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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22

There are three branches of government,
as every schoolboy knows: legislative, judi
cial, and executive. The legislative makes
laws and the judicial administers the laws.
Congress has a traditional right to call a
hearing to get whatever information il
needs for the passage of laws; but it does
not have the right to usurp the function of
courts by calling a hearing to prosecute, or
to prosecute.
The Republican Congress has over-run
these divisions of function; but it has done
so in such a sloppy, laundering way, that the
result has not been persecution of individuals
so much as the embarrassment of Congress
itself, and harm TO its prestige.
Howard Hughes answered the questions
of the biased committee in an impudent and
contemptuous way. But when the first shock
of his clash with the committee was over and
the dust had begun to settle, it was seen that
Hughes was contemptuous because he knew
he had a good case; and the Republicans,
particularly Senator Brewster. had a poor
one. The committee turned tail and ran. 1t
gave many excuses for calling off the hear
ing. But the American public-cynical,
realistic, and usually accurate-knew that
these excuses were nonsense. The Republi-
cans had grown too careless in their mud
Singing; and now they had about a ton of it
suddenly dumped on their heads.
This week another Republican Congress
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
Youth Camp A Worthy Project

dren. This 10 percent is largely comprised of
those who are the unfortunate offspring of
parents who are economically unfortunate
or morally delinquent and it is from this
group of neglected or exploited youth that
the majority of our adult criminals spring.
A youth Camp for children coming from
a background of we'll ordered homes and
strong family ties will serve no purpose
other than to afford a period of recreation
for children who have a normal expectancy
of developing into healthy, wholesome and
useful adult itizens. But a Youth Camp that
can reach this 10 percent of the children who
form the real problem, mix them with chill
dren of normal background where, through
example and association, they can learn that
there is more to growing up than a mere
fight for survival, can accomplish real good.
We wish every success to the Kiwanis
Club in their project, and offer the services
of this newspaper in any way possible to
make the venture a success.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22

The proposal of the Pascagoula Kiwanis
Club that civic organizations and the gener-
al c~itizenry pool their efforts in the estab-
lishment of a modern county Youth Camp at
Old Spanish Fort merits the full backing of
these groups in transforming the proposal
to reality.
Old Spanish Fort, with its recreational ia
c~ilities, actual and potential, offers a splen-
did location for such a camp, and the pro-
gressive membership of the Kiwanis Club
deserves a community vote of thanks for
spearheading such a drive.
The proposed camp will, of course, be de-
signed primarily to combat delinquency
among juveniles of the country. In connec-
ton with the plan it might well pay to con-
duct a serious and extensive survey of the
juvenile problem in the county in order to
find a method by which the juvenile that
really needs help can be reached.
The serious juvenile problem is confined
to perhaps 10 percent of our growing chill
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
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By NOLLE T. ROBERTS
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A couple of weeks from to-
day. several hundred Jackson
County boys and girls will be
gin daily travel TO the CONSOLE
dated schools in twenty-seven
county-owned buses over good
roads, for the most part.
Hard surface roads run to
every one of the countv's con-
sblidated schools. although
many patrons of the school still
live on dirt roads. All of the
schools have electricity and
most of the physical plants are
modern, now that Vancleave's
fine new brick school is near
ing completion.
Right in our own county, i'm
less than 25 years, we have seen
a growth and development in
education that history Will re-
cord as phenomenal. We marvel
at the development of other
sections of the nation and world
in periods past, but too few Of
US eve consider our own pro-
gress in a span of time so short
that it will appear but a see
ond on the face of history's
clock.
From on e-teaehe r. four
month-term, dependent Little
Red School Houses to aeered-
tied institutions accepted
throughout the nation and the
world-all in a quarter-centurv
lis an accomplishment without
parallel in history, outside of
our own land.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22

We don't expect the students
to shout with JOY that vaca-
ton is passed and the fishing
pole must be laid aside for the
history book. Perhaps many are
like we were-glad when school
was out in the spring, glad
when it opened again in the fall.
But free text books, comfort
able buildings, and good trans
pertation To and from school
will probably make little diff
ference in the attitude toward
institutions of learning.
Perhaps some would even
prefer the h~aphazard manner
In which we travelled to school
during the l920's. or the period
Just prior to that when walking
or riding in a horse and wagon
were the accepted mode of
travel.
We look back on that period
now with nostalgia, exercising
the human trait of forgetting
the unpleasantness and remem-
bering only those occasions
which appealed to our boyiSh
sense of adventure which might
be better termed euSsedness.
We started riding the five
miles back and forth to the
Vancleave School in a 1923 T.
Model truck famed only as the
lone vehicle in history able to
bog down while going down a
hill. Perhaps other vehicles
have accomplished this feat.
but we are not aware of it, if
they did.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
Inside Washington
Vandenberg at Crossroads
OF a Long Political Career

