davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-20
Truman Hopes for World "Peace Without War;

Continued from Page One) it's attempt to force other nations into it's pattern"
 MT. Truman flew here to ad- dress the diamond jubilee Shrine conVocation, and made it an occa- sion for a major speech on for eign policy.
 He pledged this nation to con- tinue its great crusade for peace" with action along two lines:
 l. Maintaining a strong and sta ble American economy "as the primary source of strength of the free world" He said i've must . make all our plans, private and public, in such a way as to give Us more jobs and more output"
 ?. Take steps to insure that the hard-Won economic recovery of other free nations does not re- vert to stagnation and despair.
 One of the most foolish things we could do right now" MT Tru- man said, ''Would be to slash our appropriations for European re- CoVery If we did that, we would be deliberately throwing away gains for peace and freedom that he have painfully made. Only the communists would profit if we took such a short-sighted course. ;.
 MT Truman'S address was broadcast by major networks and was short-Waved around tn e world.
 Not once in his prepared text did he mention Russia by name. But he filled it with repeated clear references to the men in the Kremlin.
 The President said that those "Who rule by arbitrary power" in other nations do not understand the slow processes by which the United States foreign policy is formed and do not realize "the strength behind it.
 T. is strong, he said, because American foreign policy decisions are the decisions of the people and no, of the government alone.
 That was true of the decision to back the United Nations and to launch the European recovery program, MT. Truman said.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-20
BULLETIN

JUNEAU, DPJ-The Territorial board of administration 'unfroze' SIO,0OO yesterday to pay interest on money borrowed by various school boards which had run be- hind expenses during the 1947-48 bIennium.
 Still frozen is S5,5OO,OOO which has been aIIocated, but for which there is no money on hand. necessary to use dogteams over the shore ice.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-20
Air Transport Crashes Into Houses; Kills Six

 exploded, injuring four city fire men.
 Cutting of power lines threw the area into darkness, broken by the eerie sputtering and flashing of the dangerously dangling wires.
 The GAG was a tWo-engine 50-passenger transport of a type used widely during he war for troop and cargo carriers. The 50-passenger plane crashed seconds aftre it took off from Boe- ing Field in a nOn-scheduled flight to Chicago.
 Amos E. Heacock, Air Transport Associates, Inc, president and a passenger on the plane, said both engines checked out 'Without a sputter" at the end of the runway.
 But soon after we got into the air one motor began sputtering and the pilot evidently thought it | best to continue. A few seconds i later he pulled back on the throt- tie, apparently intending to land, " Heacock said.
 Then he perceived almost i'm mediately that he could not land and pulled throttle again, contin- uing to climb with a sputtering engine"
 Another witness said the right motor of the plane sputtered, then cut out The plane failed in its climb and began clipping the tops Of utility poles.
 Power lines and telephone wires were clipped, plunging the area into darkness and disrupting com munications.
 Its wide wings cutting sWaths through frame houses, the plane ripped through five Georgetown homes. It buried its nose in one structure.
 About two minutes later it eX- 1 ploded.
 During that short interval, pas sengers jumped or were thrown from the tail of the plane which had been sheared off in the crash
 HeacOck said he personally checked all seats of the plane and all passengers had gotten out be- fore the blast The airline presi- dent said he found his wife, acting as stewardess, struggling with her head between two seats and threw her "bodily' off the plane.
 "Then I went through the pi- lots cOmparment, which was torn off the craft. I found two pilots struggling and third pilot ap- parently dazed or unconscious.
 All three were entangled in safety belts and Wreckage. One man, James Adams, the co-pilot, was pleading with me to get him out pulled the wreckage off him and picked him up and threw him ! clear of the flames"
 Two hundred national guards men formed lines to hold back a crowd of thousands engandered by writhing electric wires. Flames were visible for miles.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-20

