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Evening star., 1948-02-14
On the Other Hand
Demagogue Finds no Difficulties
In Explaining Market Operations

and Hatch of New Mexico. The
former protested "the kind of TOM
myrot and poppycock with which he
(Senator O'DanieD has plastered
the floor Of the Senate from time
to time" Senator Hatch remarked
"I have observed through some
what long life that when man
lacks argument, when he lacks logic
when he lacks reason, when he lacks
justification for a bad cause, he
resorts to personal abuse and name
calling" - = q. =
That was the end of the debate,
so far as the Senate was concerned
but probably not the end of the
incident. Senator O'Daniel can be
expected to spread his remarks far
and wide through, the use of his
congressional mailing privilege and
by other means. For, as he said:
Last summer as ! travelled over
Texas, told the citizens of my
home State what was going on
Since then, have appeared on
Nationwide radio networks and
broadcast this information, and
have received thousands Of letters
from good people throughout the
Nation praising me for passing out
this information"
Blamed for Slump, Too.
Which, allowing for some exager-
alton, may be true. The Texas Sen
ator, of course, did not tell the
good people that Secretary Ander"
sons grain buying for the Govern
ment had been all open and above
board transactions, carried out un-
der a mandate Of Congress. Nor
in his Senate speech, did he take
note of the blame being given the
Secretary for the recent slump in
the grain market by such persons
as Chairman Andersen of the House
special committee investigating
speculation. Representative Andre
sens complaint was that the Secre.
tary had failed to do the very thing
Senator O'Daniel accused him od
doing.
Incidentally, Senator Taft. who
usually has some notion OF what hi
is talking about, got caught on thai
same limb. AS recently as Tuesday
he deplored Secretary Anderson's
alleged efforts to support" the
market. .
It all adds up to confusion for av-
erage citizens, trying to understand
what has happened to the commodi-
ties market and trying to- make ur
their minds whether what has hap
pened is good for them or bad.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Caviar Still $24;;
Record Catch
| Was Red Type

The caviar market almost broke
wide open this week-but 1t didn't
The Russians reported a huge
catch of more than 4,500 tons o1
sturgeon fish eggs In 1947 and Amer
lean dealers in the aristocratic hors
d'oeuvres were in a dither. Nor
NAL imports are about 100 tons be-
cause of limited Russian produc-
ton. Frantic phone calls from
stores all over the Nation demanded
to know whether caviar, which sells
for around $24 a pound, was going
to hit the price skids, too.
Gables to Moscow brought the
good news-for the dealers, not the
consumer. The huge production
figures applied only to the red va
riety of caviar, strictly a prole-
tartan item compared to the black
variety which graces any really
fancy cocktail table.
Things returned to normal. Cav.
lar, black that is, still Is $24 a pound
in New York.
More than 100000 emigrants left
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Man Held on Charge
OF Stobbinq. Policeman

William H. Minor, 28, today was
under $4,000 bond, awaiting grand
jury action on charge he stabbed
a policeman nine times while re-
sisting arrest on a drunk charge.
Minor, who is colored and lives
in the TOO block of Twenty fourth
street NE, was sentenced to 80
days in Jail on the drunk charge
yesterday by Municipal Court
Judge George D. Nelson. He
pleaded not guilty to the charge Of
deadly weapon assault on Pvt. Ais
ton Thomas Of No. 4 Precinct.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Youth, 1S, Rescues ; Boys,
One Caught Under Ice
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

PATCHOGUE, N. Y, Feb. IA
Eighteen-year-old Robert Mcdowell
crawied out on the ice yesterday
and rescued two small boys from
the Patchogue River.
AS the shivering youngsters were
hustled to a nearby house, one said
There's still another kid in there
Young Mcdowell ran back to the
river, plunged in and swan under
the ice. He brought up William
McDermott, 8, and revived him by
artificial respiration.
The three, William, his brother
Philip, 5, and Robert Mcdonald, O.
will be all right, hospital attaches
said.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Reuther Denies He Charged
Farmers Restrict Output
BY the Asseeieted Press

