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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

The Civil Aeronautics Board
has granted the Southern Air
Lines a franchise for the oper-
alton of two new feeder lines
between Birmingham and New
Orleans, where they will CON
meet with the nations major
transcontinental lines. One
route is via Meridian, Laurel,
Hattiesburg and Bogalusa, and
the other BY way of Selma and
Gulfport. Pascagoula, with a
million dollar Glass Nv airport,
is not included on the route Of
the new lines and Jackson coun-
tians, wishing to travel BY air,
will have to continue to go by
automobile to either Gulfport
or Mobile.
jackson County's airport was
constructed during the war as
an emergency landing fled.
With its $500 feet of runways,
its construction costs ran we'll
into the millions. 1t is one of the
finest landing fields in the
State of Mississippi, and a Glass
Nv field ranks next to the null
ii million dollar airports in New
Orleans and other major cities.
However, there is one catch.
We have no operations building
and until we do we will have no
regular air commerce, and es-
tablished commercial air routes
will continue to ignore us.
This field was turned over
to Jackson County by the gov
eminent following the cessa-
ton of hostilities, and now be-
longs to the people of Jackson
County. 1t seems to us that
with an investment of this size
having been made in the con-
struction of the field, it would
we wise for the county to invest
the necessary funds for the con-
struction of the operations
building in order to complete
the airport, and bring it up to
the standards necessary to be in
Guided as a stop for establish
ed airlines. We also believe
that city and county officials
should move now to contact the
Southern Air Lines to see if
Pascagoula can be included as
a stop on the New Orleans
Birmingham route. We believe
that it will, provided the board
of supervisors viii go ahead with
the completion of the field
through the construction of the
necessary operations building.
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Another delay has been
granted the Gulf, Mobile and
Ohio Railroad in the deadline
for presenting an answer to tes-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
That Star In the East On Christmas
Sirius, Not the Star Of Bethlehem

why so many persons
have the idea a yearly appearance
is made by a star which religious
tradition says was sent especially
to guide Wise Men to the crib of
an Infant Saviour nearly 1000
years ago.
Some astronomers have theor-
lied the Star of Bethlehem was in
reality a close conjunction of the
planets Jupiter and Saturn-per-
haps accompanied by a nova
which is a sudden and temper
airy flare of light from a previous
~ faint star.
Mathematician have calculated
the two planets were very near
each other as seen from the earth
in May, October and December
Of the year 7 BIC. BY itself, Jupi-
ter is an extremely brilliant OBJ
lect when will placed for obser-
walton. Saturn is not so bright but
the two of them together prob
ably provided quite a spectacle.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

nished plywood. designed sole
ly for work. It's shiny, natural
pine surface constrasts sharply
with the subdued elegence of
the offices walnut paheling.
The desk has no drawers: the
only storage space being the
bins along the outer edge of the
top. The atomic energy chief
sits in the hollow inner half
circle or slot. from there di-
reefs the commissions vast ato-
mic empire.
Although the elaborate Sc
curity measures are much in
evidence in other parts of the
building-great file safes, cleo
trie eye devices and boards of
policemen-None of these trap
pings invade LilienthaIs Of
flee.
The theme there is Caution
man at work"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
Miss Dora Nell
Lowe HonoYee At
Dinner, Monday

A beautiful social event of
Christmas among girls of the col
lege set was a dinner Monday,
Dec. %, at 6 p. m. at which Mrs.
A. l.. Lowe was hostess honor
Ing her daughter, Miss Dora Nell
Lowe, who is home for the hol-
idavs.
The exterior decorations of the
Lowe home are outstanding this
year as, in addition to the lights
and greenery ornamenting the
upper porch, a life sized Santa
Claus may be seen as he starts
down the chimney above.
In the interior, Christmas dec
orations prevailed especially in
the dining room where a beauti-
fully appointed table extended its
full length.
The table was eentered with
crimson candles and pine cones,
and place cards were programs
for the entertainment which add
ed to the evenings pleasure.
1t consisted of the blessing,
which was asked by Mrs. M. S.
Varnado, and the singing of "The
Kerry Dancers" by Mrs. Hal Lee,
1.-THE Little Damozel', by Mrs. R.
A. Heritage, a modern version of
"The Night Before Christmas,
by Mrs. P. J. Higginbotham, and
a musical skit. annie Laurie"
given bv Mrs. E. F. O'Malley.
Mrs. Lowe was prettily assist
ed by her younger daughter,
Charlotte Ann, and Bonnie Sue
Byrd in serving.
Covers were laid for Misses
Lowe, Katherine Wright, Gene
Swartwout, Jeanne Barnes, Ann
Gulley, Hilda Smith, Dolores
Byrd, Zula Mae Crane, Bessie
G~rierson, Betty Sinquefield and
Faye Lewis and Mesdames Lee,
Varnado. O'Malley, Higginboth-
am and Heritage.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
Thousands Take
In St. Louis
Carol Singing
Bv ROBERT SUITS
AP Newsfeatures

