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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
A Blow To United Nations

dealing with Russia, rather than automatical-
" underwriting British interests.
Americas best journalists have written
that the Greek government is corrupt ana
despised by the Greek people. A majority OF
the Greeks apparently detest Communism.
But our best observers tell us that they de-
test the British occupation authorities just
as strongly, for they have treated Greece
like q conquered country, and backed a pup
pet Greek king who is a close relative of the
British royal family and a British tool. In
this connection it is interesting to note that
his son, Prince Phillip, is going to marry Eliz-
abeth heir apparent to the British throne.
We detest appeasement. But we also detest
Britian's historic role of saying to two other
countries, in effect; lets you and him fight.
We think when any nation, Russia, Germany,
Japan directly threatens our interests, APP
peasement is folly. But there are many kinds
of threats, and many kinds of appeasements.
Let's be sure when a conflict arises warrant
ING serious measures on our side, 1t Is a con-
flict directly involving our interests.
We hope that Congress will decide to work
this thing out through the United Nations
rather than writing its death sentence by
endorsing the individual action which the
President proposed.
The United Nations, to use a phrase OF
Lincoln's. is the last, best hope of earth"
1t is a young and struggling organization, but
its work has given promise that it might be
developed into the fundamentally of peace
and reason that men nave hoped for and
which SO many died for in the war. If the
Mediterranean problem was worked out
through the United Nations il might very
well be the thing that would establish it on
a permanent footing in the confidence of the
nations of the world. But TO bypass it like
an express train the first time a really inn
portant question of r~ivalries comes to issue
AS the President proposes doing-is to Kill
it as surely and effectively as tabling a bill
in committee kills a piece of legislation.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
Choin-LetteYs Again

One distinguishing characteristic of the
human species is the eternal belief that 1t is
possible to get something for nothing. Right
now the chain-letter fad is coming back. Folks
are putting hard-earned quarters, and fifty
cent pieces and even dollar bills and sending
them off to some stranger whose name Is ON
a list, in the foolish belief that in a few days
their own names will be at the top OF the
list and the mailman will bring them a
shower of money, The folly of this ought to
be apparent to everyone who can add two
plus two. Where does the money COME from
Who produces it? Does it come from the thin
air? The answer is, it comes from folks who
are foolish enough to put money in an en-
velope and send il to a stranger.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14

One of the needs of the Mis-
sissippi Gulf Coast is a we'll
organized and serious Histori-
cal Society. We do not mean
now Just another social organ
ization with a name but with
out real substance where peo-
pie get together on Washing
tons birthday to recite poems to
the Father of Our Country, or
explain why the American flag
has AZ stars. There r prob
abT toe many historical socie-
ties like that, and although
they do no harm they do no
particular good. What we need
on the Gulf Coast is an Or
ganization of people who are
really interested in the history
of this area, and who will give
10 il the time and energy to
gather the local history of the
various counties. settlements,
Indian tribes. French and
Spanish colonizations, old fam
lies, early business establish
ments, trade routes, and all
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
Risky Business

We have had occasion in recent weeks to
witness several near-accidents caused by
careless boys riding bicycles two-abreat in
busy highways, or running heedlessly out
from automobiles out into the street. Some of
the boys who ride bicycles apparently make
a sort of game Intentionally blocking a traffic
lane, forcing an automobile to slow down,
honk, and wait for an opportunity to pass.
1t is the nature of boys to do silly things
like this; Is any grown man Will realize II ne
thinks back to his own childhood. But the
fact remains that it is a stupid thing to do.
There is nothing very funny in being hit by
an automobile. And since bicycle riding on a
highway is dangerous under the best condi-
tons, it is the place where a sensible boy
should forget jokes and pay attention to
traffic.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14

