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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
Intro City Council
Sets "CIeon Up"
First Move

An old fashioned 'clean up
campaign" of the sort staged an
nually here a few years ago, was
made the number one objective
of the newly formed Pascagoula-
Moss Point Intra City Council at
a meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday night.
A. j. Moss, president of the
Pascagoula Junior Chamber of
Commerce, was elected president
of the group. succeeding Mrs. P.
A. Thompson, who has served as
temporary chairman during the
organization stage.
A tentative meeting. has been
scheduled for next Tuesday
night when a more complete
plan for the cleanup drive will
be discussed.
The purpose of the council, or
gained under the Chamber OF
Commences leadership. is to pro-
mote better understanding be-
tween the two cities and to work
for the mutual welfare.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
Two Brazil
Ships Are
Launched
Sleek New Croft
Are Nomed For
Lutin Republics

The fleet of Ingalls-built ships
destined for South American wa
tiers will be substantially in
creased with the launching today
and next Friday of two more
Brazilian vessels and the formal
shakedown cruise this week of
the Mississippi Shipping Com
pany's luxury liner, Del Sud.
The Brazilian ship to get its
Pascagoula River initiation today
will be 1he Panamaloide and
will be christened by Mrs. Ed
ward Lafaye, Jr., wife of a New
Orleans coffee importer. The
ceremonies will take place at
HAS a. m. e4
On Friday, March %, Mrs. w.
D. Roussel, wife of w. D. Rous-
sci of the large New Orleans
coffee importing company of the
same name, will officially name
the next ship the Mexicoloide.
Three of the IA Brazilian ships
have been launched, four remain
on the ways and the keels of
five are still to be laid.
These 432-foot cargo vessels
are of 10000 ton displacement
and are, streamlined and speedy.
They will fly the Lloyd Brasil
Zero flag and will run between
the United States, Central Amer
lea and South America.
The SIS Del Sud, second of
three ships contracted for with
the ingalls, yard, left New Or
leans for Havana, Cuba, Tues
day afternoon with flags flying
and los guests aboard. The guests
of the Mississippi Shipping Com
pany included shippers, import
ers, exporters, members of civic
clubs and newspapermen. These
passengers will have about a day
and a half in Havana during
which time they will be taken
on a specially arranged tour.
The first of the three, the Del
Norte, is already in service and
the third, the Del Mar, is sched-
uled for delivery in May. The
company plans to add anothe~
ship in addition to the three
"Dels" for combination passen-
ger and cargo service, it was
stated.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
World Trade Expert For International
House At New Orleans TO Speak Here

Michael NJ. Mora, world trade
development director at Inter
national House in New Orleans,
will be the guest speaker at a
luncheon meeting ri the Pascal
goula Rotary club Wednesday of
next week at the Country club,
Ed Virgins, president of the
club, announced this week.
In the brief 10 months that Mr..
Mora has headed the department
at International House, it has re-
ceived more than 5000 visitors
from all over the world, and has
established more than $500 con-
facts between mid continent bust
ness interests and export-import
centers over the world.
Mora was born in 1896 of POI
ish parentage in Leningrad, Rus
sic. His father was managing di-
rector of the Russian General
Electric Company, and during
World War l Mora was assistant
manager of the Moscow Ordnance
Works. He came to the United
States in 1918, later becoming a
n~aturalized American citizen.
From 1919 to 1920, Mora was
purchasing agent for Poland in
the United States. then engaged
in international banking as a
special partner of A. H. Martens
until 1925. From 1925 until 1929
he was chief of the commercial
department of the Polish Consul
late General in New York, and
from 1929 to 1882, vice-president
of Foreign Trade Securities Co,
Ltd, OF New York, Berlin and
Paris. From 1882 to 1914, Mora
was a foreign exchange broker
and then vice-president of the
Parish Petroleum Corporation and
several affiliated companies do
ing business in Louisiana and
Texas.
Late in 1914, he was appoint
ed executive assistant chief of the
UNRRA mission to Poland, leav-
ing UNRRA in l945 after the Rus
slams refused visas to members
of the mission.
In l945 Mora went to New
York as manufacturers repre-
sentative of a Louisiana concern
marketing alligator products in
northern markets. Mora speaks
English, French, Russian, Polish,
German and Spanish.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
Court Of Honor Is
Held By East
Jackson Boy Scouts

