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Cost Of Living
Continued From First Page.)

39.1 per cent above the June. 1916
level.
Food prices advanced during
the month in IS of the 56 cities
surveyed, There were declines in
10. while food prices were un-
changed on the average two cities
New York and Newark.
BIS said the food price changes
in general followed the usual sea-
sonal trends.
Slight Increase Here.
The index for. Washington was
166 on August Is. The area was
not surveyed for all items in July,
and the last check made, as of
May is. showed the index at
1853, an increase of about 4 per
cent over April. Cost of living
for the entire period showed q
smaller increase in the May-Au-
gust period.
Washington's food index Au-
gust Is was 203.5, indicating an
increase in prices Of about is
per cent over the previous month.
The cost of fuel, electricity and
refrigeration here rose IL per
cent from July to August Is.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
RESORTS.
LAKE WORTH, FLA.
GULF STREAM HOTEL

Lake Worth, Florida
Opens November 18th. Closes May LIST
Can accept reservation for arrival
In November for unlimited stay.
Write for information and literature.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
DC. Budget
Continued From First Page.)

linger operating quarters, $50, ,479
for equipping the quarters, $40, 900
for plans and specifications for a
new Administration and Poly
clinic building that will cost no
more than 100000; $4,000 for
an outside stairwell at the Sur
gical building; $21 800 for an ele-
vator at the Surgical Building
$21, 200 for an elevator at the
storeroom, $21, 900 for an elevator
at the north building, Psychiatric
Group. and $2.875 for repairs to
the boiler house chimney.
The new buildings sought for
internes and to house the admin
istration staff and the polyclinic
were requested for the first time
today, according to DR.. Philip
A. e. Stebbing, superintendent OF
the hospital.
Tentative plans for the new
clinic building call for q large
medical clinic, which wifi be the
foundation Of a long g-needed ex-
pansion Of out-patient facilities,
officials said. f'>
Meanwhile, the request did not
include plans for a new psychiatric
building, urged in previous re-
quests.
348 New Nurses.
OF the 632 new jobs requested
for Gallinger, 348 are nurses posi-
tions. Hospital officials stressed
these are needed more to meet
drastic current needs than for
expanded activities.
DR.. Stebbing said the hospital is
prepared to show exactly how the
request was arrived at. Actually,
he said, the increases represent
minimum needs Tor safety, which
still fall short OF the number rec
commended by national nursing
groups"
Citing the need for improving
Gallinger's X-ray department, Of
ficials said the American Medical
Association has warned it could
mot be recognized for resident
training without improvement. To
build the service, the hospital
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Cost Rise q Factor.

The increase set down for pub
lie assistance, it was explained, is
attributable to the fact that the
budget standard in use for per-
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100000 annually and three {
them could draw $4,000.
COMPROMISE or Nothing.

Compromise or Nothing.
With the exception of the Pres
ident's assistants, no official could
get more than a so per cent in
crease in his present pay under
the proposed compromise.
OF the. compromise Senator
Lucas said: 1T is either take
that or nothing at ALL"
The military pay bill, speeded
through the House by a voice
vote, probably will be signed by
Mr.. Truman this week. It will
give pay boosts retroactive to Oc-
tober to military personnel from
major general down to private.
In addition to the passage of
the measure giving pay increases
to VA medical personnel, the
Senate yesterday also passed and
sent to the White House another
bill affecting pay of members of
the Armed Services. This will per-
nit them to draw up to three
months pay in advance when
they are transferred from one
permanent station to another.
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Pay
Continued From First Page.)

