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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14
Calvary WAS
Circles Meet AZ
Members Homes

The calendar of the Woman's
Missionary Society of Calvary
Baptist church was marked by
meetings OF its circles Monday
and Tuesday. The time was gwen
to Bible study.
JUANITA BYRD
The home of Mrs. c. NJ. DoSsett
was place of meeting for the cir
Gle Monday with Mrs, o. {. Tay-
Tor leading the devotional and
presiding over the business per-
iod, A study from Hebrews was
led by Mrs. A. l.. Lowe. There
were eight present including two
visitors.
CANINE CRANE
The circle met with its chair
man, Mrs. c. M. Colyille. 507 9th,
Tuesday with Is present. Follow
ing a discussion of business. Mrs.
w. ]. ellsworth directed study
from Matthew. Mrs. Ellsworth
will be hostess to the circle when
it meets Monday at her home at
3l3 Lafayette.
GLADY MILTON
There we're ten members pres
ent at the circle meeting in the
home of Mrs. Raymond Allen.
Tuesday. Devotional by Mrs. Al
len was followed by Bible study
under Mrs. Royce Coleman. Mrs.
&. l.. Bice. chairman, conducted
the business session. Mrs. Bice
will be hostess Tuesday at her
home. 707 10th.
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moss POINT.
Social Events
BY Alice colmer

Mark a ring around Thursday
on your calendar for that's the
date the Woman's club has set
for two benefit bridge parties,
one in the afternoon and a re-
peat game in the evening for
those who can't play in the after
noon. Club members are having
a busy week with Mesdames
Chester Lyons, Ralph Davis and
J. c. Avent acting as a commit
tee to serve refreshments at the
crippled children's clinic Friday
and another committee selling
corsages at the Tiger-Panther
game in the evening.
The regular club meeting will
be Tuesday evening when 10 new
members will be welcomed into
the club and no doubt find them
selves already appointed to some
active committee.
Someone asked young Mena
Colmer how she liked her new
sister the day after the baby ar
rived. Mena said: But l haven't
seen her yet. l can't see her un-
til I'm fourteen" Then she ex-
planned, 81 can't go in the hos
pital until I'm fourteen. How
ever, off the record, Mena did
go to the hospital and see her
through the window.
Another busy organization this
week was the WMU of First Bap-
fist church which was host Tues
day to the Baptist. association ano
served lunch to more than zoe
visiting delegates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbel Pendola
Tampa, Fla, were visitors il
town last week and. accompanied
by Mrs. Laura Mays, spent sew.
eral hours riding around noting
changes and familiar landmarks
Mr.. Pendola is a former resident.
Mrs. l.. K. Mcintosh, Miss Mar.
garet Mcintosh and Mrs. Laura
Mays spent last Thursday in Mo
bile.
Miss Joan Nelson left Saturday
for the University of Alabama
where she will be a member oi
the sophomore class.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Thomp-
son and daughter, Nancy, left
Saturday to return to Kingsport
Tenn, after spending d fortnight
here with Mrs, Thompson's par.
ents, DR.. and Mrs. r. c. Eley.
To Fort Sill
Sally and Maxwell Hawkins
Jr., returned to their home al
Fort Sill, Okla, Friday. They
were accompanied by their grand
mother, Mrs. Sally Hawkins and
DR.. and Mrs. James 7. Thompson
who will visit Lit. Col. and Mrs.
Hawkins for several days.
Tommie DeLashmet, son of Mr.
and Mrs. 7. l.. DeLashmet, Jr.,
celebrated his third birthday
Thursday afternoon. A group of
playmates joined him for a party.
MI. and Mrs. F. C. Clark and
daughter, Beth, Mobile. were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory
Wood for the weekend.
Mrs. Frank Spann and daugh-
ter, Sherry, and Mrs. F. G.. Spann,
were guests of Mrs. Spann's moth
er in Prentiss for the weekend.
Mrs. 7. L. DeLashmet spent
Thursday and Friday in Mobile
as guest of Mrs. w. G.. Broome.
Mrs. James Harvey and two
children, Jimmy and Chester, left
Saturday for Hillsboro, Ohio,
where they will join Mr.. Harvey
for residence. Mrs. Harvey and
young sons have been spending
the past several weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Lyons.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. L. DeLashmet
will go to Oxford next week
where Mr. DeLasbmet will adj
dress the school of Insurance En-
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CONSCIENCE CATCHES
UP AFTER SIX A

