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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-03
James Forrestai Due To
Resign As Secretary OF
Defense, Report States

ZION in newspapers and discus
sion; over the ~adio as to what he
intended TO do.
1t was said at the time that
FmreStal wished to rclinquish
the office but that he continued
10 hold it because of the Presi-
dents request.
Lcui; Johnson, former assistant
IN the Department of War, is
scheduled to be appointed as For
rcstal's successor. During the
presidential campaign last year.
Johr son was chairman of the
Democratic finance committee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-03
Death Yesterday
OF e.. III. Brown

Cos,iln a llfoan. "a aas 80.
icldsy 10 Gaips M o.
piisi. afisJ q ahgt Nar
Tho fomains aErF MN 49,
by lopes Ftinsi Aaam m
pasil Mnfs- fsa fansaa8 eass
and burial ln the fsaB a
survivor Wltaa 49, M
J Bf8au
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-03
Trumpetfish To
Return June 6

USS Trumpctfish. the suhmae-
inc attached h. KEY West Naval
Station. which was damaged in .
collision with another Navy vss.
sci during the Navy war Rasnes
in the Caribbean. viii b. Ia
Portsmouth. N. H. until June 6.
IL was announced to-day a. ne
Key West Naval Base.
The Trumpcifish Is processing
under her oven pomef ~
Portsmouth Eef conning anmss
Is badly damaged. and sl.s elli
be in Portsmouth Eor exirnsssn
repairs and for . general oexf-
haul. No one was lniared ia -
collision sas :
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-03
MONEY FOB. EHP

Observation-Disclosures Tom
Connolly. Democrat. Texas. mem
bsf Of the senate foreign relations
committee. said today that he
was confident that congress will
appropriate SIS billion. $500 mi
lion to continue the operation of
the Marshal Plan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-03
Il LOSE LIVES

LAKEWOOD. Mich. - Twelve
Out Of IL persons. who had used
clubhouse. as dormitorY here.
lost their lives in an early. morn
ing fire todav. The fire COM
pleteiY' destroyed the building.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-03
NINE DIE IN PLANE

SAN FRANCISCO The c-47
plans that disappeared last sat
saardaY utziis On 81 flight frcns
Hamilton Field. California. to
Kelly Field IN Texas. was found
today in the Colorado Mountains.
Mexico. 100 miles south of the
border. with the entire nine men
aboard dead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-03-03

tIsy The Associates Press, !.
FoUH DIE IN FIRE
Up Wirephotos

SALTWATER. N. IA blind,
grandfather. two children and q
farm worker lost their lives iii a
fire that destroyed their farm
house near here last night.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
School Menus

Lunches served in the Pasca-
goula Junior high and elementary
schools during the week OF April
1922 follow, each including bread
and milk: Monday, hamburger
patty with tomato sauce, string
beans, mashed potatoes, combi-
nation salad, cookies; Tuesday,
Irish stew, rice, mixed vegetables,
sliced tomatoes, stewed apples,
Wednesday, maccaroni and
cheese, English peas. scolloped
tomatoes, apple cobbler: Thurs
day, pork roast, candied yams,
cabbage, vegetable salad, rice Gus
tard; Friday, fish, mashed pota-
toes, turnip green's, slaw, ice
cream.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
News From Hurley
BY Mildred Mizelle

The Hurley Parent Teachers
association met in the school au-
ditorium Friday evening for the
last meeting of the school year.
Mrs. Walter Robinson, who was
recently reelected president of
the organization, opened tn e
meeting with a devotional, which
included the reading of an in
spirational poem, and prayer by
J.. w. Valley. seventh grade
teacher of the school. Mrs. Axel
Petersen, program chairman, an
nounced that the discussion for
the evening would be centered
around "The Characteristics of a
Good Teacher. Such character
istics as cheerfulness, neatness,
patience, and fair-mindedness
were listed as being desirable for
good teachers. 1t was generally
conceded that there is much more
to successful teaching than mere
ly teaching the three RS.
Miss Peggy Trehern of Moss
Point, spent Tuesday night with
Miss Anna Rubino, and attended
revival services here.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ard, of
Mobile, are making their home
for awhile with Mr.. and Mrs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
News From Hurley -.
characteristics OF Good Teache r
Discussed AT Last P-TA Meet OF Year

