davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
PETEHZEf,L AND GELLES
WILL HONOR EMPLOYEES

Employees of Peterzell and
Gelles will be entertained at a
party at Pascagoula Country club
Oct. | at Z p. m, company repre-
sentatives announced Thursday.
The party will primarily honor
the 146 employees who have been
with the company five years and
longer. These men and women
we're previously given service
pins and at the party will be pre-
sehted a corsage or boutonniere.
Three have been with the com
pany Is years. 10 for 10 years and
ia for five years.
There will be a chicken and
beef barbecue and an orchestra
will play for dancing. There viii
also be contests.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
Style Show, Open
House Planned
By Anola Club

A style show featuring local
merchandise 10 be held Mt the
ElkS club in October will be a
major undertaking of the Anola
Woman's club to raise funds fog
annual projects. according -
plans made at the first meeting of
the year at Longfellow House
Friday.
The club will hold open house
at the 18th street activities build
ing Friday after the Pascagoula-
Murphy football game. Coffee
and doughnuts will be sold as IN
additional money-raising activ-
ity, members decided at the meet
ing. The open house. which will
be open to the public, will take
place from 10 D. m. to midnight
and dancing will be an added at
traction.
The meeting took place at a
luncheon on the porch Of Long
fellow House where small tables
were arranged. each with an at
traetive centerpiece of garden
flowers.
Katherine Wright a Guest
Special guest for the occasion
was Miss Katherine Wright, re-
cent second place winner in the
Miss America contest at Atlantic
City. who gave the Biblical read
ing which she performed in the
talent division of the national
competition. Other guests were
Mrs. Cyril Vlamynck and Mrs.
Ira B. Harkey, Jr., new residents
of Pascagoula.
Presiding over the business ses-
sion was the new president, Mrs.
Easton King.
Annual club projects include
support of cancer. Red Cross and
infantile paralysis drives and do
nation of 500 to the ehildren's
department of P~aseagoula city
library.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
LUNCHEON MEETING OF
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB

Opening meeting of the Junior
Woman's club after an adjourn
ment through the summer will
take the form of a luncheon OF
Longfellow House Wednesday.
Following the usual custom, de-
partmental chairmen will make
reports and the budget and fl
nance committee will give its es-
innate for the 1949-50 year. Mrs.
c. W, Fewel, Jr. will occupy the
chair.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
Pecan W
Vote for Control
Of Surplus Crop

Washington ZAP The agri-
culture department issued a fed
eral marketing agreement and
order Friday designed to keep
surplus pecans off the CONNER
cial market.
The purpose of the action is TO
stabilize grower prices at fair
levels.
The program will cover pecans
grown in Georgia, Alabama, Flor
ida. Mississippi and South Caro-
lima. It was approved by growers
in these states at a recent refer
endum.
The department said 85 per
cent of the growers voting APP
proved the program. Approval by
t%wo-thirds is required by law.
The program will be admins,
tered by a committee of growers
and handlers.
Regulations Allowed
With approval of the secretary
of agriculture. the committee may
issue regulations keeping To-
grade and small size pecans off
the market.
Prior inspection of unshelled
peeans shipped out of the area in
quantities exceeding 200 pounds
daily to any single consignee will
be required. Such inspection will
be conducted by federal-state or
federal inspection services.
No such inspection will be re-
CURED in the case of pecans
shipped for Smelling or processing
outside the area, but arrange
ments must be made in advance
by handlers with the administra-
tive committee, giving assurance
that such pecans will not be dis
tributed in the unshelled form I'M
less they are inspected and meet
grade and size requirements.
Apply Only In Area
Regulations will not apply to
sales by growers or others fos
processing, Smelling or use within
the five-state production area.
The department said the regr-
latory provisions of the program
will become effective prior to the
beginning of this years pecan
shipping season, the exact date
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
ls STOWAWAYS
ABOARD " SHIP

Singapore - tAP) = Nineteen
Chinese stowaways were found
in hiding aboard the Interocean
Lines 14,000-ton ship Rugs when
it arrived in Singapore. They were
sent back to Hong Kong. The
stowaways got aboard by clam
bering up the anchor chain in
Hong Kong and hiding in the
chain locker.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
MRS. MCGEE IMPROVED
IN HATTIESBURG HOSPITAL

Mrs. c. c. Niece of Rt. /. Van
eleave, is now able to receive
visitors in Methodist hospital
Hattiesburg her family announc-
ed Thursday.
Mrs. MCGEE underwent an op.
Grafton last Thursday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

to be announced later by the de-
partment.
Other provisions, covering adj
ministrative organization a n d
non-regulatory provisions became
effective Tuesday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23
SOY BEAN RISE
IN U. S.