Washington - Senate Presi-
dent Arthur H. Vandenberg
(R), Michigan, is standing at
the crossroads of his long poll
teal career-at once the most
dominant man in the Republi-
can party and still very much
of an Outside runner for the
l948 COP presidential nomina-
ton.
A stalemate between New
York's Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
and Ohio's Senator Robert A.
Taft would throw Vanden-
berg's forces into powerful pos
ition to push him as a dark
horse in an open field. Politi-
cal observers feel that Vanden-
berg would make a strong run
for the presidency should he be
nominated.
However, barring being
drafted" for the presidential
nomination, Vandenberg would
like nothing better than to be
secretary of state in a Repub-
lican cabinet. He would prefer
it to the vice presidency. He
has labored long-as he would
put tin the vineyards of for
eign relations.
If Dewey should become
president, he would have to
choose between Vandenberg
and John Foster Dulles, his past
foreign affairs adviser. The
choice would be difficult.
Should Taft become president,
Vandenberg's choice for the
cabinet post would be virtually
assured.
High Price of Feed-Am-
orleans r going to have more
meat to eat in 1947 than any
year since 1909, but they prob
ably + going to have to pay
high prices for it.
Figures compiled by the Ag-
riculture department show that
1853 pounds of meat will be
available for each person in the
United States this year. That's
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
You're
Telling Me!
BY WILLIAM | T
Central Press Writer

The Director of University of
Iowa's all-girl bagpipe band
says their musical instruments
r know in history as "instru-
ments of war" Grandpappy
Jenkins thinks instruments
that cause war" would be a
better term.
A bagpipe player is called a
skirler-a word that neighbors
naturally pronounce "scoun-
drel."
In medieval times bagpipe
playing was universal through
out Europe, hence the term,
the Dark Ages"
Bagpipe playing is still quite
prevalent among the Highland
ers of Scotland where, when the
wind is right, the lonely noun
tain tops must wish they were
lonelier.
In appearance the bagpipe
looks like an octopus whose
tenacles have gone stiff with
rheumatism.
In Scotland bagpipe tourna-
ment are held. Prizes, no doubt,
r given, not to the best, but
to the loudest.
There are even bagpipe play
ers' societies in Scotland. These
groups, we assume, have banded
together for mutual protection
against the non-bagpipe playing
neighbors.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22

Getting stuck was a fine ex-
perience, even if it occurred
while returning from school,
but to bog down solidly while
heading for school with lessons
unprepared was a dream come
true, And to get stuck going
down hill That was more luck
than anyone could expect.
This feat was accomplished
on a red clay hill on a wet
morning by Skidding across
the road and jamming a front
wheel Solidly in the ditch,
crosS-ways. 1t can be done. Oh
course, every one piled out of
the bus and the girls stood on
the grassy roadside and litter
ed while the boys pushed half
%heartedly. We were very hap
Ply when it failed to bulge.
But once the means of trans
portation was definitely out Of
the picture, reaching school be-
came of paramount Importance.
We self-righteouSly determined
to get to school if it took all
day. We calculated to reach the
building about the time school
adjourned for the day. Or just
before the noon recess, as a sec
ond choice.
Only a few years before our
turn came to go to school. the
youngsters either walked or
rode in wagons. That must have
been the day. They would jump
out of the wagon, run pick wild
flowers in the meadow, and
scamper back aboard while the
horse plodded on mis- slow way.
When they walked. the teach
er frequently walked along
with her students, and we know
without having been present
that a bush full of ripe buckle
berries must have sometimes
seemed more important than
the intrieaeieS of the multiple
cation table or the eenjugation
of a verb.
And perhaps she was right.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
More Meat 10 Eat in l947
But 1t Will Cost More. Too

