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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26

Mrs. L. c. Gordon entertained
a group Of small friends Thurs
day afternoon in honor of her
daughter, Edna Ruth. on her
tenth birthday. Prizes we're giv.
en- and the winners YER PHYLLIS
Grcenough and Carol Williams.
Others who helped celebrate the
occasion were Jimmie, Dorothy
and Ann Golf, Orville, James and
Vera Cunningham, Charles Mel
son, Linda Farley, Bonnie EN-
erson, Moreno Tynes, Irene Ryals,
Louise Brown, Pete Lynd, Carol
Betram and Faye Greenough.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
REBECCA CELESTE SCALES

Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Scales, 1900
Harrison avenue. Pascagoula, an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Rebecca Celeste, at the jackson
County hospital, Thursday, Sep
TENDER 8.
This is their second child as
Mr.. and Mrs. Scales have a three
and a half yea old daughter,
Mary Elizabeth.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
LUCY WRIGHT CIRCLE

The Lucy Wright Circle of the
Woman's Missionary Society of
Calvary Baptist church will meet
at the home of Mrs. r. B. Knight,
1908 Williams street, Pascagoula,
on Tuesday, Sept. 80 at 2 p. m.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
ODD LErrER BOXES

Sydney, Aus.-AP-One of the
oldest letter boxes in the world is
a builock's skull at Toopan, near
Townsville in the Australian state
of Queensland The laws of the
skull are wired SO that they will
clamp hard on letters showed into
them BY the postman OF his dali
~ rounds. Other oddities among
letter boxes in Australia include
an adapted turtle shell at Cairns
(Queensland), a swallows large
mud nest (waterproof) at Condo
bolin New South Wales, and a
ships lantern in Double Bay "a
Sydney suburb.).
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26

Queen and Bud Sherman made a
business trip to Mobile on
Tuesday of this week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
ATOM BAN:
Russia's Coal

Rejecting the American plan for
international supervision of atomic
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05

of the atom as IAN Illusion and
predicted that this country's domi-
nance in the field might be over
come soon by other nations.
Gromyko presented four-point
outline of Russia's position in the
debate over the atom:
Il. Prohibition Of atomic and
mass destruction weapons is the
greatest problem before the United
Nations.
2. Russia is willing to submit to
international control and inspection
only if the atomic bomb is previ-
ously discarded.
3. Inspection must be limited In
authority to ''the necessity of ensur-
ing the use Of atomic energy for
peaceful purposes only" and it
must not interfere with the internal
Soviet economy.
a. Ownership and mana cement
of atomic energy production facili-
ties cannot be placed in the hands
of an international authority.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
CRUMBLES OUT:
Germans Warned

Restless, protesting G er m n
have been warned by governors Of
both the American and British
zones to stop striking and grum-
bling against the Allies and buckle
down to face the present food crisis
with 'hard work and courage"
Sumner Sewall, American mill
tary government director in Wuert-
temberg-Baden, said that protest
strikes against the food shortage
might cost the Germans relief sup
plies from the United States. He
pointed out that the demonstrations
are causing increased resistance"
among taxpayers in this country.
Sewall also demanded that Ger
mans stamp out the black market
which is dissipating a great amount
of their food rations.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
SUB PROCRAM:
Macy Is Worried

In an effort to resolve its biggest
iworry-that of underwater warfare
the navy has proposed five-year,
i210 million dollar construction and
conversion program which ulti-
'mately would produce fleet of 100
super-fast submarines.
Included in the plans is a new
type Of misunderstanding ''killer
ship" a high-speed vessel which
would be able to track down and
destroy enemy subs in any kind Of
weather.
High-ranking naval officers are
reported to be concerned over the
swift submarines developed by the
Germans toward the close of the
war and the fact that the Soviet
navy is believed to be rushing to
completion fleet of undersea boats
copied after the best German de-
signs.
II the navy's proposal is adopted,
the fast new submarines should be
ready by 1851, according to Vice
Admiral Robert B. Carney, logistics
chief.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05

