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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
MAY GO OFF

Bangkok-AP = Sundays may
soon go by the board in Siam.
The Siamese Cabinet Council is
considering a switch to the Budd-
hist calendar. which celebrates as
religious holidays the beginning
and the end of the waxing and
waning states of the moon.
The Buddhist system, adhering
to the country's religious tradi-
tions, is used now in many schools
and offices in the provinces. One
argument for its official adoption
is that government office work
ers and school children would be
able to attend special services
and observe Buddhist rites.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
"AMERIKA HAUs"

MUNICH. Germany tAP)-Hit-
ler's former headquarters where
the Munich pact of 1888 was
signed is now "Amerika Haus"
Ia U. S. information center for
Germans.
Here $4,000 books, 5000 maya
zines and newspapers. music
rooms, lecture halls and a theater
are provided for Germans to
learn about the United States and
the rest of the world from which
they have been isolated so long.
1t is one of the biggest of sew
eral such centers in American
zone cities.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
Chamber of Commerce
Expects More Prosperity
Special To Central Press

Washington-the United States
Chamber of Commerce has TAX
en- a look at the national econ
omy and comes up with the re-
port that the country is facing
continued high level prosperi-
ty for the next six to IL months.
The survey was made by DR..
Emerson Schmidt, director of
the Chambers economic re-
search department, who was
disturbed by the almost unani-
nous opinion" of the members.
He said:
"Such unanimity usually pre-
cedes collapse, and is apt to
intensity the boom for a spell
and lead to further distortions
in the price and wage struc-
ture."
Schmidt comedies, however,
that "it would appear that the
forces making for sustained
prosperity are as strong today
as at any time in our history"
1t hasn't gotten the head
lines because the World War
II Lockheed Shooting Star had
a running start. But the Re-
public Thunderjet is the Air
Forces jet sweetheart" now.
Air Force chiefs are enthu-
siastic about the planes easy
controllability and outstanding
stability. II has been learned
that in all the hundreds of
hours of flight testing only two
pilots have been killed.
This is an unusually low cost
in life in the testing of new
warplanes, especially e is
which still aren't fully under
stood.
Practically no realistic DemG-
crat believes that the Truman
Barkley ticket will win in Mo-
vember. But they have fer
vent hopes of capturing control
of the Senate.
They would have to pick up
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
You're
Telling Me!
BY WILLIAM RIFT
Central Press Writer

By way of helping Euro
pean recovery, Recovery Boss
Paul Hoffman wants Americans
to travel in Europe. Apparent
ly taxes are too slow and we
should pass the money along
personally.
Buyer resistance forced dress
designers to give up on
the wasp waists. They got stung
on that one.
Padded hips are out, too,
same reason. American women
try to adjust their shapes, not
add to them.
Moscow research" discloses
the Russians built the first air.
plane in 1882. That makes them
experts in errornautics.
Commerce Department says
personal income is running $18,-
600 900 ahead of l947, and
the Mint says coinage for the
fiscal year was hardly more
than half the previous years.
So we're all making more even
If the government isn't.
Gardening season certainly
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
BY ROBERT E. I c

Observation-Disclosures you
know what to do if you saw
a sign that said Explosives
Keep Away? Or Poison
For External Use Only?
Senator Harley NJ. Kilgore
tD-W. W says the census re-
veals that slightly over TO-
100000 Americans-one out of
every seven adults-wouldn't
know. He calls them sheer
or near illiterates." He pro-
posed $4,000, 900 federal aid
to help such people learn to
read and write. His bill died,
but educators say it is sure to
come up again.
What is an illiterate? Where
do these 10000, 900 illiterates
live? Kilgore says the answer
to these questions are so amaz-
ing the situation can only be
described as a national disgrace.
First, he describes an litter
ate as persons without the
equivalent of a fourth grade
education. They can't read or,
if they can, they can't under
stand what they read suffici-
emily well to function as citi-
Zens.
Second, he says many of
these people-probably the ma
jority of them-don't live far
out in the sticks, where an edu-
cation is hard to come by. And
the majority are not foreign
born, but native Americans.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
Inside Washington
Unanimiiy of Opinion
Eyed With T~repidation