Washington = CAP - In 40
years SOY beans have risen from
almost nothing to one of the ma
jor u. S. crops, says w. j. Morse
of the US department of agricul-
ture. The department first be-
came interested in the crop in
1908.
The beans were imported from
China. At first there was little
use made of them in this coun-
try. Mostly they were planted
when some other crop failed.
Then they used for many
years mainly as a forage crop.
After 1880. however. soy beans
began to have a place in many
crop rotations. Now they are
widely used as a cash crop. The
beans are sold for food and indus
trial uses.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

The word truck" gardens or
truck" crops comes from h 9
French word "troquer" which
means to barter.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

Port holes in ships were origin.
ally the openings through Whicl
cannon were fired.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-09-23

very i'll. He returned with his
mother. who had been in Vicks-
burg for some time.
Ebert Whatley worked over
the weekend in Cameron, La.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
North Korea 10 Free
-
.2U. ). Men Tomorrow
By the Assoeiotsd Press

SEOUL, Korea. Dec. 10.-North
Korea's Communist regime has
given definite word that two
Americans held nearly seven weeks
will be released tomorrow.
The Americans are Alfred T,
Meschter, %, of Kinderhook, N. Y,
and Albert e. Willis, 40, of Brook.
lyn. They were advisers to q
Korean crew which mutinied and
sailed the cargo ship Kimball r.
Smith to a Korean Communist
port September %.
United States Embassy officials
said North Korea's Radio Pyong-
yang broadcast last night that the
two men will be taken to Yoyan.
near the North South Korea bor-
der, either tonight or early to-
morrow. They will be turned over
to an official American party at
II am. tomorrow @ pm, EST, to-
day.
Both Mr.. Meschter and Mr..
Willis are members of the Eco
nomic Cooperation Administers
tion's marine bureau staff.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Violent Storm Devastates
Korean CuttIefish Fleet
by the Associofsd Press

SEOUL, Korea. Dec. 10.-A vio-
lent, sudden storm ripped through
the Korean East Coast cuttlef1sh
fleet last Sunday. causing heavy
loss of lives and boats.
Estimates of fatalities ran as
high as 600. The marine bureau
of the Korean Commerce Depart
ment said, however, that official
reports were incomplete.
The first word 'of the tragedy
came here today from the Kang-
nung correspondent of the Ko-
rean Pacific Press. He said at
least 100 small boats were lost.
Medical parties were dispatched
to the area from Seoul.
Most of the boats were caught
about 20 miles off the coast oppo-
site Seoul when the storm struck
at am. Cuttlef1sh are caught
at night. They are 10-armed ma
rine mollusks similar to sQuids
and octopuseS. They are cut into
fancy shapes and served as an
appetizer.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
BY the Associated Press

HONG KONG, Dec. 10.-The
Chinese Nationalists lost all but
three meager fingertip holds on
China proper today. And they
were ready to give up one OF those
-Chengtu-jus5 as soon as they
could complete its evacuation.
The other two are Sichang, in
Sikang Province virtually sur
rounded and worthless: and the
Luichow Peninsula opposite Hal
nan Island. The Reds are report
ed preparing to attack on the
peninsula to prevent Nationalist
from fleeing to Hainan.
These were today's fast devel-
opments:
The Nationalist garrison at
Running an estimated 40,0C)
troops-deserted and seized both
that city and its province, Yum
nan, for the Reds. It was coup
for former Gov. Lung Yum. one
time friend but now bitter foe of
Chang Kai-shek.
The deSerterS seized IL planes
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Governor Of Sarawak
Dies Of Stab Wounds
sy the Assoeiotsd Press

SINGAPORE, Dec. 10.-A stab
wound inflicted by a rebellious
native brought death today to the
British Governor of Sarawak, As
Duncan G. Stewart.
Mr.. Stewart died in Singapore
hospital after seven-day fight
for life. He was stabbed December
3 while making his first visit to
Sibu. an inland center of the
North Borneo crown colony to
which he came only month ago.
Mr.. Stewards wife, flown from
England, was at his bedside when
he died. Their three children still
are In England.
The British government said the
Malay youth who stabbed Mr..
Stewart and another who attacked
with him, were members Of q ma
tive organization seeking an end
TO crown rule In Sarawak and the
return of the Brooke family Of
white rajahs."
The two Malays have been
charged with attempted murder
but government officials here said
the charge probably will be
changed. Nine other Malays also
have been arrested.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Five Testify They Spied
Against Bulgaria on
Orders Of yugosIavs
81 Witnesses Lined Up for
Questioning on Fifth Day
Of TrioI of II Reds
BY the Assoeioted Press

