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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-30
Farm Outlook
Remains Good,
Says Economist

State College = The current
farm business outlook for Missis-
sippi continues better than aver
age for most crops except cotton,
although prospects are short Of
last years record yields, accord
ing to J. V. Pace, extension serv-
ice agricultural economist.
This is similar to the overall
United States outlook. which is
not quite al good as last year, but
still one of the best in history.
Pace said. Optimism prevails in
most lines of business, he added.
While economic activity con-
tinues down in most businesses.
the rate of decline is decreasing.
and may even turn upward by the
end of the pear or early 1850, the
economist pointed out. Retail con-
sumner buying continues strong.
People still have tremendous buy
ing power.
Demand Still Strong
Demand for farm products CON
tinues strong. Pace stated. But
selling at good prices is a harder
job because of increased sup
plies of most farm products.
Big SURPRISES of major com
modities are accumulating, such
as of cotton, corr and wheat.
Prices received by farmers are
down II per cent from July 1913.
Pace said. Farm income is down
8 per cent for the first seven
months. a S compared with the
same period last year. Livestock
and livestock products receipts
r down IL per cent. while crops
receipts are down only slightly.
Cotton production for Missis-
sippi this wear is estimated at L.
500. 900 bales. which is $50. 900
bales less than last year, Pace
pointed out.
Boil weevil infestation and
damage in the state this year was
the heaviest on record. Poisoning
was generally heavy, but excess
sive rains in many areas prevent.
ed best results. Yields generally
will be disappointing.
Do not take less than support
price for cotton, Pace cautioned.
Base loan rates range from 29.35
cents in west Mississippi to 29.40
cents in east Mississippi points.
Milk Higher
Higher milk prices are likely
in coming months. The July Mis-
sissippi average wholesale milk
price was $3.50 per hundred
weight.
Grass fat cattle marketings are
increasing seasonally. but are be-
low a year ago. the economist
said. Slaughtered hogs will be up
about Is per cent from a year ago.
Total meat supplies for the last
quarter of the year are larger
than for the same months last
year.
Sell grass fat cattle early, Pace
advised. Do not hold for the last
bit of grazing. On a down market.
late sales are risky. and late grass
makes little. if any, gains.
Hog prices are expected to drop
more than other meat animals,
and may drop to support levels.
Sell hogs at around 200 pounds as
long as the price stays above sup
port levels. the economist said.
Chickens Weak"
Continued on Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-30
How Many SIS Will You Pull Down,
Mac? CONTINUED From Last Week.

a when the policy was issued.
You took out $4,000 In July 1912.
Across from Al is So cents. Null
tiplY 81 by 5. That's $3.50. The
policy was in force six years.
That's ~ months. SeventY-fwo
times S2.so Is sls7.20.
That's gravy. brother.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-30

In Mexico, Brazil and other
parts of the American tropics,
fireflies grow TO one to two
inches in length
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-30

No method has been developed
to make steel commercially with
out manganese.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-30

Sphagum tpeat) moss is some
times used for bandages because
the moss is anticeptic.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-30
That's gravy. brother,

Maximum Payment s52s)
Evening star., 1949-04-17
New Wood Labor Bill
AssaiIed by lesinski
As Toughening ahAei
D. ss.s Asses sss~e sssss