the largest per capita supply in
80 years-seven pounds above
1946's record supply.
HoweVed, another report from
the Agriculture department in
dicates that meat prices will
continue TO stay high. The de-
partment's latest crop report
forecasts a sharp drop in corn
production from last year. This
will tend indirectly to keep
meat prices up.
Low corn production results
in high feed prices, and since
corn is a primary feed for live
stock, you can expect meat
prices to remain high as long as
long as feed prices are up.
Vast Sums To Stabilize Korea
Korean Blowup?-Look for
Korea to be the scene of the
next blowup in United States
Russian relations. The two oe-
cupyink powers have long been
at odds over administration of
their respective zones to the
north and south of the 38th
Parallel.
Observers believe that Rus
STA is stalling on any attempt
toward unification in an effort
to undermine American influ-
enee in Korea.
American military authorities
will yield their control to civil
ians under State department
supervision in the near future,
Army officials think the situa-
ton is still fraught with trouble.
They point out that the Unit
ed States must be prepared to
contribute several hundred mil
lion dollars worth of aid to
stabilize the Korean economy,
and to help native industries
become at least partially self
sustaining.
Their chief fears. however,
are centered on the political
arena. They say that political
extremists on the right and left
have gained the upper hand
and that the problem of foster
ing moderate control in politics
is becoming more difficult.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22

dent will continue to appoint
the auditor and the justices of
the supreme court.
The governor, elected by the
people, will appoint the attorn-
ey general and the commission
er of education with the advice
and consent" of the executive
council.
The first governor will be
elected in November, l948. and
will take his oath of office
early in 1850.
After signing the elective gov
ernor bill, President Truman
said that this legislation "is a
great step toward complete self
government"
First Native Governor
President Truman signed the
elective governor bill a year and
10 days after he GAGE Puerto
Rico its first native governor
j. T. Pinero, who succeeded
Rexford G.. Tugwell.
Pinero, who had been the
islands resident commissioner
in Washington, pledged himself
in his inaugural speech to be
the last governor appointed by
the President. To this end he
has devoted much of his efforts
in the short time he has been
governor.
Puerto Rico's political lead
ership is agreed that the new
reform will not solve the is
lands social and economic prob
lens. Some leaders have been
opposed to the measure on the
ground that 1T is only a slice
of bread when Puerto Rico has
been asking for a loaf"
independence or Statehood
This is because the island has
requested the President and
Congress to authorize a plebis-
cite through which Puerto
Ricans can choose by them
selves whether they are going
to become a state of the union
or an dependent republic.
The present resident commits
sioner in Washington, DR.. A.
Fernos-ISern, who steered the
elective governor bill through
Congress, believes that under
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
Puerto Rico to
Elect Head of
State for First
Time in History

Washington-P uerto Rico,
largest and oldest u. S. pos
session, will elect its own gov
ernor next year for the first
time since Juan Ponce de Leon,
the first chief executive. settled
the islapd some 440 years ago.
Puerto Rieans are given this
privilege precedent in u. S.
territorial government. under an
act signed by President Truman
August 5.
The island came under the
American flag in 1898 after four
centuries of Spanish rule as a
result of the Spanish American
war.
The Treaty of Paris authorize
ed Congress to organize a civil
government for Puerto Rico.
Two years after the island was
occupied. Congress passed the
first organic act. which takes
the place of a state constitution.
President Retained Power
Under this act Puerto Rieans
could elect a House of Delegates.
The Executive Council-equi-
valent to the Senate-was ap-
pointed by the island governor,
designated by the President of
the United States.
This system lasted until 1917,
when Congress passed a new
organic act. The new law
granted Puerto Ricans self
government in their legislative
branch-both their senate"
and house. They also were
granted U. S. Citizenship col
leettively.
But the President continued
to appoint the governor. the at
torney general, the commission
er of education, the auditor and
the justices of the supreme
court.
Under the new law the Presi-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22
FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1947

stories. But getting involved
in a feeling of friendship with a
fellow like this, as the passing
years were to teach us, is like
getting attached to a good dog.
You do it at a sacrifice; for
neither lasts.
One night the city editor of
the Times-Picayune called this
fellow to the desk to be assign
ed his nights work 1--WE worked
at night.
My friend came back to his
desk, which was across from
my own. The time was a month
before Christmas, and he had
just been assigned to write the
first story of the season solicit
ing contributions for the news
papers annual charity for poor
children, called The Doll and
Toy Fund
He put a piece of paper in his
machine and pecked slowly for
a few lines. Then he pushed
back his chair and lit a cigar
cite and sat thinking.
We'll, it's been nice working
here" he said finally. Il liked
New Orleans"
What do you mean?"
Il have just caught the Doll
and Toy Fund story to write for
the third time. That means |
have been here three Christmas
seasons. My clockWorks are
funny. Your clockWorks may
move by seconds or hours that
tick by. But mine moves by the
stories that tick by. | come into
a town and get on a paper and
for a little while everything is
fresh and interesting. Then the
big local rain-dance comes up
what ever it happens to be,
Mardi Gras, Founders Day, the
Gooseberry Festival; every
town has a different name. |
catch the assignment to write
the publicity for it. The first
time its very interesting"
"A year passes" he continued.
Il get over my first infatuation
with the town. | get a look be-
hind the veil and see that its
just like the one | left. l catch
the assignment for the Goose
berry Festival a second time.
That mean a year has rolled by.
| write it the second time from
memory"
by the time l catch any as
signment for the third time, /
am ready to go. This is the
third time the Doll and Toy
Fund story has come up for me.
Three times and I'm out. I'm
going to Texas ="
And he went to Texas.
He was an extreme case of
the wandering neWspaperman.
But there is a streak of this
fellow in all of us. There are
SO many editions to be met;
and whether it be a daily edi-
ton or a weekly, it rolls around
with relentless regularity. And
when we have written a thing
twice, three, four or five times
there is nothing more original
or alive that we can say.
In writing this column we
have been, in recent months,
returning to many old themes.
We have a feeling that a fellow
always expresses himself better
the first time he says a thing.
The world is full of good con
nivial fellows who are good
companions SO long as you have
not heard all of their stories;
but who become awful bores
when they begin to tell them
for the fourth or fifth time.
In a few weeks or months
some fresh hand will take over
this column, we trust, and tell
his anecdotes for the first time
to an interested leadership.
But as for the present writer.
his stories have been told. And
he bids you a fond farewell.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-08-22

