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Evening star., 1949-04-20
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souIheAS; part Of the stale hF~
Iirtlng b, totally without Satrr
and vegetation When Serieas eN-
plorers came this wAy they found
the goIng rough and painful over
the loose pebbles and sharp edged
rocks q! long cooled lava
Their compensation sAs In ths
strange beauties Of The ~aStelAnd,
with It's tall cones painted IN
desert blues. reds, browns and
black, It's natural hfldges Of
frozen lava, and lis tunnels and
caves decorated with fantastic
stalaetites and stalagmiIes The
early explorers. too soon dlsSo,-
cred that crater land had It's own
bird and plant variety. that water
Was available in deep volcanic pits,
cTaters and cave pools
5 In 1924 the United states Gov
ernment set aside "a square miles
OF the region as the Craters al the
Moon National Monument Later
the area vas enlAFEed Ia so square
miles II contains more volcanic
features than are found ln com
parable space anywhere In the
United States. as we'll as the coun-
trys latest example Of assure
eruption
Near Green Lands.
Geologlsts conjecture that the
fiery forces that cracked open the
earth and threw up the boiling
lava and rocks may have been
active for thousands OF years and
that the latest violence may have
occurred only few centuries agn,
| Today irrigation water from the
/ Snake River, which rims the lava
country. has turned much OF Tho
/ nearby desert into green ard
fertile farmland Modern dams.
canals and hydroelectrie power
have helped settle the valley
through which the pioneers once
hurried on their way 70 California
/ goldfields and Oregon humesites.
! Pocatello and Idaho Falls~~on
the river about 10 and s5 miles.
respectively. from Arco--ars
Idahos second and third largest
cities, However. Areo itself. whers
IL is reported some 5000 construc-
ton workers will soon be on the
Job. is y small community, with
population at the 1910 census nf
less than 800 The nearest settle
ment. Mackay. Is about 30 miles 10
the northwest, inside the Lost
River Range
Scientists In the East Puniab
are trying 10 produce camphor
from an indian plant, "Tulsi
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09

Several thousand children trooped back into Jackson
county school rooms this week, but there are vacancies in
the ranks. More than $50 children were unable to start
school, or will have to drop out as soon as the weather gets
cool, because of lack of clothes. These are the figures in
the records of the jackson county welfare department.
There will undoubtedly be others as the winter progresses.
Unemployment figures have taken a sharp rise during
the past year with an average of three months of no work
for the breadwinners of scores Of families. Many of these
have never had to appeal for help before.
The majority of the children need complete outfits.
Some can be prepared for school by the addition of shoes
or some other single item to their wardrobe, but the fact
remains that never has there been such a crying need for
clothes.
A campaign,s March to School," was waged last year
by the Chronicle-Star and Advertiser and the Young Wo-
mems Business Club which adopted the clothing of needy
children as a project. Scores of children were clothed and
kept id school through this campaign. The Jackson coun-
ty department of public welfare co-operated in the drive
and received and distributed second hand clothes but these
were all given away last year and more are being sought
now.
Wearable clothing is needed. No child should be
branded as needy by being forced to wear clothing too
shabby for the original owner to want. But outgrown ar
ticles are badly needed. That coat that kept your child
warm la4 winter can keep some needy child warm this
year.
The welfare department is receiving clothes which
will be distributed on srequest. The county chapter of the
Red Cross has announced that clothes will be received at
that office and distributed. Both offices are located in the
Chamber Of Commerce building.
The YWBC will again take the clothing of children as
a major project and already plans are underway to increase
the fund almost entirely expended last year. Miss Polly
Mcclure hasabeen named chairman of the March to
School" committee. M 81.
Cash donations as well as clothes are sought. Cloth
ing for boys from six to IL is particularly needed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
Tn New Chompeen!