OAKLAND, Calf. (P)-Anthony H. Gjessing, injured survivor of the Air Transport Associates plane crash in Seattle last night, was making his first flight with the company, his wife Jelinek said today.
 Mrs. Gjessing said Seattle hospital informed her that her husband suffered severe burns on the hands, face and neck, but was in satisfactory" condition early today.
 Gjessing, she said, was making his first flight with the. company in the navigator's seat to study the company's route to New York.
 He previously had been flying for Alaska Airlines to points in Japan and Asia, she said.
, 1949-09-28
LESSO in
by w. L. Gordon
Words Often Misused

Say, 81 spoke to Mrs. Brown" "a
mere salutation), or, Il wish to
speak to Mrs. Brown" Ito COM
municate a fact(, but, 81 wish to
speak with Mrs. Brown" to con-
verse;.
Often Mispronounced
Poor. Pronounce the 90 as in
book, not pore. .
Often Misspelled
Convalescence; observe the SC.
Synonyms
Disposition, temperament, tenn
per, character.
Word Study
SUBTLE; characterized by cum
ming; artful. pronounce sut'l, u
as in up). "He spoke with a sub
tie insolence."
, 1949-09-28

4 H CLUB PROGRAM

III CLCB PROCRAM
1T IS GOOD to know that Messers Harmon and Nealy|
OF the Experiment Station plan to initiate a All club program
throughout the schools of St. Croix. Such a program, Drorer-
" carried out, with all its advantages and in the fullest form,
should Grove highly valuable to the future life of this Island
It is a program, SO far as we understand it, which is intended
to train children of school age into the basic principles of
home making and farm management. Through clubs which
meet weekly, students get an opportunity to elect their own
officers and conduct programs, under faculty supervision.
Then they embark upon projects designed to give training,
experience and encouragement to members of these clubs.
ASTIME GOES ON pupils get an appreciation for things
about the home and the farm. They know and realize how
important these institutions are, having been exposed to their
functions. A All club, for example, may put on a canning
project in which individual members of the group are assigned
specific jobs for which they are responsible. In rural schools
the All club might take over a garden project, and under
careful and competent supervision, plan the garden, grow the
vegetables, and even market them. Not only will the boys and
girls drop the seeds in the ground, but they will know that
in planning the garden they also plan for a balanced diet.
They will get ready for insect and pest control, and plan a
system of rotation which makes possible the most efficient
use of the garden space.
THIS TYPE OF training on the school level is what this
island has always needed. Throughout the United States the
state governments and the Federal government spend literal
ly millions Of dollars in helping to train rural pupils to have
a better understanding and deeper appreciation for the four
Hs-head, heart, hand and home. By the time these students
complete their secondary education they are ready to decide
with better understanding which way they want to 90. Not
50 here. Our pupils through years have not had the oppor-
~tmity to see rural life in its more advantageous aspects, and
think of agriculture and things rural in general as almost ne
cessary evils, though agriculture is the basic industry of Saint
Croix, and whether we become, economically independent
will in turn be determined by our success in that particular
line. 1t can be seen, therefore, that All clubs have a place in
in the educational pattern for St. Croix.
WE OFFER OUR fullest support to such a program.
, 1949-09-28
LOOK and LEARN
by A. C. Gordon

l. What is the worlds most valu
able autograph?
2. Which are the two largest
state capital cities in the u. S.?
3. Whose name appears last on
the list of credits at the begin
ming of every motion picture?
4. In which state is situated the
largest known mass of pure iron
in the world?
5. What are the first and last
Books of the Bible?
ANSWERS on back page)
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
Polio Case Reported In PoscueouIu;
Emergency Drive Seeks Contributions

A three-year-old girl was
stricken with pollomyelitis last
Thursday. Paseagoula's first vic
tim of the paralysis this year.
II is the second case reported
in Jackson county in l949.
According to physicians. tn e
child has a mild form of the dis
ease and reports from the clinic
in Vicksburg where she was tax
en- Immediately on diagnosis in
dictate that her recovery will he
complete.
All precautions have been tax
en- in regard to this case, said DR..
Andrew Hedmeg, acting health
director. The school age brother
of the child has been quaran-
tined. The family had taken a
trip into Texas, a polio epidemic
area, a few weeks ago, DR.. He'd
meg said.
As this little girl and the eoun-
tvs other case, a small boy from
Ocean Springs, were being treat
ed in the states polio clinic. an
urgent appeal was voiced by Dr..
p. A. Thompson for contributions
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16

