ever seen in the
county with giant oaks and
magnolias and an air of homi-
ness that can only come with a
century or more Of living.
He apologIzed because things
around the place were not spick
and span, explaining that he
did not have the strength to
keep il up as he once had But
thought his place one Of the
most interesting that we had
visited during ctr rounds IN
the county and knew that it was
typical of the home from which
all have come, in one gener-
alton on another.
And we thought of Great
grandpa Cunningham ard won
defed if he would be surprised
to know that the acorn he had
planted would Some day pro-
vide 'he subject for the scrib-
blings OF one of his third-gener-
alton descendants.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07
Eight South Mississippi Champions
In Golden Glove Finals

Eight South Mississippi Golden
Glove champions were crowned
here Saturday nigh ct the Ma
ket Street Recreation Center and
win depart this weekend for
Nashville on an expense paid tour
30 enter the regional tournament
there.
The state eliminations here
were sponsored by the Chronicle.
Star aad Advertise, which holes
The franchise for al OF Mississippi
south Of Jackson.
IN he bouts lest Friday and
SATURDAY. nights in Pascagou.a,
nearly fifty youths battled before
arge crowds which showed salts
taetion With round after found Of
applause and cheering.
TIE tenn championship went %
'4o Recreation Centcr team, Goa.
red by Terry Lehman, who he'd
winners N thee Of eight divis-
ions n tie "Parade OF Cham
p.o9s''.
Kea#.ar Fed had the same
H+2-
0ufoba Of Champions bat fell
t0Hn n the runner-up and mum
J.r Of emf les divisions.
f \. Khayat. representing the
Passage Moss Point Bank.
which provided the handsome
winning team trophy, presented
it To NJ. Lehman following a
short ak n which he c0neratu-
lated NJ. Tucker and the news
paper for the successful tour
nament.
Champions
Best fights of the tournament
came n the 147 pound class
where four csaek Welter weights
Oe.ted each Other around the
ring for two nights before a Win-
ner was chosen. Gordon Pere5ieh,
fighting for the Biloxi Point
Cadet Bcv's Cub, won the cham
pionship on default from Wa
aco Tazauta of The same club,
sitter tax ng a close decis on over
Tom MoGavin, Keesler Field sol
der.
McGaQin IVES subsequently,
awarded the Douglas Hague Ne.
moriai Spas tsmanal-p Award CIV
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07
Radio Controlled Patrol

Members of the Jackson County Board of
Supervisors took a forward step this week
when they arranged for a r~adio-eontrolled
patrol OF the county's highways and by-ways
by asking for bids for two new passenger
automobiles and authorizing the sheriff to
purchase three three-way radios to be con-
nected to the Gulfport state highway patrol
station.
The third radio will be placed in the of
fetal ear of the sheriff and will give him
control over the movements of the two coun-
ty patrolmen, who work under him as chief
law enforcement officers of the county.
As Supervisor A. P. Moran stated at the
board meeting, times are changing and we
either change with them or remain in the
horse and buggy days, figuratively speaking.
And in that connection, we believe 1t time
that the city of Pascagoula institute radio
control of its police department by either
h ioking up with the same system or in
shutting a two-way radio system like the
one in use by a local taxi company.
The latter method would cost less than
three thousand dollars and the first even
less, and we believe the saving in gasoline
alone Noulu pay Tor the system III 4 reason
able period. And nothing would do more to
increase the efficiency of the police depart
ment and provide better protection for citi-
zens in all sections Of the city.
We would like to see the system installed
for the city at the same time the county
switches over IL the modern method.
before the vvar II costs the oovernmenf IN
bookkeeping and other charges very nearly
as much as this revenue brings IN 10 keep
accounts on those II the lower brackets.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-07

coastal south. We have lived
for q time in the country Of the
sugar maple and the other
trees which give the forests of
the north their rich, vivid col
oring in the autumn. These
are beautiful trees. So are the
live oaks of Louisiana But
none has the same mystic and
haunted beauty rs a tai pine
tree. Even n small stand Of
second growth trees has some
thing Of that hold upon our
feelings. Perhaps It is because
the rarest and best Heafs Of
boyhoh4 were spent camping
ana tenting and cooking among
the pines and cutover sandy
land So It is 2 kim Of seligion
after al, like the old tyec-
ping Dsui7s Of the B-
is Isles. And when | ne
Crab Bree'and l knew that he
Was j duid o. sort, nd t ut
the pine woods or Tie B
Level were mis- saelsl grove.
Last week we dreEa = 2
Founta1ne between Geulier
and Ocean Spring aaf iowa
t. lie coast on n oil Ham
mil tact of land. VIII W.
the eye fell there wee TIE
stuapz Of what lad once been
a virgin forest o long- ieaf
pine. These weeds, we ave
been tod. were cut cut onlY a
few years ago. We snail a.
ways reg ct that We came too
late to see them.
People neea homes, o. course,
and pa4e lumber is among the
best - build them with; there
are feW people who. like Crab,
would iather preserve trees
than strike oil OF sell them for
tie f8s;une they h ing these
days. And yet we cannot hep
fee 9 sense o. reg et to watch
the forests di appearing along
the highways and byways-
disappearing from month to
month and almost from Gay to
daY. We recall now Tire old
ballad called "Woodman, spare
that tseei' Il would Be nee
Ia have a great fortune Ike
the Rockefeller family and go
about Mississippi buying up
woods to be made into public
parks.
The STATE has a.. few such
parks, but they are not enough.
Il would be a good thing if
the counties would p eservc
for public use some Of Inc Iand
that las been foree.ased Tor
taxes. ana have It refa1este1
for tae future generations Of
N ssissppian8. An even better
time ~ have done something
Ike .eis. of course. vas filtv
or Sky years ago when a lot
Of y gn stands were ST. held
b. The counties.
o
Man his "a way Of changing
and aisrupting the country that
he Ives in. Prohablg that Is
what they cali progress
Maebe progress can't take pace
an aher Way. Bu1 " Ike
q think that progress could
eo on lust o. We ri pr
hapa bettes. =
fouI rs own reE I'm Hlf
rivers. III znge his parties IL
Montana labor news., 1947-02-06
Labor Opposed To
Conscript Army
Says WDL

New York-WDL-A demand for
public discussion of the pros and cons
of peacetime CONSUMPTION was lodged
by the Workers Defense League with
the Presidents advisory commission
on universal training. which is holding
secret. "by-invitation-only' hearings
in a Washington office building.
Rowland Watts, associate WDL sec
rotary, wrote Chairman Karl T.
Compton for an opportunity to appear
before the nine-man commission and
to any form of peacetime consumption.
to register labor's united opposition
Voicing no faith in the integrity OF the
hand-picked commission, which was
recently assailed by A. Philip Ran
hdolph for being a White House rub
Der stamp. Watts asked nevertheless
that the stand of 100000 organized
workers be placed on the record. In
his recent statement. made on behalf
of the WDL, Randolph had also at
tackled the hypocrisy Of the commits
sion in agreeing to remove the word
military" from its title.
Montana labor news., 1947-02-06
Silver Bow Trades
And Labor
Council Notes

Communication aud rollcd!l on lib
- and - va, rel,! c3naemning all
Nhe voted AGAINST raising workmen's
compensation benefits.
Council took action i~nstructiag the
secretary 10 wire our representatives
ia Helena protesting against a sales
tax III any form
Communication WAS read stating
thar AN a%nti.labor bill had been not
iced" In the house in Helena and sec
rotary was instructed TO wire protests
a-ainst It's passage.
Fro Driscoll was appointed to at
tend q meeting arranged by the teach
er union February IL.
Committee on school election re-
rorted that a mass meeting would be
held in the Carpenters Union Hall
February II at 90 p M. to nominate
two candidates for the school election.
Miners delegates reported that Del
egate Mcleod had been operated on
III 81. Johns hospital and was doing
as well as could be expected. Bro.
Harrington was sick in Mercy
\ long discussion took place on
IiR l2i. the school reorganization bill
TO which the delegates were opposed
to and the secretary was instructed
TO wire all state representatives ask
ing them to vote against lib ia.
Montana labor news., 1947-02-06