New York = CAP =. John Lit
tie, manager of a New YORK. hotel,
recently received a special de-
livery insured package without
a return address marked rush.
1t contained a complete place set
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Bible Study By
Calvary Circles
JIMMY FOSTER

The name Jimmy Foster will
again be on the records of the
WINS as the recently recognized
circle headed by Mrs. c. l.. Nc
Clellan has adopted it. Besides
Mrs. Mcclellan, who was re-elect-
cd, officers arc Mrs. j. l.. Van
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Lashmet and son, Tommie, left
Friday for Bay Springs to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Suthoff. before making the Ok
ford trip.
w. M. Alexander is visiting rel
atives in Bonham, Tex, and will
also visit Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Alexander in Springhill. La, and
the William Alexanders in Vicks-
burg before his return.
Attend Mobile Wedding
Miss Dora Cowan, Mrs. John
d. Lowe and MIR. and Mrs. Edwin
G. Lennep were among those at
tending the wedding of Miss May
Ellis, granddaughter of the late
Mrs. Mckay Cowan, in Mobile
last Thursday.
Misses Louise Hollingsworth
ard Janice King, Mrs. LA Carter
ana Francis Scott were among
those attending the Auburn-F Flor
ida game at Laid memorial sta
dunn in Mobile last Saturday.
Mrs. George Wood and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Wood we're visitors to
Biloxi last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Broussard
spent Sunday afternoon in Biloxi
as guests o. Mr.. and Mrs. John
bridges, former residents, who
recently moved to Biloxi.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McVeigh,
bonneville, Ala. were weekend
guests of Nj. and Mrs. Wannon
Suthoff. Juay McVeigh was guest
of Barbara Suthoff and Ann Bond
To Auburn Game
MI. and Mrs. Jack BuZard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Crabtree
drove to Mobile Saturday for the
Auburn-Florida game.
Mesdamess A. w. Head, K. w
Burnham and Lila Blumer, and
Misses Adah Head and Margaret
Colmer spent Wednesday in Mo-
bile.
John Cirlot Jr., spent last week
in Hattiesburg as guest of his
brother, Rupert, a student at Mis-
sissippi Southern. He was among
those attending Homecoming fes,
tivities Saturday.
Mrs. John Backstrom drove to
Jackson Friday to join Mr.. Back
strom who returned with her for
the weeked.
Guests of Mrs. John Cirlot Tues
day afternoon were Mrs. w. A
WEIGH, Biloxi, and Mesdames j
billiard, f. A. Thompson, f. A,
Fletcher and K. A. Parent of Gulf
port.
Alumni To Homecoming
A group of alumni attending
homecoming activities of their
alma mater at Mississippi South
ern last Saturday were Misses
Jeanne Patch, Marguerite We'll
born and June Watkins and Mrs.
Melissa Potter.
Three bus loads of high school
Tiger supporters followed the
team to New Orleans last riday
evening to e the Tiger-Nicholls
game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Rawls
and daughters, Judy and Jane,
Poplarville, were weekend guests
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ting for four packed in a cracker
box. The silver belonged to the
hotel. But it was of a type that
had not been used in six years.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14