nations second lovliest. she was
presented a $4,000 scholarship
and a golden trophy about two
feet high. With this sum added
to the $1,000 scholarship she was
awarded by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce Of Oxford when she
Won the title Miss Mississippi,
she plans to finish at Ole Miss
where she will be a junior this
year and probably do some grad
uate work in her major. speech
correction.
She IS a voice student at the
university, where she is also
studying dramaties. For her tai
ent addition IN the Miss America
contest she gave a dramatic read
ing Of "Hager''. Everyone ex-
pressed surprise at my diction.s
she said, they expected 10 hear q
Southern drawl."
In recounting her tour through
the North when she represented
the stale as Miss Hospitality al
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
Historical Marker
Will Be Erected
For Sponish Fort

A marker pointing out Spanish
Fort as an outstanding historical
spot is ready for delivery, DR.. r.
A. McLemore of the state histor-
zeal commission has notified
Thomas r. Wells, superintendent
of Pascagoula schools.
The marker will be erected as
a project of the vocational trade
program of the public schools. A
formal program will be arranged
with civic and patriotic organi-
cations invited TO take part.
The marker will be placed at
the corner of Magnolia and Live
Oak with the inscription, old
Spanish Fort-Erected in 1921 by
the French as a protection against
the Indians and the Spanish y
II Is the Oldest Building in the
Mississippi River Valley One
Mile North"
The inscription was developed
by the school children of Pasea-
goula, wording being selected by
the commission as the best com
posite of all the wording sub
mitted. The information has been
verified by historians.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
Accord Reached
On Ocean Springs
School Board Row

The controversy owe S. S.
Walls position as superintendent
of Ocean Springs schools appear
ed temporarily settled this week
with the withdrawal Monday
night by the school board of a
request for his resignation.
George Arndt, president of the
Board. said the motion to with
draw the request was made by
Gus Nelson and seconded by Mrs.
Orwin Scharr who, with Bryant
Bilbo, voted for the motion, A
negative vote was cast by Der
nard Van Court. The president
does not vote except in case of
tie.
Mr.. Wall also withdrew his Of
fer to resign on February | or AZ
such time as he found another
job, Mr.. Arndt said.
The. situation grew out of the
report of an auditor that the
school lunch room and athletic
funds were impossible" to check
for correctness and that appar-
emily no other records were avail
able for such verification.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
Weekend Fights
Land Two Men
In County Hospital

Two men were treated at jack
son County hospital over tn e
weekend for injuries suffered in
fights in Pascagoula, Chief of
Police (. f. Blakeney reported.
Charges We're filed against their
attackers.
Douglas Johnson received Sc
we're knife decorations of the face
allegedly at the hands of Herman
Thomas who was later released
on $500 bond to await hearing in
city court today on charges of
assault with a knife, Chief Blak-
eney said. The fight Occurred Sat
urday night,
Ella McRayon was charged with
an assault on Nord w. Figures
Sunday night when she is said 10
have shot the man. inflicting a
flesh wound of the leg. Hearing
was set for Monday, and the
woman was released under $3.50
bond.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
Pick Those Dollar
Off Your Pine Trees

Who said dollars don't grow
on trees?
They do, if the trees are slash,
loblplly and long leaf pines.
j. S. Therrell. forester for the
Mississippi State extension
service. announced Thursday
that farmers viii get $3.50 a
bushel for slash and lohlollv
cones and Is cents for longleaf
when they turn them in to the
state forest service.
Take cones from trees lust
before the seeds are she'd. Their
rell said. County agents and
local rangers ear give exact
dates FOR your part of sthe
county.
Easy way to collect cones is
to follow logging operations if
there IS a sawmill nearby. If
not, use long handled pruning
shears.
Purchased cones are dried,
the seed extracted and put into
cold storage for the winter.
Seed then is used al nurseries
from which seedlings are avail
able To farmers.
Therrell suggested cone gath
ering as an easy way for All
clubs to raise money through
contests to see which can gath
er the most.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16