DETROIT, Feb. 14.-Walter P
Reuther, president of the CIC
United Auto Workers, said in g
statement today that he had mot
charged farmers with restricting
production" in testimony in Wash
ington last week.
Mr.. Reuther was a witness before
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee on the Marshall Plan. :
An Associated Press account saic
Mr.. Reuther charged industry anc
farmers are holding down their OUT
put to keep their profits high"
Taking issue with this reported
testimony OF the UAW president
Representative, Pace, Democrat, o1
Georgia said In q statement yester-
day that union leaders should "stoF
demanding q high industrial wage
and cheap food" He said any charge
that farmers have held down pro-
duction to obtain higher prices was
IAN irresponsible disregard for ti1e
truth and facts" t-
Mr.. Reuther issued this statement
today:
IT did not charge farmers with
restricting production. I did charge
industry with doing So.
ANY Interpretation of any part
of my testimony that gave the i'm
preston that was charging farmers
with deliberately restricting produc'
ton, would not accurately represent
my thinking or my point of view.
What I did propose was greater
Government assistance to farmers
so that they might expand produc'
tion still further"
(Mr. Reuther, in his prepared
testimony, called for expanded foot
production. He said there is mas
ter pattern of privately planned
scarcity for profit" and that III
making sure that American industry
and agriculture may not produc.
too much later, we are held bacl
from producing enough now.~
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Wins Virginia OAR Contest

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb.
IA {P.-Miss Edmonia johnson, a
senior at Bedford High School, won
the Good Citizenship Pilgrimage"
contest conducted by the Virginia
division. Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, it was an
nounced yesterday. She viii receive
an all-expense trip TO washington
ip April.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Canada Eases Controls
On Alaska Highway
BY the Assoeiated Press

OTTAWA, Feb. l4.-Restrictions
on tourist travel on the Alaska high
way have been removed. Permits
are no longer needed. J. A. Glen
Canadian resources minister, said
today.
Mr.. Glen said travel facilities
camp grounds and the like had been
increased along the l,52S-mile route
from Dawson Creek, British Colum-
bia, to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
League for Larger Life
Gives Costume Party

The League for the Larger Life
will give a Valentine costume party
at $3.50 o'clock tonight in the league
headquarters, 819 Sixteenth street
NV.
Prizes will be given for the best
mans and woman's costume. A
short program of vocal and instru-
mental music will be followed by
refreshments.
Evening star., 1948-02-14

I thought he ought to leave Paris
with the government. Bullitt said
he could not run away from danger
and argued the President out of his
opposition.
At Tours and then at Bordeaux
Ambassador Biddle took up the
struggle, seeing Reynaud, Petain
Minister of the Navy Admiral Dar-
Ian, Daladier and others, and i'm
pressing upon them again and
again our view that France, with
her navy intact, should continue to
resist. Then on the night Of June
16 Reynaud resigned, and Petain
formed a new cabinet, with Baudoin
as Foreign Minister and Admiral
Darlan as Minister Of Marine, to
seek an armistice.
Sought to Protect Navy.
The British and American gov
ernments made desperate efforts to
insure the safety of the French
Navy. Churchill sent his First Lord
of the Admiralty, his First Sea Lord
and his Secretary for the Colonies
to Bordeaux to represent him
After discussing the situation with
the President, I sent one of the
strongest cables of my career to
Ambassador Biddle at Bordeaux for
communication to the Petain gov
ernment.
"The President desires you to say,
I said, that in the opinion of this
Government, should the French
government, before concluding any
armistice with the Germans, fail
to see that the feet is kept out OF
the hands OF her opponents, the
French government will fatally i'm
pair the preservation of the French
Empire .and the eventual restora-
ton of French independence and
autonomy.
Furthermore, should the French
government fail to take these steps
and permit the French feet to be
surrendered to Germany, the French
government will permanently lose
the friendship and good will OF the
Government of the United States.
Biddle handed this cable to Darlar
as he was about to enter a cabinet
meeting on June 18. Biddle also
called Baudoin from the meeting
to hand him a copy He and Darlar
laid it before the cabinet. The
government thereupon decided thai
under no circumstances should the
fleet be turned over to the Germans
and that, If surrender were en-
braced in the German terms, the
armistice should be rejected.
: Worried Over British Fleet.
We were also preoccupied as te
what might happen to the British
feet. Now that France had sue
cumbed, Hitler was free to turn the
full force of his power against Brit
ain.
The President and I believed Brit
ain could and would resist the Nazi
attack successfully. but there were
many in America and Europe who
believed with Petain and his group
that Britain would be conquered OF
make peace within few weeks.
When British Ambassador Lothian
came in to see me on June II he
said he had received from Churchill
a suggestion that staff conferences
be held between naval officials oi
our two governments with regarc
to fleet movements in both the At.
lantic and the Pacific. I replied
that doubted whether there woulc
be any occasion for staff confer,
ences, but I would be glad to pas.
his suggestion on to the President
Lothian asked if his military
attache could confer with appropri.
ate officials in the War Department
with regard to the effect of British
and French bombings inside Ger.
Evening star., 1948-02-14

