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Milford chronicle., 1949-07-08

year
The daily betting average for the
80 days this year was sS14.444. as
compared with last years average
of sS65.SS5, and the 1947 average of
$951.S26l
A holiday crowd of 20.552 saw
Mondays final day of racing. They
{ put a total of s1,166,5O6 through
pari-mutue1 machines.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
Our Faith" Subject
Al Program Meeting
Eostlown WSCS

@Our Faith was the subject
discussed at a program meeting
of the Woman's Society Of Chris
tan Service of Eastlawn Method
ist church Monday.
Mrs. N. W. Golf said the open
ing prayer. Discussion was led by
Mrs. f. B. Davis, assisted by Mrs.
Golf, whose theme was "The
Meaning of Faith" and Mrs. W
p. George who talked on God
of Our Faith" Mrs. Tanner dis
cussed "Our Faith in Salvation
and Mrs. j. E. Engel told of
Christian Way"
The program was closed with
a hymn followed by sentence
prayers.
Refreshments were served in
the educational building.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

come TO Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Bon
hanm and family who have moved
back into the Evergreen commu-
nifty
Mrs. c. c. McRae underwent
an operation in Hattiesburg Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Ramsay,
Gulfport, and Mr.. and Mrs. Yer
It's Ramsay, Paseagoula, visited
Mrs. N. w. Ramsay Sunday after
noon. Stewart Ramsay, son of the
Vertis Ramsays. remained for a
longer visit with his grandmother
Visitors in the cochran-Haven
home during the past week wee
Lamar Cochran, Pascagoula, Mr..
and Mrs. Luther Cameron, M.
and Mrs. Carroll Mobiles and
mother, all Of 5umerall.
Mrs. Lewis Tootle spent Thurs
day and Friday in New Orleans
visiting her son.
Mrs. w. G.. Hammond. Mobile,
was guest last week Of the ]. J.
Fletehers and the A. r. Fletchers.
Miss Joyce Groves, training at
Methodist hospital, Hattiesburg,
spent the weekend with her par
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Iron Tootle, Jen-
nings, La, were recent visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Tootle.
Mrs. Ray Ravens returned Sun
day from a weeks visit in Agri-
cola.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Faux went
to Pensacola Sunday to @ their
son who is hospitalized there.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. f. Ravens, Jr.,
left Sunday for a visit with rel
atives in Hattiesburg.
Returns Home
c. N. Catledge has returned to
Agricola after several weeks with
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

his daughter and her family.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Davis went
to Laurel where Mrs. Davis moth
er is critically i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Williams
Helena, and r. Hans were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Wilson
Sunday.
MI. and Mrs. Quinten Furry
are parents of a second daughter
in Biloxi hospital.
Miss Annette Cunningham
spent Sunday night with the
twin daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Welt Havens of Evergreen.
Miss Naomi Wo6dmap. Hatties-
burg, spent Thursday and Friday
with home folks.
Mrs. W. H. Westfall had as
callers Sunday her sister, Mrs
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
News From Voncleove 80.
Juniors and Seniors Attend Theafer
Party With Misses Dunn and Bond

Officers are: Alice Ruth Ran
dolph, president; Conrad Nal
lette, vice president; Ruby Nell
Mitchell, secretary; Billie Fay
Fletcher, treasurer; Donald Dan
iels, reporter.
The athletic association was or
ganized last week with 80 mem
bers. r. V. Walker. Jr., is presi-
dent: Katherine Tillman, vice
president Patsy Dees, secretary
treasurer. Planning committee for
the first month is Jimmie Nell
Mitchell, Zelma Bosarge, Wini-
fred Ravens, Kenneth Wilson and
Darnell Atwell.
The future homemakers elect
ed Betty j. Jennings president,
Patsy Dees. vice president; Iris
Ann Gamblin, secretary-treasuf-
er: Katherine Tillman, reporter.
There are about 40 members.
w. N. Murphy, Grenada, was
a weekend guest of his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. r. N. Murphy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Byrd,
Plymouth, N. II, visited here Sat
urday.
Miss Lizzie Ware was guest OF
Mrs. s. S. Wall in Ocean Springs
Saturday.
Chandler Ravens, New Orleans
visited his mother and sister, Mrs
Azeline Havens and Alyee Bour'
geois, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Boykin have
moved to Mobile.
Old Residents Back
Friends extend a hearty wei
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
BY winiired Ravens