Charlie Dees. parents of Mrs.
Ard, who before her marriage
was Miss Lavonia Dees.
Mrs. w. E. Fairchild spent the
weekend at her home in Sem
mary and was accompanied back
to Hurley by her husband and
children.
The buildings and grounds at
the County Home have been I'M
dergoing Improvements for the
past few weeks. The cottages
have been painted white, and
trees and shrubbery have been
trimmed, which adds greatly to
the appearance of that section of
Hurley.
Mrs. S. d. Cronier and children
of Escatawpa were visitors for
the weekend in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Dickens.
The third birthday of little
Barbara McKennon was ce1ebrat-
ed Saturday afternoon at the
home of her grandmother, Mrs.
Irwin Woodall. Refreshments OF
ice cream, birthday cake, and
Easter eggs in baskets were
served to the following guests:
Paul Parsley, Rebecca Hardy,
Bobby Petersen, Jean Hill, Karen
Larsen, Sine, Robert, and Alleen
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
Cast Announced;
ReheursoIs Sturt
On Ioy, ecco'

Rehearsals for the forthcoming
production of the three = act
drama, "Rebecca," are underway
by a cast of Paspoint Little Thea
ter players under the direction
of Mrs. Thomas r. Wells, accord
ing to an announcement by Mrs.
James T. Thompson, president.
Charles Bogdahn and Miss Bill
lie Koch, both of whom have APP
peared in leads before, are cast
as Maxim deWinter and Mrs.
Winter.
Numbered among the other
members of the cast are several
Little Theater actors who have
become familiar to Paspoint au-
diences. Mrs. James Thompson
will play the part of Mrs. Dan
vers. Earl Hammet will take the
part of John Lacey and Mrs. Roy
Wingfield will appear as Bea-
trice Lacey in her first acting role
with Little Theater. However
she has been closely connected
with the stage in the production
end. She was the director of the
most recent production, Life
with Father" T. S. Boswell has
been cast as Will Tabb.
Among those who are making
their initial appearance with the
Little Theater are Glenn Torres
who will be Firth, the butler, and
Mrs. Glenn Torres who will be
Alice, the maid. Alan Richard
will take the part of Jack Favell
and Vaughn Smith will appear as
Frank Crawley. William Belt will
complete the cast as Colonel
Julyan.
BY a queer coincidence the play
has been scheduled for produc-
ton on May 6 which is the time
of the story as it was written.
"Rebecca" will be presented in
the auditorium of the Moss Point
high school, it has been announc-
ed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
NEWS FROM
Jackson County
Mills

Pear Hudgins and husband
spent Sunday in Lucedale with
Nh. and Mrs. Will Howell.
Ruby Lee Howard is on the
sick list this week.
Beulah Ware spent the week
end in Jackson with her father.
Elma Hollifield, Violet Laakso
and Mrs. KinSey Townsend and
children Kensey, Jr. and Celia
spent last weekend visiting
friends and relatives in Atlantis
and Loganville, Georgia.
Mary Lou Warren and children,
Aldarae and Billy, spent the
weekend in Mobile.
Dolores Page spent Tuesday
night with Anna Lene Brooks.
They enjoyed the junior class
play at Agricola.
Mildred Craft entertained the
senior class of Basin high school
in honor of Lanell Graft, with a
dinner Sunday.
Vivian Vaughn and family Wis
tied relatives in Wade Sunday.
Mary Daffin is having her lit
tie sons tonsils removed in Mo
bile this week.
Udell Nolf and Grady Beale
spent Sunday evening in Van
cleave.
Lum Reeves visited the v. A
center in Biloxi Monday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
BirthdoY Of Alfred
Krebs Celebrated
With Surprise PortY

On Saturday at 8 p. m. Misses
Gwen Clark and Cora Nell Krebs
were hostesses at a surprise par
ty at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Blackwell on jackson ave-
nue. honoring Alfred Krebs on
the occasion of his eighteenth
birthday.
After the serving of cake and
punch by the hostesses who were
assisted by Mrs. Blackwell, the
remainder of the evening was
spent in dancing.
Besides the guest of honor 9TH
ers present were Misses Peggy
Sutterfield, Martha Sanders, Nor
ma Jean Page, and Polly Nc
Gowan and funny Blackwell,
Bobby Golf, Benton Trehern,
ALIVE Walker and Aaron La
chaussee.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15