united SIdHS.
The diferen-
ces have not yet
come to the sur
+ ace publicly.
But, according to
impartial re-
ports, a number
of veteran Zion
lists in the Holy
Land, aware OF
the phi Us / c a ]
handicapS OF I'M
mediate enforce
m t of the
United Nations
decision, would
Evening star., 1948-02-14

Soon after the
chaplain had Of
fered his pray
er, in which he
asked the Lord
to make some
thing reasonably
good out of the
Nations laWgiv-
ers, "Pappy" got
t he floor to
make the follow
ing sweeping as
sertions:
"W e h a v e
heard much talk
lately a b o u I
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Ruyon Industry Comeback

xsIapan's rayon industry, once the
worlds biggest producer, is staging
Q slow comeback under military au-
tl4arity.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Italian Crypt Reopened

The crypt of Monte Casino Alb
hey in Italy, destroyed by bombs In
1914, is open again for religious
services.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Rv LowelI MeIleff

Every demagogue has his day and
Senator w. Lee ODaniel, Democrat,
of Texas, decided that Wednesday
was his.
Evening star., 1948-02-14
Rv Constantine Byo,yn

Dy ~ OftotAxttsUC DsUbR
As the practical difficulties mount
In the partition Of Palestine a
schism is beginning to occur among
Zionist leaders in Palestine and the
Evening star., 1948-02-14

More than 100000 emigrants left
Britain for other countries last year
Evening star., 1948-02-14

CThe next installment of Mr.. Hulrs
memoirs will Be published Monday. A
special article by Mr. Hull appears in
The Sunday Star tomorrow
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
County Residents Invited To Take Part
In Birthday Celebration OF Paper Mill

The thousands of residents of
Moss Point, Pascagoula and viein-
ity were invited officially toaay
to take part in the four-day open
house program of the Moss Point
Mill of the international Paper
Company's Southern Kraft Di-
vision to be held June l4th
through 18th in celebration of the
company's 50th anniversary year.
In a joint statement issued by
Frank Mixson and R. A. Moore,
manager and agent of the mill,
it was declared that further de-
tails of the celebration-first an
nounced in March-were now
available.
Special opening day ceremonies
will be held for town and state
officials on Monday, June IA, and
on the following two DAYS the
mill viii open its doors to all
residents of the town and vicin-
ity. The final day of the celebra-
ton, Thursday, June IL, will be
given over to employees famil-
les who will be invited to visit
the mill during the day and to
attend a special employee bar.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Movie Features Sports Group Meeting,
Seek Aid In Planting OF Duck Food

The regular monthly meeting
of the Jackson County Hunting
and Fishing Association will be
held Tuesday, May Is, at 7:45 p.
m, at the activities building adj
joining the 18th Street Audito-
rum, according to an announce
ment made this week by John H.
Cole, secretary.
Highlights of the meeting will
be the annual election of officers
and the showing of a sound film,
'Regimented Raindrops'', which
deals with the work done through
the Missouri Valley basin with
reference to flood control, re-
claiming of waste lands and the
conservation of other natural re-
sources.
The film was made by radio
station WOW of Omaha and won
for it the Variety magazine award
for outstanding service to the
farmer. and other honors.
The public IS invited to see the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Hulf-D Day Saturdays
To Begin For Post
Offices This Week

