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Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
German NelUS Still
Touches The Bizarre
AP Newsfeatures

MUNICH - A normal week in
Germany
In Schoenberg, a shrewd one got
Al pounds of soap out of a slaugh-
tered dog, a few pounds out of
three cats.
In TrupOlding a 13-year-old
school girl left her diary on her
desk The teacher peeped, expect
ing calf love notes. He read about
the swapping of eggs and butter for
clothing and shoes on the black
market.
In Unterdietfurt, the land police
arrested a priest for slaughtering
ZOO-pound pig without authority,
IN Munich, Minister AlOis Humid
hammer submitted a school reform
plan to. military government and If
was accepted. Think that's NOT
news? 1t was the 14th he submitted
IN kOburg, a dairy announced
mat In the next rationing period If
VIII have to wrap butter in "ciga-
ret paper" Said the dairy with its
sharp tongue in its fat check
There is no other paper avail
able, nor is there any tobacco. so
we shall take the little sheets of
cigaret paper"
In Bavaria police seized II stills
during January's road patrolline
In December the take" was n
stills. The mOOnshiners go free bnt
lose their eOuiDmpnt
In Nuremberg, city council DIan-
ned another meeting tn diecmss
wnat architectural plan would be
10 iOi!o"ed in rebuilding the CITY.
! MS has been going on for two
years because the city fathers dis
agree. Some want to go modern,
otherS want to preserve the old me-
dleVal style. Meanwhile houses
have holes in them.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
NEW HOME IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS FOR 4.H'ERS

Most OF us dream of the home we
would like to have some dav. Here
Is an opportunity for All Club
members to begin upon the inter
estlng adventure of learning and
DONG things which will make
thOse dreams come true. They can
learn now to make their homes
more comfortable and more AT
tractive by enrolling in one or more
OF the Home Improvement Projects.
prepared and being announced by
MISS Louise WhitcOmb, Extension
home Management Specialist. and
the All agents.
There are seven projects avail
aDle Tor boys and girls. The Room
improvement project involved fix
Ing up and rearranging a bedroom
Or any other room in the house as
MeIl as making something new.
ne greatest satisfaction is making
your room more modern and at
lractiVe. The Fix.it-uD project is a
sort OF first aid for the home. It
means being Observant during the
year for the things that need re-
pairing, like broken porch stems.
torn screens, leaky faucets. There
are plans to have the members taxi
ing this project in for a work shOn
some Saturday. The Chair Caneine
project is new this year and re-
uulres refinishing and caneing two
cnairs. Summer meetings will be
Planned for this project. The Re.
lilllShlng Of Furniture project is for
tnose who have old pieces, probab-
~ stored in the attic, which could
De made useful and beautiful again
with little effort The Yard Inn.
prOVement project is for those who
want TO make their home grounds
more attractive. A home can pretty
wei! be judged by the appearance
OF the yard. This project not onIv
lnciudes keeping things picked uD
ana moving the lawn, but includes
planning for flower gardens. relo-
cauon of clOtheslines, and imprOv-
ing driveways.
Enroll in these projects at the
next club meeting. New members
can join by attending a meeting
with All member or cOntactino
the All Club Agent in the county
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
NOTES FOR VETS

Blind veterans, who have beer
issued equipment by Veterans Ad.
ministratiOn to aid them in over
coming their handicap, may now
obtain minor repairs to this euuip-
ment without prior A approval, DR.
Paul B. MagnusOn, chief medical
director, announced.
approximately 6,4OO blind veter-
ans are eligible for the new service,
( They are receiving VA prosthetic
service cards, similar to those used
by amputees to obtain immediate
minor repairs to their artificial
limbs.
By presenting their cards to any
repair shop in any section of the
country, blind veterans will receive
without delay, repair service up to
a limit of $40, without VAS prior
approval.
Intra-hOspital radio systems in
Veterans Administration hOspitals
and homes we're used for a record
total of 1885 hours during Decem-
Der, 1947, nearly 5000 hours above
the November figure of 1886, +. R.
Kerr, assistant administrator for
VAS Special Services, announced.
Nearly half of the veterans who
obtain CT farm loans are engaging
in specialized farming operations,
according to a survey of guaran-
teed loan transactions made by the
Veterans Administration.
A study of farm loans closed ov-
er four-month periOd-May
through August of 1947-shows 20
percent of these veteran-farmers
engaged primarily in producing
grain, cotton, fruits or vegetables:
l9 percent, in dairy products; Z
percent, in livestock, and 2 percent.
in poultry. Ire remaining SO per
cent were operating general farms
with widely diversified products.
Nearly 10000 veterans of World
War II had received VA-guaran-
teed farm loans by the end of 1947,
and new applications for such
loans during recent months have
averaged about l,4OO monthly.
Total value of farm loans ap-
proved approaches $154, 900 900, on
which VAS liability because of
guaranty or insurance is nearly
$71 10000
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
Russians Speed Growth
Of Quinine Trees