the new act Puerto Rico will
have an opportunity to fur
Their prove its ability for self
government"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-12-19

Views the Action Taken by the
United Nations on Palestine, a
final banquet and dance, business
session to set date for the sum-
mer convention this June in At
lanta; novel socials, swimming,
and Friday evening and Saturday
morning services.
Gene FeigelsOn of Birmingham,
Ala, is president of the Southern
Region of Young Judaea. He,
Marvin Hurvich, secretary of the
Region and Charles FeigelsOn,
regional chairman of the awards
committee are working with the
four Senior clubs in Birmingham
to put on the cOnclave.
Expected in Birmingham for the
winter conference are Herman
Popkin, Atlanta, Youth Director
of Southern Zionist Youth Com
mission; Mrs. Esther Wainman
Schenledman, Memphis, head of
the Regional Leaders Council and
an honorary president of the Re-
gion, a representative from the
National Young Judaea office in
New York; and Abe Berkowitz,
Birmingham, chairman of the Re-
gional Youth Commission and a
past president of the Southeastern
Region of 2. o. A.
In connection with the cOnclave,
it is expected to have a Judaean
leaders, session on Sunday, De-
cember 28th led by Mrs. Schendel-
man. Judaeans are expected in
Birmingham from Atlanta, Savan-
nah, Augusta, Macon, Columbus,
Montgomery, Jacksonville, Miami,
New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston,
Nashville, Chattanooga, and Men,
phis.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-12-19

COhCIaV6 IN many years.
Plans for the event, as announce
ed by the host city chapters, in
clude basketball, Palestinian sing
ing and dancing, a ping pong
tournament, an oratorical contest
on the subject, "a Young Zionist
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-12-19
Mobile, Alabama
December 25-28th Set For Young
Judoeon Meet In Birmingham

Southern Judaeans from eight states will gather
~ from December 1928 part Regions
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-06-27

MATAITIS Antanas, Sd M,
ukininkas, is E. Trumbull,
Ohio, mire Birzelio 13. Pa
laidotas Clevelande.
SELICKAS Cipras, SO m., ne
vedes, mire Clevelande, Bir-
zelio 13. Palaidoti isveztas j
kapines. (Paejo is Svedasu
miestelio). Amerikoj isgyve-
no 40 metu.
KULIKAUSKIENE Veron i k a
(Kaletkiute), pusamze, mire
Geg. IL, Chicagoj. (Vilniuo-
tes k. Kauno ap.)
KLIMAsAUSKAS Valerijonas,
mire Geguzes 9, Lawrence,
Mass.
JARMALAVICIENE A GO t a
(Kaliunaite), 65 m., mire
Geg. 10, Chelsea, Mass. (Va-
renos par.) Amerikoj isgy-
veno 43 metus.
SASINAS Antanas, pusamzis,
mire Geg. 13, Chicagoj. Gel
girdzu p. Laukstenu k. Tel
siu ap.) Amerikoj isgyveno
As metus.
URBONAS Aleksandras, pus-
amzis, mire Geg. Is, Chica-
goj. (Telsiu ap. Gadunavos
p. Saraku k.) -Amerikoj is
gyveno 40 metq.
BULKA Anupras, pusamz., mi
re Geg. Is, Chicagoj. (Duk-
sto par.) Amerikoj isgyveno
38 metus.
KANCEVICIUS Simas, pusam-
zis, mire Geg. 18, Chicagoje.
(Raseiniu ap. Kraziu p. sa-
penu KY Amerikoj isgyveno
81 metus.
JANUSAS Mateusas, So metu,
mire Geg. 16, Chicagoj. (Pa-
pilio p. Cvirbliu Ky
URBONAVICIUS l. nardas,
pusamzis, mire Geguzes 18,
Chicagoj. (Telsiu ap. Triskiu
par. Patakalnes k.)
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-06-27