SOFIA. Bulgaria, Dec. 10.-Five
witnesses at the Kostov treason
trial this morning testified that
they carried on espionage for the
Yugoslav intelligence service.
They appeared against II Bull
garian Communists charged with
treason, espionage and sabotage
to aid Yugoslavia.
They said they worked against
the Fatherland Front and the
Communist Party under direct in
structions of Yugoslav Embassy
ofhciAs in Sofia.
Iril Nikolov, identified as for
mer Nevrokop district prosecutor,
said he followed Yugoslav intelli-
gence instructions to carry out
subversive activities in Mace
donia. aiming at the annexation
of Bulgarian Macedonia to Yugo--
slavia.
AS the fourth day Of the trial
opened, 81 witnesses for the pros
ecution and the defense and five
commissions Of experts were in
line for questioning.
The local press prominently
carried stories of the attempts of
top defendant Traicho Kostov,
former deputy premier, to deny
some points of his pretrial writ
ten confession.
I'm fact this confession OF Kos
tov's was one confirmation Of his
first confessions" one paper said.
"Kostov could not support his de-
mails with any proof"
Rabotnichesko Delo, Communist
Party organ, carried on its front
page excerpts from an unpublished
letter of the late Premier Georgi
Dimitrov to the Central Commit
tee of the Politburo. The letter
was dated May 10.
The paper quoted Dimitrov as
calling Kostov "'one Of the most
intelligent individuals but also a
cunning. refined coward for whom
there cannot be q place in a really
Bolshevik Party. as we with all
our heart desire our party to be-"
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Pope Receives DoegerFromMon
Who Once Planned to Kill Him

the church and here is the dagger
with which I planned to do you
harm. I beg your forgiveness"
An unoficial Vatican source
confirmed the story, which quoted
Cornacchiola as saying he had
thought Of killing the Pope years
ago when he was fighting in the
Spanish Civil War.
II Tempo said the Pope smiled
with paternal indulgence and
asked the man why he had wished
Ito harm him, but the repentant
sinner preferred to say only I beg
forgiveness.
The Pope then caressed the
mans cheek. whispered God bless
you" and withdrew. keeping the
Bible and the dagger, the news
paper said.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Mother, Two Children Die
In Fire Near Baltimore
BY the As.oeiaied Press

ESSEX, Md, Dec. 10.-A 26-
year-old mother and her two small
children were burned to death to-
day in q fire which destroyed their
home.
They were identified by Balti-
more County police as Mrs. Mil
dred Ulbig, her daughter. Helen
Leona, S, and her son, Michael
Walter, 3.
Mrs. Ulbig's sister-in-law, IA
year-old Virginia Lee Ulbig, stag
|gered from the burning frame
house. She was reported In crit
|ical condition in Baltimore City
Hospital with severe burns oyel
much of her body.
The fire, of undetermined orr
gin, broke out after 6:l5 am.
when Elmer Ulbig, husband and
father of the victims. left the bum
galow to go to work.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
EisIer's Ex-Wfe Links Hiss
To Communist Agents Here
Trial Testimony Is First Direct Support
For Whitaker Chambers on Disputed Point

dominated Eastern Europe, under
mysterious circumstances. Mrs
Massing said her conversation
with Mr.. Hiss occurred in Mr..
Fields home in Washington.
II said to Mr.. Hiss, I under
stand you are trying to get Noel
Field away from my apparatus
into yours" Mrs. Massing. blond,
thrice-married and Vienna born,
told the jury.
She said Mr.. Hiss answered:
80 you're the famous girl that Is
trying to get Field away from me. !"
Mrs. Massing quoted Mr.. Hiss
as telling her: We'll see who Is
going to win" She said she coun-
tered with: Remember, Mr.. Hiss,
you are competing with a woman .
The dispute ended, Mrs. Mass
ing testified. on the note that
(See HISS. Page A-3.1
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Snow forecast Strapped;
Rain Due Tonight Instead

