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Evening star., 1948-04-12
This Bill Should Be Passed

Waslingtonians should be given the
opportunity to vote for or against any
home rule plan that Congress is willing
to approve.
Congress should give them that oppor-
tunity by enacting the rewritten Auchin-
Gloss bill prepared for introduction in the
House today.
BY providing for q referendum, thus
making home rule as approved by Con-
gress contingent on the wishes OF the
people who live here, the Auchincloss Sub
committee has accomplished these things:
It has removed objections to home rule
based on the apprehension that in its flnal
form q home rule bill would contain in
furious provisions, leaving citizens who
favored the principle with no means to
express disapproval OF the specifications.
It has narrowed the issue of home rule
to the question of whether the people here
prefer new form of partially representa-
tive local government-with all the precise
details of organization laid before them
in advance-or whether they prefer the
existing commission form of nonrepresen-
tative local government.
1t has placed the opponents OF the home
rule legislation in difficult position. They
can still work for defeat of home rule.
But in opposing congressional enactment
of this bill in its present form they would
be resisting the idea that the people here
should have the right to decide for them
selves on the form of local government
they prefer That, of course, is an unten-
able position, and cannot be logically
defended.
For the new, underlying principle OF the
Auchincloss bill is simply this: Here is
plan for local government that will make
it responsive to the will OF the voting
citizens who are to be governed by it,
while retaining, as any such plan must,
the supreme control of the Federal City by
Congress. Are you for it or are you
against 1t?
It seems to The Star that Mr. Auchin-
Gloss and his subcommittee deserve the
highest commentator for their whole
approach to this question of home rule.
They have been patient, diligentsin their
efforts TO find and put down on paper a
workable formula. They have sought
advice on every hand, they have heard
everybody who wanted to be heard, in
trying to perfect method Of local suffrage
that will give the people here the degree
of self government permissible under the
Constitution without injuriously affecting
the control which Congress must retain.
The changes written into the bill reflect
the views of great many people who
testified for and against it. The whole
purpose of Mr.. Auchincloss and his sub
committee has been to write bill that
conforms to intelligent thought and sug-
gestion. If the people here, on close study
and further consideration, do not want
this home rule plan that is one thing. But
If they do not want it, its defeat should
come at their hands through the ballot
not through whispering campaigns or the
inaction resulting from bottling up the
bill in committee.
. Congress should pass this bill at this
session and let the people here vote on it
next November IS.
Evening star., 1948-04-12
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
ioriter, although It Is permissible for q
iDriter knotOn to The Star to use a
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-04-12
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. Is the new Genissiat Dam In France the
largest In Europe?-F. r. O.
A. The Genissiat Dam is the second largest,
ranking next to the Dnieper Dam In the So
Wet Unjcn. The new dam rises to q height
OF $40 feet and the water will generate over
III billion kilowatt hours.
: q. Have the railroads completed recent
year Of operations without loss Of life by pas
sensers or employes?-R. j.
A. The Association Of American Railroads
says that in 1882 and In 1885 the railroads Of
the United States operated q full year with
only one fatality to q passenger in train
accident. With regard to railroad employees,
the least number fatally injured in any one
year during the past so years, was In 1888.
There were 479 fatalities reported in accidents
Of al kinds, including nontrain accidents, in
1888.
Q. Where will the eclipse Of the sun, due on
May 80. be observed?-s. r. B.
A. The annular eclipse is to be observed in
Burma, Siam, China, Korea, Japan and the
Aleutian Islands.
g. what is the membership Of the Bahal
Faith and how many churches has 1t In the
United States?-E. B. 59e~t
A. The Bahaf Faith il composed Of follow
ers OF Baha'ullah. . Persian prophet as17-
1892. The faith has neither clergy nor
churches for ritualistic worship, but each COM
munity constructs Its own Mashriqu1- -Adhkar,
or House Of Worship, for prayer. meditation
and reading Of the Sacred Scriptures
q. In what war was there q regiment known
as "The Squirrel Hunters"?-L. w. j.
A. The Civil War. The name Squirrel
Hunters" originated in 1862 when Cincinnati
was in danger Of attack by Confederate troops.
Gov. Tod Of Ohio called for volunteers asking
largely from rural districts and were armed as
q. What noted boxers became referees after
their boxing careers ended2-H. II. r.
A. Many ringmen, sometimes during their
active careers but usually after retirement,
have taken to refereeing. Corbett, Fitzsim-
mons, Jeffries. Tom Sharkey, Jack McAuline,
Jess willard, Gunboat Smith, Benny Leonard.
Bill stribling. Jack Dempsey and Gene Tlinney
are some OF the ex-boxers who became referees.
@. What are the leading religious faiths
represented by the inmates of Sing Sing
Prison?-C. J. L.
A. The warden Of Sing Sing gives the fol-
lowing figures ~ OF December /, 1877: Prot
estants, ss7, 1881 per cent Catholics. $40. 45.47
per cent; Hebrew. "a, 4Ss per cent; no
religion. !. .oe per cent.
q. Are individual ships given numbers like
automobiles?-L. Z.
A. The ofdcial number Of q vessel II written
on the main deck beam Of the ship. 1t
IDENTIFIES the ship from the time It is built
until 1t b sunk and ID never changed. The
number corresponds to the number which II
put on the engine block Of IN automobile.
Evening star., 1948-04-12