Schmitz, and Linda and Martha
Melvin.
Miss Ada Bond, elementary su-
pervisor of Jackson county, was
a visitor to the school Monday
afternoon.
Jimmy and Iva Nell Dickerson,
formerly of PaScagoula, entered
school here Monday morning.
Jimmy and Iva Nell are in the
fourth and first grades, respec-
lively, and since moving to this
school district. are living in Big
Point community.
The Rev. Harvey Smith of Pas
cagoula, was a visitor here Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Faggard, son
and daughter, Guy and Joyce, of
Wade, attended revival services
in Hurley Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Cumbest
and daughter, Miss Dwan Cum
best, of Three Rivers, were Sat
urday afternoon visitors in this
community.
Revival services will begin
April rs, at 7:30 p. m. at the Hur-
ley Methodist church with the
Rev. Harlan Hilbun, pastor of
the First Methodist church of
Pascagoula in charge.
A program is being planned for
Friday evening, April Is, at 800
o'clock, to be given by the pupils
of Hurley grammar school.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
Funeral Services
For Henry 7. Ruble
Held Wednesdoy

Henry Thomas Ruble, a watch
man at the Moss Point Mill of
the international Paper Com
pany for many years, died at his
residence in Kreole Sunday at
1870 p. m. after an illness of
some time. He was So years old.
A native of Alabama, Mr. Ruble
had lived in Kreole for about 20
years and prior to hat had re-
sided in the Vancleave section.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday at els p. m. at
the chapel Of Fails Funeral
Home in Moss Point and at 3 p.
m. at the Vancleave Baptist
church by the Rev. E. w. Scott
and the Rev. r.. l.. Vaughan. In
terment was in Ramsay cemetery.
Pail bearers were Floyd and
Howard Ruble, Hardy Ramsay,
Alton McCoughon, Ed Scripner,
Armand Booker.
He is survived by three sons,
Floyd Otis of Bogalusa, La,
Harry Thomas of Dayton, o., and
Howard Ruble of Georgetown, S.
c.; two daughters, Mrs. Quave
Ramsay of Ocean Springs and
Mrs. Edith McCoughon of Cros-
sett, Ark; two brothers, w. w.
of Gulfport and George Ruble of
New Orleans; one sister, Mrs. Lee
Cohn of H%attiesburg; 10 grand
children and IA great grandchil-
dren.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
INDIAN POSTAL REPORT

NEW DELHI, India - (AP) -
With only 10 per cent of her 325
million people ~literate. India in
I948 handled 226, 300, 900 letters
and post cards. Indian post of
fices sold stamps and stationery
last year to the value of As mil
lion dollars.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15
WoMAN's CLUB TO MEET

The regular meeting of the
Woman's Club of Pascagoula will
be held on Thursday, April 81
at the 18th Street Activities
Building, Mrs. Henry Gautier,
president, announced. The pro-
gram for the afternoon will be on
the Southwest and will be given
by Mrs. J.. S. Abbey. program
chairman.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15

The record rainfall in New Or
leans was ISL inches in II hours.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-15

CMC Truck & Coach takes pleasure in announcing
the appointment of this new leadership . open
now and ready to provide modern, accessible sales
and service facilities for truck users in this area.
You are invited to make this new M leadership
the headquarters for all your truck needs. You will
find a building especially arranged and equipped
for truck sales and service . in a location that is
convenient to both local and long distance haulers.
You will find capable sales personnel . ready to
give you expert help in selecting a new GMC that
cMc TRUCK g. COACH DIVISION
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

birds may become accustomed to is
unusual appearance. Or under I'M
due stress of hunger they will m
doubt turn to this unnatural food in
an effort to prevent starvation
Under most conditions, however,
there is no question but what the use
of color in an extensive gopher poi
soning campaign will mean protec-
ton for a large percentage of o~r
native ~seed-eating birds. And surely
we all agree that the bird life Of
these United States is very much
worth protecting.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
Good Water Storage

