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Evening star., 1948-05-30

"eAisnSN W iHSi ~ iAS III lAII
The taxi sounded its horn outside long be-
fore l was ready. A quarter of nine ...
We all got up. You've simply got to
come again, George" Irene said And soon.
You and Babs and the baby. Well have a
play-pen ready. Any time you can -"
An hour later on the train. wrote Babs
letter. set the words down quickly, letting
them flow as they came. Without hesitation,
almost without thinking. had written,
Darling, I've just visited Irene and John,
and must tell you he didn't exaggerate bit.
l found her lovely and gracious person . "
l went on describing her vividly as person
with beauty and charm
Suddenly stopped. realized I'd seen her
only through her voice, and as John saw her -
presence in the darkness Yet knew that l,
too, had seen beauty. The End
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
Planning Surprise Attack On
 Pearl HarbOr

QUINCY. Mass. CP)-Lt. Gov. Arthur w. Coolidge says a foreign power is launching a new sur prise attack on Pearl Harbor" through activities of Communist agents in Hawaii.
 Speaking al a National Brother hood meeting last night. the Mas sachusetts Republican executive said:
 If this attack is successful. ii will be fully as harmful to our na- tional security as was the sneak b low delivered by Japanese bombs"
 Coolidge said his information came from Gov. Ingram M. Stain back of Hawaii who reported the Communist agents were acting on Secret orders of a foreign govern ment."
 Coolidge did not name the for eign power directly but referred later 10 the hammer and sickle. The lieutenant governor said the Hawaiian leader sent him a pho stat copy of inc Secret order"
 All inc way through the docu- ment." he added. "the central theme is attack. attack. attack"
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
Communists Gain Absolute Power
 In CZechOslOvakia
(BY "A. I. Goldberg)

PRAGUE, (P)-The government radio announced President Eduard Benes bowed today before Com munist demands, indicating re- moVal of the last obstacle to iron Communist control of all Czecho- slovakia.
 The new cabinet includes Social Democrats, who swung, back to communist support this week after several months of estrangement. Other parties also are represented.
 Growing de m on tr i n s brought the city to it's highest pitch thus far in the crisis, with the threat of a Communicated general strike to enforce the demands in creasing hourly. Soldiers armed with submachine guns joined po- lice patrolling the capital as crowds jammed the public square.
 The radio, now in Communist hands, said the president had ac- cepted the resignations of l2 anti communist ministers from the coalition cabinet. This would clear the way for the Communist seizure of complete power.
 The presidents office declined to make any statement immediate ly but did not deny the report.
 Communist Premier Element GottWald went to the presidential palace to present a list of minis ters for a new cabinet. The radio said an announcement of a new government was expected momen- tarily.
 The communists clamped a grip
 (Continued on Page Four)
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
PilotIess Plane; Takes AWOL from Local Air Base

Many pedestrians casually Ob served small plane late Monday afternoon which circled and bank ed over Nome in perfect spirals for about half an hour and grad ually went farther and farther away, toward the setting sun.
 Few of them knew that the plane was an Aeronica Champion, student training plane, flying around without pilOt-having left the local airport while student Sgt. Baker was warming it up pre- paratory to taking it up.
 The owner of the plane, Cyril Seeds, when notified of the antics of his plane immediately took off with Bill Munz, hoping to shoot the plane down before it did any damage. They followed the plane in the direction of St. Lawrence Island for about 50 miles, until dark but were unable to bring it down. Cyril Seeds stated that it still had about an hour of gas left at that time.
 As the ice is pretty solid along the route of the plane, and also be- cause it was circling he expects to find it on the ice.
 An attempt was made to look for it yesterday but the fog made it impossible to see anything.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
Steel Price Boost
 Being Investigated
tBY Sterling F. Greenl

WASHINGTOS, CP) - Official criticism of the steel price boost mounted today as the government hunted for signs of new infla- tionary spiral.
 Pre- s i d ent Truman'S order which sent FBI agents digging into steel industry records for evil dence of possible antitrust law violations, won quick approval of Republican and Democratic lead CTS alike.
 Senator Taft R.-Ohio) told re- porers he was glad to see" the administration taking steps to de- termine whether the law was vio- lated. Taft is chairman of the Sen ate-HouSe economic commit which has summoned three steel industry leaders to a hearing March 2.
 Senator Barkley KyD, the Dem ocratic leader, said: "Everybody is wondering why the terrific price increase was made. The people are entitled to know whether it was justified"
 And the Republican governor of a leading steel state, James H. Duff of Pennsylvania, said the price hike showed a shocking disregard for the national well fare"
 MT. Truman's call for a full scale investigation went to three agencies-the justice and com- merce departments and the coun- cil of economic advisors.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
Snow-Fog May Have Caused Para troopers Deaths

