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Evening star., 1948-11-05

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School.
Backstage, a lit
tie white-haired
man sat with his
memories as the
familiar strains
drifted back.
He was Joe p.
Mack, the or
C h e S t as &c.
year old stage
hand, who for
more than so
y e a r S h a S
b r e q t h e d the
heady air of the
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Evening star., 1948-11-05
Day program Of parades Of nassed

Day program Of parades Of massed
bands. . ball and other events.
He said the program would mark
the date as q day of harmony in
music as 1t viii most certainly be
In our Nations history"
MIR. Petrillo told piano-playing Mr..
Truman that "your fellow musicians
are rejoicing over your return to
the White House as our most un-
fettered President in history"
Evening star., 1948-11-05
| PetriIIo Proposes
| Musical Show
President
By the Assoeio,sd Pres,

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-James C.
Petrillo wants to put on q big mu-
sical show in Washington next jan
uary to celebrate the start Of Presi-
dent Truman's first full term in the
White House.
Mr.. Petrillo. head of the AFI
American Federation of Musicians,
yesterday wired Mr.. Truman asking
MS approval of an Inauguration
Evening star., 1948-11-05

Onstage, the National Symphony
Orchestra played the great music of
Smetana and Wagner to a capacity
audience in the auditoriu-, CT
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Program for Children.

Mrs. Ellie Conason, who conducts
q radio program known as Ellie
Tells a Story" will entertain chill
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Oracle Aliens
Comments

Well, I see that Gov. Dewey
wasn't the only person who didn't
have a chance to read a pet speech
this week. A certain English ad-
Evening star., 1948-11-05

The courtship of the New MeM-
can duck is graceful performance,
taking place in the water and in the
air. But the male is among the
drabbest of American brakes.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

be far more en- Oracle Allen.
tertaining than the cut-and-d dried
speeches that are usually heard at
such dinners.
For instances, quart Of milk
what We need in our international
relations is more of the milk of
human kindness. Pound of stew
ing beef"-if we did less beefing in
our politics, we'd do less stewing.
Pound of bLtter"-that reminds me
of the story about the farmers
For the admiral's sake, do hope
he doesn't turn up in a battle some
day with his wife along instead of
his fleet. OF course, George says
the enemy might have a harder
time shutting her up than 1t would
have with a battleship.
tReleased by Consolidated News Features)
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Ap Newsfeatures

Denver = John McCourt and
his wife Lucinda opened their
doll hospital prior to the adj
vent of the plastic kidney, the
~agic skin. the lovable skin, and
the vulcanized panty.
Lucinda recalls that 81 years
ago when they started the bust
ness in the garage of their Denver
home, repair work was simply
a matter of installing new arms.
legs and eyes. Occasionally a
doll developed acne or lost a
finger, but these were not-of-the
mill ailments.
That, Lucinda emphasizes, was
then.
This years Christmas rush has
flooded the downtown hospital
with $500 ailing dolls. Many of
them require new plumbing pc
culiar to the biology of the mod
ern product. Mothers of thu dolls
not only insist that their t'babies'
drink water and milk: they want
them equipped to drink "at the
same rate of speed they did before
they became ill.," Lucinda says.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Fathers Honor
Guests At South
P-TA Program

At South school December Is,
the Parent Teaches association
observed the Fathers Day, and
Christmas season with a musicale
participated in by pupils OF the
fourth, fifth and sixth grades I'M
der the direction of Miss Mar
garet Alyce Wilder, music di-
rector at the school.
The program was based o n
THE Christmas Story" the car
Dis being sung by. the children
who all wore robes of white,
which were unusually effective
against a background of holly
with bright red berries relieved
by the crimson of the Christmas
colors.
The program was opened by
he P-TA president. Mrs john T.
Hardy who told of the work ac-
complished by the organization
turing the past year.
The benediction was said by
he Rev. Wallace Harrell.
AT the close of the program the
large number of guests in attend
lnce were invited to the cafeteria
which also was beautiful with
greenery and Christmas %colors,
where sandwiches in red and
green and other delicacies were
served with appropriate bever-
ages.
The hostesses for the evening
Vere the room mothers of tn e
bird grade.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
It Used To Be Easy. But New Dolls
Make Hospital Complex Operation