four seats now held by Repub-
licans. There are Is COP
places to be filled and the
Democrats feel that if they can
enter strong candidates in Sc
lected spots they may have an
outside chance of winning.
With Senator Barley as No.
2 mar on the national list, the
Democrats see a possible VIC
tory in Kentucky where Sem
ator Cooper, Republican, is up
for election.
The government has a super
de luxe radio broadcasting
studio of which it would like
to be rid. Authorized by
former Secretary of Interior
Ickes, it is located on the top
floor of the new Interior build
ing.
1t has red plush carpeted
floors, elaborate balconies and
thick plate glass enclosures.
Commercial firms can't ISL it
because it is federal property
and no government agency
wants it.
The state department turned
down suggestion that it be used
for "Voice of America" broad
casts. These programs r sent
from New York and San Fran
cisco where foreign broadcast
facilities are readily available.
A former member of the New
Jersey state legislature thinks
that Thomas E. Dewey's initials
are just as adaptable to the
headlines as the familiar FDR.
But. as far as he's concerned,
TED" is only the beginning.
He's trying to convince some
1000 editors that they should
expand this to Teddy"
His idea probably doesn't
have much chance of clicking.
TIED" suggests Teddy" all
right. But that, in turn, sug-
gests Roosevelt"
And that might lead to all
kinds of confusion.
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ing its driving.
I'VE will attain the objec-
tive of this conference" said
Mr.. Truman, only if the prin-
ciples established here are car
ried back to every community
where Americans live and work
where every man, woman and
child is a pedestrian or a mo-
torist or both"
The conference apparently
went a long way in waking up
the public to the road peril.
The death toll had seemed
headed for unprecedented lev
els but in 1947 it actually was
reduced, although highway
travel increased 9 per cent.
Still, however, every hour of
every day and night 100 peo-
pie were killed or injured.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
PEASANTS GET E

WARSAW, Poland, (AP) -
peasants of Poland are joining
Leftist political parties in increas-
ing numbers.
Organizers for the Polish So
clalist party reported a total of
l2S, 300 peasants had joined. These
peasants represent 1900 COM
munal groups and 5000 village
groups. The peasants who have
signed up with the Socialists
soon will be Communists at
least technically. The Socialists
are merging with the Commun-
list Workers party on OF about
Oct. l.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13

struggles Of Washington and
his Colonial Army, half starved
and. half frozen, to found the
freedom that we know, of Jer-
ferson and Lincoln and all of
the great men and their end
less and bitter struggles, of the
faith and firmness of convic-
ton that made and kept us a
nation.
These facts of history aleo
bring to mind the countless lit
tie people who made no i'm
preston on the pages of time,
but who gave their energies
and their lives in shaping the
heritage of our freedom. There
were those, too. who fought the
injustices and the prejudices
that at times threatened our
nation in an attack more sub
tie than a physical invasion of
our shores, and were as dan
gerous to our liberties as the
early armies of England. All
these facts and their related
visions are there, plainly and
cleanly printed on the pages of
our history books. They are
felt and perceived and they I'M
derline and %underscore Ameri-
canism written in capital let
tiers. They are there to impress
themselves indelibly on the
mind of a school boy. as they
must have impressed themselv-
es on the mind of Rep. Hebert,
as they did impress them
selves on the mind of this
writer, and as they should have
impressed themselves on the
mind of Miss Bentley.
This teaching of Americanism
is, to us, a simple process. II
requires no shouting propo-
gandists such as we saw take
over the classrooms of Hitler's
Germany and MuSsolini's Italy;
it requires not the regimenta-
ton and rigid channelling of
thought and action and denials
of basic freedoms such as We
see in Stains Russia and its
satellite nations. 1t doesn't
require a meat axe, thought po-
lice and general strong arm
tactics. Americanism is a firm
and a calm conviction and it
ear and is easily learned from
the pages of our history.
Such conviction is lacking in
the minds of Elizabeth Bentley
and Whitaker Chambers, a
senior editor of Time maya
zine, who also testified before
the Un-Ameriean Committee
that he was a Communist for
a matter of IL years, but re-
formed along about 1887 and
is now drawing a SIS, 000-a-
year salary from the Luce en-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13