Chairman LeSinski Of the House
LABOR Committee declared yexseE
day that q new Republican backed
labor law conprou,ise proposal -
sham that actually voallc
toughen the Taft Hartley Ac;
He told reporters ne referred t1
bill introduced THURSDAY D.
Representative Wood. Democrat
OF Georgia, q Labor Committee
member. House Republican lead
ers said the measure had thel,
blessing
The bill replaced an earlaei
Wood bill which had been nitro
duced in March. The Wood oil
No. ? eliminated number O.
eurhs on unions contained in the
first version. The new Wood bill
would retain most Of the Taft
Hartley Act of a ''lberalizing na.
IN a number OF ways.
Mr.. Wood said the new bill con
tanned many changes in the Taft.
Hartley Act OF 'liberalizing Ia
ture.
Called Deceptive.
Mr.. Lesinski said yesterday thal
Mr.. Woods statement was de
ceptive."
He also called the new Wood bil
'sn outright admission OF defeat
from Republicans and Southern
Democrats.
They admit they are on IN,
run" he said. They are mors
than on the run. They are licked.
Mr.. Lesinski said the new Wooe
bill would toughen the present
labor law In at least three respects
First, he said. 1t would outlaw
all closed shop contracts now ir
effect. The only ones legally ir
effect are those which were signed
before the Taft Hartley bill be-
came law in i947.
This change would particularly
affect the garment industry. Mr.
Lesinski explained.
Union security clauses in pres
ent contracts also would be out
lawed unless they followed pre-
cisely the security provisions list
ed in the Wood bill, he said.
Injunctive Authority.
Secondly. the Wood bill really
would grant more injunctive au-
thority" than the present law.
Mr.. Lesinski continued. 1t would
permit the National Labor Rela-
tions Board counsel to seek in
functions without a hearing in
any case where an unfair labor
practice is charged, he said. add
ing that such orders can be sought
now only after an investigation OF
the charge.
The Wood bill would drop a re-
quirement that the counsel ask
for an Injunction In a case in
volving q secondary boycott.
The third toughening provision
Mr.. Lesinski added. Is one re-
garding jurisdictional disputes
The Wood bill would abolish the
present power Of the board to de-
termine which OF two unions has
the right to perform work in dis
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Shakespeare Festival Turns
Stratford Into Boom Town
BY The Associoted Press

STRATFORD-ON-AVON. Eng
land, April 16.-William Shakes
peare's sleepy birthplace ex-
ploded into a bustling boom town
tonight.
It happens every year at this
time. The annual six-month
Shakespeare Festival opened at
the hoodlit memorial theater with
q performance of the bard's Mac
beth" The production. with Lon
don stage star Godfrey Tearle in
the title role and Diana Wynyard
playing Lady Macbeth, was re-
ceived enthusiastically by the
critics.
From now until october, STRAIT
ford citizens will work hard at one
Of their major notwithstanding
dollars from American tourists.
They call 1t their invisible ex-
ports" Peak months for the Amer
leans are usually June, July and
August.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
D. {. Families Spend
81 PET. Of Income fol
Current Expenses

Washington families spent an
average of 80 per cent of the fam
lily income, after taxes, for cur
rent living expenses in 1947, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics re-
vealed yesterday.
These findings were based on a
survey made last year and re-
ported in the April issue of
Monthly Labor Review. official
publication of the bureau.
Comparable figures for Rich
mond, Va, showed that families
in that city spent 81 per cent
while those in Manchester, VT,
spent slightly more than the av-
erage net income. This means
that Manchester families went
into debt or used up previous saw
ings.
Food Takes 80 Per Cent.
Expenditures for food, nous
ing, house furnishings, household
operation, clothing, transporta-
ton and medical care used up
about 80 per cent of the family
expenditure dollar in each of the
three cities. The remaining 10
per cent was used for personal
care, recreation, reading, tobacco,
education and miscellaneous ex-
penditures," the report said.
The 80 per cent of the income
spent in Washington amounted to
an average of $4,257.
Food purchases accounted for
80 per cent of the family spend
ing in Washington. 81 in Rich
mond and 35 in Manchester. The
cost per person per meal averaged
81 in Washington, 81 cents In
Richmond and 80 cents in Man
chester.
Washington families spent an
average Of 1888 for automobiles
while in Richmond 1t was STA
and in Manchester $195.
Housing. including rent. current
maintenance costs to owners and
utilities. cost Washington families
$729, Richmond families $542 and
Manchester families s548.
AS for medical care, Washing
ton families spent an average of
$215. while in Richmond these
expenditures amounted to STA
and in Manchester $147.
The bureau said these findings
provide the bureaus first informa-
tion to reflect the effects of price
control elimination and the In
creased availability of consumer
goods on postwar spending pat
terms.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
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treasure J. n. Dunlap. and chief
Rufus Cave.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