She adds:
THE mothers have become as
complex as the dolls. They sulk
If we don't refer to their Susie
as a baby. They demand we
hold the babies properly, bracing
the spine with the flat of the
hand.
They phone at all hours with
questions and advice: Susie all
right now? She eating? That
baby wouldn't eat a thing at
home. Whatever you do don't
keep her in the dark. She hates
the dark "
Lucinda has found that the
dolls hair must be combed gent
ly in the parents presence. And
when a new wig is required the
mother has been known to in
struct: when you pull the old
hair out, don't pull it out hard"
John McCourt shifts audibly
when Lucinda goes dreamy over
this mother-love business. He
says that nowadays many a per-
fected good doll is orphaned, re-
placed by some costlier creature
with more advanced bathroom
habits. He SAYS the only time he
was ever really impressed by
a child's affection for a doll, was
when he repaired one for a IL
year-old boy.
1.-THE boys mother had died."
John says. about the only
thing she left behind was a big
old doll with a cracked plaster
head. He brought it to me and
when | told him how much it
would cost to fix it the big tears
began rolling down his cheeks.
He said he only had a dollar, Of
fered to do any kind of work for
me if I'd only please fix it.
"Ill never. forget the look on
that kids face when he saw the
completed job. He picked it up
and danced around the shop with
it, hugging it to him. Mind you.
he was a big husky boy, and not
a sissy. He danced around and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Mrs. Robertson
Hostess To Bridge
Club Wednesday,

The group of card devotees
who meet together Thursdays for
bridge, were guests of Mrs. w. B.
Robertson at her home on Wash
ington avenue on Wednesday
afternoon.
The games gave greatest success
to MesoameS Hugh D~ossett, Ar
thur Moss and George Winter.
who received the first second and
consolation prizes. Playing was
preceded by a dessert course and
the exchange of gifts.
The players were Mesdames A.
M. Hardy. Dossett, Philip Ware,
Winter, T. N. Tucker, Moss, H. P.
Heidelberg, Jr., and Robertson.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
GERMANS BUILD UP
LIVESTOCK

FRANKFURT, Germany - APP
For the first time since the
war, the Allied military govern
ment in western Germany is en-
couraging the German farmer to
build up his livestock herds.
Until now, farmeri have been
urged-even compelled-to de-
vote most of their land to grain
crops badly needed for human
food. Grain provided more and
cheaper ~calories. Cattle, pigs and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

sheep were systematically slaugh-
tered under fixed quotas.
But now. Allied officials have
decided that any further reduc-
ton in livestock especially
cattle - would endanger the sup
ply of meat and dairy products.
So they are setting cut to build
UP the depleted herds and bring
the farm economy back into ball
ance. Emphasis is put on quality,
however, rather than numbers.
They want to get the most milk
and meat possible from the least
feed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Mrs. Mel Donald Is
Hostess Wednesday
To Church Circle

The Lena Memorial circle OF
the East Moss Point Baptist
church held a meeting at tn c
home of Mrs. Sam Mcdonald
Wednesday when an interesting
mission program was presented
by Mesdames Richard Perkins.
Arts Wilkerson and Louis
Stauter,
The home was beautiful with
Christmas decorations.
Fruit cake and coffee were
served during the social hour.
The closing prayer was said by
Mrs. Emma Smith.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Pospoint Players
Christmas Party
On Thursday Eve.

A beautifully decorated Christ
mas tree set the keynote of the
December meeting of the Pas
point Little Theater group on
Thursday evening at the 18th
Street Auditorium, which was
estive with Yuletide decorations.
Santa Claus impersonated By
me of the Paspoint players dis
ributed the gifts piled under the
rec and a program was Their
giveh featuring Mrs. E. F. OMal-
ey and her accordian- Other
popular numbers on the program
we're a quartet directed by Cooper
Roberts and a skit by T. n. Tuck
n.
The cast of the forthcoming
production, the skull scheduled
or January 6 in the Moss Point
high school auditorium, was in
reduced to the group OF mem
vel and the heads of the pro-
iuction committees also present.
I'd.
Miss Billie Koch, director of
he play, and John Howkins, pro-
iuction manager, expressed them
selves as well pleased with the
progress of rehearsals.
From a prettily appointed re-
freshment table cookies, sand
Wiches and soft drinks were seFV-
ed by Miss Frances Leatherbury,
Msdames w. c. Brondum, Don.
aid Olien, Charles Cornell, W. X.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