Grefaite, Marijona, is Seirijp VAL,
Alytaus ap., vienuole.
Grefas, Stasys, is Seiriju val, Aly-
taus ap.
Grinceviciute, Matilda, gimusi Ame-
rikoje, dirbo ligonineje, rodos Bos-
ton.
Gurinskas, Beleventuras ir Juozas,
is Graziskip val, Vilkaviskio ap.
Jaeckel, Fridrichas, ir sunus Gus
tavas, gyv. Chicago, is Sakiu ap.
Jakolat, gimusi Schastner, Maria, is
Globeliu k, sakiu ap., gyv. Chica-
go, Ill.
Jakubaitis, ar panasia pavarde, kirk
statevis Broniaus Medelio, kuris
buvo krikstytas 1912 metals Balti-
more, Lietuviskoje Sv. Alfonso R..
K. baznycioje, gyv. Baltimore.
Jesinskiene. Brone.
Juckeviciene Sutkaityte, Prane, is
Sintautu sakiu, gyv. Pittsburgh.
Kandrotas, julius, is Jezno val.,
Alytaus ap.
Kardelis, Liudvikas, is Rimses val,
Braslaves ap.
Keturikis, ar Keturakis, Liudvikas,
rs zagares-Skaisgirio VAL, Siau-
liu ap.
Kirtiklis, Antanas, is Marijampoles.
Klikna, Vincentas, is Erzvilko val,
Taurages ap.
Klikunaite, Katre, is Mieziskiu VAL,
Panevezio ap., gyv Pittsburgh.
Klyvaite, Ermina, istekejusios pa
varde nezinoma.
Kolka. Tamosius, is Seiriju val,
AlytaEs an.
Konciene Leoniene, gyv. Harrison.
Koncius. Adomas, gyv. Harrison.
Kukauskas, Juozas, Lietuvoje gyv.
Vilkaviskio ap.. gyv. New York.
Kumfertas, Fridrichas, is Kauno, ir
sllnus Vilius, gyv. Brooklyn.
Kumfertas, Gustavas, ir zmona Ma
rianne. gimus USA, is sakiu ap.,
gyv. Chicago.
Lapienis, Kazys, sunus Prano, is ST.
moniu val, Panevezio ap.
Laucka, gyv. Chicago 1925-27 m.
Leoniene, Konciene, gyv. Harrison.
Luimas, Ignas ir Jonas, is Birzu a.,
gyv. Chicago.
Mackeviciene Boguseviciute, Jani-
Hd, Is hdullOy SyN. di 4NCW loih.
Malonis, Petras, is Marijampoles a.
Markeviciene Povilaityte, Veroni-
ka, is Jurbarko val, Raseiniu ap.,
gyv. Chicago.
Merkiene sindulyte, Ona, gyv Phil.
Mertineit Guentheryte, Auguste,
is Tauxages, ir vyras Eduardas
Mertineit, gyv. Clinton, Mass.
Mikalajunaite. Maria, gimusi Petra
pilvje, Rusijoje, gyv. Chicago.
Mikelioniene Raibikyte, Maria, is
Gizu vals Vilkaviskio ap.
Miknevicius, Mykolas Adomas, is
Gelvonu val, Ukmerges ap.
Milanavieius. Jonas, is siauliu.
Mileika (Mileika), gimines Mario
nos Observation-Disclosures.
Moskiene Garcinskaite. Felicia. il
jos vaikai Monika, OLYMPIA, Sta
sys ir Zigmas Moska, gyv. New
York, Boston, Cambridge ir Lynn,
Mass.
Narbutas, Nikodemas, is Kamaju ",
Rokiskio ap., gyv. Rochester.
Neverdauskas, Antanas, gyv. Chi
cago. Ir
Ortowicz, Felix, gyv. Dunmore, Pa.
Ozechauskaites, Elena ir. Julia, is
Kauno-Saf1ciu, gyv. !Chicago.
Pabirzis, -Bernardas, is RumSiskiq.
Paukste, Nikodemas, is Rimses val,
Svencioniu -Zarasu ap., gyv. Chi
cago.