For the past year the Russians have been issuing per-
iodic statements claiming that they invented this, solved
that, perfected this, discovered that other. We learn that
the people we had all along thought invented such things
as the telephone, cigarette lighter, wireless, submarine,
blowtorch. airplane, self-smearing lipstick, etc, were just
late Corners to the field. Actually, say the Sovs, little
known Russians had invented all these things years before
our chaps. They can prove it. Look, 1t says right here in
these recently discovered plans and specifications we Rus
slams have drawn up, er, pardon, discovered.
Now we see the Russians are claiming more world rec
ords in sports than any other nation. A. Apollonov thes
got a handsome name. anyway chairman of the physical
culture committee for the council of ministers" says that
Russian athletes have already this year established l6
new world records.
Then he comes to this bloomer: I'm capitalistic coun-
tries" says Apolonov, sport is the privilege of bourgeois
youth. Moral degradation, the spirit of commerce and
profit, frenzied competition, racial Observation-Disclosures is
what characterizeS bourgeois sports"
Let's take a look at some of those words: moral de-
gradation'@a meaningless statement when used without
supporting facts. Our organized sports have allowed much
of our youth to avoid moral degradation by keeping busy
and away from sordid activities.
"The spirit of commerce and profit'-This charge prob
ably is aimed at our professional athletes. Well, every
exceptional performer expects to be paid for his work, even
in Russia. Over here our professionals are paid in hard
cash. In Russia, we can safely assume, the pay off is not
money. If you can broad jump, then brother get out there
and leap for the good ole USSR. And you'd better be good:
for no feat, no eat.
'"Frenzied competition 2How's that again? What's
wrong with frenzed competition? If the Russians hold
all those world records they certainly didn't establish them
through casual, calm, lackadasical competition.
Racial diserimination"-On this point we can concede
the Sovs a near bullseYe. We have discrimination. yet
some of our greatest athletes have been Negroes. Jesse
Owens. the finest track athlete ever to live. was a Negro.
Joe Louis ranks with our two or three great prize fighters.
Jim Thorpe. an Indian. was given the opportunity to prove
himself perhaps the greatest all-around athlete the world
has seen. Since 1882 our Olympic track teams that beat
the world. including the Russians. have been made up pre-
dominatelY of Negroes. In the past two years. six or seven
Negroes have appeared as members of major league base
ball teams. We have Disseminated. yes. but we're doing a
lot better lately and will continue to improve.
"The privilege of bourgeois youth"-By the word
"bourgeois," the communist means the middle class, the
chief oppressor of the proletariat, the worker. Well, let's
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
VenereaI Diseases

enid and conversely a syphi-
htlc child may have a healthy
ia.her' lag
sCongenital syphilis can be en-.
tirely removed as one of the
great dangers of childbirth BY
two simple methods. These are
the regular blood test as part
OF any examinations of expect
ant mothers and treatment of
the mother when necessary.
Syphilis in babies is much
more severe and has a more
profound effect on the body
than a comparative case of
syphilis in an adult because the
body of the baby has not devel-
oped enough at that age to fight
off the infection to a great X
tent. AS a result of this condi-
ton. the baby is more likely to
have LESSONS or sores over the
body, especially on the rectal
and facial areas, and the child
usually is stricken much harder
by the disease. Treatment of a
syphilitic infant is a matter of
actual preservation of life and
not just a case of curing a dis
ease because of the high death
rate of babies born with syp-
Ills.
Observations of treatment of
syphilitic infants on a large
scale show that babies can
readily be cured of syphilis if
treated adequately soon enough.
Cor some startling informa-
ton about syphilis, be sure to
read the following article in
this series which will be print
ed next week in this paper)
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
You're
Telling Me!
BY William Ritz
Central Press Writer

A Partisan, annoyed by the
heat wave, DOTTED all his clothes
and went for a stroll wearing
only a coat of green paint.
Well, he picked out a nice, cool
color.
Horse shoe pitching flour
ished in Egypt 1900 years ago.
Probably used the pyramids as
pegs.
That western burglar who
swiped a counterfeit $50 bill
probably was just keeping in
practice.
In China it is considered good
luck to throw rocks at elephants
- Photographs. Unless the
thrower is an even better run
ner it would seem to be first
class bad luck.
Zadok Dumkoff says the best
way to get the last word in an
argument with your wife is to
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09

damage the air force program
and Thereby up the appropria-
tions and generally make more
favorable the navy's position
when 1t comes to federal hand
outs and support.
Many other so-called investi-
cations have taken the same
course and were based on about
the same amount of evidence.
More and more these charges
and counter-charges smack of
little folks INDUCING in name
calling. They do little to en-
nance the statue of Congress.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
National Guurd.
Takes 18th Street
Building On Lease