THE SEVERE 1948-49 winter in
the west promises to pay off with
widespread irrigation and other wa
ter benefits in most western states,
the U. S. department of agriculture
reported on the basis of its final
April snow surveys.
In Montana, snow surveys through
out the upper Missouri basin prom
Use excellent irrigation supplies for
the tributaries of Missouri river
above Fort Benton. Water content
is approximately 40 percent above
the 12-year average. In the upper
Columbia river basin the snow pack
ranges from 125 percent to 100 per-
cent of normal. The threat of ex-
tremely high peak flow lies in the
unusually high percentage of water
content at low elevation courses.
In Wyoming, snow cover is well
above normal and is especially
heavy on the North Platte water
shed. Although fall rains and winter
SHOWS brought the total precipita-
ton just above average, soil mois-
ture conditions are good throughout
the state. Reservoir storage is about
Is percent less than last years total.
Nay |, 1o49-s
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

this distance lessened to some extent,
and the cost of the gravel moved up
to around rs cents a yard. One of
the openest falls for years lent a
helping hand. When cold weather
began to close down about the first
of December about IL miles had been
graded, graveled and worked, set
ting an example for cooperation
and results any community could do
well to heed. 1t offers a way for al
most any locality, unless it is hope
lessly distant from any ~surfacing
materials, to improve its road condi-
tons at normal cost and, most i'm
portant of all, without years of wait
ing.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

Of about so cents a yard. There were
nine trucks on the job working at
county wages and it took about two
weeks to use up the $4,000 put up
by the farmers.
By this time everyone was amazed
at the results their dollars had ac-
complished, and before the pot was
empty more donations came in until
all had put in more money, with the
result that a total of $4,000 was even
tually reached.
Example Set
Work went rapidly ahead at the
rate of close to a half-mile a day.
Gradually the hauls increased until
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

Birds ChoosY of Colors
AT the North American wildlife
conference held at Denver in 1943,
E. R. Kalmbach, director of the wild
life research laboratory in that city,
presented a paper reporting on ex-
periments being made which showed
the aversion of many birds to I'M
naturally colored grains and foods.
This, then, might be the answer,
for, unfortunately, the gophers and
ground squirrels and other destruc-
tive rodents are not so choosy.
Grain, if it tastes like grain, is just as
good food to them, whether it be
purple or orange or all the colors
of the rainbow.
Since 1943 further experiments
have been carried on which have
resulted in the general use by the
extension service and other agencies
working in connection with the wild
life service, of the bright yellow coll
oring process applied to the power
full 1000" rodenticide.
1t has not been determined for
sure whether the rodents or lower
mammals are really color blind, or
whether they just don't give a darn.
However, the fact that diurnal or
daytime" birds definitely do have
color vision was established by
scientists over a century ago. Ex-
periments since that time have
en- that the shades of green and
yellow are perhaps the colors of
which the birds are most aware.
Most Averse TO Green
Actual field tests have proven that
wild birds will eat freely of UNI
colored poisoned grains, that they
will sometimes take small amounts
of yellow colored grain, but that
they practically never touch that
which has been colored green. 1t
would seem, then, that the green
dyes were the best deterrent for
this purpose, but here obstacles OF
a chemical nature were encountered.
Strychnine has a destroying action
on many green analine dyes, and
the process of combining green dyes
with thallium produces a Flavor
unpleasant to the rodents. AS men.
toned before, the gophers and other
such "varmints" don't seem to care
what strange colors the grain may
be, but they do insist upon oats tast
ing like oats and wheat like wheat
Therefore, it was necessary to turn
to the use of yellow coloring as "sec
ond best" deterrent. This dye com
bines effectively with the poison bal
without changing the taste of tn
grain.
Coloring of poisons has been quit
a common practice for some time a
a means of identifying it as poison
GUS material and lessening danger G
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

accidental consumption by humans
and livestock. 1t is quite possible
that these practices have, in the past,
helped to reduce the killing of birds
even though the coloring matter was
not intended for that purpose.
Rocking the Rocks
Another interesting practice has
been that of farmers in European
sections who for many years have
colored seed grains likely to be
scratched out of the ground and
eaten by rocks and other such seed
eating species.
These farmers, who have recog-
nized the reaction of birds to color,
often apply brilliant dyes to seed
grain and corn, the theory being
that after digging out a few of these
unnaturally colored kernels the
birds fail to recognize them as the
food they had expected to find
and so become disguised and give
up the whole business.
All of these various experiments
and practices have aided the chem
lists and scientists in their efforts
toward producing a rodent poison
less dangerous to the wild birds.
1t is not only the upland birds
who have shown aversion to the I'M
naturally colored grains. Wild ducks
and geese, as well, prefer to take
theirs plain, with the geese showing
the greatest consciousness of the
strange coloring. Even the barnyard
fowls do not take kindly to bright
green kernels of wheat or to a bril-
liant orange species of oats.
More to Be Done
The wildlife service takes care to
emphasize the fact that the process
is not yet thoroughly perfected. Il
points out that through continued
exposure to the colored grain ths
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
Example Set
Birds Draw the Color Line
YellowlDyed Rodent Poison Saves Wildlife
By MILDRED KELSO