to the current emergency fund
drive waged by the National
Foundation of I~nfantile Paralysis.
He is county chairman of the or
g~anization. The drive has been
extended through Sept. 80.
Spent $500 Monthly
Prior to the new case of paral-
ysis, 5000 a month was being
spent in Jackson county for treat
ment and equipment for victims
of the disease, DR.. Thompson said.
and this expenditure will be in
creased with the addition of the
new case. The county chapter has
only enough funds to carry on for
two or three months more. Eight
more cases were reported in the
state, bringing the total to 248.
National funds were almost
completely wiped out by the cpl
demic this year, which is still
raging, and the emergency drive
is being waged on a nationwide
scale. Treatment of polio in the
United States is costing 500, 900
a day.
Continued on Page a
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
S11.482 Contract
Let On St. Martin
Vocational Shop

Contract for construction of the
40 by 90-foot vocational building
at st. Martin school was let We'd
nesday to Mizell Bros. Pasca-
goula. after the three low bidders
of last Saturday submitted adj
justed bids.
MiZell's bid of Sll,482 was low
e. than those submitted by Wal
ley CONSTRUCTION Co., Richton.
$l1.860, and BY w. J. ellsworth.
P~ascagoula. 2,495,
Nine Bids were received Sat
urday in the office of A. F. Me
gehee, superintendent of county
schools. They ran from a low OF
$l2.794 to a high of $4,000.
New bids from the three low
bidders were asked when all bids
ran too high in the opinion oi
officials.
Megehee said Thursday that
work will begin Immediately or
the building, a vocational shot
training structure. The state
building fund will contribute
$4,000 toward the cost.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
County Funds In
Healthy State
Auditor Reports

Jackson county closed the l948
fiscal year in rather a healthy
state Of condition. Milton M
Batson, director, said following
an audit of the county books by
the state department of audit.
The figures are carried in full
in this issue of the Chronicle Star
and Advertiser. They cover the
fiscal year ending September 80,
l948.
Revenue receipts from all
sources amounted TO ST. 1888 .578.22
for the period. the audit showed,
and operating costs amounted to
1907, 694.55, exclusive of depre-
citation charges, giving an excess
of 1925, 883.67 in revenues over
operating costs.
Compared 10 the previous year
:his excess represents an increase
of ~s3e.0ee.3f. Total re-
ceipts. however. exceeded those
of tho previous year by sl44.
7s2.5s. and total operating costs
showed an increase of SIos.663.7s.
s'The accompanying statement
of funds, assets and liabilities
showed that the county closed the
years operation with rather a
healthy state OF conditions" Mr..
Batson said. He pointed out that
ali funds showed a net increase
of $45i ,075.47 in assets for the
period.
The condensed statement OF the
eounty's bonded debt showed the
issuance of 1881, 900 of new
bonds and the redemption of old
bonds in the amount of 1921 900
for an increase in bonded debt
of 81 100000.
This debt. amounting to S2,237.-
600 at the close OF the 1913 fiscal
year. represents approximately
10 per cent of the total assessed
valuation OF all properties.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
Willium F. Mcleod
Coins Promotion
ON P-MP Bunk Stoff

William F. Mcleod, assistant
cashier of the Pascagoula- Moss
Point Bank. has been appointed
officer in charge Of the Moss
Point office.
Mr.. Mcleod, a native of Van
cleave, graduated from Moss
Point High school in 1890. He
holds a B. S. degree from Missis-
State, which he earned IN
1887.
After college MI. Mcleod was
employed by the c. l. 7, Corpora
ton in Memphis. He resided with
his uncle and aunt, the late Con-
gresham Hubert F. Fisher and
Mrs. Fisher.
In 1910, Mr.. Mcleod moved up
as one Of the managers for the
General Exchange Insurance Cor
poration at Memphis. In April,
1941, he was called into the army
in which he served two years in
Europe. He was released from ac-
tive duty in 1876. with the rank
of major.
MI. Mcleod is married to the
former Miss Clara Eley, daugh-
ter of DR., and Mrs. R. c. Eley of
Moss Point. He is a member of
the Moss Point Rotary club, the
Officers Reserve Corps and the
Presbyterian church of Moss
Point.
Mr.. Mcleod replaces Mr.. John
w. Baekstrom, who has returned
to the state bank examining de
partment.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
Corrective Speech
Courses Are Slotted