Battery B, 631st Field Artillery,
National Guard moved this week
from the Market street recreation
building to a new location-the
18th street auditorium. The new
armory is being occupied on a
SO year lease from the city.
The battery has been up to full
strength of IS men but the table
of organization has been changed
to allow 10 more men, according
to Captain Wilbur Dees, COM
handing officer, and it is expect
ed to reach this total shortly.
Captain James Vincent is COM
handing officer of the medical
collecting company attached to
the battery. The other officer of
the battery is 1t. Valerie Switzer.
Plans r being made to open
the new headquarters for public
inspection soon, Capt. Dees said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09

The thin substance, hysteria,
rumors, and plain downright
lies on which many of the in
vestigations and charges against
many public officials are found
ed is no better shown than in
the recent atomic energy com
mission and B-36 Investigations.
When the charges broke they
drew headlines over the nation
... front page streamers, edi-
torials and What-have-you.
Gradually they were relegated
TO the back pages Of the daily
press and finally ignored and
forgotten. But the average man
still remembered the front-page
headlines and often, in his
mind, the person charged is still
guilty for the generating facts
+ often never presented.
This is particularly true in
the case of David Lillienthal.
head Of the Atomic Energy
Commission, whom Senator
Bourke Hickenlooper charged
with incredible mismanage.
ment" and various and other
sundry charges, including en-
ployment of communists. The
charges received their usual
play in the daily press, and Lii
lienthal was virtually convicted
before the hearing even got
under way. However, Lillien-
thai, one of the most able men
in public life, fought back and
proceeded to disprove Senator
Hickenlooper's charge point by
point. The hearing and charges
have now proved such a COM
plete dud that the COMPRESSION
al committee chairman can't
get together a quorum to end
it. However, we might point
out that the exoneration of Lii
lienthal received little publicity.
The same is true of the B-36
plane Investigation and charges
made against Air Secretary w.
Stuart Symington by Rep. Van
Zant whose position as a Unit
ed States Congressman should
certainly carry with II at least
a small sense of responsibility,
made his charges originally on
the basis of an anonymous
memorandum. The charges, of
course, were made public and
drew the same old front-page
stories. 1t is almost beyond un-
derstanding to conceive of such
charges being based on evil
dence as flimsy as this.
The hearing, of course, de-
veloped the fact that an ire
sponsible navy assistant"
wrote the memorandum as a
part of the inter-service air
force quarrel and that the
charges, which accused Syming-
ton of corruption and bribery,
were baseless. Object was to
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09

look back on the three men mentioned above. Did Jesse
Owens, Joe Louis and Jim Thorpe come from the middle
class? No. And neither did Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth, most
of our college mind you, collegel football players nor our
top flight golfers, most of whom started out rubbing for
dimes as caddies. Among even our tennis players, who
operate in circles that make them fictional "socialites," you
will lind very few who were born to the purple or even the
pale blue.
So the Russians are claiming the records. Well, they've
set one new world record, all right, and that is for the two
faced, flat-footed lie from a standing start.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
Syphilis: In Pregnancy
And Conqenital

Congenital syphilis can be
prevented by treatment of the
mother before the fifth month
of pregnancy in almost all cas-
es. A baby born with syphilis
has always acquired this infec-
ton from its mother.
1t is absolutely essential for
expectant mothers to have reg
ular blood tests during each
pregnancy and for several
months afterwards to protect
the baby and herself. 1t is COM
paratively simple for the syph-
Ills germ in the mothers blood
stream to enter the blood
stream of the baby. +,
1t is estimated that more than
three-fourths of all babies born
of syphilitic mothers are either
born dead or die in early in
fancy. II stands to reason that
without treatment, it is an even
worse tragedy in the lives of
those children who live. The
fact that many of these children
will eventually become public
charges makes it a community
problem.
A woman with syphilis may
infect her unborn child at any
time during her pregnancy. The
child may acquire syphilis from
the mother if she had syphilis
for many months or if she re-
Gently acquired it herself. In all
cases of congenital syphilis, the
mother is infected with syph-
Ills, but not necessarily the ia
ther. There are instances of a
syphilitic father of a healthy
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
Fort Boyou GIL
Hears Cost And
Core Of Pastures

Lore o. PASTURES
If cows could talk, what would
they say about their pasturage,
l.. o. Strange, US soil conserva-
zionist, asked Wednesday evening
before the Community Farmers
League recently organized in
Fort Bayou.
Cattle show whether or not
they thrive on cultivated grasses,
Mr.. Strange said. He described
various kinds of grasses grown
on different types of soil, and
emphasized Importance of know
ing the type Of soil before trying
to put in grass seeds. Soil, he
said, will produce only what its
analysis shows it will produce.
naturalization is very import
ant, he pointed out, and lime,
nitrogen, potash and phosphates
are badly needed by Jackson
county soils. Plants are similar
to the human body, he contin-
ued, and for preservation must
be fed properly. In an approxi-
mate estimate of pasture devel-
opment, Mr.. Strange gave the
following costs: $40 an acre for
seeds, s$35 an acre for minerals
and 81 an acre for breaking and
discing.
Reimburse Farmer
OF this total cost the produce
ton marketing administration
will reimburse the farmer so per
cent, it was stated.
In quoting statistics, he sug-
gested that byhalia grass seems to
be a permanent grass where there
is proper fertilization and recon-
mended kudzu growing in the
county.
Following Mr.. Strange's talk,
Ellis Hamilton, chairman of the
county PIMA committee, quoted
prices of available seeds and the
amount of seeds which have been
allocated.
He also stated that there are
three carloads of lime now on
railroad sidings which are avail
able to the farmers. Minerals are
also available sufficiently to
serve acreage in the county.
The price of lime delivered and
spread within a l4-mile radius
is $2.65 a ton and beyond that
radius So a ton.
Urges Stable Economy
Edward A. Khayat, member of
the board of supervisors, dis
cussed the establishment of a
stable economy in Jackson coun-
ty and suggested that payrolls
plus pastures and cattle plus tim
Der growing and truck farming
are combinations which will work
tout successfully.
Three requisites to accomplish
this economy, Mr.. Khayat said,
are hard work, perseverance and
patience. Government aids are
available, but there must be in
dividual investment of finances
and abilities.
Ralph V. Walker. president of
the Community Farmers, League,
presided over the meeting and in
troduced S. F. Davis, vocational
agriculture teacher of Vancleave
High, who in turn presented Mr..
Strange.
Attending the meeting, which
was held at Fort Bayou Baptist
church, were ], M. DeSoto, Ken
meth Walker, Darnell Atwell, r.
V. Walker, Jr., Dick Walker, w.
o. Walker, Bailey Martin, o. E.
Atwell, Kell Martin, Hardy o.
Ulmer, A. B. Campbell, G. C.
Cochran, Tom Cicoria, vice pres
ident of the association, the Rev.
G. A. Broadus and George w.
Noble;
Mesdames A. B.. Campbell, w.
o. Walker, R. ", Walker, S. F.
Davis, George Cole, MIR. and Mrs.
R. M. S%paulding and Dorothy and
Betty Davis.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
SOUTH SCHOOL P-TA TO
MEET WEDNESDAY 3 p. M.