ian church Editorial, OPP
posed grouping of Jackson and
Harrison county health depart
ments under one administrative
set up -. Sponsored two civic
projects: Building of sidewalks
and maintenance of cemeteries.
ONE YEAR AGO THIS
WEEK, Nursery school surviv-
ed wartime need. big enroll
ment Nearl full page de-
voted to listing delinquent coun-
ty tax lists Port plan be-
gun by engineer, study for de-
velopment of west bank of
river Editorial: Corrup-
ton on the coast, flood of crime
must be stemmed.
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He gives these figures: A.
100000 are white people, born
in this country. 5000, 900 are
foreign born whites. 1900, 900
are negroes. He says one-tenth
of the 100000 live in New
York, 100000 in Illinois and
385 900 in California. Louisiana
has a higher percentage of illit-
crates among its total popula-
ton than any other state. Kill
gore estimates the number at
SO per cent. Iowa has the low
est, Al per cent.
There are three times as many
illiterates in the country as
college graduates, Kilgore
adds. He says this weakens
democracy because many of
of these people cannot read the
words freedom" or peace"
Communists are aware of this
situation and take full advant-
age of it by using only the
simplest types of propaganda OF
by making personal contacts,
the senator says.
He proposes that $4,000, 900
aid be given the states in 1949
to teach people to read, write,
speak and understand the Eng
lish language, to perform ele-
metary arithmetical computa-
tons and to understand the
basic features of U. S. govern
ment. He would appropriate
100000 900 for the teaching pro-
gram in 1850, and then $751;
900 1000 a year until 1857, de-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13

During the curse of the re-
cent appearance of Elizabeth
Bentley before the House I'M
American Affairs Committee
where she unfolded a sordid
tale Of being a member of a
Communist spy ring operating
in Washington during wartime,
Rep. F. Edward Hebert, Louis
lana Congressman and a menu
Der of the Committee, asked
the reformed Red if she had
ever been taught Americanism
while attending schools in the
US. Her reply was that she
had not. Rep. Hebert then used
this reply as the springboard
for an involved statement on
schools and their methods of
teaching. The implication that
we drew from the statement
was that Rep. Hebert believes
that today's educational routine
sadly fails in its duty to teach
youngsters Americanism. We
also assume from careful read
ing of the statement that Rep.
Hebert also believes that in the
old days Of readin', writing and
'rithmitic the youngsters also
got healthy doses of good, old
fashioned Americanism.
+ Now the reply of Miss Bent
ley, the reformed Communist,
and the statement of Rep.
Hebert are both somewhat puz-
cling to us. Miss Bentley is a
graduate of Vassar College, one
of the leading colleges for wo-
men in the u. s., and it is
natural to also assume that she
attended grammar and high
school in rock-ribbed New Eng
land for she is, we believe, a
native of Connecticut. She is
also. we are told, some 40 years
old, so it is also reasonable to
assume that she started her ed
ucation some IS years ago,
which dates her back to slight
iy beyond modern" times, as
we interpret the word. We al
so assume that she followed the
usual routine of studies. Ger
tainiy she read in history of
the discovery of the American
continent, the settling of the
New World by many willing to
brave the wilds of a new contin :
ent to escape the religious and
political prosecutions of Eng
land and Europe, of the Pill
grims and their landing on her
own native New England
shores, of the h~ardships of the
early pioneer days when our
forefathers began the carving
of what is now the most pow
erful nation in the world from
the wilderness that was then
America, of the early Colonies
and their dream of independ-
ence. and of the Revolutionary
war they fought for it, of the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
DEATH KNOT FOR SNAKE

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) "A
dead snake found at Benjetoop,
near Swan Hill (Victoria), had
apparently been strangled by its
own coils. w. Davey of Benje-
roop found the head and about
a foot of the snakes body pro-
truding from its hole. He dug
out the body and found the snake
tied in a tight knot just below
the ground. The snake -appar-
emily had tucked its head through
its coils when it began to move
out of its hole and the harder it
had struggled the tighter it pulled
the death knot.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13
THIS WEEK
in Other Years

FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, Editorial urged finan-
cial assistance for library.
=
FOUR YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, ingalls, got a contract
for six C3 ships Jackson
county wins second place in
state for "E" bond sales {.
1t. Robert Frederic was award
ed Air Medal for part in D.
Day invasion.
THREE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, Highway bridge ma
chinery out of order for two
days -. State agreed to Ma
sonite suit delay Reerea-
ton and sanitation tax voted:
one mill for recreation and one
mill for garbage disposal -.
Arts and Crafts Center devel-
oped from USO classes :.
-. Editorial, Neglect of
Highway Bridge by State
Commission 2 Mill Tax to
Serve Good Purpose In
gals contract, assured future of
local yard.
TWO YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK. Brazilian government
locked ex-Victory vessel here
to quarter crews Official
inspection of Jackson county
diaries begun by health depart
ment Moss Point awarded
contracts for extensive water
and street projects Con-
crete hangar erected at Jack
son county airport LIST an
nual horse show planned
Lack of qualified teachers num-
Der one school problem =.
Ordination of the Rev. Richard
Kell at Centerville Presbyter-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13