Miss Florence e. Dolph of
Scranton, Pa, celebrated her
Tooth birthday anniversary by
sliding down the banister in her
home. She says she has ignored
her years to perform this birth
day stunt ever since 1866.
Long, Long Trial
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, military
governor of the American zone in
Germany, has predicted that at the
rate German Identification courts
are proceeding it will take several
years to dispose of the huge number
of cases still pending.
He revealed that 3,277, 100 of the
1925, 900 Germans in the American
zone were chargeable under law,
and that the cases of 223, 449 have
been completed. So far, $50 of the
Germans tried were major offend
ers, subject to maximum sentence
Of 10 years in labor camp.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
NET PROFITS:
Industries Cain

Top money maker in the United
States in 1916 was the textile indus
try which, according to Wall
Street Journal survey, rode the sell
er's market harder than any other
group to register a 2199 per cent
increase in net profits over 1945.
Fourteen textile corporations
were reported to have net profits of
$109, 435, 562 in 1916, compared with
$34, 206, 787 the previous year.
Profits 1879 per cent above 1915
were recorded by food products and
packing house industries, those
which lie closest to the family
Golfers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
PORK SUPPLY:
Seek More Pigs

Seeking to boost the nations pork
supply during the spring and sum-
mer of 1948, the department of agri-
culture has recommended a general
Is per cent increase in pig produc-
ton this fall.
The increase, achievement of
which would bring an additional
five million pigs to market next
spring and summer, is being sought
because present prospects indicate
that supplies of beef and veal will
be shorter in 1913.
Farmers will have no difficulty in
getting sufficient amounts Of feed to
fatten larger fall crop, the de-
partment said.
While the national goal calls for
an overall increase of Is per cent,
the recommended regional in
creases would be Is per cent in
western states, Is per cent in the
Midwest corn belt and in the North
east, II per cent in East Central
states and Is per cent in the South.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
A Working Whistle

Naval research scientists are
working on an extremely shrill-al-
most supersonic-whistle as a de-
vice to dispense airfeld fogs.
The plan is to send out powerful
vibration waves with a frequency
just at the border of audible sound.
Such waves cause fog vapor to
gather in larger drops, and when
the whistle stops they drop to the
ground Difficulty is that the whis-
tie, which some hear and some
don't, causes every one in the vicin-
ity to feel highly uncomfortable.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
NAVY FUND:
Big Cut Made

An economy minded house OF
representative forcibly passed a
So, 1859, 761, 100 navy appropriations
bill which represented an II per
cent cut in President Truman's
original request for navy depart.
ment funds.
Shouting down cries that the re-
duced appropriation would shrink
navy and marine corps manpower
by $4,000, house Republicans, in a
voice vote, approved the naval
budget for the coming fiscal year at
a figure about 377 million dollars
below the Administrations estimate
of the amount necessary to main
tain required strength.
Defending the budget cut, house
members criticized the navy policy
of maintaining disproportionate
number Of high ranking officers
during peacetime.
There are far too many men Of
high rank today" said Representa-
tive Ploeser (Rep., MOI. "The navy
ican effect its own savings by con-
siderable reversion to prewar ranks
among officers
Proponents Of more money for
the navy pinned their hopes on the
senate, where the bill went follow
ling the house action.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
Fire Losses Z0ons

Losses from fire in The United
STATES foNoaVed the general trend
of the times during The past gear.
They aren't 'sVay mp.
Summing Hb for The past year,
THE national board of fire Nnder-
sUyiters REPORTED the greatest fire
loss for iany 12-montb period IN
history of The nation.
Total smonny sVas $616, 4O8, 900,
making an increase of y per cent
oDer the $4o7,153,OOO in fire losses
for THE Preceding gear. Losses dur
ing the first four months of this
year acre greater Than those re-
corded in either 1885, 1887 or
1888.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
LABOR PEACE:
IStrikes Vanish

Peace descended on the national
labor scene, at least temporarily,
when the six-week strike of tele-
phone workers ground to a COM
plete stop as Western Electric COM
pany employees in AZ states re-
! turned to their jobs.
End of the phone strike marked
the beginning of a honeymoon be-
tween labor and management. For
the time being, not single major
industrial strike was troubling the
national economic waters. On the
horizon, however, doomed the fig
ure of John L. Lewis, bordering
whether or not to call a strike Of his
United Mine Workers in June.
Tapering off gradually in recent
weeks as various union groups
reached agreements with their en-
ployers, the telephone strike was
fully settled when 10000 members
of the Association of Communica-
ton Equipment Workers, the last
holdouts, accepted an liz cent-an-
hour average pay increase from
Western Electric.
Telephone workers across the
country walked away from their
jobs at 6 a. M, April z, demanding
general pay boosts Of SIP a week.
Average increase, when agree
,ments finally were reached, was
about $3.50 or 81.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
WORLD AID:
Surrey Needs