ST. LOUlS-Approxlmately 4O,
900 St. Louisans, or nearly six
times the population of the town
of Bethlehem, are continuing a
36-year-old tradition by singing
Christmas carols through an or
ganized city-wide endeavor.
No. l caroler is 77-year-old Will
liam H. Danforth, who is chair
man of the board of the Ralston-
Purina Feed Company. He has
been affiliated with the st. Louis
Christmas Carols Association
since its inception in 1911 and its
president since 1926.
st. Louis, he says, is the only
major city which has organized
Christmas caroling on a large
scale.
The $1,000 carolers, who disre-
gard such things as creed or
color barrier, cover nearly every
block in the city on Christmas
eve. One group visits the mayors
office where a brief interlude of
carol singing officially opens the
Christmas caroling week.
From then on other volunteer
groups, wearing identifying red
hoods and capes, sing carols in
hotel Hobbies and restaurants, de-
partment store tea-rooms, the Ii
brary, union station and many
other public spots.
Then on Christmas eve these
10000 rehearsed carolers, of all
age groups, move along residen-
tial streets while st. Louisans
invite with lighted wreaths in
their windows the familiar strains
of the beloved carols.
The city has taken the project
into its heart. Singing groups are
welcomed into homes along the
way. Entire families move to
their porches to listen until the
strains die away down the street.
Contributions are accepted, but
not solicited, and last year the
carolers turned in more than $780,
900 in what Danforth refers to as
'little money" nickels, dimes and
quarters.
Collections, which have totaled
more than a quarter of a million
dollars since 1924, 60 to approx
mately 35 charity groups. The
money provides for new crutches,
milk for undernourished children,
dental work, eye glasses, braces
and summer camps.
Churches, fraternities, sororities,
business mems luncheon clubs,
high school glee clubs and SINH
lar groups register with the as
sociation's office for singing as
signments. Hostesses accompany
ing each group are the seasons
current debutantes and members
of the city's Junior League chap
ter.
A volunteer committee of house
wives. business executives, bank
ers, clergymen. university pro-
fessors meets monthly from Oct
ober through January to plan the
Christmas week activities.
This year for the first time,
groups of carolers are appearing
in a week-long series of television
broadcasts.
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Robert Lee Head
CONTINUED From Page u

tCOntlnueQ from rage ID
ed the 25th anniversary of his
SUPPLEMENTARY. He had an al
most perfect attendance record
at church and Sunday school and
it is said that his absences could
be counted on the fingers of
one hand" He was also a mem
Der of the Masonic Lodge.
Mr.. Head is survived by one
son, Adam Weller Head of Moss
Point; one daughter, Mrs. Robert
j. Hare of Jackson; one grand
son, Robert w. Head: and one
sister, Miss Adah Head of Moss
Point.
Funeral services win be con-
Quoted from the Fails Funeral
Chapel in Moss Point and the
First Baptist church, Wednesday,
today, at 10 a. m. by the Rev.
John F. Brock, pastor of the First
Baptist church. Interment will be
in the Griffin cemetery.
Pail bearers are: j. M. Van
cleave, K. w. Durnham, J.. F.
Colley, w. M. Alexander. H. A.
Fails and Gregory Wood. Honor
airy pail bearers are members of
the Board of Deacons of the First
Baptist church and the members
of the Board of Aldermen.
The Masonic Lodge will con-
duct services at the grave.
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Pascagoula
Continued From Page y


increase in revenue, the schools
stands to lose its Southern Asso-
citation accrediting and to be re-
duced from a school system ito
an agency teaching the three
RS, Mr.. Wells said.
He said that budget so dras-
tically reduced would require the
dropping or sever curtailing of
the music, vocational, physical
education, library, visiting teach
er and school nurse activities. 1t
would also result in increasing
the teacher load to an almost
unbearable point, result in a dras-
tic cut in maintenance standards,
and prohibit a teacher pay in
crease.
in short" Mr.. Wells said, ut
would reduce the system to the
level of the poorest and most in
efficient in the state.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
You're
Telling Me-!
By WILLIAM RIFT
Central Press Writer