More than $50 kinds of cheese
are made IN the United States and
Europe.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13

makes for peaceful home life.
Husbands spend more time pull
a rake than being one.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-08-13

DR.. K. K. Chen, Indianapolis,
medical researcher, says pain is
partly mental. Well, mental or
physical, it sure hurts.
Evening star., 1948-04-05

with his leg still q little stiff, but
1t won't matter If he limps . bit for
his role as a general. What . cast
this picture has! In addition to
Gable and Kodiak, there are Van
Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Tom
Drake and Edward Arnold.
Gene Tierney gave out another
intriguing statement before she took
Of for Sun Valley for her picture,
That Wonderful Urge" I'm not
sure" said Gene, whether really
want to make my divorce from Oleg
final"
Margaret O'Brien Is thinking Of
bringing . lawsuit against the pubh-
cation which listed her next birth
day as being her thirteenth. Maggie
says she is only 10 now!
Cary Grant is the talk Of the town
since the Masquers' dinner to Brit
isher Sid Fields. Cary played 4
fstand-in In skit, took ctstard pies
on the kisser and was thrown to the
floor by four men who practically
turned him inside out. At the end
Cary was still smiling.
released By North American
Newspaper Ailiance.)
Evening star., 1948-04-05

who played the role originally with
Katharine Hepburn?
Miss Hepburn, incidentally, won't
be making o movie until the fall.
Then it is complete change of
pace for her-a modern comedy,
Experiment in Low" Katie Is cur
rently In New York.
Greer Garson's set is closed again
because they say they don't want
the press to see Greer doing her
dangerous acrobatic stunts, which,
the studio reports, she is doing all
by herself. That's the kind Of thing
have to see to believe.
Red Shelton is q busy boy. He has
to do another week of extra scenes
for "The Southern Yankee and is
also getting ready to start "Nep-
tunes Daughter" Red tells me
I'm still q very unhappy character
because Metro won't agree to my
making only one picture q year for
them. / guess they Just don't care
if I'm not happy"
X X II
Buster Keaton, old-time straight
faced comic, is working on Reds
Southern" picture and he explains
to me why he Cancelled eight very
profitable weeks Of personal ap-
pearances in Sweden this summer
and q picture he was to make in
Italy. Il don't want to be stuck
there" says Buster, when the Rus
slams seal up all the roads in
Europe"
+ Robert Taylor, by the way, will
not decide on whether he is going
to Italy until after the up-and-
coming italian elections. If the
Communists win, Bob will not be
going over there to star for Clar-
ence Brown in his remake Of "Quo
Vadis."
Tyrone Powers picture, Prince
Of Foxes" would also be made In
Hollywood in that event. No pic
ture company wants to be stuck in
Italy If the Commies take over.
Anne Baxter Is traitoress to her
sex! After hearing that John
Kodiak was going into Command
Decision" an all-male movie, she
cracked. 'The best movies are those
without women!
Clark Gable, star of Command
Decision" Is back In Hollywood
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Where and When
Current Thsotsr Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"An Inspector Calls;
$50 pm.
Ambassador-"April Showers; !
$40, $40, 7:25 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Three Daring Daugh-
ters";; 1890 am, las, 4:20, 7:10 and
1905 pm. Stage shows: 12:4o, 3:35
6:25 and $40 pm.
Columbia-"The Bride Goes Wild;
11:lo am, lis, 800, 5:25, 7:25 and
$50 pm.
Dupont-"Panic": II am, 1910
2:30, 4:2o, $40, 8 and $50 pm.
Hippodrome-"volpone": 2. 3:55,
$50, 7:45 and $40 pm.
Keith's-"I Remember Mama;
10:40 am, las, 4:l0, $50 and S:35
pm.
Little-"Wilson":: 1o:45 am, l:20,
4, $40 and $40 pm.
Observation-Disclosures; 1925
am, 1:30. $50, 5:35, TAO and GAS
pm. -...n
Palace - 'tGentlelnan'S Agree
ment";; 10:30 am, 17:40, 2:55, $40,
7:25 and $40 pm.
Pix-"Golden Boy; 3:25, SAC
and s:55 pm. sSs s1ssnss
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
Continuous from 1915 am.
Warner-"April Showers; 10:4s
am, los. BIS, 5:25, TAO and $50
pm. -r
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Hollywood:
Miss Taylor
May Get to Play
Queen BesS
By SheiIoh Grohom