Postwar needs of the world will
be studied thoroughly in global
survey before the administration de-
cides on further foreign aid pro-
grams such as the 400 million dollar
Greek-Turkish measure, Secretary
Of State George c. Marshall has
revealed.
First Of its kind, the survey is
being conducted by newly organ
lied policy group. Marshall said
that with the exception of IS million
dollars scheduled to go to Korea he
foresaw no further appropriations
for foreign aid at present.
He added, however, that he was
not prepared to say what may be
required to help other nations in the
future. The state department, he re-
ported, currently is seeking some
way to help China which could be
fully justified to the American peo-
pie and to congress.
The 70 million dollar fund for
Korea will be used to rebuild roads,
rails and industries in the United
States zone, Marshall said.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05

energy, Andrei
A. Gromyko, So
Wet delegate to
the United Ma
tons, called for
a n i'm m dia tie
decision to out
law the use of
atomic weapons.
He described
present United
States, monopoly
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
SEAWAY:
Soon a Reality?

Despite powerful opposition, the
long sought st. Lawrence Great
Lakes seaway which would make
ocean ports of at least three large
inland cities may become a reality
in the near future.
The combined seaway and cleo
trio power project, designed to
bring vessels from the Atlantic
ocean along a 2,3O0-mile waterway
to Chicago, Detroit, Duluth and
other cities, has been advocated by
every president since Taft.
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (Rep.,
Mich.) has introduced a bill which
would make the vast project self
liquidating within 10 years by
means of exacting toll charges from
vessels passing through the route.
Previous proposals entailed the
spending Of hundreds of millions of
dollars as public works project.
If the bill is passed by both
houses of congress and if American
cooperation with Canada is author
lied, real work on the seaway may
be expected to begin within a year.
Total cost Of the project to the
United States and Canada is esti-
mated at about 500 million dollars.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
BLACK DEATH:
Germ Warfare

ity which could result from misuse
of science"
That is the opinion Of DR.. Maurice
Visscher, president Of American
Association Of Scientific Workers,
who visualizes a future war with
planes spreading countless billions
of deadly bacteria.
Listed as possible weapons are 80
diseases, among them forms Of the
great plague, ''black DEATH" an
thrax, yellow fever, undulant fever
and parrot fever.
The United States would be par
ticularly vulnerable to such an at
tack because Of it's geographical
isolation, DR.. Visscher said.
Tour Russia in 1913
Russia will raise it's iron curtain
to postwar American tourists in the
spring of 1948, the u. S. department
Of commerce has been informed.
BY that time the Soviets expect
to have much of the wartime devas-
tation cleaned up and will be able
to provide hotel and travel accomo-
dations to permit a gradual influx Of
tourists. It also was disclosed that
a group of American business men
will attend the first postwar Rus
sian fur sale in Leningrad next July.
To Export More Grain
ALLEGATIONS Of grain and grain
products for export to shortage
areas during the month of July have
been increased about 9 million
bushels over the June amount by
the department of agriculture.
An estimated 1,407. 900 long tons,
or about. 54,50O. 900 bushels will be
exported in July as compared with
the June total of 1,179, 900 long tons.
The increase will be largely wheat,
supplies of which will be augmented
by the harvest Of the new crop.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
POSTAL RATES:
Nay Go Up