by giving special treatment to one
group Of Federal employees.
Provisions of Measure.
| The measure, as finally ap-
proved, would:
l. Provide a fat raise of $50
a year for all employees, plus hour
ly increases for workers hired on
a part-time or hourly basis.
2. Give automatic increases
based on length of service and q
raise from $4,000 to $4,000 a year
IN the starting pay of regular
postal employees.
3. Give postal employees 20 in
stead Of the present Is days OF
annual leave.
4. Provide $100-a-year allow
ance for postal employees required
to wear uniforms.
700 Million Deficit Seen.
While there was little spoken
opposition to the measure, there
were scattered demands during
the debate for increases in postal
rates to help Offset an expected
postal deficit.
Mr.. Murray estimated that If
the bill becomes law this deficit
will amount to about $700, ,00D, 900
He said he would bring to q vote
soon a bill designed to raise $685.
100000 more in postal revenues
by increasing existing rates.
The Senate faced a fight over
the controversial bill requested by
President Truman for. increasing
the pay of top Government of1i-
cials.
Ferguson Leads Move.
Senator Ferguson, Republican,
|of Michigan brought up the econ
omy issue by offering as an amend
ment a proposal to direct Mr..
Truman to cut Federal spending
from 5 to 10 per cent
This was the PROPOSAL offered
Originally by Senator Mcclellan,
Democrat. Of Arkansas to other
money bills. But it was defeated.
since 1t required a two-thirds vote
by the Senate rules prevailing at
the time the other bills were being
considered.
Senator Ferguson needs only
q majority to tack it on to the
pending bill.
Senate Majority Leader Lucas,
who has opposed the suggested
amendment as being a cowardly
act that would direct the President
to cut the budget instead of the
lawmakers doing it themselves,
said he plans to continue his op-
position. But he would not predict
the outcome of the Ferguson move.
Lucas Accepts Compromise.
Senator Lucas already had
agreed to accept a compromise
version Of this pay bill in hopes
of getting Senate action soon.
The compromise. offered by Sena-
tor Mcfarland. Democrat, of Ari-
Zona would boost the salaries of
Cabinet officers from $4,000 to
$22 500 auually. The Senate Civil
Service Committee had proposed
an increase to $25, 900.
The compromise also would
hold the pay Of most agency
heads to $4,000 annually. How
ever. Mr.. Truman would be al
lowed to pay two of his assistants
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asked $16,905 for one radiologist
three technicians and a secretary
To bolster the anesthesia serv
ice. which has come under heav,
criticism, the hospital asked $26.
TIC for five anesthetists, one hea,
nurse, one nursing assistant ant
two f1rst-year unclassified residen
doctors.
$8,074,000 for GaIIfnger.
A total of $8.074,00o would b,
devoted to Gallinger, while tn.
remaining $2.809, 900 of the 1851
estimate would go to Glenn Dale
This compares with hast year,
$5. $4,000 for Gallinger anc
81, 934,884 for Glenn Dale.
More than half Of the 80 new
positions sought for Glenn Dale
would be hospital attendants. The
city heads also were asked to ap-
prove $464, 900 for construction al
the tuberculosis center. This
money would be spent as follows;
$4,000 for third apartment
dwelling for medical officers, $10,.
900 for furnishing the apartment
house being built this year. $685..
900 for construction of a ware.
house, $4,000 for construction of 9
utility shop and $4,000 for com.
pletion of the central radio sys.
tenn.
At Gallinger it is proposed tx
spend $6,637 900 for running ex-
penses-$2, SGT 900 more than wa.
estimated for the current year
It would be spent as follows: $780,.
318 for administration, $780,.
400 for dietary services, 47,49t
for. housekeeping, $168.575 for tn.
laboratory, $145.573 for the laun.
dry. $601 ,285 for maintenance ane
utilities, $101,572 for nursing edu.
cation. $2.727,8 ,891 for nursing serv.
ice, $1,187.315 for treatment serv.
ice and $134,571 for X-ray.
Gallinger expects to disburss
81. 1852 of the $685.. 900 fol
salaries alone-an increase o1
$1,819,466 over current wages.
Recruiting Improved.
The budget document advised
the Commissioners that Gallinger
in fiscal 1850, will have given
400, 900 days of hospital care with
a personnel Of 1900. These en-
ployes are doing the work fol
which 1890 positions have been
provided, hospital officials said
but the recruiting is showing i'm.
provement in all categories, ex.
cept student nurses, where the
majority Of vacancies exists.
DR.. Stebbing revealed there hal
been developed a program o1
eventual needs in nursing ser.
vice, based on a study of the re.
quired hours of nursing care pc,
patient per day and each nursing
unit and special service in the
hospital.
Recognizing that accomplish
ment of this program could not
be possible within the forthcomins
fiscal year because Of recruiting
difficulty and budgetary limita.
tion," the Commissioners were
told. "there has been developed 9
presented "a list) Of those posi-.
tions necessary as a step towarc
fulfilling this eventual program
List Makes Comparison.
Here is the list, showing the
types Of nurse. how many now
are on hand, how many are re-
quested for the next fiscal year
and how many the hospital feels
1t will need eventually to-. elm
mate present sub-staHdard con-
ditions:
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Boil Gets Ship Post