Post offices of Jackson county
will be closed Saturday after
noon, beginning a half day sched-
ule for that day that will be OBJ
served in future, postal officials
announced.
AT Moss Point and Pascagoula
the service windows will close
at noon and no business will be
transacted until Monday; how
ever, incoming and outgoing mails
to trains and other transporta-
ton agencies will be received and
dispatched on the usual schedule.
At these offices, incoming mail
will be distributed to lock boxes
and special delivery mail will be
sent out without interruption.
The Post Office Department has
directed the closing on Saturday
afternoon. and such other after
moons where there is a general
suspension of business, to enable
postmasters to conform with the
40-hour week law and reduce the
employment of auxiliary clerks.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Precinct Demo
Conventions Are
Set For Tuesday

Democratic precinct conven-
tons will be held in each of
Jackson county's % voting pre-
cincts beginning at 10 a. m. Tues
day at which time delegates will
be named to represent the vot-
ers of the precinct at the coun-
ty convention scheduled to be
held May 25th.
Call for the precinct conven-
tons vas issued by Harold w.
Gautier, chairman of the coun-
ty Democratic Executive Com
mittee, last week.
The precinct conventions have
been highly publicized by lead
ers of the states rights revolt
movement in the state as the
medium by which the Democratic
voters will name unpledged pres
idential electors able to cast their
votes for any candidate for presi-
dent or vice-president they wish,
regardless of the popular vote in
the state in the November ma
tional election.
Procedure will be to name dele
gates to the county convention
at Tuesdays precinct convention.
At the county convention dele
gates to the state convention will
be chosen and at the state con-
vention on June 22nd nine pres
idential electors will be named.
The precinct conventions will
be opened with the naming of
a chairman and secretary, and
the delegates will then be select
ed. Each precinct is entitled to
one vote at. the county conven-
ton. However, more than one
delegate can be named at the
precinct convention, but must
cast their fractional vote as a unit
at the county convention.
The precinct conventions will
be the only time that the voters
will take an active part in the
selection of presidential electors,
as from that time on they will
be represented by delegates.
A county executive committee
of Is members will also be elected
at the county convention on May
25th.
In the past the precinct con-
ventions have been attended by
but few voters, and indications
were that Tuesdays convention
would also attract only a handful
of voters in most of the county's
precincts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14

today's announcement stated, tive
want personally at this time to
invite everyone in Moss Point
and the neighborhood to be our
guests on June Is and 16. We feel
that the mill plays a vital part
in the life of this community. OF
the more than a thousand en-
ployees who make up the Moss
Point international Paper family.
the majority live right here in
town.
we are proud of the job they
have done and are doing. and we
are anxious for the rest of the
communicated families, their
friends and neighbors to see Just
why we are proud. There is no
better way of finding out than
to come in and watch us while
we go about our day-to-day bust
ness
Committee Named
The mill officials explained that
while extensive measure will be
taken during the open house pro-
gram to provide for the comfort
and convenience of guests, and
Continued On Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Grand Jury
C0nveneS
On Monday
$50 Cases Set
For Docket Of
Circuit Court

Twenty-three cases will 60 be-
fore the grand jury when it con
venes at the Jackson County
court house in Pascagoula Mon
day, May II, and approximate
ly $50 cases, most of which are
civil, appear on the docket await
ing the May term of circuit court,
records of Vertis G.. Ramsay, cir
cult clerk, show. Judge l.. c. Cor
ban will preside.
Awaiting action by the grand
jury are three cases involving
rape, five of burglary, three of
forgery, seven of grand larceny,
four of assault and battery and
one of obtaining money under
false p~retense.
One case of murder, which was
declared a mistrial at the last
term of court, is redocketed this
term. Charges of murder were
made against David Matthew, Ne
gro, in the death of Babe Wash
ington, Negro, in June, 1947. One
defendant will face two charges.
George Green has been arraigned
on charges of grand larceny in
the theft of a truck and burg
larry and larceny, both of which
were held over for the last two
terms.
Charged With Armed Robbery
Set for the third week is the
trial of Thomas w. Thornburg
on charges of armed robbery. He
was charged with robbing and
assaulting w. w. May. Rex A.
York is also charged with armed
robbery in connection with a a S
in which George F. Scott was
convicted and sentenced to Is
years in the penitentiary last
year.
Other cases triable include as
sault and battery, armed robbery,
burglary and larceny, grand lar
ceny, traffic law violations, dis
turbing the peace, drunk driving,
failure to pay privilege license,
attempted burglary, forgery, I'M
lawful collection of sales tax,
bastard proceedings and many
cases of account, replevin, dam
ages, punishment, rent, note,
check and personal injuries.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Dutch Larsen Is
Candidate For
City Councilman