Neon tubes comprised the light
source of television receivers in
the early experimental days.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14

young peoples sponsor: Mrs. Hem
ny Waters, community missions;
Mrs. j. A. Witchen. stewardship
and literature; Mrs. Ed Little,
coupons; Mrs. II. E. Parsley, Jr.,
program. Bible study was directed
by Mrs. Harrison. Mesdames Clara
Martin and Charles H.. Gray were
visitors.
BUSINESS WOMEN
A "royal service program was
conducted by Mrs, r. c, johnson
at a meeting at the home of Mrs.
Tom Thornhill with eight in at
tendance. Assisting were Mes
DANES j. T. Hill and Jewel
Reeves. Devotional was by Mrs.
George Lowell.
JOHN WATTS CIRCLE
The circle met with Mrs. Hal
Lee as hostess at her home on
River rd.. with nine present. Pre-
siding was Mrs. Calvin Bolding,
co-hostess with Mrs. G.. w. Hall
who was absent. Mrs, Lamar
| Alexander was welcomed as a
new member, Bible study was
directed by Mrs. Charles Mckay.
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t II HARRINGTON

The circle held its reorganiza-
ton meeting at the home of Mrs.
G.. A. Nelson. Elected were Mrs,
Nelson, chairman: Mrs. c. o. Kir-
by, co-chairman; Mrs. c. I. Lin
ton, secretary-treasurer, Mrs,
Bruner Lennep, mission study,
Mrs. H.. b. Harrison, Bible study;
Mrs. Lillian Busby, social and
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of Mrs. Rawls' parents, the Rev.
and Mrs. Hugh Castle.
Bobbie Fulton and Gwendolyn
Evsrett, representatives of the
senior Y-Teens and Ann Picker
ing and Mary Ann Koski, Junior
Y-Teen representatives, attended
a conference in Laurel this week
end. They were accompanied by
Miss Marguerite Welborn, senior
Y-Teen sponsor.
Luther w. Tanner spent several
days this week in Washington on
school affairs.
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0sdol, co-chairman: Mrs. Charles
A. Linton, northumberland;
Mrs. Il. l.. Smith. program; Mrs.
Alb Hooper. Bible study; Mrs. T.
B. Gallaspy. mission study. Mrs.
j. j. Wedgeworth, community
missions, literature chairman and
reporter; Mrs. f. d. Ellerman.
stewardship: Mrs. Alb Hooper,
young peoples sponsor; Mrs. Nc
Clellan, flowers; Mrs. II. 7. Gard
ner, coupons; Mrs. c. ]. Rutledge,
hospitality. There were nine pres
ent at the meeting this week at
the home of Mrs. Gardner. Five
chapters of Judges were discussed
by Mrs. Hooper. Prayers were
said by Mesdames Ellerman and
Eallaepv
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WoMAN'S
CLUB MEETS THURSDAY

The Pascagoula Woman's club
will meet in the Community Ac-
tiyities building on 18th street,
Thursday at 3 p. m. Subject will
be Guatemala. This is the sec
ond in a series dealing with Latin
America. Mrs. Robert ". Bowling,
New Orleans, will be guest
speaker.
Evening star., 1949-11-10

Jellefs-Neghgss
Shop-Fourth
Floor, r Street,
Also ; Shirlinoton,
Bethesda. A73
Conn. AUe. and
S5lper Spring
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Suspect, Held by FBI
In Fantastic SwindIes,
10 Be Anaigned Today
By the Associafed Press

s. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. Is
One of the Nations slickest con-
6dence men was arrested yester-
day masquerading as cook, the
FBI reported.
< Special Agent George D. King
kaid the FBI seized Dustean A.
Youngs, who was posing as a.
xooming- house cook under the
fame OF Bill Watkins.
I The FBI listed him Is one Of
the 10 most-wanted fugitives IN
the country. He is scheduled for
arraignment today before al
United States commissioner on|
charges of mail fraud.
Big Haul in Atlanta.
In Atlanta, Special Agent John!
Bills said Federal officers had been
searching the Nation for Youngs
for more than q year. Mr.. Bills
called him one of the most fam
tastic confidence men in the post
war era.
He estimated Youngs and a
partner had picked up between
$4,000 and 100000 during one
brief stay in Atlanta in late 1947.
They operated under the nrm
name of Farnsworth- -Silversmith
& Associates.
+ The pair established themselves
IL Atlanta and, using the Atlanta
Constitution as reference. set out
to sell advertisements for a city
directory, the agent continued.
After collecting the fees. they dis
appeared without publishing q di-
sectory, Mr.. Bills related.
Some fast and fancy check Jug
Cling brought the pair many more
thousands from banks from Win
ston-Salem, N. c., to Oklahoma,
the FBI added.
Used -Engined Plane.
Agent Bills and FBI records
told this story of the pairs money
making ventures:
Both Youngs, alias Roy Farms
worth, and his partner. Herbert
B. Silversmith. lived on q princely
scale. They used their own priv
ate, twin-engined plane for out
of-town trips. Sometimes they
hsnded out $40 tips for minor
services.
Silversmith and Youngs have
served time for fraud at Illinois
State Penitentiary at Joliet, Bills
said. In ls47, he added, Silver
smith was sentenced to five years |
for violation of the National
Stolen Property Act and for mail
fraud.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Truck Driver Is Held
In Staying Of Wife
Al fredericksburg
SpeeioI Dispatch 10 The Stor

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Aug
15.-A truck driver was being held
here today after his wife was
fatally shot in their apartment
Mrs. Mary Jane Deaton, "a, died
in a rescue squad ambulance
about 12:45 am. en- route to Mary
Washington Hospital. She suf-
fered shotgun wounds in the left
side near the heart and in the
left forearm.
Clyde Worth Deaton, 80, an
Army veteran, was arrested an
hour after the shooting when he
returned from his mother in laws
home. four blocks away, where
he had taken his daughter. 3, and
his son, 18 months. Police said
the children were asleep in the
apartment when the shooting oc-
Cured.
Deaton, who is being held with
out bond, told police that he and
his wife had quarreled.
Neighbors notified police after
they heard a noisy argument stop
with the firing of several shots. A
16-gauge shotgun was found in the
kitchen of the Deaton apartment,
police said.
Deaton told police he went to
the home of his wife's mother, Mrs.
Cecil Warren. after the shooting
He asked Mrs. Warren to care for
the older child and to send the
boy to Deaton's parents in North
Carolina.
Deaton is employed by the c. H.
Montgomery Fuel Co. here.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Connaughton Explains
Stand on Race Expert

John, n. Connaughton, president
6f the Federation Of Citizens AS
sociations, said today his criticism
OF the Interior Department for
bringing an outside racial expert,
DR.. Joseph D. Lohman, to the Dis
trict was made as a representative
Of the federation.
Mr.. Connaughton explained that
the letter sent to Interior Secre-
tary Krug last week did not repre-
sent the thought of q proposed
Citizens Inter-racial Committee.
Spokesmen for the II Negro citi-
zens invited to serve on the COM
mittee have denounced Mr.. Con-
naughton's criticism of DIR kDt7a
men as unauthorized, since the in
ter-racfal committee has never
met.
DR.. Lohman, a lecturer at the
University of Chicago, has been
here for a week at the invitation of
the Interior Department holding
seminars. aimed at solving some Of
the Districts race problems.
Mr.. Connaughton said his letter
to Mr.. Krug was in answer to one
MIR. Krug sent the federation. He
said the letter told Mr.. Krug the
citizens believed racial problems
could be best solved by local resi-
dents and suggested the Citizens
1nter-racial Committee be given a
chance to work.
Evening star., 1949-08-15