Joseph H. Ball, former Republi.
can Senator from Minnesota, yes.
terday vas appointed vice presi.
dent Of the Association Of Ameri-
can Ship owners. He will be ir
charge Of the associations Wash.
ington Office.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

sons receiving welfare aid is on q
1916 cost level-471a cents per per-
son per day for food. The Wei
fare Board has been compelled to
reduce this BY an arbitrary IL per
cent and the 1851 budget esti-
mates attempt to restore this
reduction.
Here is how the Welfare De-
partment handled public as
sistance payments in the current
year and how it proposes to do So
in the next fiscal period.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

United States mining opera
tions use approximately 260. .000,-
900 cubic feet Of timber annually.
Evening star., 1949-09-28

The estimates Tor the eight pro-
tective institutions also show q
general increase in financial needs,
but the Temporary Home for Sol
diers. Sailors and Marines, for
which $28,98Q was spent in the
current year. has been dropped
from the budget. It will be the
responsibility of the Federal Gov
ernment from now on.
Table for Institutions.
Here is table of the protective
institutions 1850 expenditures and
their estimated needs for 1851:
Evening star., 1949-05-12
Three Youths Admit
Series OF Robberies

A crime wave" launched by
three far ranging teen-aged
youths ended at 4:30 am. today
when Policeman Vernon Reynolds
and William B. Whitlock Of the
Second Precinct arrested them at
Eighth and N Streets INV.
The policemen. cruising In a
radio patrol van, became sus-
picious when they saw the youths,
all colored. carrying three identi-
cal leatherette bags. Inside each
bag were three electric razors. pen
and pencil sets and toilet articles.
The youths. according to the
policemen, said they had obtained
the loot earlier ia the night from
a Peoples Drug Store at Nichols
avenue and Portland Street Sc.
which they entered by saving bars
on a rear window. The youths
said they had tried In vain TO
open the drug store safe.
Questioned about a social Sc
curity card and other papers In
their possession, the youths said
they had obtained them In q
yoke" robbery of a man at Ninth
and WI Streets NV. Police had
not received a report Of such a
robbery.
The youths also admitted two
other housebreakings which have
not yet been reported, police said.
Evening star., 1949-05-12
Six Reported Beaten
By Hooded Men at
tennessee Church
Nv the A.soe;ossd Press

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. May
i2-Police were investigating to-
day the reported blackjacking Of
six men and youths at church
near here by a group Of robed and
hooded men.
The victims, three of them teen
ayers, told Sheriff Frank Burns
they were beaten at a church in
Dolly Pond. Is miles from here.
Saturday night. They said their
attackers wore Ku Klux Klan
hoods and robes.
The six Identified themselves as
I'D Allison, SO; his son, L. z. ALI
son, %, and Charles Beaver. 40,
all sawmill workers; Tom Fergu-
son, 10: his brother. Leondas. Il.
and Henry Blair, IS.
Seven FIoggings Reported.
Seven violent hoggings and
whippings by masked and hooded
men have been reported since
February in the mountain area
surrounding Chattanooga.
Only two days ago a sheriff.
three deputies and another man
were indicted by a grand jury in
the fogging of seven Chattanooga
Negroes at Hooker. Ca, about 20
miles south Of here.
The latest victims said they had
Just arrived at the Little Holiness
Church noted in past years for
snake handling ceremonies. Serv-
ices had begun when the masked
men appeared.
The victims gave this account:
The hooded intruders walked
around the church twice. firing
shots into the air, and then
marched into the building. They
ordered Mr.. Blair. the Ferguson
brothers and several younger boys
TO come outside. Then they beat
them with the blackjacks.
Men Taken From Truck.
One of the hooded men finally
protested. Leave the little boys
alone" he said. The beating
stopped and the youths were
marched back inside.
Then the men left the church
and stopped a truck in which the
two Allisons and Mr.. Beaver were
riding.
One Of the masked men accused
MIR. Beaver Of mot looking after
his family properly"
The three men said they were
then ordered from the truck and
severely beaten.
Evening star., 1949-05-12
ECA to Invite. 10 Britons
For Trade Union Study
By the k,,oeioted Press

The Economic Cooperation
Administration will finance a visit
by 10 or II young British labor
officials to study American trade
union engineering" activities.
The group, ECA said today, will
inspect plants where engineers
hired by American textile, auto
mobile and other union survey
lighting, safety appliances and
problems Of productivity. 1
Administrator Paul G. Hoffman
has asked the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union to "lend''
the services of William Gomberg
one Of its officials. to Britain to
help organize the project.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-13
AN EXPLANATION