Elizabeth Taylor for Young
Bess," not Deborah Kerr? That Is
the plan now cooking at Metro
where Lizzie Is testing to play Eng
lands most famous Queen Elizabeth
when she was q girl Of 16-Miss
Taylor's age today. This will be the
first picture to be made in Metros
lavish London's studios. They'll
probably use an Englishman for the
Earl Of Essex role. But for Miss
Taylor 1t will be the real turning
point Of her career and make her
q star overnight.
Van Hefiin is wanted for the
professor role in Little Women, 4"
but he says no" He feels he isn't
old enough and doesn't have the
right accent for the part. In that
case why don't they use Paul Lukas,
Evening star., 1948-04-05

the announcement MFR. Johnston
laid on the desk, and in the add
ing OF "a magnificent structure
erected to house additional at
fractions"
Glen Echo will be modern in
every way" the message continues
in a breathless sentence. with its
new skeeball alley, shooting gallery
and 'Sportland' offering the latest
equipment in arcade pleasure-giying
mechanical devices, also a modern
photograph studio, Nine. Selena,
palmistry parlor and many small att
fractions, along with the old favorite
rides, including the Coaster Dips.
Carousel, World Cruise, with new
scenes, the Whip, Flying Scooter,
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Dodgem. cuddle-up, the Jcyride and

Dcdgem, cuddle-up. the Jcyride and
FREELY"
Fine Start Department: Dick
Skinner, who has assumed guidance
of the Olney Theater's affairs, an
nounces that the season there will
be launched Importantly by the ap-
pearance of Helen Hayes as the first
star. Miss Hayes will start the the
|ater,s season May 28 by appearing
for II performances, with her daugh-
ter, Mary Macarthur, in J. M. Bar
|rie,s comedy, "Alice-Sit-by- -the-Fire. ;
John Williams, who played the lead
ing role opposite Miss Hayes two
seasons ago when she and Miss Mac
Arthur did the comedy on the straw
hat circuit, also will appear In, the
Oluey production.
Redge Allen and Evelyn Freyman,
two Of the Olney's postwar found
|ers. remain as co-producers with
Mr.. Skinner.
Hillbilly Department: Gene Autry
and his movie horse, Champion,
are to be featured In the singing
cowboys own Western Variety
Show, which will be staged next
Saturday and Sunday at Uline
Arena. Mr.. Autry will be accomp-
anied by his Melody Ranch Hands
and such people as Rufe Davis
hillbilly comedian: the Pinafores
and the Cass County Boys will also
be on hand. There will be four
performances, at 2:30 and $50 pm
each day Of the local stand.
Constitution Hall, Of all places,
will be the scene of hillbilly doingi
on Friday night when Roy Acuff and
his Smoky Mountain Boys stage
their show there. Mr.. Acuff, &C
cording to those who would know
about such things, Is q man Of con-
siderable stature in the field OF
hillbilly entertainment. His local
appearance Is sponsored by Connie
3. Gay.
Homecoming Department: Lynn
Allison, the pretty lyric soprano
who was an established part of the
Capitol Theater's entertainment
program for five years, returns
Thursday for q week Of appearances
with Sam Jack Kaufman and his
orchestra. It was some two years
ago that Miss Allison gave up the
life of = singer to concentrate on
the life Of Mrs. Joseph Mccoy
housewife. She likes that 80 well
that one week was the, longest
Gene Ford could tear her away
from, 1t.
Pronunciation Department: Hop
ing to get the word before Aim FAM
In time to avoid confusion, the
local Warner Bros. oflce send,
along . note about the new Warner
Star Viveca Lindfors, who makes
her American debut in the forth
coming ITO the Victor" II you
knew Miss Lindfors well enough to
call her by her first name you'd
say VIV-ekah. Not Vi-VEE-kah.
The necessity for Strengthening
this out has reminded the Warner
people Of . number Of other play
ers whose names have been con-
fusing. Sir Cedric Hardwicke
they point out, is Sir seed-rick
and Bette Davis Is Betty, never
Bett. Lana Turner is Lannah
Charles Boyer is Sharl Boyay, and
it is Seen-ys Hasso, Claudette Col
bear and T'rone, not Tie-roan.
Power.
The moral Of this Is; Never ask
Warner Bros. how to pronounce
the name of an Nom star. Lana
Turner's mother, who ought to
know best. calls her Lahnah. not
Iannah