The Russian-bo wife of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's nephew to-
day became a naturalized Ameri-
can citizen in a ceremony at Dis
trict Court.
She is Mrs. Elena Paula Mac
Arthur, 29-year- -old wife of Bow
man Gala Macarthur. a
lawyer, who is a.. The oath was
administered by Judge Richmond
B. Keech.
Mr.. and Mrs. Macarthur live
at 1843 Mintwood place NV. Mrs.
Macarthur met her husband in
Shanghai while he was on duty
as an Army lieutenant. They were
married in "New,'York~. IL, -Jttne
1s47. -.
After the ceremony today Mrs.
Macarthur declared: II am sure
there is no other person in the
world as happy as I TAM" She said
she hopes to live up to great hon
or and privilege" of being an
American. She also declared she
was happy that she had been &C.
cepted by the Macarthur family.
Mrs. Macarthur was living in
Shanghai with her mother and
stepfather when she met her hus-
band. Her stepzfather was Admira
3: ". .Besouard, who served in the
Russian Cars Navy and during
the last war was on duty with the
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Teievision Is Termed
Sales Medium
In Commerce Report
BY the Associoted Press

The Commerce Department to-
day called television a sales me-
dium" destined to create new de-
sires and needs and help industry
move a far greater volume OF
goods than ever before
A department report entitled
"Television as an Advertising Me-
dium" said that as of July, rs tele-
vision stations we're operating
commercially, serving 43 markets
with a total population of about
57.700,000. The number of tele-
vision receiving sets was estimated
at 1,S56.600.
Permits have been granted for
contraction Of AZ additional sta
tions. Sixteen of them are ex-
pected to be completed this year.
Nevertheless, thee report said,
"tele0 e0sion coverage for 1949-51
will be metropolitan coverage with
little, If any rural coverage." !"
Service to rural communities is
expected ultimately through use
of satellite stations-stations that
pick up television broadcasts. from
a major station and automatically
retransmit the program locally"
it added.
In speaking of set production
the report voiced anticipation that
retail prices Of sets will continue
downward through 1949."
On programs, it said:
Drama and variety programs
are growing in popularity and
surveys indicate that certain of
these programs have been able
to draw from two to eight times
the audience of competing night
baseball games in New York. even
during a closely contested league
race. 80"
Recent ratings show films in
fourth or fifth position following
variety, drama. sports and audi
ence participation programs. The
major reason for the decline in
film popularity has been the poor
quality of the films telecast.
1T is the opinion Of many
critics that the major weaknesses
in television broadcasting are
news and music programs.
with but few exceptions, tele-
vision news programs rank below
that of radio, while music pro-
grams will require improved pre-
sentation techniques If they are
I to be successful"
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Girl Hurt in SoftbaII Game
Dies Despite Blood Gifts
By the Assoeiofed Press

PEEKSKILL, N. Y. Aug. 15.-
A 13-year -old Peekskill girl, whose
brain was injured in a girls soft
ball game, died last night after
more than 100 persons had ral-
lied to a radio appeal for blood
donors.
The victim, Carol Valentino, was
struck on the head by a foul tip
July 20 while catching for her
team. She collapsed a few minutes
later, and had been In and out of
hospitals since then.
An operation at Grasslands Hos
pital here last Friday disclosed
that vein deep in her brain was
ruptured.
Radio station WILMA here put
out an appeal for the grl as she
lay in a coma in an iron lung
yesterday at Grasslands Hospital.
Two transfusions were given, but
the girl never regained conscious
ness.
She was the daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas j. Valentino.
Evening star., 1949-08-15