Due to circumstances beyond
our control three pictures which
we're to have appeared in this
issue of the paper have not re-
turned from the engraver. The
pictures were of Claiborne Koch,
new commander of the American
Legion; Mrs. Azaline Ravens who
broadcast on the VIEW radio pro-
gram. and a group of Gold Star
mothers of the county. We are
sorry and we are disappointed
also.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-13
Auto Accident
Injuries Fatal
To Mrs. Nixon

Mrs. Marie Beckham Mixson,
native and life long resident of
Pascagoula and Moss Point. died
Sunday morning at Foundation
hospital in New Orleans as the
result of head injuries suffered in
an automobile accident a week
earlier at Biloxi. She was the
wife of Frank Mixson. mill man
ager of the Moss Point mill of
the international Paper Co. and
the mother of five small daugh-
tiers.
Mrs. Mixson was taken from
the Biloxi hospital. where she
had been under treatment since
the accident. Thursday to the
New Orleans institution to I'M
dergo surgery. Rendered uncon-
sciouS in the accident which drove
her through the glass of the car
window. Mrs. Mixson never re-
gained consciousness.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday from Fails Funeral
chapel at 9;45 a. m. with requiem
mass at 10 o'clock at Our Lady
Of Victories Church. of which she
was a member. The Rev. Gregory
Johnson said the mass and the
Right Rev. Msgr. P. j. Carey was
in charge of the services at the
funeral home and the cemetery.
Pail bearers were E. A. Khayat,
Forrest Crabtree, J. c. Paul. Ralph
Hollister, Charles Armistead ano
Tom Dantzler. Honorary pail
bearers were DR.. w. ]. Weather
ford, DR.. J. N. Lockard, Rex
Moore and Dr.. Ed Fendly.
Mrs. Mixson was born in Pas
cagouls and spent her girlhood
here. Since her marriage she and
Mr.. Mixson have lived in Moss
Point neal the paper mill. She
was past president of the Ed Mayo
Parent Teacher Association. pres
ident-elect of the Moss Point
Woman's club and a member of
the Altar Society of Moss Point.
She was a member of the Wom-
ems Golf club of the Pascagoula
Country club.
Survivors are her husband; five
daughters, Msrilyn, Elizabeth.
Brynda, Lynda and Judy: and
her father, Thomas Beckham of
Mobile.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-13
Patriotic Theme
Al Music Festival
And Dedication

Several hundred boys and girls
joined together Tuesday night
to give added impressiveness to
dedication services for the War
Memorial stadium which were
combined with the fifth annual
Music Festival by the music de-
partment of the Paseagouia
schools.
A clear. warm night with a
moon shining over the brightly
lighted field brought several
thousand spectators into the
stands to witness the program.
The white-garbed children. wear
ing red. white and blue military
paper hats with a white pom pom
were massed on bleachers in the
center of the stadium while in
the background and dominating
the scene was a large electric
American flag, made by the stu
dents of the vocational depart
ment Of the high school.
The high school band in their
blue and red uniforms added
color to the gathering. Both the
senior and junior high school
bands, under the direction of c.,
F. Pat Rooney. took part.
The students performed in
school groups, singing a cappella
to the direction of the particular
public school music teacher on
the faculty OF that school.
Guest speaker for the evening
who gave the dedieatory address
was Captain Robert ]. Biasiolli.
a chaplain of the Army Air Force
stationed at Keesler Field. He
was introduced BY Superintend-
ent T. R. Wells.
Captain BiaSioili in the open
ing phases Of his brief and ex-
eellently delivered talk referred
to Americas four freedoms point
ing cut that they are a com
posite Of the ten command
ments He paid tribute to all
the men who had fought in the
World Wars with especially men
tion Of those who had paid the
supreme sacrifice of their lives.
American liberty is the result
of a constant struggle against
Continued on Page g.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-13
Man Drowned AS
Current Swept u
Boat Under Barge