A measure embodying the first
general revision of postal rates
since 1879 which would add about
40 million dollars year to post
Office revenues has been introduced
in the house Of representatives.
The bill provides for 80 per cent
increase in parcel post rates and
would revise the air mail rate from
five to six cents an ounce. In
addition, the new plan would add
about 80 per cent year to present
scales for second-c1ass mailing Of
newspapers and periodicals sent out
side the county in which they are
published.
Another provision would maintain
the current three-cent local and nom
local rate for first class mail beyond
the July deadline when those rates
were slated to revert to the former
two-cent level.
The new rates wouId go INTO eff
feet 60 days after the bill is passed
ana signed Dy the PreSlQent.
AL to Fight Laws
American Federation Of Labor
will wage a legal battle against
what it terms anti-labor legislation
adopted by 30 states, William
Green, AFL president. has an
nounced.
He stated emphatically that ''the
ALL will fight the constitutionality,
of such measures with all the power
of our $4,000 members" It is the
labor organizations contention that
the legislation by various states vio-
lates the 18th amendment, which
prohibits involuntary servitude.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
SURPLUS SUGAR:
Many Protests

Unless surplus sugar stocks are
released to needy housewives, a
congressional group will demand
immediate repeal of sugar control,
according to Senator Mccarthy
(Rep., Wis., who Is at the head of
the movement.
Protests against the department
Of agriculture's sugar control pro-
gram have been sent to congress-
men from all parts Of the country,
Mccarthy revealed.
1.-The department of agriculture is
trying to make people believe there
Is scarcity when there is a large
surplus" he said, and added, ''They
are permitting industrial users to
stock up, but are denying house
wives the same privilege at the be-
ginning of the canning season when
1t is needed most"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-06-05
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Telephone Strike Fully Settled; House Slushes
Nuvy's Budget; World Relief Needs SURVEYED

EDITORS NOTE -- When opinions
are expressed In these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily of
this newspaper.
Smyrna times., 1947-12-18

trust fund maintained by the
Treasury Department and invested
in Government interest-bearing Sc
curities. The interest accrues to
the NSLI fund.
@. / had an arm amputated be-
cause of injuries received while in
the army. Can 1 select the type
of artificial arm I want and the
firm 1 want to buy it from?
A. Yes, you will be permitted to
select the artificial arm of your
choice, but it must be purchased
from an approved prosthetic appli-
ance manufacturer under contract
with Veterans Administration.
@. 1 am in school under the G-I
Bill and I would like to know if
Veterans Administration will pay
expenses of a field trip to gather
material for a thesis?
A. Veterans will not pay Tor oe-
casional field trips, whether to
summer camp or for data for re-
search or thesis, where the charge
to the student is a separate charge
not included in the tuition or lab;
oratory fee customarily paid by all
students enrolled in the course.
Reinstatement Plan
Veterans with lapsed National
Smyrna times., 1947-12-18

on it are fire hazards which you
will want to watch most carefully
this Christmas. Remember when
you bring u tree into your house it
is going to dry up. A fresh cut
tree will not take fire any more
easily during the arst day Or two
than would the evergreen shrubs
growing outside but it becomes
more serious fire hazard every
hour. At the end Of week, it
will be highly hammable
1t is best 70 bling in a fresh tree
as short a time before Christmas
as possible, and to remove it as
soon Afterwards as You can. If
you do this, ordinary precautions
should prevent it from taking fire.
Families. clubs, churches and bus
inessmen who want to keep their
trees from weak or more before
Christmas until after New Years
9
day need observe special safe
guards to keep it reasonably safe.
The tree can be kept fresh if you
set it up in a pan of water. Cut
off the base of the tree at an angle
at least one inch above the origin
al cut and keep the tree standing
in water during the entire period
that the tree is in the house, add
ing water to the jar or tub in
which the tree stands at intervals
to keep the water level always
above the cut. This method when
used with fresh trees reduces the
fammability as effectively as any
freproofing chemicals. Chemicals
NAV cause the tree to turn brown
or yellow or to lose its needles.
The place you select for your
tree should be we'll away from
stoves. radiators and other sources
of heat. When you smoke, keep
away from the tree.
The tree should be well secured
against falling by inconspicious
wires holding it against the wall.
The tree should be so placed that
standing or fallen, it cannot block
doorway which might be needed
to escape from the room.
1t is important that your Christ
mas lights be in good condition. A
short circuit in worn wiring might
be sufficient to start the tree burn
ing. Sets bearing the label of I'm
derwriters Laboratories, Inc, have
been tested for fire hazards and
pronounced safe by experts.
If your fuses are of proper rat
ing, too many lights from one set
of outlets will blow them. If this
happens, eliminate some of the
lights, and replace the blown fuse
with another of the same size and
rating. An overloaded circuit is
extremely dangerous for fire may
start in the walls.
1t is best to use metal, glass
mica, asbestos and other fire-resist-
Smyrna times., 1947-12-18
Veterans News