Glover, Robert Earl Hunt, An
thony Jackson. Clemmie Jean
Grover, Ferdie Fleehas, Joan Le-
Maitre and Peggy Saliba; the
elves were Marian Seymour, Bob
bic Ruth Sinquefield, Betty Ezell,
Beth Bullock and Viola Jacks.
A choral number In Bethle-
hem Town was given by a choir
composed of pupils Of the fourth,
fifth and sixth grades, assisted
by the children of the third grade
as angels.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

around and then ne held the doll
away from him and started bawl-
ing read hard. Isn't she beauti-
ful?' he said. Isn't she beautiful
Then he sat down on a bench and
held the doll on his knee a long
time. He just sat there looking
out the window and holding the
doll"
John McCourt says more dolls
need fathers like that. The
mothers are getting too tickle
for his taste.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Moss Point
Churches

The Women of the Church will
hold their monthly meeting at
the church on Monday AFTERNOON
when the regular business SEES
sion will be held. All members
are urged to attend.
METHODIST
The WSCS met Monday after
noon, December IS, at $3.50 p. m.
in the home of Mrs. w. H. SUIT
hoff with Mrs. j. H. Blumer as
eo-hostesS. Mrs. V. Torres gave
the devotional reading and
prayer. The program leader, Mrs.
Julian Rivers, presented Mrs. j.
w. Backstrom, Jr.. who told the
story, THE Other Wise Man" by
Henry Van Dyke. The hostess
served delicious refreshments to
the "a members present.
BAPTIST
The WMU met on Monday aft
ernoon in the church. The meet
ing. was opened with the singing
of the song, silent Night" after
which Mrs. j. N. Rape led the
devotional and prayer.
Mrs. c. B. Armistead led the
Royal Service program with Mrs.
w. H. Nelson, Jr., Mrs. B. B.
Hobby and Miss Carrie Lee Har-
ris having parts on the program.
A beautiful solo was rendered by
Mrs. Arthur Jones'. Monday after
noon members of Circle Three
will meet in the home of Mrs,
John Britt. Meetings of other cir
cles have been postponed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
Lake A is
Hostess To
School Patrons

The Christmas season was hap
PLY celebrated at Lake school
Tuesday evening when the Par
ent-Teaeher association was host
esS to a large crowd of parents
and other guests at a program
given by the children of the.
school.
The entertainment was first
planned as a benefit performance
for the raising of funds for use
in the school but later the P-TA
decided to forego this, and in
stead have those in attendance
as its guests.
The auditorium whore the pro-
gram was given was decorated
by Mrs. J. A. wilkinson an d
Miss Bessie B. Thrash of the
school faculty. who used shades
of blue as a background for stars
which effectively brought out the
various costumes worn by the
children.
The program was under the di-
rection of Mrs. Charles Saliba
and Miss Kathryn Maxwell and
the theme was 1.-THE Story of the
Nativity with Bobbie Jean Fay
ard taking the part of Mary. The
shepherds were Roland McRae,
Larry zeigler, Jimmy Epting and
Tommy Thomas. The Wise Men
were enacted by Aaron Versiga.
Miguel Fleehas and Lamar Ire
hern.
A Christmas broadcast was Civ
en- by the first grade with 10 Ann
George as announcer. The speak
ers were Steve Bennett, Arlene
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

Afghanistan, after a singularly
backward history, is hiring Amer
lean engineers to aid irrigation
power. and industrial projects.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
JUNIOR l RECITAL

Mrs. c. L. Nelson will present
her music pupils in a recital to-
day, Friday, at $50 p, m at the
Junior high school.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

Guest, Jr., Charles Bush, LeNore
Klisner,. and T. S. Boswell.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Briggs were
hosts fnr the evening and Earl
Hammett ana T. S. Boswell head
ed the program committee.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-09-18

Pictured above Tslladesa College Alumni and friends who
Annual Regional Reunion OF the College
picturesque Angola Indiana The participated
of rereatonal activities including boating and swim
cocktail the beautiful
PrYor lodge overlooking the lake Those shown left right
seated Lawrence Washington Detroit Taadega Alum
Dr. Warren H. Brothers president OF Alumni Asocia
Taladeea College Of Mathematics ITALIA
Colleges Willard B. President of indianapolis ITALIA
group rights Mildred OVERLY
Ind OVERLY. Indianapolis Ind Lillian
Deiroit Juans OVERLY Indianapolis Ind Grace Pope Indiana
Evening star., 1948-01-04