c. r. Red" Davidson, % years
old. Pascagoula, was drowned
Wednesday afternoon when a
small launch. disabled by motor
trouble. was swept beneath a
coal barge by the swift current
of the Pascagoula River. His body
was recovered at 11:45 a. m.
Thursday.
His two companions escaped
with their lives when Kenneth
Hester. 20. caught onto the front
fender of the barge and H. H.
Slade. 20, both of Pascagoula,
floated to safety on a life preserv-
er. The tragedy occurred about
4.45 p. m.
The young men had gone on a
grabbing trip but had turned to-
ward home after the inboard mo-
tor broke down. Armed with the
only paddle. Davidson was in
the bow of the boat padding to-
ward home down the West bank
of the river when the craft was
swept under the rake of a. coal
barge anchored alongside a
dredge at the old site of the Wal
lace Quinn Fisheries.
The launch swamped when it
was swept under the barge. car
rying Davidson beneath the sur
face and under the barge.
Unable To Drag
The dredge crew swung the
barge out into the river but due
to the current it was impossible
to do any dragging, according to
those who went to the scene to
offer assistance. and only hand
graphing hooks could be welded
over the side of the barge.
The Coast Guard was sum-
moned and searched for the body
until about 10 o'clock Wednesday
night. Several individuals were
continuing the search Thursday.
The depth of the water at the
spot when the accident occurred
was estimated at 80 feet.
Davidson was born in Frisco
City, Ala, and had come to Moss
Point nine years ago where he
attended thu Moss Point schools.
He is survived by his widow;
his parents, MI. and Mrs. C. r.
Davidson of Frisco City: M
brother. j. J. Davidson, Frisco
City: four sisters, Mesdames A. 3.
Sudduth, Frisco City. Johy jay,
Uriah. Ala. w. L. Cochran. Pas
cagoula and X. C.. Mcleod, ST.,
Kreole.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-13
Annual Flower
And Vegetable
Show On May II

The choice products from the
gardens of the members of the
Jackson County Home Demon
stration clubs will be on exhibit
on Tuesday. Nav n, at the 18th
Street auditorium in the annual
Flower and Vegetable show.
The exhibits will be limited to
club members only and will be
divided into individual and club
displays. The following regula-
tons are announced by Miss Vela
Mckinley. Home Demonstration
agent.
All exhibits must be in place
and ready for judging by 1880
a. m. and shall not be removed
until $3.50 o. m. Each exhibit must
be labeled and on the reverse side
Of the label the name of the club
member and the club should ap-
pear.
Vegetables will be Judged both
OF quality and variety in the club
exhibits. Individual basket ex-
hibits will be based on quality
and the vegetables in the basket
are limited to 10 in number which
must be from the individuals own
garden.
Vegetable which may be put
on display are beans, tomatoes,
squash. turnips. cucumbers. rad
ishes. carrots. c%auliflower. d
many others which are in season.
The flower display will be di-
vided into club displays. speci-
men flowers and individual ex-
hibits of arrangements.
The following points will be
taken into consideration for judg-
ing the arrangements, perfection
and beauty of flower; relation of
flowers to container: color and
harmony of bouquet; proportion
of scale of flowers to containers
and placing of individual flowers.
The specimen blooms will be
Judged on the basis of condition;
quality; substance and texture;
color and intensity.
r. o. Monosmith, specialist from
the extension department at State
college. is expected to be one of
the judges.
The public is cordially invited
to the show and a door prize. a
basket of choice vegetables, will
be given.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-13

from May to September last year
and two weeks ago he was laid
off again.
Over a pile of regrets" from
charitable foundations and funds
the country over. Mrs. Mcdonald
this week acknowledged that she
is at her ropes end and that un-
less help ZONES like mama from
heaven" they have little chance
of saving their child's life.
Story Of Disappointmenis"
From the moment that Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcdonald realized their lit
tie boy was a blue" baby when
he was only a few months old,
the story of their efforts to save
his life is a recital of disappoint-
ments. stark fear, tireless trips
from doctor to doctor and a
budget of deprivation to dedi-
cate every penny to keeping their
boy alive.
In New Orleans where they
first consulted a specialist and
then took him through a clinic
they received no encouragement.
Doctors believed little could be
done for the infant. They told
his mother the only thing she
could do was to keep him from
learning to walk and from crying.
This was a poser. Mrs. Melon
aid remembers. grimly. When he
couldn't walk. he cried. He was
developing just like any other
little boy and he wanted to tod
die around. But Mrs. Mcdonald
would not give up. She kept him
as quiet as possible and when
they went to New Orleans to see
the doctor or visit a clinic she
kept him still and entertained
Joyce between the finish of the
visit to the doctor and traintime
IA period of about five hours
riding them on a street car be-
cause she had no place to go.
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