SEATTLE, C4') - Three para troopers who leaped to their death Dec. 27 in going to the aid of six B-29 crash survivors north of Nome, Alaska, probably lost their lives because of an Arctic phe- nomena-an almost impenetrable snOW-fog.
 This theory was advanced yes terday by Frank Whaley, famed Nome bush pilot who braved bit ing winds and Sub-zero weather to help fly the six airmen to safety.
 Whaley and William Munz, an other Nome flier, shuttled the 95 miles between Nome and the crash scene for three days before they succeeded in bringing out the marooned superfortress creWmen.
 "A queer condition prevailed which we bush pilots know, in which the ceiling is unlimited but NISlDllIIN IS LcIO. w IldICy SdIu from his hospital bed where he is being treated for a neck stiffness caused by exposure to cold winds during open-WindoW rescue flights.
 Storm gusts pick up poWdery surface snow so that if you are on the ground a man and dog team can pass you few feet away and all you can see is the mans head and shoulders moving along like a ghost. Sometimes the snOW-fOg reaches as high as 200 feet"
 Whaley theorized that the haze of surface snow prevented the three Ladd Field paratroOpers from reaching the B-29 Wreckage. Their bodies were found several days later only a few hundred yards from the site.
 The veteran Alaska flier said
 Continued on Page Seven
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
Wallace Says Marshall Plan Will
 Cause War HI
(By Relman Morin)

WASHINGTON, (P)-Henry A. Wallace told an attentive House foreign affairs committee yester- day the Marshall plan for Euro pean recovery would take the na- ton down the road to world war III"
 The third party Presidential candidate said that Wall Street monopolists" have transformed it into an instrument for enslaving Europe.
 It was the first time Wallace, who used to preside over the Sen ate as vice president, has made formal appearance at the Capitol since 1946. Tn the fall of that year President Truman busted Wallace from his cabinet because of differ ences over foreign policy.
 The House group is studying the Marshall plan.
 Just before Wallace got going chairman Eaton R.-N. J) said he wanted it distinctly understood" the committee of both Republicans and Democrats is bipartisan in foreign affairs.
 A smile on his lips but stern note in his voice, the chairman added:
 "We are not in support of MT. Wallace's or any other candidacy for the President at this time"
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
Partition Plan May Be Repealed

LAKE SUCCESS, (P)-Delay in partitioning Palestine and perhaps even repeal of the whole scheme appeared possible today in the light of security council develop ments.
 Colombia asked the United Ma tionS to consider a special session of the general assembly to recon sider the splitup plan. The United States asked for Big Five com mittee of study and conciliation.
 With this background, the coun- cil returned to debate on the deli cate issue.
 The biggest question remaining is: "What will Russia say?"
 Well-informed sources said del egate Andrei A. Gromyko prompt ly dispatched the text of the American speech to the Kremlin. Moscow's version of what to do about Palestine thus was expected to include some comment, perhaps sharp, on the American stand.
 The U. s. and Russia, in a rare instance of cooperation, joined last Nov. 29 to support partition in the general assembly. The plan calls for Jewish and Arab coun- tries to be created next Oct. 1.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
Marshall Plan
 Could Lead To
 Bad Depression
tBY Douglas B. Cornell)

WASHINGTON, (P)-Steel man Ernest T. Weir said today the Marshall plan might lead to a de- pression here more serious than any threat of collapse and com munism" in Europe.
 Yet, the chairman of the na- tional steel corporation contended, the administration is using Ca tre- mendous propaganda campaign to try to win quick approval for its multi-billion dollar European recovery program.
 Weir outlined his views in a statement prepared for House for eign affairs commmittee hearings on the plan.
 "To those who are alarmed by the prospect of an expansion of Russian communism" Weir de- clared, q say that a serious de- pression in the United States is the greatest thing to fear"
 And one is sure to come, he said, if huge sums "wasted through in- efficient spending abroad" are piled onto the fantastic cost of government at home"
 Weir said he was not making the point that all aid should be de- nied Europe.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
Truman Hasn't A Chance" "--Pravda