A theater party at Biloxi was
enjoyed Wednesday night by the
juniors and seniors, sponsored by
Misses Catherine Dunn and Helen
Bond. Attending were Edmond
and Betty j. Jennings, Patsy
Dees, ice Hawley, Max Roberts,
Katherine Tillman, Evelyn Jen-
nings, Wilton Holden, Faye Carn-
ley, Leo Holden, Patty Joyce Will
son, Benton Gamblin, Jimmie Nell
Mitchell. Mosely Allen Mallette,
Winifred Ravens, Kenneth Will
son. r. v. WalAr, Jr., and Jim
my FURRY.
The library association enter
tanned teachers Friday night and
elected officers who are Laurin
Ware, president; Mrs. Q. II. Will
son, vice president; Mrs. T. L..
Murphy. Jr., corresponding sec
rotary, Mrs. Cliff Furry, treas
urer. The association voted to buy
three typewriters for the school
and to spend so cents for each
elementary school child for books
or supplies. Punch and cookies
were served.
Christ in Answer to Commit
nism' was subject of the WMU
meeting at the Baptist parsonage
Thursday. Mrs. w. A. Scott, Mrs,
L. E. Daniels and Mrs. j. w.
Murphy attended the association
al WMU meeting in Ocean Springs
Tuesday.
Class Officers
The first meeting of the 7th
and 9th grades was presided over
by Lynwood Johanson, chairman.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
Innocent BystaRders Safer
Losses and HdEdshiPs

There are about 5000 engineers. fremen;
conductors and trainmen IN the Missouri
Pacific. They are known as operating
employees, and are the most highly-paip OF
all employees on the nation's railroads, put
their strike action has resulted in the loss
of work to 22.500 other employees oftthe
Missouri Pacific. In addition, they have
imposed great inconvenience and hard
ship upon the public and the communities
served by that railroad.
iFFhe Railway Labor Act was designed
to protect the public against Just such Inc
terruptions of commerce.
Ifthese men will not comply with the provisions
of the Law for the settlement Of such disputes.
then. all thinking Americans must face the suese
ton, what is the next step?".
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

Obviously the railroads cannot be run
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
There is no Need for Strikes

With all of the available methods for the
interpretation of contracts, there is no
need for a strike or even a threat OF a
strike, but the leaders of these railroad
unions have ignored the ordinary pro-
cedures established by law and insist upon
imposing their own interpretations OF their
contracts by means of a strike.
The wheels have stopped rolling on the
Missouri Pacific. They may stop rolling
on other railroads at any time. Recently
the Wabash Railroad was forced to dis
continue operation for several days under
similar circumstances.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
BRITISH BOY SCOUTS
TO WEAR BERETS

London-(AP)-The Bow Scouts
Association has announced that
members over Is may wear be-
rets with their uniforms. Color
o. the berets will vary according
to rank. They will be used at
camps and on other informal oc-
casions.
The familiar broad-brimmed
Baden Powell hat will continue
to be regulation for ceremonial
activities. Berets also are stand
ard off duty headgear in the Brit
ish army, where they were made
popular during the war by Field
Marshal Viscount Montgomery.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
What are These Strikes About?

These strikes and strike threats are not
about wage rates or hours. They result
from disputes over the meaning OF exist
ing contracts. They cover claims for a full
DAYS pay for less than a days work, or 10
payments for services performed by others
who were fully paid for the work done.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

THE EADERs of the Brotherhood of
i Locomotive Engineers. Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and ~Enginemen,
Order of Railway Conductors, and the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad have refused to
avail themselves of the peaceful means
provided by this Act for settling their dis
putes. They insist that they be the sole
umpire of their own disputes over the
meaning of contracts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

Isabel Martin Ravens and Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Ravens, all Of
New Orleans.
Miss Bama Byrd. Biloxi, spent
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E..
Ravens.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
THOMAS COCHRAN
TO T HOME