The Burlington Uowa) liars will not be
impressed by the story OF Burlington
(Vermont) girl child born with hair inches
long. It wasn't in braids.
Evening star., 1948-04-12

without word OF warning perfectly
innocent Democratic Senator was men
toned the other day for the vice presiden-
tial nomination.
Evening star., 1948-04-12
Yorktown Bridge Location


To the Editor Of The Star:
We note with interest picture Of the
proposed yorktown bridge in The Star for
April 8.
Your readers should know more about this
proposed bridge. They should know that the
people of Virginia, particularly the womens
clubs and other civic groups, have fought the
proposed location of this bridge for years. The
National Park Service has fought q valiant
fight against It, particularly with regard to the
earlier plan to construct 3O0-foot towers that
would have overshadowed historic Yorktown
village The Park Service, as your picture
shows, has been successful in having the towers
eliminated. But what the Park Service has
not been able to do is TO prevent the approach
to this bridge from bisecting the battlefield Of
Yorktown.
Who would dare to suggest placing modern
oface building on Independence Square. Phila-
delphia2 Who would propose bridge over
the Potomac, with one approach cutting across
the lawns Of Mount Vernon? Could any one
have so little regard for existing values Is 70
propose turning Gettysburg battlefield into an
airplane landing field?
The War Department and the Virginia State
Department of Highways have been instru-
mental In the present scheme to desecrate the
Yorktown battlefield, one Of the Nations most
outstanding historic sites.
Let us regard the rights Of future genera
tions. Let US give some consideration to future
visitors and historians who win come here to
see the ground on which great event In
American history took place How shall they
get the full effect Of the old battlefield Il .
Evening star., 1948-04-12
When Doewood Blossoms

Hoto softly nom the dootcood branches
lean
Abope the Southern icGystde's misty green.
So light each bougf, tt seems an outsprsdd
tcfng
Poised briefly for some far GdUenturin0.
And, as the mocktngbtrd, ssodyed like Q
fower,
Changes his melody from hour to hour.
The gold that brins the dooa0ood gratis at
noon
Is changed to pearl and siluer By the moon.
Each starry chnlice Hike candle fame
Suggests a mystery, holy name,
And yet, no legend and no parable
Can make 1t puyer nor more beautiful.
The Iouely Southland has no other tree
That In it's cGndor and simplicity
Sends doUn such roots to search the hedrfs
deep loGm
Nor hannts the Grille NTH such dreans Of
home. INEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1948-04-12
Questions and Answers

Of fact by writing The Evennins star Information
nureau. 3l0 Eye street NE, washington O. d. C.
Evening star., 1948-04-12
Daylight Time Opposed

10 the Eoltcr OF Tne star
With your permission should like to ex-
press my opinion on the so-called daylight saw
ing time. In the nrst place it Is not true to
its name as 1t does not save daylight, because
there Is just 80 much daylight between sunrise
and sunset, regardless Of how clocks are Get.
II some employees want more time at home
after working hours, they can ask their en-
ployers to permit them to begin work one
hour earlier in the morning, % they can quit
one hour earlier in the afternoon. Schools
could follow the regular hours as usual, which
Is by far the best for the year round. 50 the
clocks always would tell the truth, even ~
human beings should do.
The tale Is told of farmer In an Eastern
State who thinks his potatoes get more SUM-
shine when his clock Is set ahead. He fools
no one more than himself. J. A. VOLL.RATH.
Letter on Palestine Praised
To the Editor Of The Star:
l1ay commend you for publishing the very
enlishtening letter written by Benjamin Akin
which appeared in your paper April sa
I always have felt that 1t is Of the utmost
importance to hear both sides Of story and
most especially in an issue as important as
the Palestine question Is today.
Give us more Of such reading matter which
shows consideration to both sides.
MRS. ALBERT WOOLF.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08
NEWS FROM
Raria