MOSCOW - (R) - Natural oui-
nine is being produced in the USSR
from the bark of trees growing in
Russian hOthOuses.
An announcement stated:
1t is well known that the ISL
ands OF IndOnesia or the tropical
districts of South America are the
6irthplaces of the Quinine tree. So
Wet agricultural workers and bio
chemists have been successful.
however, in changing the structure
OF the trees from one depending on
many years growth to one of a
single summers culture"
Workers of the Kobuletski zonal
station are given credit for the sue
cess. The station has thousands of
trees"
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
Night Tramn naotl.

Although only third of the United
States motor travel is at night
three OF every FIVE traffic deaths are
at night.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
FARMERS NATIONS
TOP FORESTERS

Farmers are among the most inn
pOrtant forestOrs in this country.
says c. E. Ocheltree, chairman of
the Delaware State Production and
Marketing Administration Commit
tee.
Out of the total of 461 million
Pcres Of commercial forest land in
this country, 345 million acres are
privately owned. OF the S45 million
privately owned acres. 139 million
acres are owned by farmers.
Farmer holdings are far larger
than those Of the United States
government. Federally owned COM
mercial forest land amounts TO 30
million acres as compared with the
lS9 million acres owned by farm
ers.
The extent of the. tree-planting
job that should be done on farmer
owned lands is indicated by an esti-
mate made by foresters. At the
present rate of planting about 100
million forest Seeding a year. II
will take around 450 years to get
all of the needed forest paintings
made. Even if the paintings are
stepped up to 10 times the present
number it will take nearly so years
to make the paintings.
The chairman points out these
new tree paintings are needed for
the wood they will produce and al
so to anchor" the soil. They save
the soil for the production of wood
crops and they save the water for
cities and farmers. Now that tree
planting machines are becoming
available to more and more farm
ers, it is expected that there will be
increased planting of trees under
the agricultural conservation pro-
gram.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
Halifax for Better
Salaries for Clergy

LONDON -(P)- Lord Halifax
has appealed to the membership of
the Church of England for larger
contributions to boost clergy sal
aries to "a living wage"
In a message sent to the House
of Laity of the Church, Assembly,
the wartime ambassador to Wash
ingtOn, a lay leader, said postwar
living costs "ahd accentuated the
inadequacy of clery stipends to the
point Of crisis"
A church spokesman said pur-
pose of Lord Halifax's messafie
was to insure enough funds to raise
all ministers salaries to a mini
mum of 500 pounds $4,000 per
year.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
THERE'S A REASON

Labor leaders have lost most of
their power in Congress. Make up
your mind that strikes are already
being controlled by law. That law
is the Taft-Hartley Act. 1t has
force, because it is fair and square
to employers and employees and
it will render justice to wage earn
ers and their employers. That
statement has already been proven
and the probabilities are that
riOtOus and unnecessary strikes
have had their day. Higher wages.
higher prices and higher costs of
living are sisters under the skin"
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05

Green is regarded as a tranquil
color.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
Blasted His Own Fort

At the start Of the Mexican war,
Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny passed
Bents old fort between Pueblo,
Colo, and Lamar, Colo, on the
Arkansas river. The owner, William
Bent generously turned over his
fort to the army and never asked a
penny in payment. After the Mexi.
can war, the United States offered
to buy Bent's fort. The price offered
was so ridiculously low that Bent:
disgusted, blew the building to
pieces.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
BANKERS WATCHING
THEIR STEP