pe1StA0e0 SUtBeOn 70 OpeI0te ON MS uu&e1-
tips to ohliterate the prints. The doctor
cut Oh the three layers of skin. then folded
the mans hands across his chest and
strapped the nngertips to his Sides He
remained in that position for about month,
at the end Of which the mans fingers had
grown into the skin at his sides. Then the
doctor cut loose the fingers with their new
skin, sans prints. It was painful operation
and left severe scars along the mans ribs.
However, he was arrested and identified, any
how, and the doctor who performed the
operation went to the penttentiary for OBJ
structton Of Justice.
Apes and monkeys also have fingerprints,
a fact which not 50 long ago gave the
FB1 experts q hard time. Roofing through
q dump in Chicago, two boys found d pair
of severed hands. The hands were finger
printed and photos Of the prints forwarded
to the FBt
we searched our files high and low and
couldn't find any kind Of q record ON those
hngerprints," says Mr.. Tamm. In fact, We
couldn't md anything even close. suggested
they might be ape or monkey prints. Sure
enough, It was found that these prints
belonged to an ape which had died at the
200. The hands had been severed at the
ISA0cI10S plauC 70 WHICH the OO0y was sent.
The FBI receives nngerprints from more
than $4,000 law-enforcement agencies, for
which 1t more or less acts as great clearing
house. In q matter Of minutes the division
can determine whether the individual whose
nngerprints it receives has q criminal record,
for although he msy use a score of aliases
his fingerprints will give him away
Through fingerprints the division also
Identifies amnesia victims, unknown war
dead and plane crash victims. and helps
locate missing persons.
The division also maintains criminal files
on palm prints, footprints. nicknames and
general appearance data. The underworld
seems to have q particular penchant for
nicknames, applying them on the basis Of
physical appearance or personal character
istics. Among the approximately 10000
aliases on file are such gems as Barrel
House Shorty" "Chew Tobacco Lewie," Got
ton Patch Molly" "Bowlegged Bessie" !" Iron
Foot Florence" Butcher Knife Lizz" and
"Gold-tooth Frenchy."
Evening star., 1948-01-04
/ q A ; q

These hieroglyphics simply denote his nm
gerprint category-a category given him In
1941. when he was a Senator and q colonel
in the Omcers' Reserve Corps and probably
never dreamed of becoming Preddent.
Fingerprints fall into three main classifi-
cations: Waon. loop and arch. President
Truman's dngerprints are all In the arch
category.
Gen. Dwight q. Eisenhower has q fairly
complicated set of hngerprints. He has .
whorl In the left thumb, 4 Whorl in the ring
finger of the right hand. and all the rest of
his hngerprints form loops.
These are two Of the more distinguished Of
the 106y 1000 900 sets Of prints in the FBI
Fingerprint Division at Second and streets
SW. Many of these sets are duplicates, but
the collection Is stin the largest in the world.
The collection Is divided into criminal and
noncrtminal files. In the criminal files are
the hngerprints Of 1000 900 individuals. The
noncriminal files contain the nngerpFints Of
members Of the armed forces OF both World
Wars, Government employees, Job applicants
at national defense plants, and persons who
voluntarily had themselves hngerprinted as
a permanent means Of Identification.
F1ngerprint experts say human prints are
almost infu1hbie for Identification. Law en-
forcement agencies first began to use finger
prints in 1905. Before that the most COM
monty used means Of criminal Identification
was the Bertillon system Of body measure
ments.
The science Of identification by finger
prints Is based on distinctive ridge outlines
on the ball Of the fingers and thumbs. Not
only do these ridges vary in contour and
pattern, but also in the size and thickness
Of the ridges and the size and spacing Of
the pores
mo two fingers are identical" says FBI
Inspector Quinn Tamm, mot even those Of
twins. It Is possible to change or obhterate
fngerprints. but the mere fact that they
have been tampered with puts US on notice
that the party has reason for wanting to
change them"
Mr.. Tamm tells of certain criminal who
Evening star., 1948-01-04
Little Ridges That Tell All
BY STANLEY BATE

TN THE FIN0ERPRINT files Of the FBl,
Harry s. Truman. no alias" Is CLASSIFIED
as follows:
, 1948-10-07
IN S

Answer each question upon which you wish to
state an opinion. If your answer to a question is "Yes'
mark *" after the question in the column under the
printed word Eyes" If your answer to the question is
mo" mark TX" after the question in the column I'M
der the printed word mo-.
, 1948-10-07
REGULATIONS