Thomas Cochran, son of Mrs.
T. II. Cochran, Kreole, has noti-
fled his mother that he is soon
to fly home from Germany,
where he has been stationed with
the army.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

uyer twenty years ago, the Congress of the
United States passed the Railway Labor Act.
It was hailed by union leaders as a model
for the settlement of labor disputes.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
WHY THE
MISSOURI PACIFIC
STRIKE?
efficiently or economically if the leaders or
the unions ignore agreements or laws.

efficiently or economically if the leaders on
the unions ignore agreements or laws.
Provisions of the LaU Dkllch
are Disregarded
There are five ways under the Railway
Labor Act to settle disputes over the mean
ing of contracts: -
1-Decision by National Railroad Ad.
justment Board.
2-Decision by System Adjustment
Board for the specific railroad.
3-Decision by arbitration.
4-Decision by neutral referee:
5-Decision by courts.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad has been
and is entirely willing to have these dis
putes settled in accordance with the re-
quirements of the Railway Labor Act:
Regardless of this fact. the union leaders
have shut down that railroad. VI
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
President Tru1nan's Board
Condemns Strike

lICOtUCftC ttfftNHt DOWf~
Condemns Strike
There is an established legal method for
handling disputes involving existing writ
ten contracts-just as there is such a
method of settling any contract dispute
which you may have in your daily life.
The President of the United States APP
pointed a Fact Finding Board to investi-
gate and adjust the Missouri Pacific dis
pute. This Board reported. in part. as
follows:
LIT is with deep sense of regret that We
are obliged to report the failure OF our mis-
sion. 1t seems incOnee:yahle TO US that a
~coercive strike should occur on one ofthe
nations major transportation systems, with
ali of the losses and hardships that would
follow, in view Of the fact that the Railway
Labor Act provides an orderly, efficient and
complete remedy for the fair and jast set
element of the matters in dispute. Grieva
ances of the character here under discussion
are so NUMEROUS and o fsueh frequent occur
renee on all railroads that The general adop-'
ton OF the policy pursued by the oreaniza-
tons in this case would soon result in the
complete notification of the Railway Labor
Act. -.
Obviously the railroads cannot be run
Evening star., 1949-10-02

days Operation Vittles had sup
piled 100000 residents Of Berlin
with food. clothing and fuel which
otherwise would have been cut of
by the Russian blockade Of land
transportation into the city.
This unparalleled joint supply
operation" Mr.. johnson said,
"ha3 provided the armed services
an opportunity to demonstrate to
the American people and to the
world that military powe can be
a power for peace. Tile team
work exemplified by the Berlin
airlift is the most polent weapon
in the arsenal of democraey-one
which no regimented nation can
duplicate.
+, Air Secretary Symington, who
with Army Secretary Gray and
Navy Secretary Matthews also
sent congratulations to all three
services, likewise emphasized the
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Health Group TO Discuss
District Control Programs

Programs under way in the Dis
trict to control tuberculosis, can
Ger and heart disease will be dis
cussed in a joint meeting Of three
groups concerned with the dis
eases at 8 pm. tomorrow at Barker
Hall. Seventeenth and K streets
NV.
DR.. Charles E. Bish. board men,
ber of the District Tuberculosis
Association, will preside, and
speakers will include:
DR.. Bernard Walsh, heart spe-
cialist and director of the Dis
trict's rheumatic fever clinic; DR.
Peter D. Commanduras, medical
director of the American Cancer
Society's District division, and DR.
Robert j. Anderson, chief of the
Public Health Services division Of
tuberculosis control.
Robert A. Luke, assistant di-
rector Of adult education for the
National Education Association
will lead q discussion following the
talks.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
III. :. Defense Services
Receive Praise From
president on Air|ift
BY III Assoeiotsd Press

President Truman yesterday
congratulated the Army, Navy and
Air Force for their combined part
in supplying beleaguered Berlin
through "Operation Vittles."
In messages sent out to the
three services, Secretary Of De-
fense johnson said Mr.. Truman
asked him ito convey to you his
qualification at the successful
conclusion of the Berlin airlift. -
which ended at midnight Friday.
Mr.. johnson noted that for 462
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Ad Club to Hear EnqeI