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Evening star., 1949-04-17
Pennsylvania Takes
Confessed Robber Of
I Baltimore Banks
Rv ths Associoted Press

GREENSBURG. Pa, April 49,
Roy Mann, 28-year-old former
military policeman who police said
has admitted participating in two
Baltimore bank robberies in which
$36, 900 was stolen, was extradited
from West Virginia to Pennsyl-
yania tonight.
However, Capt. A. J. Hudock OF
the Pennsylvania State Police
said it is probably Mann will be
turned over to Baltimore author
tiles next week because the Mary
land charges are more serious.
Mann, a resident of Sabraton
Mon ,ntown (W. Va suburb
was arr sted there yesterday. Capt
Hudock said in addition to the
Baltimore holdups, he has ad-
mitted armed robberies in La
trobe, Derry and Tarrs. Pa.
Two Women Arrested.
Capt. Hudock said Mrs. Mary
Hardy Close of Mount Oliver. Pa,
and Mrs. Anne Bernett of La
trobe--sisters- in-1aw of Mann
had been arrested and placed in
Jail here. He added that no
charges have yet been filed against
them.
Capt. Hudock said the women
would be questioned to determine
if they shared any loot obtained
by Mann. The officer quoted
Mann as saying the husbands OF
the women had participated with
him in the bank robberies.
The Pennsylvania police officer
said the Federal. Bureal of Inves-
tigation has obtained warrants
charging Mann with the. bank
holdups. The Occidental Federal
Savings and Loan Association at
Baltimore was robbed Of $1,000 by
three armed men January % and
the Union Trust Co.'s Walbrook
branch OF $4,000 on February Is
by a similar trio.
Meanwhile. 1t. r. w. Boyles OF
the West Virginia State Police,
said questioning of Mann today
brought the recovery Of about
So, 400 in cash hidden in Mann's
house and on a nearby hillside.
Also recovered was $2,148.60 which
1t. Boyles said was stolen from
the banks and used by Mann to
pay for a prefabricated house.
Brothers-in-Law Hunted.
1t. Boyles previously announced
Mann had made a statement that
he took part in the Baltimore
robberies with two brothers-in-
law. The officer identified them
as James Bernett. of Latrobe, and
Carl Close, of Mt. Oliver. Police
are still looking for them.
1t. Boyles said Mann had told
him he had been approached by
one Of his brothers-in-law and
asked to go to a location where
payday is on Wednesday and there
was more than 100000 in the
bank.
The description of the location
would fit Follansbee. w. Va. where
a bank was robbed Of $5.400 on
Wednesday. 1t. Boyles said.
On the night Of the Follansbee
robbery, two Weirton wv. Va.)
policemen stopped three men for
questioning. They were kidnap-
ped, taken to Southeastern Ohio
and handcuffed to trees. A farmer
released them the next morning.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
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Evening star., 1949-04-17
Richard Czerwonky Dies

CHICAGO, April 16 tP.-Rich-
ard r. Czerwonky, 81, head OF
the violin and orchestral depart
ment of Depaul University School
of Music, died at his home to-
day. He was born in Germany
and came to America in 1907 to
be assistant concert master Of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Delaware Youth, Is,
BIames Mother for
Virginian S Staying
BY the Assoeieied Press