A voyage from Earth to Mars.
a scientist declares would con-
sumo six months. Mars, obvious
ly, as a potential weekend re-
sort is out.
!
A Philadelphia monkey ate
: $11 worth of paper money.
Story didn't say whether it was
a quick snack of two fives and
a n oil a real banquet of a
buck at a time.
The new postmaster general
was once a letter carrier. This
shows how far a man can go if
his feet hold out.
Small town chambers of COM
merce who strive so nightly
to have their communities grow
into big ones apparentely be-
lieve, says Zadok Dumkopf, that
metropolitan headaches aren't
as painful as a villages woes.
!
An eastern cafe advertises
for a combination piano player
and oyster shell opener. Sort
of a dealer in worries and pearls.
eh?
A strike closed down a Flor
ida race track after one days
running. Betcha Dollar DER ex-
poets to have a big Christmas
with the dough he's saving.
AT this time of year Junior
stops dreaming of plotting jet
planes and rocket space ships
and begins thinking about such
old-fashioned means of locomo-
ton as Dancer and Prancer and
Dunder and Bitten.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
Lincoln HoH e
Dance Honoring
Young College Group

On Monday evening. Dec. %,
Lincoln Hall was the scene of an
enjoyable dance at which Mr..
and Mrs. T. r. Swartwout, Mr..
and Mrs. E. G. Wright, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. R. Gulley and Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Stone entertained.
Their honor guests were Miss
Gene Swartwout, Miss Ann Gull
ley, and Miss Katherine Wright,
and Everette Stone, who are home
from college for the holidays.
The hall was beautifully decor
ated with Christmas colors, flow
ers and greenery. Punch and
cakes were served during the
evening.
There were about 100 members
of the college set present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
coLLEY FAMILY REUNION

There will be murh excite
ment in the home of Dir. and
Mrs. J. F. Colley during the
Christmas HOLIDAYS with the ar
rival of their daughter, Miss Mar
guerite on Saturday from the
University of Illinois and the ex-
pected arrival of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stafford May of Baton Rouge
in time for Christmas.
Miss Pauline Colley of Mobile,
will also be home for Christmas.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
Ap Newsfeatures

Note to Yuletide stargazers:
That bright star you're likely
to notice in the east on Christmas
Eve isn't the Star of Bethlehem.
It's Eirus, a winter star, the bright
est in the sky and the one which
uniformly catches the attention of
people who confine their astron-
omical observations to Dec. %.
Star experts. amateur and pro-
fessional. are accustomed TO hear
ing Christmas Eve reports of a
brilliant star in the east which
lust must have been the Star
of Bethlehem" But the only rea-
son it isn't reported at any other
time is that nobody pays much
attention to the stars in the east
during the rest of the winter
except the people who know what
they're seeing.
It has never been satisfactorily
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
Inside Washington
Soviet Coal Mines Boom.
But Not Giving II Away

coal production" in the U. S.
S. r.
Since the end of the war. the
Bulletin says, reports from Sow
let miners show exceptionally
high coal production which
will result in the output of a
million and a half tons above
quotas this year.
Coupled with the optimistic
reports from the Russians on
their coal output is the dire
need for fuel in western Eu-
rope, where cold and hunger
threaten to disrupt even fur
Their the economies of France,
Italy and Austria.
Russia, however, has stead
lastly refused to help supply
these countries with either food
or coal. Some wheat was sent
to France from Russia - for
cash-but this has been criti-
eized by foreign affairs experts
as a Soviet propaganda move.
These experts cannot forget
that when France first asked
for Russia's surplus grain to
feed starving Frenchmen, the
Soviet answer was a blunt re-
fusal to do business on any ba-
sis. 1t was believed that French
Communists finally persuaded
the u. S. S. R.. to come through
with some wheat. at a price
dictated from the Kremlin.
Just how much aid the Rus
slams could give western Eu-
rope in the way of fuel is I'M
known. but it is generally con-
coded that it could help the sit
uation and ease the load of the
United States foreign aid pro-
gram-if it so desired.
ATOMIC DESK - Chairman
David Lilienthal of the Atomic
Energy Commission, who more
than any other man in govern
ment plans for the world of to-
morrow, does that planning at a
specially designed desk of to-
morrow" The desk, which DOM
mates Lilienthars huge office in
the commissions super-guarded
Washington headquarters, was
made to his order.
The desk is on exaggerated
kidney shape and represents
nothing so much as the tradi-
tional horseshoe newspaper
copydesk, although Lilienthal
insists that was not the source
of his inspiration.
It is a Spartan affair of var
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
MAIN STREET Y L