Predictions of weekend snow
for Washington were abandoned
blythe Weather Bureau today, and
forecasters said anything to fall
on the city will come tonight In
the form Of light rain.
The mercury was expected to
reach a high near 40 today. Skies
will be cloudy tonight, with occa-
sional rain and q low Of about
80 degrees. the forecast said. To-
morrow will be cloudy and q little
milder.
Snow, which the bureau first
expected to move in this after
noon, stopped at Gordonsville.
Va. about Is miles away. fore-
casters Said. @ ss
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Ward Party 10 Leave
Tienfsin Tomorrow
BY the Assoeiated Press

TAKU BAR, China. Dec. 10
Angus Wards party is scheduled
to leave Red China, finally. to-
morrow-aboard a tug.
But the 20-odd members of the
American consul generals staff
are not expected aboard their ship
Of haven-the Lakeland Victory
before late at night. Their 16-
mile trip from Tientsin down the
Han River to Taku Bar, in the
Gulf Of Chihli, will require about
10 hours. They will start at noon.
Capt. Paul r. Sexton Of the Lake
land was 50 notified today. He
said no one aboard the Lakeland
no United States Army per-
sonnel, including a doctor. and
no correspondents or photogra-
phers-would be permitted ashore
during the Lakeland's stay.
Nor will any one be permitted
to meet Mr.. Ward at Tientsin to
accompany him back aboard.
The ship Is expected to sail
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Robert Puck, German-borr
Tientsin agent of the Pacific Fai
East Lines, said he was told Mr.
Ward and his party of more thar
20 "are in good health and good
shane"
Evening star., 1949-12-10
By kewboId koyes, Jr.
Stor StofF Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-In shap-
ing Alger Hiss defense strategy
over the week end, attorneys for
the former State Department OFF,
cial are taking full account of
the possible effect on their case of
new testimony by Mrs. Hede
Massing.
A former wife of the fugitive
Compunist leader, Gerhart Eisler.
Mrs. Massing told the perjury
retrial jury late yesterday that
she and Mr.. Hiss had an argu-
ment in 1885 as to which of them
would command the services OF
Noel Field in the Washington
Communist underground.
Mr.. Field, who also is former
State Department employe. re-
Gently disappeared in Russian
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Truck Kills D. f. Man
AT Berwyn;; 7 Youths
Hurt as Car Hits Bus
Auto Crashes Into Rear
Of Arnold Lines Vehicle
On Lee Highway )

A Washington man was killed
last night crossing the Baltimore
boulevard at Berwyn.
James Lynch Bean, 20. a waiter
and counterman of l447 Chaplin
street NV, was struck by a
tractor trailer and died almost
instantly. Prince George County
police reported.
A technical charge Of man
slaughter was placed against the
driver. ]. C. Keith, Is, of Society
Hills. S. c.
Police quoted Mr.. Keith as say
ing he saw two men trying to
cross the highway in front Of his
southbound vehicle. One hurried
across. he said. but the second.
Mr.. Bean. hesitated. Mr.. Keith
said he applied brakes but the
pedestrian got into the path Of
the truck and was hit. =.
Two Youths Injured.
Police said they had not learned
the identity of the pedestrian with
Mr.. Bean.
Two Falls Church youths were
injured in an accident at Lee
highway and Edison street. Ar
lington. at 1880 am. today.
Police said their automobile
crashed into the rear of an Arm
old Lines bus which was about to
pull away from a curb after dis
charging passenger.
The injured are Joseph j. Cate.
20. of 222 West Greenway boule-
ward. the autos driver, and Will
liam Allen Monch, Is. Route 2.
Falls Church. an employe of the
East Falls Church Sports Center,
according to police.
They were taken to Arlington
Hospital, where their condition
today was described as fair.
Truck Overturns.
Police said damage to the au-
tomobile amounted to $500 and
estimated the bus damage at ST.
500. The bus was operated by
John Albert Hutton, Is. of the
500 block Grove avenue, Falls
Church, police said.
Attendants at Prince Georges
General Hospital said they treat
ed Paul j. Voigt. a Beltsville
plumber, for back injuries he re-
ported receiving when a truck he
was driving overturned early to-
day at Sunnybrook. He told the
attendants he fell asleep at the
wheel.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
7 Youths Killed,
2Hurt Seriously
In AutoCrash
Doctors Son, 23, Dies
instantly as Cor Rolls
Down Embunkment