The American Bankers AssOcia-
tiOn has taken a sensible position
in refusing to gOose-step for the
Federal Government, which is still
overloaded with too many pOliti-
clans who have too much imagi-
natiOn-and little else besides.
Fully fifteen thousand banks
have carefully planned their own
drive on imitation, and their pro-
gram is to give credit to individ-
uals and to organizations who are
deserving of bank loans.
Put your bets on the banks.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
Au SeUen Women
liz Congress Are
Again Candidates
By JANE EADS


WASHINGTON = The seven Wo-
men members of Congress are toss
ing their bOnnets into the ring
again this election year.
Margaret Chase Smith, Republi-
can Of Maine, elected to the House
to complete her husbands un-ex-
pired term in June 1910, and re-
elected to succeeding congresses.
is out to capture a seat in the SEN
ate.
She is competing against Horace
A. Hildreth, the incumbent COVER
nor Of Maine; Sumner Sewell, a
former governor, and the Rev. AL
hiOn p. Beverage, in the Republi-
can primaries June 81.
*~
MARY NORTON of New Jersey.
dean Of women members of Con-
gress and the first to be elected 10
Congress by the Democratic Party,
says sne had wanted to withdraw
from politics and get back into So
cial welfare work.
But her supporters back home
wouldn't think of it, says Rep. Nor
ton, who has been in Congress,
since 1925 and is now the ranking
minority member of the House
Committee on Labor. She says she
guesses she'll stick it out for anO-
theF term if elected.
Mrs. Edith NOurse Rogers of L.o-
well, Mass, veteran woman men,
ber on the Republican side of the
House, says she's also running for
reelection and doesn't think she'll
ever give up. 81
She was elected to Congress in
June 80, 1925, to fill the vacancy
caused by her husbands death. Re-
elected to all succeeding congress
ses. she is chairman of the House
Veterans Affairs Committee.
FRANCES p. BOLTON, of Ohio,
elected in February 1910 to fill the
unexpired term Of her husband, and
thrice reelected, is a candidate for
denomination in the primaries
May 4.
Handsome Helen Gahagan Doug
las of Hollywood, now serving her
second term in Congress, expects
to enter the Democratic primaries
June /. Former stage and concert
star, she is the wife of screen actor
Melvyn Douglas.
Mrs. Georgia Lusk, Democrat,
New Mexico, first woman elected to
Congress from her state, will also
seek reelection. She is serving her
first term.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05

classified Ads get results.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
Holland Plans
Music Festival

AMSTERDAM -(P)- A musical
competition festival will take place
in Scheveningen, Holland, from
May 10 to 20 organized by the
Dutch Radio Philips. There are
three division: singing, violin, pia-
no.
Musicians from Is to 80 years old
may compete.
The judging committee compris-
es musicians Of IA nations and in
cludes Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan
Milstein, Georges Enesco, Sara
Scuderi, Leonard Bernstein, Mar
guerite Long, Sem Dresden Berthe
Screen and 10 Vincent.
Wood cells are long, thin tubes.
finer than a human hair.
Milford chronicle., 1948-03-05
Ha6 MANY RelaIiv,eo1I !

A l6-year-old COW in Denmark is
reported to have more than 100, 200
descendants. Most Of the descend
ants were q result Of artificial
breeding through sons and grand.
sons.
Evening star., 1948-11-07

Tw--1I-7-A
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Four Students
Finish High Work
At Summer Term

-Four students, two from Pas
cagoula and two from Moss
Point, will be eligible to receive
their high school diplomas when
summer school ends today, Fri
day.
The six-weeks course which
has been held at the Junior high
school in Pascagoula had an en-
rolment of 65 students, A in
high school and Fl in the junior
high division. A good many took
advance credit work and others
enrolled for review courses.
Those who completed the e
quirements for graduation are
Marlene Lavisa Kelly and Molly
Leola Thompson of Pascagoula
and Marjorie Pauline Clark and
Bert Thomas of Moss Point.
v. C.. Gill, principal of the Pas
cagcula high school, was in
charge.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Weddings