Orleans, or up to jackson. does
50 with never a thought that
he is travelling through a coun-
Try peopled with the ghosts. 50
10 speak, of vanished French
and Spanish explorers, Indian
hunters, baekwoodsmen, STREET
ching back thousands of years
in time. The average person
is little interested in the
thought of what the country
used TO be like, because moth
ing has awakened his interest.
But such an interest is a whole
some and a richly.rewarding
thing. And the purpose of a
good historical society is to UNI
cover, TO publish, to find ways
of telling that story so that
all eitizens-not just Il select
ed feW-will begin to feel
some awakening sense of iden
tity with the story of the gen
erations which have gone be
fore him on this soil. And what
is the purpose Or the use of
this? Its usefulness is the use
fulneSs of all thoughtful, ma
turing and mellowing pursuits
of the human spirit. 1t. makes
us more sensible, more decent,
more civilized. 1t takes US an
other step and another gener-
alton from the rough, raw,
primitive world of our ances-
tors. 1t does not make Us one
iot better than they were, but
II puts US more in tune with
our times, as they were with
theirs. Indeed. us effect is 10
make US humble before the
magnificent story of human
struggle through the genera
tinns, and less boastful and
proud of our own small efforts.
1t teaches us that life is the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14

the other elements of the rich
fabric of our half-forgotten
past.
The purpose of an historical
society is not to boast, brag,
nor To sell anything to tour
lists. II the work is we'll done
il results in attracting tourists,
and of course nobody will get
mad at this. But the main pur-
pose of Il good organization
should be interest in the his
tory itself, rather than in the
tourists dollars il might bring
into the community: and a de-
Digit that other people are
interested in learning of the
buried trials, struggles, and ro-
nance of our past, rather than
a sharp eye out for their
money. Too many local histori-
cal societies throughout the
country are run on the latter
principle, on the principle of
commercial boosterism. And
they result in being not his
tory associations at all but
promotions.
Many a Jackson countian who
drives from Paseagoula TO New
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
You're Telling Me!
By WILLIAM RIFT

AN ENGLISH SCULPTOR
fashions human figures with
large holes in them. We don't
get the idea unless he's try
ing 10 show us what dough
nuts would look like if dough-
nuts were people.
Australia plans a 4,00O-mile
auto race. The winner. no
doubt, will be the last one to
drop out.
British Foreign Minister Err
nest Bevin signed five peace
treaties in five minutes, That's
almost as fast as nations can
declared war.
Statistics show there is one
movie theater seat for every II
people in the United States.
And those other IL persons
are the ones, no doubt, ahead
of you in the boX-office line.
A New Jersey woman, spot
ting some escaped Ilamas on
her front lawn, mistook them
for dinosaurs. She's lucky
supposing she'd mistaken some
disonsaurs for Ilamas.
If ne had only known how
many people would frown
at the sound of his name, old
man Fahrenheit would never
have invented the thermomet-
er.
Russian scientists report they
have succeeded in achieving
mechanical honey by injecting
bees with quinine. Medicinal
honeV-just another of the
simpler pleasures Of life spol
ed
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
Grass Roots Boom
In Small Business

New York-A grass roots"
boom in small businesses
throughout the United States
is reported by a national real
estate firm. @. is, former war
workers and others are buying
pint-sized businesses, including
small farms at a rate exceeding
any similar movement in his
tory, says the r.. A. Strout
Realty Agency.
EighiY-five percent of all
buyers are reported to be pay
ing from so per cent to all
cash for business properties av-
eraging around $1,000 on the
wesi coast and $4,000 east of
the Rockies.
Western sales are listed as
66la percent greater than l945
sales and higher prices of west
coast properties seem to be no
detriment.
V. A. Miehls, viee-president
III lllC III ~ AAB'ift 3bio ~
firms volume of business since
VI Day had exceeded As mil
lion dollars which was 500 per
cent higher than the volume for
any similar period in the past.
The total included 5000 small
business and farms.
The decentralization OF
cities is proceeding at a faster
rate than at any time since the
automobile became cheaplY
available. Miehls explains.
The spreading out of big in.
dustries. the improvement OF
highways and the increasing
network of airlines is aiding the
process"
AT no other time, Miehls said.
have there been such good OPP
portunities for a man to make q
living in the country.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
Cor. ress Really Streamlined?
Harmed Newsmen Have Doubt
Snerial IN Central Pres.

Special to Central Press
Washington--After six weeks
of the streamlined Congress,
Capitol Hill observers are de
batting how much IS really
streamlined.
On the critical side, hafrled
newsmen are finding that they
have more committee hearings
to cover than ever They are
wondering if the new high,
powered committee stats are
not the reason showing more
speed than usual in arranging
committee hearings.
Thus, some say, committee
work IS not reduced-it IS only
redistributed.. On the other
side of the ledger, there seems
to be a saving of legislative
manpower- fewer lawmakers
conduct subcommittee hearings.
Some complain that the eff
fort to provide better talent
in offices and committees to
ease the Legislators task is not
paying off. professional com
mittee aides, especially, are as
sorting that patronage IS dlctat-
ing many appointments.
The truth would be hard TO
find. II is true that many "po-
liticians" are getting those
Jobs: but it is also true that
when . politician" handles a
legislators political" prob
lens, he can devote his atten-
ton to what is supposed to be
his major job-framing the
nations laws.
MANY legislators really are
picking able research men to
help them-and in general, the
high towering of staffs Is no
ticeable.
The Agriculture Departments
decision to support the prices
of turkeys is expected to cost
the government approximate
ly % million dollars before the
program expires next June 80,
Officials admit that the gov
eminent may have to buy ten
million pounds Of turkeys al
27.9 cents a pound to bring
the national price to levels re-
fecting 80 per cent OF parity,
The government also will pay
out some 80 million dollars this
year to support potato prices
All told, the various support
price programs are expected &c
cost around $50 million dol
lars.
The major fight has been or
the decision to support ege
prices. Some larger producer'
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14

eternal and mysterious flame,
carried from one generation to
another like the runners in a
relay, and il makes US aware,
grateful, humble TO learn of the
Iabors. the dangers and the
difficulties which the earlier
torch bearers endured that we
might live in our own days and
pass the flame downward TO
the generations who are yet to
come.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14

you want to write a mean edi-
torial. He has no friends.
But if you adopt a policy on
something or 60 out for or
agains. anything except the
man eating shark, you are
bound to step on a toe here or
kick a bunion there. You can't
get around it. And whether
YOU are right Or wrong has
nothing to do with it. For the
time being.
In the newspaper business,
we try to set a straight course
and work for the enefit of
the NEST people. We may often
be wrong, but we think the
fundamental aims are sound
and worth working toward.
A 10. of our friends kid us
about our easy Job. This in
cludes particularly those who
work With their hands-farm,
ers, Welders, carpenters. All
you do. they tell us, rs write
a column and a few stories ana
attend a few meetings and read
a few proofs during the week.
Nothing to it,"
We know they are joking,
and accept it as such, but we
seriously wonder if they can
know how it feels TO stare a
tvpewriter in the face on Mon
dav morning at column-Writ-
ing time. And to know that
another column must be pro
duced to feed the ever-hungry
linotype machines and that
soon the editor will say,
Where's your column"
Sometimes it is easy. You
have seen something that you
know will interest your read
ers or have heard an old story
that vett know is good enough
to be told again But writing
in its final essence IS a lone
w. confirming business, no mat
ter how much you may have
enjoyed gathering the material
about which you write.
That is the part of the bus
mess we like going out
through the country on our
weekly rounds, the necessity
for securing material for the
column only an excuse for drlV'
ing and looking and talking
with I'D friends and making
new ones.
Our beat is the county on
these days-all 100000 acres OF
it from Ramsay Springs tc
Arena and from ST. Martin
to Stateline. And we have
learned more about Jackson
County during the past year
than in the rest of II lives
despite the fact that We were
born near Vaneleave and have
live here most of our life.
We particularly enjoy talk.
ing with the older folks, the
men who grew up in the equn'
ty a half century ago and cary
ca iiltll llblilCa anu hNOtiito'N
from the wilderness of yellow
pine. We like to hear tales o
how Uncle Irving killed thu
wild cat with his pocket knit
and OF bringing cows out o
the swamp at high water ant
of log camps and rafting an'
the host of other tales tina
anv old timer can tell.
We like to visit old place
with hong, cool halls and pick
ct fences and drink parehed
and ground coffee on big bac.
/. porches floored with ten inc.
heart pine boards worn whit
. with the years and many serut
> bings.
II must be because our folk
/. have lived so many geners
, tons N this county that W
! feel a kinship with all that
and was and is to be.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
Poland Receivers Fraction OF
Its Hadium

Warsaw p Representa-
tives Of the war separations oil
flee handed over to DR.. Tad
eusz Micheida, newly appoint
Ell minister of health of radl-
um. recovered from Germany.
The radium, valued at $780,
600. was found in Kiel, in the
British zone of occupation. 1t
was part of. the radium sup
ply taken by the Germans dur
ing the war from the Curle-
Sklodwska institute in the Uni
versity of Lublin.
Before the war, Poland pos
sessed a total of four grams of
radium.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14

real-estate dealers. The work
of discovering the county had
been done by the Spaniards.
The Frenchmen came with col
onists to get a good lumber
and fur business started here.
Buried in the dusty archiv-
es of France and Spain r the
reports that these men made
back to their governments.
The French reports when
translated into modern English,
surprise the modern reader
with their sensible and bus
mess like Language. their at
tention to detail their pfae-
tical view of things. For these
men, though sent by the gov
eminent, knew that if they
wanted to continue their car
GERS as explorers. and if they
wanted to grow rich, they had
to find i way for the big French
mobiles of their day to make
some money by investing in
ships, supplies and other things
necessary TO get the fur trade
started. And poor Frenchmen
in need of work had to be
s'sold" on coming to the will
derness to sweat il out in the
chance of making a little
money.
And so goes the story. We
want to have a little more To
say about il next week, about
the coming of the Americans,
etc. Our own memory of these
events, which we read long
ago, S hay and Inaccurate.
But the story is available. And
a good historical society could
do a fine work in digging II
up. w take the occasion to
mention here that Mrs. Hattie
Gautier has been interested for
a long time in finding ways
to rediscover the history OF
our section, and has made eff
forts 10 get an historical 50.
cietv organized. We wish her
well in the undertaking for il
will afford interesting hours
for both those who participate
i'm the work, and for those who
follow the results. whether II
the form of pamphlets. meet
ings, pageants or displays.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
By NOLLE T.

A number DIV you have drop
ped by the office recently or
written us letters telling us
that you liked this q that edi-
torial OF column. or compll-
mented us in one way or an
other on our efforts on the
newspaper here each week.
Everyone likes a little hon
est or nearly honest
back slapping, and we would
be less than human if we did
not appreciate your kind words
and strive TO merit your con
fidence and be worthy of your
praise
1t means a lot To a neWspa-
per mar to hear q little praise,
for complaints VIC have with us
always. Most newspaper read
ers follow the human pattern
of communicating with the edl-
tor or reporter only when Their
names have been misspelled,
the account of their party mis-
lead, OF when they feel they
have aeen accidently or in
tentionally slighted, SANDER
ed, or otherwise unfairly dealt
with in one way or another.
---
During the ten years or so
that we have spent in this bus
mess, we have received a ton
of abuse for every ounce of
praise. But We aren't complain
ing. In the first place, ON
skin is now a foot thick in all
formerly tender spots, and be
sides, we have known for a
long. time how to avoid crit
cism..
You simply adept the same
attitude as the politician Whe
is for the Lord. against the
Devil, and on the fence about
everything else.
Except in the newspaper
business you call it the MAJ
Eating Shark" policy.
Which means that some
newspapers editorial policy
and some writers are simply
against the man-eating shark
IT'S like being against mosqui
toes on a summer night, rattle
snakes in the prairie country
or bed bugs in a roominl
house. You are perfectly SAT,
in giving the m%an-eating
shark the dickens any tim
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
POLITICAL


The following individuals
have formally announced in
the columns of the Chronicle
Star and Advertiser their cam
didacy for political office in
this summers Democratic Pri-
mary.
Board Of Supervisors
DISTRICT TWO
A. W. CAMBLEY
T. ]. DICKSON
c. w. WILKINSON
Constable
DISTRICT THREE
L. F. (MACK) MCGOWAN
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-03-14
Inside Washington
Numerous Committee Meetings.
Keep Reporters on the Double