Two young men were killed and
two more seriously injured shortly
after 4 am. today when their
speeding automobile went out Of
control at Reno road and Tilden
street NV. and rolled down an
embankment into section of park
land near the Bureau of Stand
ards.
Those killed were James c.
Harding, jr, %, a law student at
the University of Pennsylvania,
son of DIR. and Mrs. James c.
Harding, 5428 Forty-first street
NV, and George Terrell Giragi,
81, of 1906 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV. Both were graduates
of Notre Dame University.
Seriously injured were Frank
Finn, jr., 81, of 1906 New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation employe. and
Notre Dame graduate, and Joseph
T. Maloney, 81, of Trenton. N. j.,
a student in night law class at
Georgetown University.
| Both Have Head Injuries.
| Mr.. Finn was reported to have
a fractured skull and head and
wrist cuts, while Mr.. Maloney
suffered undetermined head In
juries and possible fractures Of
the shoulder and nose. They were
taken to Emergency Hospital by
rescue squad f1remen.
DR.. Harding, WHO is the assist
ant medical director of the Vet
erans' Administration, said the
young men had been visiting In
his home and his son was driving
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Dy the Assoeiaisd Prsss

ROME, Dec. 10.-A trolley con-
ductor handed to Pope Plus XII q
dagger with which he once had
planned to kill him, the Rome
newspaper 4 Tempo reported
today.
The dramatic scene occurred
Thursday night in the Pontif1's
private chapel after a special
rosary service attended by a small
group of streetcar workers and
Vatican laborers, the newspaper
said.
The conductor, identiAkd as
Bruno Cornacchiola. accosted the
Pope and said, according to Il
Tempo, Holy Father, here is 4
Bible which ! used to speak against
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Navy Will Strengthen
Pacific Fleet Because
.0f Red Tide in China
Transfer of Carrier
And Several Subs From
Atlantic Planned
By John A. Giles
By John A. Giles

The Navy plans to shift an air
craft carrier and several subma-
rines from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Fleet, it was learned today.
The. attention now being given
naval strength in the Pacific is
another indication of administra-
ton concern over the turn of
events in the Orient where Com
munist forces are steadily over
running Nationalist China.
The transfers, expected to be
announced soon, will follow the
recently announced shift of two
cruisers from the Atlantic to the
Pacific in what was called a move
to equalize the cruiser strength of
the two fleets.
At present the Navy is operating
two 27,000-ton Essex class carriers
the Valley Forge and the Boxer
along with two small type escort
fiat-tops in the Pacific. The sub
marine fleet there consists of 81
vessels.
In the Atlantic there are nine
of the larger type carriers and
three escort f1at-tops. In addition
to the three 45,000-ton carriers
capable of launching 26-ton Nep-
tune bombers - the Midway.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Coral
Seattle Atlantic Fleet has three
Essex class ships. They are the
Philippine Sea, Leyte and Kear-
sage. The latter two will be mod
ernized and strengthened at a
total cost of $4,000. 900 to allow
them to handle heavier type
planes. The Essex presently is be-
ing converted at Puget Sound,
Wash. and the Wasp in New York
Also in the Atlantic are three
14,500-ton carriers-the Saipan,
Wright and Cabot. The Navy has
A submarines operating in the
Atlantic.
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman,
chief of naval operations. told a
National Press Club luncheon
recently that he was concerned
over the weakening of the Pacific
fleet under the shift of naval
strength from the Pacific to the
Atlantic. He said that he had
been going over the ways and
means of strengthening" the
Pacific fleet since he took Office
two months ago.
The Navy began moving the
heavier portion of its forces to the
Atlantic three years ago. The
shifts were stepped up during the
Russian blockade of Berlin.
The transfers have been SO
heavy that when suggestions were
made recently that the Navy
4 fCaa pA TTHTr TT EE,T pooa A.d)
Evening star., 1949-12-10
West Juvo Parliament
Rotifies Hague Pact
by the As,oeiofed Pres

BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 10.-The
provisional Parliament Of the state
of West Jaya ratified today The
Hague agreement for United
States of Indonesia. The vote was
s to 4, with 2 abstentions.
This brings to Is the number
of states which have accepted the
outline for establishment Of new,
independent nation in these rich
islands Of the East Indies.
Decisions by the islands Of
Bangka. Billion and the Pariia-
ment Of the Indonesian republic
are expected early next week. The
lower house Of the Dutch Parlia-
ment also has given approval. j.