Lebanon, Ind-AP When
spider webs appeared on park
ing meters, city officials pro-
tested traffic hadn't been that
dull. Exploring with strew-
drivers. they found spiders had
crawled into the coin slots to
escape cold weather, jamming
the mechanism.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
SING AT
u HOUSE

A community sing will be held
at the Jackson County court
house, Dec. 28, at l:30 p. m.
In addition to local pianists,
Mrs. E. E. Bonner and Jackie
Marshall of Tuscaloosa, Ala, will
also take part in the program.
All local singers are invited to
come and assist and a cordial in
vitation to join in the singing
is extended the general public.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
cUILLoTTE-R

A. E. Guillotte and Mrs. Laura
Bell Robertson were married at
a quiet ceremony at the home
of Mrs. Robertson on Thursday
at five thirty o'clock.
Rev. Givens assisted by the
Rev. j. F. Campbell, pastor of
the Methodist church of Pasca-
goula, performed the ceremony.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

We trust that you good read
ers were not among those fool
ish persons who paid a dollar
and thirty-two cents for a
Christmas tree--including tax
when there are plenty of
lovely trees right here in our
county to be had for the ask
ing.
II is too late to do you any
good this year, but we will tell
you how we secured our cedar
this Christmas. expressing The
hope that the information will
be of value to you next Christ
mas and in the years to come.
Instead of squandering a
hard-earned dollar and thirty
two cents on a ''store-boughten'
tree. our family saved that
amount by driving thirty miles
out in the country which of
course made a sixty-mile round
trip at ten cents a mile.
We then collected our Dad
and a dull Ratchet and drove
out a side road that looked as
solid as concrete and turned out
TO be just that-as solid as new
ly-mixed concrete.
After skinning up several
trees with out typewriter-tough-
ened muscles in order to find
the flat side of the tree that
couldn't be seen from the
ground, we hacked the top out
of a cedar and almost followed
it the twenty-five feet to the
ground. snumm
The tree loaded in the trunk
with only a couple of feet drag
ging, we cheerfully stepped on
the starter and prepared to get
out of the woods before the APP
preaching darkness caught us.
The back wheels went out of
sight with the first stationary
lunge forward. The pea soup
mud covered the overhanging
portion of the tree.
With the help of two other
cars, a flash light, bumper jack,
axe, shovel, and a hundred feet
of lumber, we emerged a couple
of hours later.
But the mud laden tree would
no longer ride at all in the
trunk, so we had to put it in the
back seat. We estimate that
thirty-five dollars will partial
ly repair the damage to the up
holstery although it is doubt
full If it will ever look the
same again.
We are still driving slowly
to find out whether one rear
tire was ruined.
SO we advise you not to
waste your money on a tree
from a dealer but to go out and
cut your own in the great out
of-doors.
But regardless of where you
get your tree. wen bet it was
worth II to see your kids eyes
lieht 10 the first time she saw
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
Kiwuniuns Stoge
Annual Christmas
PurtY AT Meeting

The meeting of the Pascagoula
Kiwanis Club yesterday at the
County Club took the form of
a Christmas party with president
elect w. R. Guest, Jr., in the roll
of Santa Claus.
Each member received a comic
gift of some sort as the feature
of the entertainment.
DR.. Thomas E. Stout presided
at the meeting.
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; go N!E I;!Hl|!I!!l!!G1EE'

B, NoLLE T.

it diked out in all its Christmas
finery.
And when Christmas morning
comes, we'll be glad we went
out and got that tree ourselves.
II may not be as simple or as
inexpensive. but we like to cut
our own tree.
4 Merry Christmas to you'll
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
Deny President Perturbed by
Boom for Eisenhower
Special 10 Central Press

WASHINGTON Sources
to the White House r dis
counting published reports that
President Truman is secretly
annoyed" at the Eisenhower
for-President boom in certain
COP circles, and that he hast
ened to announce Gen. Omar
N. Bradley as likes successor
because of this.
These sources explain that
the retiring chief of staff has at
least so days leave coming when
he steps down to take over the
presidency of Columbia univer-
sity. They describe Bradley's
appointment as directly in line
with the situation at the Pen
tagon, and not unusual in its
timing at all.
The truth is that Mr.. Truman
is less worried about the draft
Eisenhower" movement than is
the Democratic National COM
mittee, or Sen. Robert A. Taft
(R-Ohio) for that matter.
The president is a great adj
mirer of Eisenhower, and this
admiration is not diminished by
the fact that the president is an
old Army man and a combat
artillery captain of World War
/.
Truman believes that Eisen-
hover could give him the tough
est campaign fight in 1948 of
any other potential COP can
didate-including New York's
Gov. Thomas f. Dewey and Cal
ifornia's Gov. Earl Warren.
Taft hackers and supporters
of Dewey forsee a possible Ell
senhower sweep at the Phila-
delphia convention if their cum
didates get into a stalemate. At
the moment. this seems possible.
RED cOALS-The Russians
main propaganda mouthpiece
in the United States-the Sow
let Embassy Bulletin-publish-
ed in Washington. D. c, points
proudly in its most recent is
sue to the great progress in
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
S IN MOBILE

Mrs. Carol c. Hill and chill
dren, Helen, Nell and Lester OF
Escatawpa, visited their father
and grandfather, w. H. Blalock
at Mobile this week. Mr.. Blaloek
has been i'll for some time. While
there they also took the oppor-
tunity to shop.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

Party's election sweep was chos-
en- the top story of the wear by
the nations editors.
Editorially. the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser pointed out
that the world would begin the
Third Year of the Atomic Age
on January /.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24
THIS WEEK
in Other'Years

WEEK, Winston Churchill ar
rived in Washington for wal
conference with Franklin d.
Roosevelt Every able
bodied man in the country was
called to join a Civil Protec-
ton unit American and
Philippine defenders temper
arily repulses a Jap landing on
Luzon.
Editorially, the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser extended
Christmas Greetings to its read
ers.
FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, Claud V. Bilbo, popular
young member of the Mississip-
pi House of Representatives
from this county. died follow
ing an operation for acute apen-
dicitis The u. S. S. Sea
Hound was launched at In
gals as a christmas Present"
to ship-short Uncle Sam.
No editorial was carried.
FOUR YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, ingalls, was awarded
a Gold Star to their Mari
time Commission IN" for con-
tinuing outstanding production
achievement in ship construc-
ton A permanent
Recreation Commission was es-
tablished in Pascagoula follow
ing a report of the Senator Pep
per Committee, which pointed
out the need Jackson
County citizens prepared to cell
citrate the Christmas Holidays
in the traditional way, although
many families were saddened
by vacant chairs as the nation
entered its third year of war.
No editorial was carried.
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THREE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, Pascagoula citizens pre-
pared to vote on a $4,000 bond
issue for a recreation building
program His wife was
notified that Private r. c. Dry
of Moss Point had been killed in
action in Germany OPA
frightened food rationing as the
nations stock hit its lowest ebb
since the beginning of the war.
NO editorial was carried.
TWO YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, The Mississippi Legis-
latule prepared to meet in its
first postwar session :.
A sur}sey revealed that eighty
six perleent of the states schools
had usea sub-standard teachers
during the year In
stallation sof bowling alleys be-
gan at the Market Street Rec
reation Center.
Editoriall,y. the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser called at
tention to a Ypressure-move to
abolish the states anti-pollu-
ton laws and called for
strengthening o., the laws in
stead in an edit orial entitled,
mo Sabotage of Anti-Pollu-
ton Law.
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A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK.
ingalls, was awarded contracts
for reconversion of ships by
three South American coun-
The Republican
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

Between 1920 and 1889 it is es-
timated that Americans spent
more than 81 billion as travellers
in foreign countries.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

1t is estimated that it costs
about 81 a year to keep a rat on
a u. S. farm.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

About $500 years ago Jerusalem
was an Egyptian village.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK.
ingalls, was awarded contracts
for reconversion of ships by
three South American coun-
The Republican
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-12-24

Another delay has been
granted the Gulf, Mobile and
Ohio Railroad in the deadline
for presenting an answer to tes-