DOVER, DEL, April ia twice
married woman and her 16-year-
old farmer son were charged with
first degree murder today in the
Staying Of an elderly Virginian
whom the woman met through
lonely hearts club.
The victim was identified by
police as Wade Woodbridge. 10, of
Bedford County, Va. Col. Herbert
Barnes, superintendent of the Del
aware State Police. said. Mrs.
Wooldridge's body was buried for
months in pigpen, then scat
tered on city dump.
Col. Barnes announced the ar
rest of Inez Gertrude Brennan,
As, and her son, Robert. Another
son, Raymond. 20 was arrested
and charged with being an acces-
sorry.
The police official said Robert
confessed the Staying but declared
he did it at the urging of his
mother. Col. Barnes said Mrs.
Brennan denied the charges and
that Raymond refused to make any
statement. Col. Barnes added no
motive has been established for
the Staying last October 10.
Letter Starts Inquiry.
A letter received Wednesday
from relatives of Mr.. Woodbridge
in Virginia started the police in
testigation. the police superin-
tendent said. That led to the
arrests and discovery of the body.
The letter said Mr.. Woodbridge
had not been heard from since he
left for Dover the latter part of
last year to visit woman with
whom he had been corresponding
through a lonely hearts club. The
letter did not disclose the woman's
name.
The investigation led police to
the Brennan farm near Dover, ac-
cording to Col. Barnes.
Robert finally admitted shoot
ing MIR. Woodbridge with a L.
gauge shotgun, he declared. Col.
Barnes said the youth told this
story:
He and his mother buried the
body in the pigpen on the farm.
Later they dug UP the body and
burned it. Then the remains were
placed in tin cans and hauled to
the city dump in an isolated sec
ton.
Came From New Jersey.
State police and highway de-
partment employees dug up parts
of the body last night with a
power shovel.
Col. Barnes said Mrs. Brennan
and her two sons came to the
farm near Dover from Underwood,
N. j., near Philadelphia.
Police said Mrs. Brennan, who
is using her maiden name, told
them she was first married to-
William Pribram in 1922 at West
Chester, Pa. He died seven years
later, she said. of yellow fever
while stationed with the Army in
Colombia, South America.
She later was married to George
Albert Dether and lived in Phila-
delphia, police said. This mar
riage ended in a divorce. Dether
moved to Virginia about q year,
and a half ago.
In Bedford, Va, Sheriff Claude
Ruff said Mr.. woodbridge was a
widower, who had lived with a
son.in-law, Romie Ayers, at Stone
Mountain, in the southern part OF
Bedford County.
Sheriff Ruff said Mr.. Wool
bridge, a carpenter, had shipped
his tools to Dover on October 8.
Two days later a grandson, Rich
ard Ayers, drove him to Roanoke
to catch a bus for Dover.
The sheriff said he was in
formed the Virginian had between
$500 and $4,000 on his person
when he left Roanoke.
Mr.. Woodbridge was first re-
ported missing by relatives last
fall, Sheriff Ruff said.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

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Evening star., 1949-04-17
Leopold Daughter
Cheered in Belgium
By the Associated Press

BRUSSELS, April 16.-Princess
Josephine Charlotte, daughter OF
exiled King Leopold III, left for
Luxembourg today after six
day visit in Belgium. 1t was her
first visit to this country since
the end Of the war.
Crowds loyal to the royal family
of Belgium cheered her wherever
she travelled. In the Ardennes
and in Flanders her reception was
particularly warm. Here, cries
went up for her father. who is in
Switzerland.
Many political observers con-
sidered the visit of the princess
a move by royal family partisans
to test public opinion and bring
forward again the disputed ques-
ton of Leopold's return to the
throne before the forthcoming
elections.
Leopold, who surrendered the
Belgian army to the Germans
early in World War II and be-
came a prisoner Of the Nazis, has
been sharply criticized by many
Belgians. The Belgian Parlia-
ment in 1914 elected Prince
Charles, his brother. as regent.
In 1945. the regency was extended
indefinitely.
The princess is scheduled to
stay with Grand Duchess Char
lotte of Luxembourg for a few
days before rejoining her. father
in Switzerland.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

TO washington. she Was engaged
in ARCHAEOLOGICAL work.
Other new officers OF the club
are Miss Jean Duncan. vice presi-
dent: Miss Helen Udick. secretary.
and Mrs. Sidney Runk, treasurer
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Women's S Airport Club
Elects Miss Judy Cox

Miss Judy Cox Of Sos South
Washington street. Ale1an6ria.
has been elected president OF the
Women's National Airport Club.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

Nearly 10000 illegitimate ma
tive children have been born in
Durham, South Africa, since 1943,
compared with 10.950 legitimate
births, q city councilman stated.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