MI. and Mrs. John Parker and
MI. and Mrs. Hubert Clark of
Mobile have been spending sew
eral days with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. c. Baria.
Mesdames Helen Stricken and
Ethel Mae Stricken of Arena and
John Baria spent Saturday in
Mobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gasque Baria en-
tertained the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Van Poole of Orange
Grove Thursday evening.
Mesdames Pelham Baria and
Hubert Clark were in Mobile
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Stone and
baby of Pascagoula spent Satur-
day evening as guests of Mr..
Stones sister, Mrs. Vaughn
Holder.
Mrs. Leon Carter and Mr.. and
Mrs. M. l.. Hamilton of Hurley
and Mrs. Tom Baria were Satur-
day evening guests of Mrs. Ed
gar Baria.
Friends of Al Coleman are sor-
ry to hear of his serious illness in
Jackson County hospital.
Mrs. John Holder and Mr.. and
Mrs. Aubrey King spent Sunday
with MI. and Mrs. John King of
Hurley.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08

regular monthly meeting Monday
at the church.
Mrs. William Scott of St. Louis,
Mo-, is visiting her brother,
James Locker, for a few days.
Pfc. c. A. Linder is on a brief
visit to his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Under. He returned to
lGunter Air Force Base in Mont
gomery, Ala, Tuesday.
The J. P. Kolb family is NOV
ing to Orange, Tex, to the regret
of their friends.
Elder and Mrs. j. S. jenkins
have been in Daisy Vestry where
Elder Jenkins conducted a re-
vival and did mission work.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Harper and
family visited their daughter,
who is i'll. and her family in
Gulfport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ensley Tillman
and Felix Waller o. st. Elmo,
Ala. were guests of MI. and
Mrs. William Waller last week.
Mrs. Lee Daniel Clowder and
son of Burial, La, visited Mrs.
H. L. Under recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Linder and
son and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Waller and sons spent Sunday
in Bayou la Batre with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Bosarge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe v. Krebs and
sons visited in Biloxi with MI.
and Mrs. Gene Frentz Saturday
and in Oceans Springs with MI.
and Mrs. Harold filings.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. d. Berry and
family spent the weekend in
Mendenhall, Miss, with relatives.
Mrs. w. c. Myers, mother of Mrs.
Berry and grandson. Billie My
ers, returned home with them
for a visit.
Dallas Trehern and son of Irv-
ington visited his brother and
sister, E. A. Trehern and Mrs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08
News From Boycu cosotte -.
Parties Mark Weeks Festivities
For Young People And Grown-Ups

son. Guests were Wayne. Eddie
and Jimmie Wilson, James Whis-
enant, Patsy Brown, Frances
Scovel, Linda Fay Jones, Betty
Ruth Under, Dolores and Hershel
Linder, Carol and Mackie Nc
Leod, Bubby, Tommie and Eddie
Thomas, Charles Hudson, Norma
Hill, Cathie Morris, Janice Max
well, Gerald and Jenelle Jackson,
Dolly Hill and several adults who
were Mrs. A. w. Wilson, Mrs. d.
E. Hill. Mrs. j. r. Scovel and Mrs.
A. H. Under.
Elder c. II. Guy entertained
the young peoples Bible class at
a weiner roast Friday night on
the beach. Wieners were roasted
and games played at Beach Park.
Those present were Eloise and
Shirley Under. Nora, Dorothy
and Joseph Locker, Eddie and
Grace Ladd. Hazel Locker, Betty,
Nora, Dot and John Scovel, Fun
ice and Rosella Messeck, Mildred,
Make and Bennie Berry, Jr., ].
d. Rogers, Joyce Thompson and
Ruth Wood.
Miss Hattie PANEL is in a Mo
bile hospital where she under
went an operation. She is i'm
proving now.
Charles Thompson is at home
after being confined to the Vet
erans' hospital at Biloxi.
Miss Dorothy Locker is on
the sick list.
The deacons of Spencer Mem
.rial Baptist church held their
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08
18th Street Activities
Building To Close
Officially October Is

The 18th Street Activities
building and auditorium will be
officially closed on Friday, Octo-
Der Is, however, clubs and or
CARNATIONS may still have the
use of the building until it is sold
or otherwise disposed of.
Misses Dottie Daniel and Doro-
thy Parker at the 10th Street
Rental office will schedule all
meetings and reservations for the
use of the buildings.
Organizations using the build
ings will be responsible for all
preparations as janitor service
will not be furnished. Gas, lights
and water will still be furnished
officials said.
Clubs and organizations which
have used the Activities build
ing as regular meeting place in
clude the Lions clubs, Arts and
Crafts club, Paspoint Little
Theater, Hooked Rug class, Latter
Day Saints, Craftsmen of In
gals, WOW, Junior Woman's
club, Pascagoula Woman's club,
Anola club, Music club, the PEG
and Alcoholics Anonymous.
Among other organizations who
used the building occasionally are
Home Demonstration clubs,
YMCA, schools and other organi-
cations.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08