An extension course for teach
and parents in corrective
speech will be offered here under
the auspices of Mississippi South
ern college beginning Monday,
members of the county depart
ment of education personnel an
nounced.
DR.. WEIGH, speech expert who
came from Mississippi State Col
lege for Women last summer to
join the faculty of Mississippi
Southern, will teach the curse.
Glasses will meet each Mon
day at 4:30 p. m. at the court
house and will continue for three
months. Teachers may earn UNI
undergraduate credits.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
Ignorance No Excuse
At Moss Point HIGH

No longer will the excuse, II
didn't know" and Nobody told
me-, be valid for students of
Moss Point High with the dis
tribution of handbooks to stu
dents and faculty members spe-
officially setting forth rules and
regulations of the school.
Every phase of the schools
program and extra-curricular
activities is clearly and concise
ly set forth and students are
urged to add a careful perusal
of the Blue Book" to their
schedules.
This is the first time Official
handbooks have been issued to
high school students. 1t is hoped
that the information supplied
in the bulletin will be of mate
rial assistance, school officials
stated.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
100000 Is
Added Onto
Really Rolls
Posc ogoul Tax
Assessment Now
Over S8.O00.000

Pascagoula realty assessment
rolls will show an approximate
$1,000. 900 increase for the l949-
so fiscal year, opening of the
rolls for inspection revealed.
At the same time. it was indi-
Gated that the city tax levy will
be reduced three and a half mills,
falling from last years II IL
mills to IA mills for the coming
year.
Total assessment, exclusive of
public utilities, for the l948-49
fiscal year was So, 769 .425, while
the l949-50 assessment will run
in excess of SO. 000. 900.
The increase was arrived at
through a virtually uniform in
crease of one-third in land values
and an individual reappraise-
ment of building and improve.
ments.
Personal property rolls will re-
main about the same as last
years.
The assessments will become
final Tuesday following a meet
ing of the board of mayor and
couneilmen to consider any pro-
tests filed with the city against
individual assessments.
No final figure on total assess
ments will be available until
after protests have been acted on
and assessment figures made fin
al. V. P. DeJean. city finance COM
missioner said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16

Everyone has been so won.'
derful to me-" she said in COM
meniing on her tour of the Mid
West and East as Miss Hospital
itY. e" and I only hope my friends
are not disappointed that I
didn't win"
She didn't win, but she was
runnerup to Miss America of
1919 in the contest last week at
Atlantic City.
Il was the dark horse in the
contest Mss Wright said. Each
Of the other four finalists had al
ready won a trophy, but | had SO
many friends pulling for me that
It made me happy
In describing the black morie
taifeta evening gown that she
wore in the finals. Katherine al
ded. I'm sure IT helped me win.
You know It was a gift from for
mer Governor and Mrs. Hugh
White"
$4,000 Scholarship
In addition to her new title, the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-16
5000 Baby Pines
Ready For Each
Former In County

Each farmer and landowner in
Jackson county is eligible to re-
ceive 5000 free pine seedlings for
reforestation, A. j. Franklin,
county agent. announced Thurs
day.
Only charge to farmers is IS
cents a thousand to cover ship
ping costs. This fee must be paid
at the time application is made.
Blanks may be gotten from
Franklin OF L. o. Strange, soil
conservationist.
Franklin announced also that
the Pascagoula-Moss Point bank
has bought two tree-planters
Zone for each side of the riverl
which may be used free of charge
by county farmers. The planters
are now on exhibit IN the vacant
lot north Of the bank in Moss
Point.
Demonstrations of the planters
are now being arranged for each
side of the river, Franklin added.
Farmers wanting more than
5000 seedlings may buy them for
S3.35 a thousand delivered. The
planters will be available for this
work also, Franklin said.
Recommended for restocking be-
cause of its rapid growth is the
slash variety of pine. Franklin
urges that applications be made
out Immediately.