The Advertising Club of Wash
ington will hear Louis Engel Of
Merrill Lynch. Pierce. Fenner and
Beane at its luncheon meeting at
1890 pm. Tuesday at the Hotel
| Statler,
Evening star., 1949-10-02

international implications of the
operation.
Mr.. Symington said:
1T was a practical demonstra-
ton of what It means to this Ma
ton to be able to use the air space
in pursuit of national diplomatic
aims. In the long view of history,
Operation Vittles will 60 down as
la powerful influence for the pre-
servation of peace during the past
year and q half"
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Railroads to Get Plaque
For HuuIinq Merci Train

A plaque from the French Merci
train will be presented to William
T. Farley, president Of the Asso-
citation of American Railroads, at
Ito: 80 a m. tomorrow in Mr.. Faricy's
Office in the Transportation Build
ing.
The plaque. to be presented by
Salvind o. Olson, chairman Of the
District Merci Train Committee,
will be accepted by Mr.. Farley on
behalf Of the Nations railroads
for the service they performed in
transporting cars Of the Merci
train throughout the country. The
train carried gifts which French
people sent the people Of America
as an expression Of gratitude for
the Friendship train.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

CHILD OF THE MONTH GRAND WINNER-Ths photograph
was adiudged hreeonth Child of the Month Club
contest sponsored by Harris Ewing Washington photogra-
piers The subject Cecilia Cowhg 5yearod daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs william Cowhig Adams Alexandria.
oil portrait to be painted by recognized
artist Judges Howard Mcrath wife of the Attor-
ney General art critic of The STAR
and John c. OBen president of the National Press Club
Harris 6z Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Bolton to Be Forge Speaker

Paul H. Bolton. executive vice
president of the National Associa-
ton of Wholesalers. will address
the National Capital Forge of the
American Public Relations Associ-
alton at 1915 pm. tomorrow In
the Sheraton Hotel.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-15

of other kinds of feed, to put so pounds on a
2%0O-pound hog than it does to add the same
weight to a heavier animal. To be specific
it takes As bushels of corn on the average
to fatten a hog from 200 to $50 pounds. To
add so pounds to a 2%25-pound hog requires
4.6 bushels. And it takes 4.8 bushels to make
a 3OO-pound hog out of a $50 FOUNDER.
Feed costs account for about four-fifths
of the total cost of fattening hogs. So if you
get a return of $1.25 for each 81 of feed you
put into a hog you just about break even if
market prices remain the same.
What it all boils down to is that a farmer
must estimate what his feed and other costs
will amount to in putting the additional
weight on his hogs. Then he must guess
what market prices are going to do in the
meantime. If the probability is that prices
are going to trend downward the extra
weight may be a losing proposition.
All of which merely confirms the wisdom
of the rural sage who once remarked, farm
in is a very interestin' but not always prof
table business"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-15
What Are Time and Weight t. a Hog?

HOW much weight does it pay to put on
- a hog? This is a question to which the
department of agriculture and several CO.
operating state experiment stations in the
cornbelt have been trying to find the an
swer As is the case with many other farm
problems much depends upon the individu-
al situation. But the experimental work
has developed some general conclusions
that may be helpful to the individual grow
err in deciding the most profitable procedure.
A farmer may be able to add another 40
or so pounds to the weight of his hogs by
keeping them on feed another month. The
question is whether the added value a
month later will be worth the additional
feed and other costs it takes to put on that
extra weight.
To arrive at the right answer the grower
must consider two things: () how much it
will cost to keep and feed a hog for one
month; and (2) how much the price of hogs
is likely to change in the meantime.
The experimental demonstrations show
that it takes less corn, and presumably less
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-15
The Editors Page
To Whom Do You Wish Your Land to Go?

HAVE you decided how you want to
IL transfer ownership of your land before
or after your death? Or do you wish to
have such transfer of ownership take place
in accordance with the state laws of descent
and distribution?
If you do not wish to leave the matter
to the formula of inheritance provided by
the law, you can do one of two things. You
can complete the transfer of your land
while you are still living, or you can set up
your plans for transfer in the form of a will
or otherwise to take effect after your death.
Most farmers have a distinct preference
as to how the ownership of their land shall
be handed down. But too many postpone
making definite arrangements to carry out
their desires. Then acute illness or sudden
death overtakes them and ownership is
transferred in line with the legal formula,
often times in an entirely different way
than was intended.
A survey recently conducted in a num-
Der of midwestern states revealed the fact
that only 3 percent of the owners reported
that they had completed transfers to the
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-15
A Tribute to the Holy Earth