Jump in living costs. Engel said,
means this worker could have bought
the same living in 1899 with a net
income. Of S1.G13. compared to his
1917 income of $500.
Treasury Department figures, Engel
continued. show that in 1914 there
were about SO million individuals with
incomes of $500 or under, who with
their dependents make up the major.
ity of the nation.
He blasted the notion that the low
income worker should be taxed ito
make him tax conscious. In many
cases he pays a sales tax on every
thing he buys. Every time he pays
a sales tax on everything he buys.
Every time he pays rent he is paying
the taxes on the house or room he
rents. Every time he goes to the
theatre he pays a tax. In fact every
time he turns around he pays some
kind of tax. If he isn't tax conscious
now. o Withholding tax Of 10c or zoe
q week will not make him So"
He said labor was on a sound foot
ing in basing its demand for increased
wages on the increased cost of living.
adding that the income tax ground
from the low-income worker helps to
bring about labor strife in his effort
to obtain a better wage.
Engel reviewed successive tax cuts
by Republican congresses from 1921
to 1929. during which time individual
exemptions were increased from ST.,
600 to $500, married exemptions rose
+from $1,000 to $500 and dependent
exemptions were increased from 5000
to $500. In the same period. the tax
on income below $4,000 was cut from
ca to o.5cl.
1T is my contention Engel said
that the Knutson bill is a radical de
rarturc from what has been the Re
publican tax policy in the past. II the
bill is passed it will place into the
hands of the Democratic party the
most effective campaign argument
any party can have an argumen
which will appeal to Sc million PEG
pie in the low-income group. 1t MAJ
spell defeat for the Republican part,
in 1915
Montana labor news., 1947-02-06
Ladies Auxiliary Of
CIO Installed New
Officers, JAM

On the evening of January 3. the
! aides Auxiliary No. 7. Of Butte held
installation Of officers in the Union
hall. The drill team. attired in formals
of beautifully blended pastel shades.
presided. Alice P%ickthall. captain,
with the aid of her team exhibited an
array of beautiful drills. We sincere
~ wish to thank them for their mar
velous work, and hope to see more
OF it displayed in the future.
Following the meeting an installa
ton dinner was held at the Club AZ
i'll Meaderyille, where dinner and
dancing was enjoyed by all.
Newly installed officers were,
President, Mary Orlich. vice presi
dent, Ann Lynch; recording secretary
Miralda Leonard; financial secretary
Ruth Garwood. and trustees Alic,
Pickthall, Hazel Hicks and Lucille
Nancy: warden, Christine MOser. ant
conductress, Marie Swift.
Montana labor news., 1947-02-06

AFI leaders concluded their
first session of their mid-win-
ter meeting here. Promising to
analvze these bills more spe-
Critically latter and 10 expose The al
lAoi,s and daupor- they contain the
AfsI. chieftains confined their opening
statement To Il ecn.ral lndietmeni al
This iyIe of legislation on the follow
in4 counts.
Instead Of reducing strikes, the
proposed regulatory LAWS would have
tho opposite effect
. They would tnferlose bureau
cratic federal agencies between en-
ployers and their employees and usher
in ucN s}strm Of government ron
trolls thai would hc more oppressiN.
10 the American system Of free enter
prise than anyihing the nation has
ever before experienced eyer in war
time
2 They would icoIarli1e immediate
prospects al realizing full and unin
corrupted production which is the key
10 future prosperitY
The sponsors Of such leaislatioi
are either ignorant Of the dangerous
poteutialiiies contained therein. or ar
motiyated by a yergefll desire L
cripple and destroy the trade nnioi
movement. regardless of the gfea'
halm caused to the nation in the proc
oSS,
Reundiating this Kind of approach
to the solution pi labor management