REGULATIONS
TO implement the Law to Provide for a Refer
endum on Certain Amendments to the Organ
ic Act Of the Virgin Islands, approved May IA.
1913.
Pursuant to Section 5 Of the Law to Provide for a Refer
endum on Certain Amendments to the Organic Act of the Vir-
gin Islands, approved May, 1913, which reads as follows;
'The Governor is authorized to prepare and issueat
such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this
Act as may be necessary in order to carry out the
purposes of this Act,
the following regulations are hereby prescribed:
1. Question No. / "Do you favor the creation of a single
Legislature for the Virgin islands," & Question Nc. 2 "Do you
favor two seperate Municipal Councils?" state alternative
proposals. It is obvious that if either of these questions is an
wered in the affirmative, the other should be answered in the
negative. The same is true of Question No. 3 do YOU favor
the creation of a single Treasury for the Virgin Islands," and
Question No. 4 DO you favor two separate Municipal Trea-
suries for the Virgin islands," Therefore, when the voter an
sWers both questions Nos. / and 2 Yes, or answers both of
these questions mo-, his ballot shall be deemed spoiled as to
these two questions only, and his answers to these two ques-
tons shall not be recorded or counted. The same ruling and
procedure shall shall apply to cases in which questions Nos.
8 and 4 receive both the same answer, whether affirmative or
negative.
2. The face of the ballot shall contain instructions on the
manner Of voting as hereinafter provided. However, failure
to comply strictly with those instructions shall not invaidate
the answer to the question if a mark or either the word Eyes"
or the word Nc" is placed after a question in such manner as
to show the voters choice clearly and beyond doubt.
3. There shall be a uniform official Referendum Ballot for
the Virgin Islands, which shall be a single sheet prepared in
the following form: re
RESTRICTIONS
Answer each question upon which you wish to
state an opinion. If your answer to a question is eyes"
mark y" after the question in the column under the
printed word Yes. If your answer to the question is
mo" mark *" after the question in the column I'M
der the printed word "No".
BALLOT
YES NO
, 1948-10-07
REFERENDUM BALLOT
"-REFERENDUM BALLoT

REFERENDUM BALLOT
Municipality Of ST. Croix
November 2. l948
5. One Referendum Ballot shall be given to each voter
after he has executed and deposited his ballot for election of
candidates in the ballot box provided for such ballots. The
ballot box for the Referendum Ballots shall be clearly identi-
fled by a label with the words REFERENDUM BALLOTS"
in conspicuous letters. Upon executing the Referendum Bal
lot, the voter shall fold it and deposit it in the separate bal
lot box providd for receiving referendum ballots. No enve-
|lope shall be used.
6. At the end of the voting on Election Day and before
the ballots for the election of candidates are opened and
counted, the ballot box in each, electoral district containing
the Referendum Ballots shall be sealed in public and secure
ly locked in a safe. The custody and safekeeping of the ballot
box shall be the responsibility of the Chairman of the Elec-
toral Board concerned.
q The Chairman of each Electoral Board shall have the
Referendum Ballot boxes publicly opened at 900 am. on
Thursday, November 4, 1913, at which time the referendum
ballots shall be counted, canvassed, and returned. All NUM-
.cipal officials and employees who are members of the Elec-
toral Boards shall be excused from regular duty without loss
of pay on Thursday, November 4, 1948, in order that they may
devote their full time and attention to the processing of the
Referendum Ballots.
Witness my hand and the Seal Of the Government of the
Virgin Islands of the United States at Charlotte Amalie, st.
Thomas, v. /, this second day Of September, AID, 1913.
WILLIAM H. HASTE
(SEAL) Governor
, 1948-10-07

lily Of St Thomas and ST. John, with the following words on
the reverse side:
REFERENDUM BALLOT
Municipality Of ST. Thomas and ST. John
November 2. l948
The Ballot shall be printed in pink for the Municipality Of
of ST. Croix with the following words on the reverse side:
REFERENDUM BALLOT
Municipality Of ST. Croix
November 2. l948
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-13

Our loans are centered here and we are taking
an active part in the business and financial life
OF Roanoke Rapids and trade territory.
You can always be of receiving courteous
service when you bank here. We realize that
your interests and ours are mutual. We are ready
to cooperate with you in every way.
The Citizens Bank & Trust Co. appreciates the
continued patronage of it's friends and invites
the opportunity to serve new friends in the con-
fidence that h policies and practices which
have been accepted by old friends will appeal to
new Ones
Evening star., 1948-11-14
Poee J

Auno Thin, clerk at the Burmese Embassy prepares
the coconut milk with which the rice is cooked After
the ooconut is eroted little worm voter is odded to
and it is wrapped in cheesecIoth The cloth then
kneoded and the milk squeezed out
Star staff Photos by Paul Schmick.