British. He was killed when the
ship was sunk shortly after Pearl
Harbor.
Accompanying Mrs. Macarthur
to court were her husband. her
mother. Mrs. Besouard. who is
staying here with them, and Mr..
MacArthur's mother. Mrs. Arthur
Macarthur. 2129 Florida avenue
NV.
Three other women became ma
turalized citizens at today's cere-
mony. Each of their husbands
is scheduled to go on duty in
foreign service soon. The others
naturalized were:
Mrs. Mona Gay Wint, q, of
The Bellevue Hotel. whose husband
is Charles James Wint. a clerk in
the Foreign Service Division of
The State Department. Mrs. Wint
was British. She and her hus-
band were married in England
last May.
Mrs. Ethel G. Barnett, SO, of
Baltimore, an Australian by birth
She was married to Frank Edward
Barnett March !, 1945. He Is a
chief warrant officer in the Army.
Mrs. Lidia E. Stoss, Is, an
Italian by birth. She was mar
ried in August, 1916, to Helmut w.
Stoss. Her husband is a master
sergeant. Their home Is in
Alexandria,
Evening star., 1949-08-15
Electric Charge Burns Teacher
As Lamp on Stove Door Falls

Mrs. Ruth B. Becker, 38, a
teacher at the Leland Junior High
School. Bethesda, suffered first
degree burns on her hands and
an elbow yesterday when an elec-
trio lamp fell over and sent an
electric charge through the gas
stove which she was cleaning.
The quick-thinking of q Is
year-old Bethesda girl, a visitor
at her home, saved her from more
serious injury.
Mrs. Becker had placed a small
lamp on the open door of the
stove in her home at 1882 Cordell
avenue, Bethesda. When the lamp
Evening star., 1949-08-15

fell, 1t sent a charge through the
stove, and Mrs. Becker could not
release her grip until Ethel Grey
the visitor, pulled the lamps plug
from the wall socket.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad took Mrs. Becker to
Suburban Hospital, where she was
treated for burns and shock. She
was admitted to the hospital,
where her condition today was re-
ported as not serious.
She is the wife of Harry Becker,
an official with the United Auto
Workers insurance division. They
have three children. Ethel Grey
lives at 1918 Cordell avenue.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
TRANSMISSION Fails 10 Save
Baby in Ri Blood Case

A 3-day-old infant suffering
from an Rh factor reaction died
yesterday at Garfield Hospital,
despite doctors efforts to save his
life by replacing the child's blood
shortly after his birth Thursday.
The TRANSMISSION was made to re-
place blood cells which were being
destroyed by antibodies from the
mothers Rh negative blood, set
into production by Rh positive
genes in the infants body. The
mothers blood, doctors said. ap-
parently was made sensitive to the
Rh positive factor as the result Of
a blood TRANSMISSION several years
ago.
The child was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. William A. Crowell. 2021
North Twenty first street, Arling-
ton, Va.
Evening star., 1949-08-15
| Mrs. Virginia Aa| Rites
Ito Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Vir-
ginia Porter Aal. 80. Washington
resident for many years who died
Friday after a long illness, will be
held at 2:30 pm. tomorrow at
Charlottesville. Va.
She formerly lived at 1925 Bilt-
more street NJ w.
Her husband, Siegfried I. Aal.
who died here in 1922, was stat
jstician with the Railway Admin
istration.
Mrs. Aal was born In Charlottes-
vile at the old family home. Ken
wood" once a part Of the Thomas
Jefferson estate. Monticello" In
the mid-193os the home was sold
to the late Maj. Gen. Edwin M.
Pa) Watson. military aide to
Roosevelt.
Mrs. Aal was the daughter Of
the late John Warren and Helen
Mar Stoddard Porter. She was
graduated from Piedmont Insti-
tute and took postgraduate work
at Columbia University.
Her sister, Mrs. Grace Porter
Hopkins. who died in 1e47. was
a White House correspondent
from 1905 until her retirement
during President Roosevelt's third
term. She also was a prominent
clubwoman here and one of the
founders of the Women's Nation
nj Press Club.
Another sister, Mrs. Jesse Por-
ter Wood, was a well-known gen.
ealogist who served the Library of
Congress for SO years. She died
in 1941.
Surviving Mrs. Aal are her
daughter, Mrs. Cary Wolcott
Sheard; a grandson. Gerald War;
rem Sheard, and a sister. Miss
Genevieve L. Porter, all Of Wash
ington.