Q. My brother, A U. S. veteran of
World War II who resides in Can
ada, would like to know if he can
claim unemployment allowance
while living there
A. No, he cannot draw readjust-
ment allowance for unemployment
or self-employment while living in
Canada. Residence in the United
States, its territories or posses
sions is a definite eligibility re-
quirement allowance.
@. Will you please tell me what
kind of insurance is National Ser
vice Life Insurance?
A. NSLI is mutual insurance.
All premium payments go into a
Smyrna times., 1947-12-18

Service Life Insurance policies Who
wish to reinstate have only until
the end of 1947 to take advantage
of a liberal reinstatement plan that
generally consists of paying two
monthly premiums and signing a
comparative health statement.
Deposit Payments
Premium payments on all but
297 National Service Life Insur-
ance policies are deposited in a
single NSLI trust fund by Veter-
ans Administration. The excep-
tions are policies granted veterans
with service-connected disabilities
whose health requirements were
waived.
Smyrna times., 1947-12-18

ant materials for decorations rath-
er than cotton and paper. Never
use flame candles. And never leave
the tree lights turned on when
there is no one at home. 1t may
be a pretty sight-but it might
turn out to be a tragic sight, OBJ
serve these precautions to prevent
holiday fires-and keep the Christ
mas glow cheerful not tearfull
Smyrna times., 1947-12-18

DR.. Esmond R. Long is director OF
the Division of Research. National
tuberculosis Association, and direc.
tor of the Henry Phipps Institute
for the Study, Treatment and Pre-.
vention of tuberculosis, Philadel-
phia, Pa. Research projects spon'
sored by the Division in laboratories
throughout the country are financed
by Christmas Seal funds.
The Republican., 1947-10-23
MT. LAKE PARK

Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Liller, Of near
Bayard, have moved into their new
home on Roanoke avenue.
Mrs. J. Allen, who spent the sum-
mer here, has closed her cottage and
returned to Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Kight and
family, near Red House; Mrs Mary
Kight, of Gortner; and Ellis Rounds
and Elwood Bray, of Swanton, were
visitors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Kight on Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Biggs, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Ream and Robert, Jr.,
and John Ream were week end Wis
itors in Indiana, Pa.
Rev. Simpson and family are visit
ing in Huntington, w. Va. this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Butler and
daughter, Betty, of Ellicott City, were
spending few days with Mrs. But
ler's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Friend.
Mrs. Mary Dover, who has been
quite i'll is improving slowly.
A son was born Tuesday to MI
and Mrs. Gene C. Helbig. Mrs. Hell
big is the former Barbara Friend of
Loeb Lynn Heights. The father is
serving in the Navy and is now
stationed in China.
The Republican., 1947-10-23
ANDREW {. LEWIS

Andrew c. Lewis, G3, Preston
county farmer, and former resident
of Oakland, died last Saturday, Octo-
Der IS, at his home at Lake Ford,
near GAINESVILLE, W. Va, following a
stroke suffered two days previous.
Born near Deer Park he was a son
of the late Hanson and Barbara
Weimer Lewis and operated farm
near the Maryland line He was at
one time night policeman at Oak
land.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Roby
Lewis; five children, Robert Lewis,
Pittsburgh; Stanley Lewis, at home;
Mrs. Virginia Howard, Cameron, w.
Va; Joseph Lewis, Morgantown;
Douglas Lewis, Terra Alta; brother,
Edward c. Lewis, Akron; three sis
tiers, Mrs Dorothea Butler, Washing
ton; Mrs. Mae Wolfe, Oakland; and
Mrs. Winfred Dunkle, Miami, Fla,
and six grandchildren. A son, Floyd
c. Lewis, was killed in France during
World War y.
Services Wee held Tuesday after
noon from the Lake Ford church with
Rev. Lance Anderson officiating. In
terment was in the church cemetery.