the vanished oceans of forgotten day.
II think of ancient mountains, prehistoric
plains, and hosts of lowly creatures bred
and nourished there; of massive rocks that
held these tiny grains which from the dis
tant past their meager message bear.
"Despised earth, thy grimy blackness is a
shroud for struggling forms that pulsed and
persisted in the past, that man might tread
and till a soil with life endowed and garner
stores of wealth that centuries amassed.
"Holy earth, we pledge to use our heri-
tage and hold its conservation as a trust
sublime. Our husbandry will not condone
the sacrilege of wasting from thy fields the
precious gifts of time"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-15

next generation. About II percent stated
that they had made wills which provided
for the transfer of their land. An additional
5 percent said they had made other definite
plans for transferring ownership.
1t is clear therefore that only Is percent
of the landowners covered by this repre-
sentative study had transferred or made
definite plans for transfer of their land to
the next generation.
While some of the remaining IS percent
were perhaps entirely satisfied with the
state laws of distribution and descent as
meeting their individual wishes in the mat
ter, the probability is that most of those
who had made no definite arrangements
had just neglected to do so. They fully in
tend to look after the matter but just
haven't gotten around to it. Yet the draw
ing of a will or the preparation of the nee
essary papers for some other method of
transfer can be completed in a short time,
sometimes in less than an hour, by any
competent lawyer.
Better do it now. 1t may be later than
you think.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-15

WHILE most Future Farmers know of
W the late Erwin M. Tiffany as the
author of the FLA creed, fewer are familiar
with the fine philosophy expressed in the
short essay he once wrote, entitled The
Soil"
within my hand a bit of moist earth I
hold, fresh from the new-turned furrow.
AS I pause to rest, my idling fingers gently
press the fertile mold, whose mysteries
nave challenged long and earnest quest.
81 fain would know the story of these
grains of sand, the silent legends buried
with the silt and clay, and hear the rush of
phantom rivers through the land to meet
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-15
Straws in the Wind

Farmers of the United States contributed
rs, 668, 900 pounds of farm commodities to
the Christian Rural Overseas Program dur
ing the year ending June l, CROP officials
have announced. This total represents 1892
carloads of products with a value of $685.
600. The program will be continued for at
least one more year. The farm products
went to % European and Asiatic countries.
The Pace bill was reported favorably by
the house agriculture committee and is now
before congress for action. It embodies the
essence of the Brannan farm income sup
port plan. While most congressional OBJ
servers are Of the opinion that the bill will
not pass this session there is still a POSSIBLE
iy that an amended version of it may be.
enacted, providing for a trial run of the
plan with respect to two or three farm COM
modities. The measure has many politicians
guessing. They don't know what the popu-
lar reaction toward it will be in the cam
paign year of 1850.
Wheat producing areas west of the Missis-
sippi river have suffered little damage from
stem rust so far this season. Leaf rust, virus
diseases, black chaff, scab, glume blotch and
other diseases have caused some loss par
ticularly in Kansas but loss from stem rust
has been light. The barberry eradication
campaign is proving increasingly resultful
in controlling this disease, which formerly
took a heavy toll in the wheat region.
A flock of hybrid chickens developed at
the Beltsville experiment station in Mary
land is laying about 225 eggs per hen per
year compared with a lay of about 200 by
original parent stocks of White Leghorns
and Rhode Island Reds. This IS percent in
crease in production has been attained by
inbreeding followed by cross-breeding of
inbred lines that mick" or combine well.
There is little difference between a de-
preston and a recession to the man who
can't find a job.
II pays TO sell early on a falling market.
If you have a shorf-term mortgage of a
substantial amount, better try to have it
changed to a longer term. You can continue
to pay it off as rapidly as possible but the
longer term will be a big help if dry years
should come.
In abnormallY wet seasons land that was
Stubbled In, or where a poor job of summer
tillage was done, sometimes yields almost
as much as land that was handled properly.
1t is in the seasons of average or below nor
NAL rainfall that good farming pays off
most.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-07-15
Montana Farmer-Stockman

COVERS MONTANA N WYOMING
OFFICE: I2I 4th St. N. Great Falls. Montana.