bitterly oppose the govern
ment's program but it is fav
ored by small producers.
War Assets ADMINISTRATOR
Robert M. Littlejohn, who sold
the Big and Little Inch pipe
lines for only 50, 100000 less
than they cost the government,
took a chance that paid off
He rejected the original Is
bids as too low; called for new
ones. He now confesses thai
if the second batch had been
less favorable than those re-
jected Il fully expected the
president to fire ne"
Littlejohn, a former major
general, SAYS his decision to
turn down the first bids in the
hope Of doing better was SINH.
lar to a decision he had to
make during the Battle of the
Bulge-''if you're wrong,
you're out"
A hitch still NAV develop,
The Justice department could
ouash the sale to the Texas
Eastern Transmission corpora
ton or the Federal Power COM
mission could refuse to grant
it a certificate of necessity and
convenience.
Senator Shot Up coeonuts
Senator Joseph Mccarthy
(R) of Wisconsin, winner in the
COP primary over former Sen
ator Robert NJ. LaFollette, Jr.,
was a Marine tail-gunner in
the War-but he Gains he was
not much of a marksman.
Mccarthy recalls that at one
time the men in his company
awarded him a plaque" for
destroying more coconut trees
than anyone else in the South
Pacific"
The senator says that when
he was called to receive the
plaque he was served with
a formal summons and com
plant by a big soap manufac.
turing concern which owned
many of the coco palms in those
parts.
However, McCarthy's com
manding officer, Maj. Gen. II.
R. Harmon, has this to say of
him: His initiative and good
judgment, determination and
diligence have made him an
unusually useful member OF
the section in. which he served
and his unfailing good nature
and ready wit made him we'll
liked and respected by his as
sociates."
Evening star., 1947-11-18
Mobile Can't Remember Visit
From Turbuned Neqro Pastor

while he was here, but that he knew
nothing OF his having eaten In
white restaurants or having visited
civic, social and political leaders.
The newspaper said the owner Of
Mobile restaurant, Pete Gulas, re-
called that man wearing a funny
hat" was refused service about two
weeks ago because he refused to
remove his hat"
Management Of other leading
restaurants in Mobile did not recall
visit by such an individual as the
Rev. Route" the newspaper said.
The press said 1t had been unable
to locate any white civic, social or
political leaders who recalled talk
ing to him.
Evening star., 1947-11-18
Montgomery Heads 10 Heal
PROPOSAL for Fare Boosts

Proposed fare increases for the
Capital Transit Co., and financial
help for Suburban Hospital. Be-
thssda, were chief among items Of
business expected to be discussed to-
day at q meeting of the Montgomery
County Commissioners.
The commissioners planned to
hear an outline OF the Capital
Transit position by e. c. Giddings,
vice president of the company.
President Brooke Johns said the
hospital's financial plight also would
he considered. At Its recent special
session the General Assembly au-
thorised the county to render as
sistanee up to $4,000.
Evening star., 1947-11-18
by the Assoei1ied Press

MOBILE, Ala. Nov. 1s.-The Mo
bile Press said yesterday it had
been unable to verify statements
by the Negro pastor of @ Jamaica,
IN. ~ church that he crossed the
color line in Mobile by wearing a
turban and speaking with a Swedish
accent.
The Rev. Louis Route. pastor OF
Mobiles Martin Luther Church,
said his brother, the Rev. Jesse w.
Route, 80, of the Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church of Jamaica visited
here November 5 and 6 and sang in
a concert at his church.
He said his brother wore a tur-
ban "as a sort of custom of his"
Laurel outlook., 1947-05-28
Discovered Synthetic Dye

For ages man has enriched his ap-
parel and surroundings with color
and for centuries he has sought new
and better means of obtaining the
colors he wanted. Until about 30
years ago, however, he had to de-
pend entirely upon natural sources
trees, roots, plants and insects. 1t
was not until 1856 that Perkin, a
young English chemist, produced
the first synthetic dye of CONNER
cial Importance. Much has been
written about this epochal discovery
of Perkins mauve, for its effects
upon everyday life and science have
been far-reaching. 1t formed the
cornerstone of the dye industry we
have today.
Laurel outlook., 1947-05-28

Mrs. Arno Albrecht of Billings
spent several days during the week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Corwin. Mr.. and Mrs. Albrecht
and son Corwin and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ccrwin spent Saturday and Sunday
at the Corwin cabin at East Rose
bud lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Miller are
the parents of a son, born in a
Billings hospital, May "a. He is
a great grandson of Mrs. May Mil
Ter and a grandson of Mrs. Clark
Pinckley of Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Wallace of
Billings and her mother, Mrs. N. c.
Eklund, spent Friday afternoon at
the home of Nh. and Mrs. Charles
Eastlick.