SINGAPORE (AP) = Malay
marriage customs may be due for
a streamlining. Such, at least is
the hope of the Sultan of Sc
langor. He is urging conservative
malays to adopt mass weddings.
in these days of progressive de-
velopment," he is quoted as say
ing, 1--WE want to do things in a
rapid, smart, efficient, attractive
and economical manner"
The Sultan has even offered
the use of one of his palaces for
mass weddings. The idea isn't
brand new in Malaga. During the
occupation a mass wedding was
attempted but failed because few
people were interested. Today,
though, according to a recent sur
vey of Malay public opinion, the
younger generation favor remov-
ing some of the gingerbread from
the traditional three-day-long
marriage ceremony, which, is pri-
marily Hindu in origin, although
the Malays r Muslims.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Miss Pelhum Hostess
AT Miscelluneous
Shower for Miss Greer

A lovely event Of Thursday
evening of last week was a mis-
cellaneous gift shower at which
Miss Jeannine Pelham was hos
tess at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Pelham, hon
oring Miss Nell Greer, whose
marriage to William Ralph Nc
Faul took place Sunday.
While the many beautiful gifts
were being opened by Miss Greer
the hostess was assisted by Mrs.
Pelham and Miss Thelma Pei
ham in serving ice cream and
cake.
The guest list included Mes
danes Bobby Witchen, Pol Ros,
c. o. Greer and r. II. McFaul
and Misses Greer, Betty Jean
Robinson, Frances Buckley,
Gloria Richards, Sara Shemper,
and Alma McFaul.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Miss Minnie Moe
Lennep Honoree
AT Surprise PdrtY

Among the prenuptial events
centering around Miss Minnie
Mae Lennep after the date of her
wedding to Stanch Dodds Doug
las was announced was a surprise
gift shower at which Misses Joan
and Ina Jean Walker were hos
tesses at the home of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. X. l.. Walker.
After a large number of friends
had assembled and had piled
their gifts high on the dining
table, Miss Lennep was sent for
and the lights turned on as she
entered, revealing to her surprise
a house filled with guests.
After the gifts had been OPP
ened and admired the hostesses
served punch and cake to about
40 guests.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Mrs. l.. n. Allen Cans Vegetables
From Tiny Doorstep Garden Plot

the only two factors Of her sue
cess that Mrs. Allen names and
adds that she likes to garden.
In addition to caring for her
doorstep garden, Mrs. Allen keeps
house, cooks for eight, does the
washing and ironing for the fami-
ly and tends to the flock of chick
ems in the back yard. She gaily
agrees that she spends a busy
day and that she likes it.
Out-of-town friends looking
for her domicile always recog-
nize it by the garden patch or
the flowers she usually has grow
ing. She has brilliant red cannas
on either side of the doorstep
now and a row Of red verbena
among the vegetables.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23

From a garden spot approxim-
ately 10 feet by 20 feet, Mrs. L.
II. Allen, l4l9 18th street, has
canned forty quarts Of tomatoes
and had fresh vegetables all
spring for a family of eight.
Mrs. Allen, who lives in an
apartment in the project, decided
early last spring that she want
ed a garden and the fact that the
only space available was between
the street and her front door did
not discourage her.
She spaded up what had been
q flower garden the previous
year and planted mustard, tur-
nips, radishes and squash. These
have been succeeded by six rows
Of tomatoes and two rows each
of snap beans and butter beans.
Where the squash had been are
now young plants of bush butter
beans.
Each of the other vegetables
as they quit bearing will be fol-
lowed by another crop, Mrs. AL
len plans. The tomatoes will be
followed by collards for the early
fall.
Mrs. Allen says she grew up on
q farm near Meridian. Maybe
that Is where she learned crop
rotation, but undoubtedly her
own energy and diligence had
something to do with the re-
markable yield OF this doorstep
garden.
From earliest spring 1t has fur
nished vegetables in abundance
for her daily menu and enough
20 give some to the neighbors.
Mrs. Allen can not stand for any
Of the vegetables TO go to waste
so she cans the surplus. In adj
dition to the tomatoes she has
three Jars Of hot pepper sauce
and some beans.
! Good Friday is the best day
for setting out plants" the farm
erette maintains and she always
plants by the full of the moon
or upon the advice of an almanac,
when she has one Plenty of fer
tilizer and careful watering are
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Disabled Soldiers
To Be Entertained
By Post Auxiliories