Melvin (Dutch) Larsen this
week formally announced that he
will be a candidate for election
to the PascagouIa City council
as commissioned of public works
In the city Democratic primary
eleetion 70 be feid July 18th.
His formal announcement fol-
lows:
To The Voters of Pascagoula:
/ take this means of formally
announcing my candidacy for ell
ection to the Pascagoula city coun-
Gil as commissioner OF public
works in the Democratic primary
election to be held july 18th.
i was born in Pascagoula and
have lived here virtually all my
life. / was educated in Pasca-
goula schools and held various
jobs in town before going to
work for the u. S. Engineers for
whom / worked until 1910. Fol
the last seven years l have beer
employed by ingalls, Shipbuild.
ing Corporation as ship fittel
and machinist. I am a married
man 81 years of age and tn,
father of two children.
I believe myself qualified I,
handle efficiently the duties o
this office and if elected will
strive to do so at all times. II
seeking election to this offic,
l make no promises, except t,
devote all my time to the dutie.
OF this office and to work foi
the best interest and development
of our ely.
I earnestly solicit your con
sideration and If you see fit, your
vote and support in the forth.
coming election will be appreci,
ated.
Sincerely,
MELVIN Dutch LARSEN
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Mail Delivery
To Be Extended
In Moss Point

Leonard Robinson, Moss Point
Postmaster, announces that au-
thority has been received from
the Post Office Department to
increase the motor vehicle equip
ment from one TO two vehicles.
Parcel post delivery for the
business houses has already been
In effect.
Two deliveries daily will be
put into effect ~servicing the resi-
dents living on the following
streets: all of Dantzler, Torres,
weems, Wood, Cedar, 500 block
on Magnolia and through the 100
block on Bellview.
City delivery will be extended
from the 200 block through the
TOO block on Jackson street.
II will also be extended to in
clude the 800 block on Walters
and to the 700 block on Elder.
AS quickly as the houses can
be numbered. city delivery will
be extended from the 1900 block
on Main street to include the
1000, 2l00. and 2200 blocks on
Main street, to one block beyond
Sam Rae's grocery.
Postmaster Robinson announc-
es that any p~ostoffice box holder
living on the carrier routes may
have his parcel post delivered
upon request to the Postmaster.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Charles Murray
Candidate For
City Councilman

Charles M. Murray this week
formally announced that he will
be a candidate for election to the
Pascagoula city council as COM
missioner of public works in the
Democratic city primary election
to be held July 18th.
His formal announcement fol-
lows:
To the Democrats Of the City
of Pascagoula:
l am announcing my candidacy
for the office of City Commission
err of the City of Pascagoula, Mis-
sissippi, subject to the action of
the Democratic Primary to be
held on July 10, 1948.
The longtime citizens of Pas
cagoula know me and my people.
They know my character, ability,
energy and capacity to serve.
For the information of our newer
citizens, I deem ii advisable to
state these facts. and ask that
you make inquiry about me from
your neighbors and friends ac-
quired since you came here:
| was born in Orange Grove
in Jackson County, Mississippi,
and have lived in the City of
Pascagoula for the last thirty
seven years. l was married in
1911 to Miss Ruth Krebs, one of
the daughters of the late Alfred
E. Krebs and of the late Mrs.
Hernia Ellison Krebs. We have
raised a family of nine children
and our four boys served their
country in the armed forces in
World War II. Four of oT five
daughters are married and live
here and the baby girl grad
yates from the Perkinston Junior
College this year.
was formerly engaged in work
for the railroad, then in the
transfer and drayage business
here, and, for the last thirteen
years have operated the Browns
Velvet Ice Cream Parlor on Del
mas Avenue, and since March of
this year l have operated my
own ice cream and CONNECTION
airy business.
| believe that I know this city.
its people and its needs and l
am familiar with the duties of
the office Of Commissioner of
Public Works.
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