MOSCOW (P)-A Tass dispatch in Pravda today said leaders of the Democratic party in the United States now are convinced Presi- dent Truman hasn't a chance of being reelected. It said these leaders are searching for another candidate in desperation.
 The article said Henry, A. Wal lace is receiving support in large key states such as California, Michigan, Illinois and New York
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25

PARIS, (P) - The independent newspaper L'Intransigeant say the Russians have proposed unsuc- cessfully a meeting of President Truman and Prime Minister Sta lin in Stockholm.
 The newspapers London cor respondent, Raymond Henry, re- ported Monday the proposal was made by Gen. Mikhail Malinin to U. s. Ambassador Robert D. Mur- phy in Berlin. Henry said Murphy had rejected the suggestion.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
WATCHER WATCHED

TAMPA, Fla. (P)-T. J. Young love bundled himself in a blanket, armed himself with a shotgun and kept a week-long vigil for chicken thieves.
 Then, one night some dogs started running his Jersey year. lings. While he was after the dogs, somebody slipped into his chicken house and stole Is bullets.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25

WASHINGTON (P)-The. House appropriations committee yester- day recommended a $131,015,385 deficiency supply bill giving vari- ous agencies more money to tide them over the year.
 Items include: Commerce de- partment, $152,0O0 for Arctic coast surveys in Alaska by the coast and geodetic survey.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25

NEW YORK (P)-John H. Sor- rells, 52, executive editor of the Scripps- s-Howard newspapers, died of a heart ailment at his home here early today. His wife, Ruth, was at his bedside.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25

HIGH RIVER, Alta, (P)-Flre on a ranch owned by the Duke of Windsor at Pekisko, 25 miles west of here, killed 24 head of purebred shorthorn cattle yesterday. The loss was estimated at between S15,OOO and $20,000.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25

by the office of Robert N. Den ham. general counsel of the Ma tional Labor Relations Board.
 The judge announced he would hold a hearing March 3 on the in junction petition.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (H), George Washington White died on Wash ington's birthday.
 White, resident of nearby Lit tlestoWn, was born 86 years ago on Washington's birthday.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
PHILADELPHIA, (P) - An

PHILADELPHIA, (FD - An 86- year-old blind woman, Mrs. Lou ise Arbenz, accidentally walked out her third floor bathroom win dow Monday night and plunged to the areaway below but escaped with ankle fractures. She landed in a snow bank.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25

ABINGDON, Burma, (PJ - An official announcement here today said Burma and Russia will ex- change diplomatic representatives Embassies will be established in the respective capitals soon.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
NEWS IN BRIEF

WELLINGTON, N. Z., P)-l2 persons were killed and 40 injured today when an express train de- railed near Blenheim, on New Zealand's south island.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
INDIANAPOLIS CR)-U. s. Dis

INDIANHfOIIIO HT-O. D. DIS- trict judge Luther M. Swygert ruled against the international typographical union in its effort to block a Taft-Hartley injunction filed against it. Judge Swygert de- nied the unions motion to dismiss the petition for an injunction filed
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25

TOKYO, (P) - The newspaper Asahi says the United States soon will get the bird from Japan-a shipment of 10000 Japanese ca narieS.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-25
WASHINGTON, (P)-President

Truman Monday asked Congress for S716,OOO for the interior de- partment to cover increased con- struction costs of an Indian serv- ice sanatorium to be built at Sitka, Alaska.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25
The Republican Record