A businessman in Sydney, Aus
tralia. who has tried to interest
his friends in the walking stick
habit, says he has failed-because
it would make them appear
too old.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
PTA Council to Meet

The Executive Committee of
the Arlington County Council Of
PTA has called a special meeting
for 8 pm. tomorrow at the Bar
croft School. 625 South Wake
field street. All presidents of
member associations and COM
mittee chairmen are urged to-
attend
Evening star., 1949-04-17
New Rent Law Upheld
In Legality Test in
Minneapolis Court
sy the Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS. April l6.-The
1919 Federal rent control law was
upheld in Minneapolis municipal
court today in a decision which
Alex Dim. area rent attorney. said
would set a pattern for action by
Federal rent control administra-
tors throughout the Nation.
The ruling. by Municipal Judge
Theodore B. Knudson, held. In
beief, that Congress has authority
to pass legislation. retroactive or
otherwise, to protect tenants be-
cause the housing shortage came
as a development Of the war and
that Congress still holds wide
spread war emergency authority.
The case was a legal test Of the
legislation which became effective
April /, and the decision nullified
more than 1000 eviction cases in
Minneapolis, Mr.. Dim said.
Technically. the case ruled on
today involves an actiop by Mrs.
Luella Rebensdorf to evict Mrs.
Helen Moffat from q Northside
apartment. Actually, it covers all
types of eviction cases. Mr.. Dim
said.
Attorneys for the landlord con-
tended that since the original
eviction notice was served last
January, under provisions of the
1948 rent act. provisions Of the
1949 act would not be applicable.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
ALRB Orders Police
and Alabama Mill 10
quit Battling Union
D. me Assoesssee Press

The National Labor Relations
Board yesterday ordered three
town policemen and q cotton mill
firm in Alabama 10 stop interfer-
ing with a union organizing drive
The Arm was accused Of stirring
violence and blamed for ''coervice
acts of the officers.
The Board ordered the police
chief and two assistants at Alex
ander City. Ala. 10 publish notices
in the towns newspaper and at the
company mills that they viii cease
interfering with organizing ac-
tiyities of the CIO Textile Work
ers Union.
The employer. three jointly
operated companies forming the
Russell Mills. was ordered to post
such notices, to prohibit fist-fights
in its plants and to reinstate with
back pay a group of workers dis
charged for union activity.
Trial Examiner Upheld.
The board upheld a trial ex-
aminer, Maurice M. Miller. in find
ing that the policemen and COM
pany had violated Federal labor
law by interfering with the rights
of the mill workers TO join or re-
frain from joining the CIO union
All the incidents involved in the
case took place in 1s45 and 1916
The CIO textile workers Wash
ington Office said H. D. Lisk. Ala
bama State director of the union
plans to open a new organizing
drive at the company's six mills al
Alexander City.
The three policemen involved
in the case are City Police Chief
G. Mack Horton and Officers
Floyd Mann and Alphonse Afford
The NLRB said the record showed
they so consistently spied on
union activities and worked to
defeat the union that they ac-
tually served as agents for the mill
management and were equally
responsible with the company.
Provocation Charged.
The board said Mr.. Afford and
Mr.. Mann arranged for a strong
arm man to become employed at
one mill so he could pick fight
with a union worker. IH another
incident. they allegedly stood by
while a union organizer was
beaten up on a town street by
anti-union workers.
At Alexander City, Chief Horton
said:
The police department is not
guilty, in the past nor in the
future, of interfering with the
CIO or any other labor organiza-
ton whatsoever"
An official of the companies said
the decision will be appealed in
Federal Court.
A month ago the company
asked the NLRB to cancel Mr.
Miller's findings, because he was
one of a number of the NLRB's
examiners found unqualified a few
weeks earlier by the Civil Service
Commission.
Denying this motion, the NLRE
said Mr.. Miller had not been
unqualified ''in a final. unreview-
able" commission order and even
If he should be his findings still
would stand.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

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