A Boy Scout Court of Honor
for the East Jackson County
District was held Thursday night
at the High school auditorium,
according to A. P. May, advance
ment chairman. Winner display
awards were made for the Boy
Scout Week activities held in
February, and two new Troops
installed. Troop 223, sponsored
by the First Methodist church,
and Troop 288, sponsored by the
PTA of Gautier.
Tenderfoot investiture serv-
ices we're conducted for new
Scouts,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
Lows Designed To
Keep Democratic
White Primories

The State Legislature brought
to an end its two-weeks' special
session last Friday after placing
on the books two new election
laws, designed to prohibit Ne
groes from voting, which provide
the most fundamental changes in
the voting laws since the old con-
Vention system OF nominating
candidates was superseded by
general primaries 35 years ago.
The effect of the new statutes
is to greatly strengthen the pow
er of the State Executive Com
mittee and the various county
executive committees in determ-
ming the status of registration
and qualification of party men,
bers.
Because of the widespread in
fluence of the voting laws, they
overshadowed in Importance the
other business of the session and
the average run Of legislation that
has been passed in a generation.
The two vote laws were passed
by large majorities, but opposi-
ton had been offered from sew
eral quarters, chiefly on the ar
gument that legislation of such
Importance should be carefully
studied until the regular l948
session before being enacted into
law. These spokesman argued
that Negro voting could not un-
der present circumstances offer
any threat to political white
supremacy" before next year. and
that hastily adopted legislation.
might confuse a situation that was
already complicated.
Specific objections to the
changes discussed we're based on
the argument that county execu-
tive committees and older voters
who had already participated in
three primaries would be en-
powered to challenge and dis
qualify a large section of the
younger white electorate in adj
..aiiion to the Negroes should
they so desffe. m any county
where a political ring could gain
control of the county executive
committee membership, they ar
gued, the provisions of the new
laws would theoretically empower
the ring to %perpetuate itself in
office indefinitely.
The majority of the Legislature,
however, voted for the proposed
changes, but appointed a recess
committee to study the whole
question with a view to passing
permanent legislation relating to
election primaries in the next
regular session.
Background
The recent background of the
voting question stemmed out of
a United States Supreme Court
ruling of several years ago. based
on a Texas case, that il was un-
constitutional for a state either
directly or indirectly to bar quail
flied Negroes from the Demo-
cratic u any other party primary
selection of candidates.
The trend of legislation in SOU
thern state legislatures since
then has been to try to devise a
law which will make ii impossi-
BILE for the party organization it
self to purge Negroes from its
rolls.
One complicating factor in Mis-
sisSippi and other states was the
passage of wartime election laws
waving poll-tax payments for
veterans overseas and providing
for absentee balloting for vet
Grams. The Supreme Court de
cision coupled with the wartime
poll tax waiver resulted in the
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
New Election Laws Increase Powers
OF State And County Executive Groups
Mobile x -RoY Unit
For Industries Will
Be Here In April

The Mobile X-Ray unit of the
tuberculosis control division of
the State Board of Health will
be in Jackson County the first
week in April to service indus
trial workers whore desired, i
was announced this week.
Industry heads desiring to
have their employees X-raye6
should contact the jackson
County Health Department. The
service is free.
The unit will return to this
county at a later date for gen
eral X-raying, it was announced.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
BERN AIRPORT

Bern, Switzerland-AP - The
city council of Bern has proposed,
for submission to the voters, a
credit of about $l,294.000 for the
expansion of Belpmoos airport
here to the point where inter-con-
tinental traffic could be handled.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
Respectfully yours
=. Y. TIM BLADES.
GETS HER MAN

Greenville, Ill.-AP - Sheriff
David E. Blankenship has mar
ried one of his deputies.
The bride was 81 wears old.
Dolores I. Meskie. a deputy in the
sheriff's office.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-21
S. H. Swensen
Justice Candidate
In District One

S. II. Swensen, native Of VAN
cleave and resident of Hurley for
the past Is years, announces this
week that he will be a candidate
for the office of Justice of the
Peace in District l..
The poeition is held at the pres
ent time by H H Parker who
has not yet announced whether
or not ne will be a candidate for
reelection.
Mr.. SWensen operates a garage
in Hurley, where he is a mem
Der of The school board and ac-
tive in community affairs.
His statement to the voters fol-
lows:
TO THE QUALIFIED ELEC-
TORS OF DISTRICT ONE:
Il take this means of anpounc-
ing my candidacy for the office
Of Justice of the Peace in our
district subject to the will of
the voters in the Democratic
Primaries this summer.
"The decision to seek this of
flee is based on 2 sincere desire
to serve the people of my dis
triet and was arrived at after
careful consideration of all the
factors involved.
Although the duties of this of
flee are not heavy in our law
abiding district, the importance
Of the position is not lessened
nor the necessity of electing a
qualified man less acute because
of It.
IF you elect me to this office,
| will decide all cases fairly, ac-
eording to the law and the evil
dence, showing neither partially
or vengenee toward any person
brought before me.
4 ask your thoughtful con-
sideration of my candidacy until
such lime as l may be able to
see you in person.
Sincerely yours,
IS. H. SWENSEN."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
WALLACE CHRISTMAS
FESTIVAL MEETIN G
SLATED FOR TUESDAY

WALLACE, Nov, 16.-A COM
mittee composed of so or more
persons representing about 26
communities, will meet here in
Wallace, Tuesday afternoon, to
lay plans for a Christmas festi-
val, projected here.
The festival is under the
sponsorship of the Wallace as
sociates, recently formed orga-
nization of business and profess
sional men, and farmers.
One of the big features of the
festival being planned is the
mass singing of Christmas hymns
and songs by choral groups from
towns and communities in the
Wallace area.
Included in the plan is a huge
Christmas tree With presents for
all children in this area.
A committee, scheduled tc
meet Tuesday afternoon, will
work out details for the festival.
Wallace Associates, tonight urg-
Harry Kramer, president of the
ed all committee members to be
present at the Tuesday meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
TAR HEELS WELCOME
GORDON GRAY INTO
CAPITOL HILL GROUP

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1e-(R
Several hun, red Tar Heels and
the North Carolina state society
officially welcomed Gordon Gray,
assistant secretary of the Army,
and Mrs. Gray to Washington to-
day.
Gray, who is publisher of the
Wlnston-Salem Journal and Sen
tlnel newspapers, was appointed
to the federal post this fall dur
ing the congressional recess. This
was the first occasion for many
capitol hill Carolinians to say
hello as they returned for the ses-
sion beginning tomorrow.
John K. Slear, formerly of
Charlotte, president of the Soc
iety, and Mrs. Slear received
guests, along with the Grays and
Rep. Jones (D-N. CO.. Only
other Carolina congressman back
in time for the party was Rep.
Bonner (D-N. CO.. Out-of-town
guests included Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest Hunter, of Charlotte. Also
among the gu -sts were Compt-
roller General Lindsay c. War
rem, and Mrs. Warren, formerly
Of Washington, N. c.; Director
of the Budget James E. Webb
and Mrs. Webb, formerly of Ok
ford; and Secretary of the Army
Kenneth c. Royal and Mrs. Roy
all, formerly of Goldsboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
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Teresa's face. What they were
saying to one another was like
faint echo.
! Teresa, your nerves are
stretched and taut - like
charged wires. There's a dread
full disturbance in your
mind. Your vanity is in anguish.
Listen to me. Please listen. You
can't let youl greed toke charge
of you. In few minutes III
excuse myself and go up to my
room You'll tell him then,
won't you?
mo, no more for me-" he
was saying, meaning the Coin
treap. "It's very good though.
"Pre-war," Teresa replied.
"All of the good things are in
the past, Sam"
He chuckled, leaned forward
and placed the glass on the pol
ished table.
mot necessarily. Some good
things are coming with the flu
ture, too. Pm not an orstrich but
I refuse to be a pessimist. HUI
manity can't fail. The world is
tired, yes. 1t hurts in lots of
places. 1t hurts all over. It's
had a terrific beating. But it
can't quit. It isn't dying or
dead. There's still hope. We
who are given life have to do
something with it."
Hold up mirror to your
self, Teresa, Alison thought. See
all Of your images and all of
your selves. Select your honest
self. Her face is tranquil, not
slowly going to pieces as yours
is now. There's much to be- said
for tranquility. Not enough is
said about it. Why don't you
stop playing with the thread?
Tell Sam after I 60 and let this
be his decision. You made the
first when you married him the
first time. This decision is
rightly, justly his.
"But everything's in such a
mess" Teresa was saying.
Sam shook his head. "Not for
Suzy. Not for the high school
boy and girl walking out at
night, stopping to kiss. Not for
the freshman in college. Not for
the bride buying her first silver
teapot. The trouble with US
who've lived through the war is
that we're afraid, some of us,
of new beginnings. We say 1T
won't work; it's bound to
Why won't you look at me.
Teresa? You won't look at me.
yet you lear my appeal
There's a quivering wire be-
tween us. Our thoughts are be-
ing interchanged. You're think
ing, "Why doesn't she say
something? Why does she sit
there like a stone, a stone with
eyes like live Goals? Why don't
you say something?"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
Engineer, To Attend
Meeting In Atlanta

Joseph Norwood and B. A.
Waldenmaier, district and assis-
tant airport engineers respec-
lively, will attend the District
Airport Engineers meeting at
the regional office Of Civil Aero
nautics Administration in At
lanta, Ca, Nov. 18, 19, and 20,
it was announced yesterday by
local CAA officials.
The purpose of the meeting
will be to discuss administration
of the federal airport act and at
tempt in the light Of experiences
to make whatever notifications
as are consistant with the law,
which would tend to simplify the
federal airport program, Norwood
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
cr,ApTER THIRTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TH1RTY-FOUR
Toasingly Sam ask e d,
.uvhere have you been? Fine
.1ino to do-ask girl where
shes been.
Teresa hadn't told him. Tere-
wasn't going to tell him.
D "Hello. I went to a movie. u
> Alison stepped : to the hall. "I1
-as sort Of like playing hooky
srom lessons. Well, goodnight. u
Goodnight? The winds been
.1aying havoc with you. Come
p and get warm. I'm a good
tre-rlan. 81 l should be. No cen
+ral IT, heating at my place, as you
well know.
mo. Really, I'm all right -
oxcept sleep. I'm awfully
sleepy
He smiled. "Please, l want
nor to. Give me your coat"
Teresa was sitting up very
straight and regally. She looked
very glamorous in the black
dinner dress with the low
so,Iare neck and short sleeves.
There were jewels in her ears
and on her arms and hands.
She looked as if she were sit
ting for her portrait.
She looked at Alison as if Ali
son had been glass.
"Hello, dear. Have you h a d
dinner"
eyes. I've had dinner"
"Would you care for a Ii
queur?'
"No. Thank you, Teresa.
Then Teresa ignored her. She
IGNORED her - but her fingers
were playing nervously with a
broken thread on the covering
of the love seat. The buckle Of
one of Suzy's little patent leath-
.r slippers had caught in it one
dav and tore the material. Now
Teresa's aggressive fingers
were twisting the thread round
and round.
Teresa glanced at Sam.
"As l was saying, people are
cynical and fearful :"
Sam smiled. However pu-
Grille it sounds coming from a
man, l sometimes think if we
could 60 back to being like little
children with faith and eager
ness for living and holding no
srudges. Okay. Scorn me for
being an ideaiist. "
Alison sat in cone of 81
lence. Sam sat beside her, Te-
resa across from her. She could
not make her eyes move from
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17

yYVzzRz are two seas In Palestine. One fresh and
i fish are m it. Splashes Of green adorn its banks
Trees spread their branches it and stretch out
their thirsty roots to sip Of It's healing water. Along
its shores the children play.
The River Jordan makes this sea with sparkling
water from the hills So it laughs in the sunshine And
men build their houses near to IT, and birds their nests;
and every kind Of Life is happier because it is there.
The River Jordan flows On south into another sea-
Here Is no splash of fish, futtermg leaf song Of
Birds cldrens laughter Travellers choose another
route unless urgent business. The air hangs above
It's waters and neither man beast nor fowl will
drink. What makes this mighty difference IN these
neghbor seas? Not the River Jordan. It empties the
same good water into both Not the sod in which they
le; not he country round about.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
Young Negro Farmer
Drowns While Fishing

BURGAW, Nov. 16 - Rubin
Carr, 32-year-old Negro farmer,
was drowned when he fell out OF
row boat while fishing near
Woods landing in a branch of the
Northeast river, Pender County
Coroner Harvey E. Blake, said
here tonight.
Carr went out in the boat and
witnesses at the point heard a
yell, according to Blake. Later
the boat drifted back into sight
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
Veterans Hear SBI
Chief At Hospital |

FAYETTEVILLE, Nov. 10
Walter Anderson, head of the
State Bureau of Investigation,
spoke on the topic, "What Shall
1 do with Jesus?' before $50
patients of the Veterans admin
stration hospital here tonight.
81 recommend Christ as the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17

great physician to all men; he
can do more than medical science
or all of the doctors,' declared
Major Anderson, who spoke un-
der the auspices of the North
Carolina chapter of the Christ
ian Evangelical association.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17

and dragging for Carr's body was
started.
Carr was the son of Henry
Carr of the Rocky Point COM
munity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
ACCOUNTANT MEET

GREENSBORO, Nov. Is. - R1
. Charles M. Johnson Of
state treasurer a n d
candidate for governor, will be
the principal speaker at a pub
lie meeting of certified public
accountants, public bookkeepers,
and tax consultants at the Ma
sonic temple here November %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
NOT Alt, ALIKE

Thermos bottles are not all
packed in the same way, and
milk will not keep in all bottles
the same length of time for that
reason.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17
TAKE LOTS OF ROOM

A stadium 312 times larger
than Soldiers Field, Chicago,
would be needed to accommodate
all the people who daily ride the
nations street cars, trackless troll
leyS, and buses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-17

It is said that hot water baths
are effective in relieving the
pain of a black widow spider
bite
Evening star., 1947-02-09

recreational area will be located on
the second floor.
The first floor will provide space
for the out-patient department, ad-
ministration offices, chapel, an
auditorium and will contain general
storage space.
Most of the land between the hos
pital and Lee boulevard has been
reserved, according to plans, for a
patients recreational area.
~ Months to Build.
Veterans Administration officials
estimate the hospital will not be
completed for 27 months. 1t will
take six months to finish the plans
and three months more to handle
construction bids. 1t is hoped the
hospital can be completed 18 months
after construction actually begins.
The structure is being designed by
Louis Justement of Washington and
York 81 Sawyer, architect-engineers,
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Plans Are Approved
For Capital Area 5
Veterans Hospital

Preliminary plans and specifica-
tions for the Veterans Administra-
tion's new 75o-bed hospital in
Arlington have been approved, it
was announced last night.
The completely modern SIS, ,0o0, 600
hospital will be located on 27-acre
tract Of land owned by A. M. Nevius,
vice president of the Riggs National
Bank. It is located at the inter-
section Of Lee boulevard and Airing
ton Ridge road, just north of
Arlington National Cemetery.
President Truman approved use
Of the tract November /, after
Veterans Administrator Bradley had
declared 1t was the most suitable
site in this area.
Won't Clash With Lincoln Memorial.
The plans were approved by
Veterans Administration medical
and construction chiefs last Thurs
day.
The announcement emphasized
that the nine and one-half story
structure will not compete with
beauty of the Lincoln Memorial as
seen from the District side Of the
Potomac. In fact, The main hospital
building will be screened from view
when the memorial is seen from
the east end of the reflection pool
on Seventeenth street, it said.
The hospital will be constructed,
however, so that two-thirds of its
patients will be able to view the
Nations capital.
Brick with Limstone Trim.
In keeping with the idea of avoid
ing competition with the Lincoln
Memorials architectural interest,
most wall structures will be of brick.
Limestone and marble will be limited
to trim and few features to give
architectural variety, it was said.
Upper stories of the hospital will
be T-shaped in plan. with two nurs-
ing units per floor overlooking
Washington and one unit facing
south. Space will be provided In
each nursing unit for 40 patients.
The third floor will contain oper-
ating rooms, recovery suites, a sur
gical nursing unit and cardiovas-
cular units.
Large Recreation Area Planned.
| Laboratories, X-ray facilities, phys
ical and occupational therapy- sec
tions, staff quarters, kitchen ano
cafeteria facilities, canteen and q
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Baltimore c. U. Alumni
To Entertuin at Dinner

Two officers of the Alumni Asso-
citation Of Catholic University and
two faculty members viii be guests
of the Baltimore chapter Of the
alumni at dinner in Baltimore
Thursday night.
The guests will be Andrew P.
Maloney of New York. national
president of the Alumni Association;
John L. Schroeder, national secre-
tary; DR.. Anthony ]. Scullen, dean
of the School Of Engineering and
Architecture, and Edmund LaFond,
athletic director:
The dinner will be held at the
Stafford Hotel at $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1947-02-09

of New York. Army engineers will
supervise the plans and construction.
It was learned last night that Mr..
Nevius has not yet been officially
approached by Veterans Admins
| tration for purchase of the land.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Civic Group to Meet

The Kingman Park Civic Associa-
ton will meet at pm. Tuesday at
Langston Terrace Nursery, 2210 H
street Me- it was announced yes
| terday.