meaningless words. We might also point out
that, after a full year of Republican con-
troll, a note in Wednesdays daily papers re-
ported consumer prices reached a new record
high between mid-April and mid-May, show
ing a 9.3 percent increase over the same
period of 1947.
Housing and initiation control were two of
the most vital issues faced by the Republican
controlled Both Congress. They are also the
two on which not only exactly nothing has
been accomplished, but on which every in
telligent approach has been blocked by the
Republican majority.
The same is true concerning many other
planks in the COP platform. They call for
the development of the nations water re-
sources for navigation, flood control and
power and then deny this by their past a-
tions. ,
They advocate support for reciprocal trade,
when a few weeks before they killed the Hull
treaties, which have been in effect for IA
years, by refusing to extend them beyond
one year and crippling their operation even
during this interval.
If it had not been for Senator Vandenberg,
the Republican majority would have killed
any effective foreign policy during the last
session of Congress. This is indicated by the
attempt to have Franco Spain share in the
Marshall aid plan, and the Taber Commit
tees attempt to kill the plan slicing off ap-
~proximately o~ne-quarter of the funds in the
appropriation committee. This move was up
held by the House. but it ooh Vandenberg
in the Senate, with Democratic help, to get
it back on the right track.
All this adds up to a pretty sorry record
when compared to the real needs of the
American public, and gives an indication of
what can be expected if the Republicans
gain the presidency and control of both the
House and Senate in 1949.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25
SHORTAGES PLAGUE TURKEY

Istanbul-AP - Shortages are
plaguing Turkey again. Sugar is
virtually non-existent so far as
the consumer is concerned. It is
being "allocated" once again. The
government will not use the word
ration. Rumors of a shortage of
matches started a run that wiped
out supplies in virtually every
store and stand within a single
day. Actually. there are plenty
of matches. but the run reflected
a deep concern among buyers.
Tea is virtually impossible to
find.
The wheat content in bread has
been reduced and, unless you
bake at home or find a black
market source, you must be salts
fled with a very heavy, brown
loaf that hardly tastes like bread.
But there's no shortage of food in
generation those who can af-
ford to buy it. Markets are jam
med with lamb and beef and any
type of vegetable and fruit a per-
son might desire.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25

Perry Howard, Negro attorney
at Washington, and it will be
Perry Howard that will dis
pense federal patronage in Mis-
sissippi under a Republican re-
gime. Dewey aided and abetted
the passage of a FEPC bill in
New York state, and the Re-
publican platform adopted this
week at the National conven-
ton at Philadelphia calls for
federal enactment of:
|. Anti-lynch and anti-poll
tax legislation.
2. Adjustment of segrega-
ton in the armed forces.
3. A modified national FEPC
law.
All of this adds up to just
what the states Fighters are
basing their fight against, and
withdrawal from, the Nation
al party on. 1t places us in the
position of fighting this legis-
lation on the one hand, and
doing our best to aid and abet
its passage on the other.
If the plans are carried
through, and Mississippi leads
in the establishing of a "splin-
ter" party, it will also weaken
to a considerable degree the in
fluence of the Mississippi dele
cation in Congress. Election of
a full dress Republican regime
will find the legislation which
we oppose on the basis of statest
rights becoming federal law in
short order. Maybe these tactics
make sense, but despite care
full thought we have failed to
see the logic of being against
something while helping to
promote it.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25

II is a curious thing to study some of the
planks in the Republican platform, unani-
mously adopted at the National convention
this week at Philadelphia, and then compare
these high-sounding premises against the ac-
tuaI record of the COP controlled 80th Con-
gress.
On the matter of housing, the COP ma
tional platform calls for private construc-
ton where possible, and otherwise govern
ment support to states for low rental hous-
ing programs and slums clearance.
Actually, such a bill, the Taft-Ellender-
Wagner long range housing measure, has
bottled up the entire session in Republican
Wollcott's House banking and finance COM
mittee, despite strenous efforts of the Demo-
cratic minority to discharge the committee
and bring the bill to the floor of the House
for a vote. Despite all efforts, however, Woll-
colt kept this "socialistic" measure bottled
up, and finally substituted his own hous-
ing bill which abolished government-aided
low rental projects and slum clearance, and
substituted for this a speeded up deprecia-
ton schedule, which is another way of pass
ing on fat tax benefits to the powerful
Washington real estate lobby. This, in the
final analysis, would be government SUBJ
sidy, but would be passed in the form of
tax rebates, instead of benefitting veterans
and others in need of low rental housing.
Fortunately the bill lost out in the last-min-
ute congressional rush to adjourn.
Then there is the matter of initiation. The
Republican platform says that I'VE pledge
an attack upon the basic causes of initiation"
including reduction in the cost of govern
ment, increased production, sound fiscal
policies, q sound currency and public debt
reduction.
Seems to us we remember hearing words
to this effect last January when Taft and
other Republican ledaers blocked an intelli-
gent approach to initiation control with
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25
THIS WEEK
in Other Years

FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, prices on meat reduced
To- percent by OPA last
practice blackout for Gulf Coast
area held this week . Chan
Gerry court adjourned after a
seven-day session records
in police court showed 1,119
work days lost due to drunk
enness w. M. Alexander
resigned as Moss Point Post
Master after 10 years service
-. No editorial carried.
FOUR YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK. ingalls, was awarded
the End Gold Star for IN" PEN
nsnt blood donors totalled
1869 pints in Jackson county
in four visits of Red Cross
unit Junior Woman's club
planned to open Youth Canteen
in new FPHA community GEN.
ter permanent beach pa
troll established by Pascagou-
la police department Mrs.
4. A. Watts elected president
Of newly organized Woman's
club of Moss Point Raj
eradication drive concluded in
Moss Point Editorial:
pointed out need of street
signs and markers. Compliment
ed Moss Point on progressive
cooperation of citizens.
THREE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK. Masonic waste killed
tons of fish in Singing River,
angry citizens demanded action
by state authorities . 20 out
standing All Club members
attended the State All Club
Congress at Mississippi State
college all day sewing and
knitting sessions held at Red
Cross rooms Mr.. and Mrs.
John O.. Grant, ST., observed
their golden wedding anniver-
sary with an open house 8.
Editorial: No more excuses, de-
mands action on stream pollu-
ton by state authorities
TWO YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, the First Methodist
church of Pascagoula was Off
cially dedicated As boys
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25

took part on the closing night
program of the YMCA camp
on the beach =. L. w. Tanner
named new superintendent of
Moss Point city schools . g.
Editorial: pointed out in the
face of Bilbo's campaign that
the late Senator Bilbo voted to
discontinue the OPA -. call
ed attention to deplorable con-
dition of Highway 80 again.
ONE YEAR AGO THIS
WEEK. first foreign vessel de-
signed and built in u. S. Off
cially delivered to Brazil O..
shipyard office workers voted
to join the A.. F. of L. union
=. Ebb J. Ford, prominent at
torney, died at a hospital in
New Orleans ingalls, got
contract to reconvert four trans
port vessels into merchant ships
=. Summer season for college
and high school students inau-
gurated by Paspoint Little The
alter Editorial: pointed
out need of adequate public
health facilities.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25
GAMBLING
INCREASES

Batavia, Java-The exceptional
increase of gambling in Batavia,
capital of the Netherlands Indies,
is causing concern in the Chi
nese community, according to re-
ports in the Chinese press.
Sin Pc, largest of the Chinese
dailies, comments:
"In the town roulette wheels
are found everywhere and private
gambling dens are growing like
mushrooms after the rain. The
situation which such activity en-
genders makes the peace and or
der of the town preearious."
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25

States does not want to sit
will, argue that if the United
down at a conference table,
peace is not desired.
Will Hire
The commerce department is
having employment troubles
in the $10,000-a-year bracket.
Former Secretary w. Averill
Hartman took several top men
with him when he became row.
ing ambassador for ECA. Now
his successor, Charles B. Saw
yer, is finding it difficult to
fill the vacancies.
Men who have been contact
ed feel that the jobs might be
temporary. They reason that if
a Republican is elected in No
vember they'll be out. So they
ask why should they leave their
businesses to take what may be
a temporary position with the
government.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-06-25
You're
Telling Mel!
BY WILLIAM RIFT
Central Press Writer

Americans, according to Fac
tographs, smoke a billion cigar
cts every day, Well, that's hard
ly an accomplishment to get
puffed up about.
A hailstorm wiped out two
square miles of spinach plants
in Colorado. Junior wishes the
local weatherman would show
similar cooperation.
At least one in every four
American families will spend
more than its income this year,
says the Federal Reserve Board.
In fact, says Hoyt King, the
board is banking on it.
When an Alabama couple sep
arated the husband sawed their
house in half. Modern version
of the house divided?
Spats, says one of the best
dressed" movie stars, are COM
ing back. But. probably, under
some fancy name like dog
blankets?
A surgical operation is the
theme of a new piece of music.
The part where the doctor pre-
sents his bill should be full Of
blue notes.