Misses Shirley Gail and Irene
Harper entertained at a party
Friday night in honor of their
friend. Miss Judith Anne Kolb,
who is leaving for Orange, Tex,
where she will make her home.
! Games were a feature of the fare
well party after which refresh
ment were served to Misses Sue
/ Kelly, Vernone Hutchinson, Irene
/ Taylor, Patsy Southern, and
Dorothy Trehern and Howard
! Hill, Eugene Henderson, Robert
Townsend, Billy Kirksey, Joe
Willis, Houston Taylor. Ivan Nell
son, Fred Nelson, Bobby Ladnier,
Milton Southern, Earl Rice, jim
mie Delmas and Jesse Harris.
Mrs. Stewart was hostess at a
party at the home of Mrs. A. II.
Lindner Friday afternoon. A
number of games were played
after which Mrs. Lindner serv-
ed cake and coffee to Mesdames
]. S. Jenkins. Ora Owens. Brooks
jackson, c. l.. Day, Mac Wilson,
James Wilson and Stewart.
Mrs. James Wilson entertained a
large number of little guests
Thursday afternoon at a party
in honor Of her little son Ronald,
who celebrated his fifth birthday.
Various outdoor games were
played after which Mrs. Wilson
invited the little guests into the
dining room where a beautiful
birthday cake decorated the table.
Mrs. Wilson was assisted in serv-
ing cake and punch by Mrs.
w. H. Jones and Mrs. Mac Will
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08
Urges B&PW Club
To Support Youth.
Inc. Movement

L. L. Stigler, president of
Youth, Inc, enlisted the moral
support and the active partici-
patton of the Business and Pro-
fessional Woman's club in the
support of Youth, Inc, at the
regular meeting of the club on
Monday evening held at the Jack
son County Health department
lobby.
Mr.. Stigler said that the aim
of the membership committee
drive was to enroll a 100 percent
membership in the Youth move
ment from every civic club. The
club expressed an active interest
in the Youth, Inc. projects.
Four new members, Miss Bern
ice Dickens and Mesdames Eu-
genia Hagmann, Ruth Fitzpatrick
and Gloria Moore were presented
to the club and recognized.
During the business session
Miss Dottie Daniel made a de-
tailed report on the installation
night banquet and announced
that all of the flowers used in
the decorations had been taken
to the Jackson County hospital
for distribution among the pa
tients.
Mrs. G. F. Rooney was appoint
ed chairman of the year book
committee. Mrs. Hilda Busso-
latti was appointed chairman of
the radio and historian. She will
be the chairman to direct the
program, Its Up To The Wo-
man." scheduled for the dinner
meeting to be held on October
Is at the Country Club.
Mrs. Phillip Chestnut was APP
pointed chairman Of the parks
and playground committee and
Mrs. Helena Moncrief will head
the carnival committee, which
are the two major projects of the
club.
Miss Margaret Alyce Wilder
was named chairman of the en-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08

Charles Clayton, recently.
Ray Trehern left Thursday fol
Memphis to enter a Diesel en-.
cheering school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Young
and son Jimmy Clark and Doro-
thy Brinkham spent Sunday in
Vancleave with Mr.. and Mrs
w. c. Busby.
Eugene Young spent the week
end in Moss Point with his
grandmother, Mrs. G. c. Roper.
Mrs. Dan Donaldson of Opp
Ala, has been visiting in the
D. c. Wise home.
A health conference was held
at the Unity church Friday morn
ing when the children were ex-
amined and treatment was re-
commended when necessary.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08
MISS COWL IN
THE CORN IS GREEN"

According to the Rev. Frederick
S. Resch, rector of st. Johns Ep-
iscopal church, P~ascagoula, the
second in the series Great Scenes
from Great Plays that is being
sponsored by the Episcopal
Church Council each Friday at
n pm. Central time, over the
Mutual Broadcasting network
will be from THE Corn Is Green"
starring Miss Jane Cowl, one of
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08
INFANT BAPTIZED

Paul Derek Smith, infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Henry
Smith, was baptized at ST. Johns
Episcopal church in Pascagoula,
October 3, with the rector, the
Rev. Friedrich S. Resch official
ing.
Sponsors for the baby are
Mabel Doris Hawkins, Henry
Harold HUMPHREYS and William
Henry Marshall.
He was born at the Jackson
County hospital, July IL, 1913.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08

the outstanding artists of the
American stage. The play
stresses the importance of the
teaching profession, in a tense
drama. AT the end of the play
there will give a short message
from the church to the listener.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08

tertainment committee to repre-
sent Pascagoula at the district
meeting in Gulfport on October
II.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-10-08

The number of officers in
the u. S. reserve army was re-
duced from about $4,000 in 1920
to about 5000 at the outbreak of
World War II.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
yale Slight Favorite
lin Race Of Crack
Crews in Florida
By the Assocjoted Press

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. 81
Four of the Nations crack collegiate
rowing teams - Princeton, Yale
Pennsylvania and Cornell-compete
today on Lake Worth.
Over $4,000 persons are expected
to watch from the palm -fringeo
shores as the varsity and jayvee
crews of the four Eastern colleges
race in the second annual regatta
Of the Palm Beaches. The weather
was expected to be clear but breezy
Coach Allen Walz's Yale varsity
crew ruled a slight favorite, since
the Bulldogs raced in the event
last year and were more accustomed
! to the Florida weather.
Pennsylvania oarsmen We're re-
ported in top shape, but both Cor
nell and Princeton teams were said
to be suffering minor injuries and
a victory by either would be re-
garded as an upset.
The varsity crews:
Yale.oHerb Steinke, bow; Gregor,
4: Dick OConnor. 5: Richard Russell,
8; Don Knode. :; Dick Krementz, stroke;
George Krementz. coxswain,
James Hesney 59hn E1pnser S5an
Lawn, 4; Albert Taylor: 3; James Erick-
SON. &; Lawrence islander, = Jack Kelly,
jr.. stroke: Evans Hunt. coXswan.
Cornell-Albert Bishop. bcw; Howard
Smith; q; Robert Cowley, 3: Thomas Bis
sell 4; John st91y. 5i carman Hill Hlllo,G: 6:
Edward Magee, coxswain
Princeton-George Ohstrom. bow: John
Ballard. >; Allen Hough. 3 James An
deregs. a; Al Halsey, d: Georse Gaines,
6; Stephen Halsey. Z; Thomas Marshall,
stroke Charles Hall, coXSwain.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Steel Output Boost
Reported 10 Stain
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW, DEC. 31.-Oficial re-
ports to Prime Minister Stain said
today the Soviet Union has Sig
nificantly exceeded" her prewar pro-
duction OF steel and told of other
industrial gains.
Ivan T. Tevosyan, metallurgical
minister, made clear in his letter to
Mr.. Stain that Russia has left
Britain far behind in steel produc-
ton, and said the prewar level of
output of pig iron also was exceeded
in the fourth quarter of 194S.
Russia produced 100000 metric
tons (almost 100000 short tons)
of steel and $4,000 metric tons of pig
iron in 1910. A goal of her current
five-year plan, now at the end of its
third year, is 25 100000 tons of steel
and 19,5o0,0O0 tons of iron in 1850.
even this production would be
far less than the American out
put. Statesman's Yearbook fig
ures show Britain produced 12,-
100000 tons of steel and 7,751, 900
tons OF pig iron in 1946)
Tevosyan's letter said Soviet steel
output during 1948 was 27 per cent
higher than in 1947; that pig iron
production was up % per cent; that
the output of rolled metal increased
28 per cent: that pipe output in
creased 80 per cent; coke output 10
per cent and iron ore mining 20
per cent.
The Minister of Oil Industry in
the East reported Oil output in that
section had risen 1913 per cent in
the last year and drilling was in
creased 80 per cent.
Evening star., 1948-12-31

Washington to take over the assist
ant superintendency of the home on
August Is, 1947.
He was born in New York and
has bachelor of science and law de-
grees from st. Johns University
Brooklyn. He was in the real
estate business in New York FOL
seven years and then Joined the
correction department there for one
year.
He was commissioned in the Navy
in 1912 and served in both the At
lantic and Pacific theaters. After
leaving the Navy he went to the
correctional branch of the Army
and served there until he came to
Washington.
When the new home is opened
in few weeks, Mr.. Stone will move
from the Loughboro road home
which will become an annex to the
Industrial Home School, on Wiscon-
sin avenue. The new home will
house the delinquent children. The
others will remain in the old home,
where Miss Winnie Thompson will
take over with the title of super
intendent of the annex, under the
supervision of Gerard Shea, who is
now superintendent of the Indus
trial Home School.