South school P-TA will hold
its first meeting of the new term
Wednesday in the school audito-
rum at 3 p. m, according to the
new president, Mrs. B. T. Avis.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
apologize.

apologize.
Former college grid star is
making good in baseball. Triple
play; from pigskin to sheepskin
TO horsehide.
:
An astrologer declares that
everyone has a lucky color. We
Americans have not one but
three-red, white and bluel
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09

Twelve million pounds of flow
ers are harvested each year in
the South of France to be used
as perfume.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09

Two fellows were standing in
a free chow line in New Or
leans the other day when they
were picked up by police along
with 10 colleagues and sem
fenced to Is days in prison for
"loitering and having no visible
means of support" The other
10 were released.
Now, are chaps standing in
a breadline supposed to have
visible means of support? If
one poor guy lined up is loiter-
ing, aren't all the rest of them
lettering? And the 10 who were
~exonerated, we may assume in
view of the sentence passed on
the two, did have visible means
of support. What, then, were
they doing in a breadline? Amt
that fraud?
Out in Arizona the other
early morning, a car pulled into
a filling station. Two men in
the front seat got out for a cup
of coffee. Their wives were
asleep in the back seat.
A few minutes later the wives
awakened and went into the
ladies' room. The men came out.
got into the car and drove off.
State police found them later
and told them they'd left their
wives 81 miles down the road.
The motorists were surprised.
Nice try. boys.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09
Inside
Washington

More White House Control
Over Patronage Now Seen
New Dem National Chairman
Rated Strictly Truman Man
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-09

The Menhaden fishery is one of
the oldest fisheries of the United
States and has undergone a pro-
gressive evolution in the purpose
for which Menhaden are used and
in the type of Menhaden fishing
gear employed. The published
discussions on the Menhaden fish
cry date back to at least 1916 in
the United States of America and
in a recent short list of published
papers prepared by J. L. Baugh-
man, there are included lib cita-
tions. The first use of Menhaden
early in the history of the United
States was for fertilizer, the fish
being directly utilized by bury
ing them with the planted crops.
The fish were caught by the use
of haul seines dragged onto the
beaches. In 1886, the Steamer
Ranger, equipped with cooking
and extraction apparatus, was
sent to Virginia and was the first
floating Menhaden factory. The
first Virginia Menhaden factories
were built in 1868 and the next
year a third factory was put in
operation. Menhaden production
initially consisted in the CONVEX
sion of the fish by processing into
two end products, first, fish meal
used as fertilizer at that time and.
second, an oil relatively abundant
in ratio of the treated materials.
which oil at first had limited use.
The methods of capturing Men
haden progressively changed un-
til the use of the gear known as
the purse seine became the stand
ard procedure. Delayed, but
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-12-29
MS. Stands Lou
On LIST Of Maaon,
Getting Mew Nsa.

From the precise instruments OF
the naval observatory in Washing
ton, and through the great Airing
ton radio towers, America and
much of the world will learn the
exact instant when the old year
has passed and 1850 has taken its
place. And it is from another haunt
of science in the capital, The Ma
tional Geographic Society, that
one learns when and where the
new year begins.
The United States, accustomed to
ranking itself pretty highly in world
esteem, has to content itself with
being about sixth-rate in the eyes
of Father Time, the society points
out. For time serves up the new
year to Australia, Asia, Africa,
Europe and most of South America
before he gets around to the first
of our citizens IN Maine.
Then, for three more hours, the
people of California must MUNICH
the crusts and pick the bones of the
old year before they receive fresh
helping of time; and the residents
of Alaska must wait two more hours
beyond that.
When the New Year actually is
born it will be a. m. December
81 in our eastern cities; 6 a. m. in
the central time zone; 5 q. m. in
the mountain zone, and a. m. in
the Pacific coast states.
While the New Year celebrations
in al countries are basically SINH
lar, there are many interesting
variations and special features. For
example, in Great Britain the
kings honor list provides a large
topic of conversation on New
Years day. The wassail bowl is
an important part of the New Year
observance in England, and "open
house" is generally kept in town
as well as country.
New Years customs always have
had joyful theme. Few tears ever
mark the death of the old year, but
there is always gladness at the ad-
vent of the new era which mankind
always hopes will prove to be bet
ter than the old one.