At the July meeting of the
Woman's auxiliary to the Pas
cagoula post of the American Le-
gion in Odd Fellows hall Mon
day at 7:30 D. m, it was voted
to join with the Woman's Auxil-
larry to the Elmer Joseph Grant
post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
in entertaining a group of SOL
diers who are inmates of the Vet
Grams Administration at Biloxi.
The group is to come at a date
in August.
About nine of the members
volunteered to go to the Admin
istration some time this week to
do mending and other sewing.
A detailed report of the recent
Legion convention was given by
the president, Miss Amelia Pick
EFT, who with other members,
Mesdames Louise Walker, j. F.
Pittman and Annie May repre-
scented the local auxiliary.
The meeting was presided over
by Miss Pickett, the recently in
stalled president.
The local Camp and Hospital
Service committee has been ask
ed to be responsible for two items
on the list of necessities compil-
ed for the entertainment of the
patients at the Veterans hospital
in Biloxi.
These two items are ingredi-
ents for punch for the monthly
birthday parties on the wards
and 35 prizes for games and par
ties not to exceed Is cents in
value.
Any organization, church group
or individuals interested in con-
tributing any of these items
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Mr.. WALKER succuMBs

l.. G.. Walker, ST., rs years old,
died at the home Of his brother,
+. A. Walker, in the Daisy YES
try community. Funeral services
were held from the Red Creek
Union Baptist church with the
Rev. Guy, pastor, officiating. Pail
bearers were his nephews. He is
survived by five brothers, Ray
of Pittsburgh, Calf, Kermit of
Austin, Tex, Inman, Clark and
L. G., Jr., of Houston, Texas; one
daughter, two sisters. Mrs. Media
Anderson of Tracy, Calf, and
Mrs. E. e. FURRY of Daisy YES
try; and one brother, F. A.
Walker.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23

week for Vidor, Tex, where she
will be employed and make her
home with her brother and sis
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Sonny"
Busby.
Mrs. Willis Deakle has return
ed to her home in Bayou La
Batre after a visit of several
weeks with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Bosarge
of Bayou la Batre are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l. Brooks and
family of Grand Bay spent last
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
ton Jones and enjoyed a fishing
trip.
Mrs. Ernest Denmark has re-
turned home from the hospital
after receiving treatment for an
eye infection.
Mr. and Mrs. E. o. Adams have
just returned home after a visit
in Spanaway, Wash, with their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry A. Long, Jr. While
there they also made a trip to
Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harrala
have returned from a business
trip to New York City.
The Women's Missionary Union
the First Baptist church met
Tuesday for a business and lunch
con meeting. Ten members were
present and one visitor and lunch
was served by Mesdames Harry
Wright, John Haarala, Buddy
and Helen Dunn.
Little sonny" Denmark is con-
fined to the hospital after suffer-
ing a fracture of both arms in a
fall from a tree.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
MAKES GOOD HUNTER

Moscow-AP-"Dawn of the
East" tells how a woman hunter,
Mauya Nytenbeut, returned from
a one-woman hunting trip into the
deep north tundra with the fol-
lowing which she herself had
killed and brought home:
Fourteen white polar bears.
Ten seals. Twelve polar fox.
Women entered the hunting
business during the war. Many
of them proved excellent shots
and hunters and remained in the
business.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Ten New Members
Installed At Purity
Lodge Meeting

Ten new members were init
ated into membership in the Pu-
rity lodge of the Rebekahs at a
meeting at Odd Fellows hall, July
Is at 7:30 p. m.
The chair was occupied by the
recently installed grand worthy
matron, Mrs. Mabel Upton. The
class, which was initiated with
impressive ceremony, was named
the Inez Wilkerson class in hon.
or of a valued member of the
lodge who received the honor of
being elected grand warden of
the state lodge at a recent meet
ing at Meridian. Mrs. Wilkerson