TO SCORES OF SPORTSMEN,
bird lovers, ranchers and farmers,
the figures "1080' have come to mean
much more than a set of numbers.
They have come to mean life for
thousands of ~seed-eating song and
game birds that might otherwise
have been destroyed each season,
and they have come to mean more
efficient and effective control of
rodents which annually account for
thousands of dollars damage to crop
and range land.
I first became interested in "1080"
through its use in the Columbian
ground squirrel campaign being ar
ried on in Flathead county and set
about to learn something of the
story behind the development of this
product.
Director E. r. Kalmbach of the
u. S. fish and wildlife service at
Denver furnished me with such in
teresting and informative data on
the subject that I believe others
would enjoy learning, as I had, more
of the why's and wherefores" which
brought about this new method of
rodent control.
Yellow Poison
"Ten-Eighty," as we all know, is
the name given to the rodenticide
which has been combined with a
brilliant yellow dye before being ap-
piled to grain bats used in gopher
and ground squirrel poisoning cam
paigns. And because it has been
learned that the wild birds are wary
Of any unnaturally colored foods,
this brilliantly colored bait acts as a
safeguard for the s~eed-eating birds
in poisoned territory.
1t is to the u. S. fish and wildlife
service that the birds and bird low
ers are indebted for its year of dill
gent study and research on the value
of this practice. But as is usually
true in all scientific advancement,
some of the very birds which the
department has been seeking to pro-
tect have had to forfeit their lives
in various field tests to prove the
soundness of the theory.
While it is the responsibility of the
wildlife service to protect and in
crease beneficial wildlife, it is also
their responsibility to curb the &C,
tivities of those forms which art
destructive to agriculture or to ths
general welfare of the public.
This has put the agency squared,
between the devil and the deep blu
sea, so to speak. For it seemed tina
there was no way in which a pro
gram of rodent control might be car
ried on except through the exposur
of poisoned grains, and this practic
in turn was most likely to endange
the lives of untold members of ma
tive ~seed-eating birds. So the sery
ice set to work on the problem an
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
15-Day Weather Outlook
Montana-W yoming Forecast May L to IS
BY OSCAR [.

MOSTLY warm, dry and favorable planting weather is indicated
for Montana and Wyoming during the next two weeks. We are enter
ing a period of above-normal temperatures that may dominate the
weather picture most of this month. There will, however, be some
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

cool days, especially at the end of the first week
and during the last half of the second week. These
are also favorable dates for frost. The moisture
outlook at this time is below average and may re-
suit in big deficiencies a little later in the month.
Good weather will be welcomed by ranchers for
the lambing season but will eventually retard the
pastures in dry land ranching and farming, espe-
cially in Montana. May is normally the years wet
test month in Wyoming, and second only to June
in Montana, but this year the month of May as a
whole is indicated to be fairly dry. The principal
moisture periods are: May 6 to 8, mainly east por-
tons of both states, and May 10 to II, centering
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
Weather Changes

The month begins with normal day temperatures and may continue
warm and fairly dry until the 9Th when unsettled weather is expected
to be followed by a brief drop in temperatures and a frontal disturb
ance to cross this are a day later. Some precipitation is expected at
this time but the areas east of the continental divide should fare best
Warm weather from the 9th to 10th will be followed by a disturb
ance to reach western Montana about the 10th and reach the Dakota
border by the 18th or 18th for a few days of wet, dsagreeable weather
and light to moderate precipitation. Wyoming and southern Montana
should fare best at this time. Much cooler weather is indicated from
May 18th to 18th, followed by a minor disturbance over the weekend.
Temperatures: Above normal. Precipitation: Below normal average
Weather Data for May From U. S. Weather Bureau Records: