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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

ners presented their trophies to
Miss Lander. Small jamie Walker
then brought a beautifully deco
rated box laden with beribboned
packages into the room and pre-
scented it to the honoree.
The h~ostesses e assisted by
Misses Cora Nell Krebs. lone
Walker and Dolores Sullivan in
serving cold drinks with cake.
There were about 80 guests.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17
Calvary WINS
Circles Meet
With Members

Circle meetings were held this
week by the Woman's Missionary
Society of Calvary Baptist church
with the sessions taking place at
the homes of members. AT the end
of each meeting light refresh
ymentS were served.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17
BIRTH OF SON

Announcement has been re-
ceived of the birth of a son to
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Knight at
Our Lady of the Lake hospital in
Baton Rouge, June 10; weight
eight pounds. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Knight are former residents of
Pascagoula, Mrs. Knight being
the former Viola Barnett. The
baby's paternal grandparents are
MI. and Mrs. r. B. Knight of
Pascagoula. He is their first
grandson.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

American glassmaking was rev.
olutionized by a carpenter of
Sandwich. Massachusetts, who
found in 1927 that glass could
be hand-pressed in a mold. This
brought glassware for the first
time within the reach of every
American home.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17
PREACHING SERVICE

The Rev. S. J. Odom of Citron-
ellie. Ala, will conduct services
at the home of D. A. Waters, cor
ner of Washington avenue and
Beach Road, Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
Everyone is invited to the non
UNCONVENTIONAL service, Mrs. Wa
tiers announced.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

Brazil or Brasil was the name
of a legendary island in the At
lantic Ocean and historians be
lieve its familiar existence as a
geographical location led to that
name for the South American
country.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

1t would take about 100000
earths to equal the bulk of the
sun.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

CHARLES SAVAGE. SON OF
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ]. Savage. who
was recently promoted as cor
poral at Fort Lewis. Wash.
where he is now stationed. Cor
poral Savage. who is a native
of Psseagoula. was graduated
from its high school last year
where he was drummer in the
orchestra and band. Prior to his
enlistment in the army October
1913. he was employed at a 10.
cal hardware store.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17
MARY MCCORMICK

The Mary Mccormick circle
held its meeting with Mrs. j. B..
Mccullough as hostess at 100 p.
m. Monday. The time was given
TO the study of the first four chap
tiers of the new mission study.
with Mrs. c. L. Bice as leader.
Mrs. Bice also said the closing
prayer.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17

The bow and arrow were first
used in the Old Stone Age.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-06-17
LUCY WRIGHT

The meeting of the Lucy
Wright circle was held with Mrs.
Evening star., 1949-02-25

This letter is typical OF many
each week: II think you should
explain to your readers that such
words as cheese, lens, cabbage, let
tuce, invoice are both singular and
plural. You can prove this by the
fact that the dictionary does not
show any plural form OF the
words"
It is true that the dictionary does
not show the plural forms OF the
above mentioned words. But it is
serious mistake to jump to the
conclusion that the words are both
singular and plural, and that
therefore, it is correct to speak OF
these cheese, these lens, these
cabbage etc.
The dictionary doesn't show the
plural form of any words except
% words whose plurals are formed
irregularly; % words whose plur-
ais are formed according to Latin
rules, or the rules of foreign Ian
guages; 90 words that actually are
both singular and plural.
Turn to the dictionary and you'll
find the plurals given for these
classes of words, thus:
Cd OK, plural oxen; child, plural
children: man, plural men; mouse,
plural mice.
60 Datum, plural data: cadu-
ceus, plural caducei; nucleus, plural
nuclei.
90 Deer, singular and plural;
species, singular and plural; Chi
nese, singular and plural; bison,
singular and plural.
Now when the dictionary shows
no plural, it means that the plural
is formed regularly by adding either
IS" or "es," as: fox, foxes; bird,
birds; cheese, chesses; lens, lenses;
cabbage, cabbages; lettuce, lettuces;
invoice, invoices, etc.
This is matter that teachers
should explain very carefully to
their English classes. 1t will avert
many embarrassing errors.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Goren on Bridqe

Generally speaking. where there
are two lines Of play available for
the fulfllment of a contract, that
one should be selected which offers
the better prospect of success even
though it involves going down ad-
ditional tricks If it fails. An ex-
eeption may be noted in cases where
the possible loss is apt to be out Of
ell proportion to the gain.
You find yourself, for example, in
q contract of three no-trump, re-
doubled and vulnerable. You can
run off with eight tricks and resign
yourself to loss of 400 points. But
the contract can be fulfilled If
finesse succeeds. If it should fail,
however, you will be down for loss
of 2200 points. Should you risk the
finesse? Unless you have good
reason to believe it will work, it is
an unsound gamble, because you
stand to lose considerably more
than you stand to gain. But where
a contract has not been doubled
every effort should be made to
bring it home, even at risk of a
alightly greater loss.
The bidding of today's hand is
given as it actually occurred, though
there are some features of it with
which we are not in full agreement.
North's tWo-club response to the
heart bid is not acceptable. The
hand is hardly worth two con-
structive bids, and the recommended
procedure is therefore an immediate
single raise to two hearts. If opener
bids again, game should be con-
tracted for. If partner fails to
take further action it is unlikely
that a game will be missed. The
test of whether or not a hand \
worth two bids is to be found in
measuring the playing tricks. II
there are more than four, bid twice.
If there are four or less responder
should content himself with
single raise.
Expressed in terms of point count,
the single raise is designed to take
care of those hands that are average
90 points or less. -Four playing
tricks correspond roughly with 10
points. Even taking into consld-
Grafton the value of the doubleton
spade, the North hand is not above
average and the single raise is
indicated.
Against the four-heart contract
the queen of diamonds was opened
and taken with the king. Declarer
Immediately led trump, and with
1t threw away the hand. The dla-
mond ace was driven out and the
defense took one trick in each suit.
Declarer had pinned all his hopes
on finding West with specifically the
king and one other club, remote
holding. His best chance to make the
hand was to find East with the JACK
of spades, a $3.50 chance. After
winning the first trick, spade
should be led to the king. The ace
will win and diamond will come
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Nv Word for 1t
BY Frank Colby

These words are plural in form
but are treated as both singular
and plural, mumps, measles, mathe-
matics, economics, politics, species
series, molasses.
Singular use: Mumps Cor
measles is contagious disease
Mathematics Cor economics) is a
difficult study. Politics is his pro-
fession. This species of flower is
rare. The series is incomplete.
Molasses is a thick sirup.
Plural use: There are mumps COR
measles of several kinds. There
are mathematics of several classes
The various economics (Qr politics.
of Europe are being studied. Three
series of lectures were held. There
are many species of flowers. There
are molasSes of various brands.
The noun news, while plural in
form, is always singular, as, The
news is good.
Evening star., 1949-02-25

After two years OF study at
Milan, Giuseppi Verdi went to the
town of Busetto, near the village
of his birth, and earned his living
as an organist and as leader OF
an orchestra.
Verdi had studied music in
Busetto during his youth, and had
a special reason for liking to be
there. This reason was young
woman, his 'boyhood sweetheart" "
and he soon was married to her.
Two children, a boy and girl,
were born to the young couple, and
it seems as though happy family
life stretched out before them.
A friend showed Verdi the words
for an opera, and asked him to
provide music. This Verdi did, for
Evening star., 1949-02-25

To obtain a free copy of the illus.
trated leafiet on The Story Of China"
send a self addressed stamped envelope
10 Uncle Ray in care OF The Star.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Test Your Horse Sense
Rv Dr. Georae W. Crone

Score one for each of the first five
problems. The last counts five.
/. Stag is produced primarily in
the production of
Rubber Steel Paint Films
2. A housewife uses the word
"dredge" to indicate
Coat with flour Parboil
French fry Basic
8. Clipping is an offense in which
field of sport?
Boxing Baseball Basket ball
Football
4. Clara Barton should make one
think primarily Of which organiza-
ton?
OAR Red Cross PTA
Salvation Army
S. The M. D. college degree
should make one think primarily
of which fowl?
Owl Crow Stork Oriole
6. Even the most expert deaf
lipreaders have difficulty following
the lips of their companions and
understanding what is said, because
there are so many words that look
alike when we utter them. You
deserve one point for each correct
matching of the words in the left
hand column which look to a lip
readed like the words in the oppo-
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Uncle Rays Corner
BY Romon Coffmon

the opera known as "Oberto. ="
When it was produced, people said
that it was fairly good, but the 26-
year-old composer failed to win
much fame from it.
Verdi was asked, however, to
compose another opera, and set to
work on it. This was to be
comic opera, but while it was being
prepared, tragedy came into the
life of the musician. Illness
struck his home, and in two
months, his little son and daugh-
ter died, then his wife.
Despite those fearful blows of
fortune, Verdi carried out his
promise to compose the comic
opera. 1t proved to be a failure.
People laughed, in a sense of the
word, but the laughing was more
hooting than anything else.
Verdi decided to give up the
idea of operas, and he might never
have composed another if a friend
had not come to him with words
for one of special kind. He was
asked to compose music for an
opera about the struggle of the
Jews against their foreign mas
ters, the Babylonians.
At that time Northern Italy was
under the heel of Austria, and
Verdi felt that music of revolt
should be written. So there came
into being the opera. "Nebuchad-
nezzar." On the opening night,
after each act, the audience rose
from their seats and cheered.
That marked the beginning of
long career of success for Verdi.
He composed the famous operas.
IN Trovatore" and LA Traviatta.'
and later the great Aida" He
lived to the age of 81.
Evening star., 1949-02-25

ca Very (V Cam
(b) Papa (W) FAIRY
Co Cob X) Goal
cd Coal (y) Baby
(e) Maybe 90 Mamff&
Score yourself as follows: o.,
poor; 3-6, average; 7-9, superior;
9-10, very superior.
Answers to Horse Sense Quiz.
I. Steel. @ Coat with -four; 8. Fog
ball. 4. Red Cross 8: stors; Ms.,s O. L
(c) Gob-Calm W. (O Coal-Goal IN:
(e) Maybe-Baby ~.
Evening star., 1949-02-25

back. This is won and dummy
should be entered with the ace of
clubs. 1t is good strategy to aban-
don the fnesse because even if it
wins it is almost certain that a
club trick will have to be lost any
way. The seven of spades is led
and the ten finessed. When this
holds the trick, dummy can shed
one of it's losing diamonds on the
queen of spades. 1t is true, if it
loses, declarer will 60 down one
more trick, but so points is a mod
crate price to pay for an increased
chance of making game.
(Copyrght 1949, by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Word Game

FIIIU ll UI IIIUIV WUIUS III
TACKER.
meaning, "a person or thing that
drives tacks, as into shoes" Av-
erage is 81; limit, 20 minutes.
Rules. Words must be of four or
more letters. 2. Words which acquire four
letters by the addition of IS such as
bats cats" are not used. 3. Only one
form Of a word is used. 4 Proper names
are not used. A list will be published
tomorrow.
Aneuor % MnnNIIT
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-04
IN THE INTEREST OF THE U. s.

Wartime lend-lease shipments to thrty-eight Allies the United States $50 229 in the seven-year period from March II, 1941.
 The figures are from report made by the President to Congress, which dscoses that aircraft and aer0na tical supplies constituted the most expensive item and that the next category covered vessels and other water craft
 While this is tremendous sum of money, it would be
 mistake for the people of the United States to accept the theory that represented gift to other fighting tions Mainly the assistance in the national interest of the United States and to be justified solely the basis of our Self-interest
 One should not overlook that the justification for the European Recovery Program is not humanitarian or representative of dealistc attempt to help mankind It represents coldbooded calculation to the interests of the United States These require that if possible the Western nations of Europe become self-supporting from economic standpoint and strong enough to de- fend their territory from aggression These goals, if achieved much to the security and safety of the United States
 Here economic statistics that you can inter- pret for yourself:
 There 0,000 unemployed in February which was the highest number of people out of work since the During the month there were ST. 900 per sons at work which was the highest total employment for the month of February on record
 The explanation seems to be in the greatly increased number of people at work and seeking work Inciden- tally of those out of work 1903 916 getting ob- less benefits at the end of February.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-04

them.
 The first plan the most far-reaching reorganza- tion accomplished It created the Executive Office of the President the Federal Security Agency the Fed era Works Agency and the Federal Loan Agency drawing into them units which had been scattered throughout the government
 The reorganization act expired in 1941 but re- enacted in 1945 Before the 945 act expired last year. President Truman had submitted reorganization plans. Three rejected, but of these, establish ing permanent Federal Housing Agency, was later ap- proved All of these reorganization plans did some good in the opinion of public administration specialists But they say, of them attacked the problem broad front
 Hoover Commission reports indicate that its members feel that neffciency and waste will not be eliminated until the whole federal system of purchasing personnel procurement and administrative management is Over- hauled.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-04

(By Clarke Beach)

For 37 years one President another has been at tempting to reoganze the executive branch of the gov ernment Bits and pieces of the badly assembled struc ture have been reshaped and re-arranged here and there But no plan for thorough reshuffng got to first base.
 Experts of public administration won't be surprised if the present proposal by Herbert Hoover's Commits sion on Government Organization begged down. Yet they have some hope that this plan will succeed
 The first President to send reorganization plan to the Congressional executoners' block William Howard Taft He had commission study the matter for two years and submitted his plan in 1912.
 Although Congress did nothing about it at the time of it's features adopted in later years. gave impetus to the government pension and retirement pro- grams To it the Budget Bureau and the General Ac- counting Office their lives.
 In 1920 as the first world out of the way, group of private citizens formed the National Budget Committee made study and submitted re- organization proposal.
 In 1923 the movement flared in a spectacular fizzle joint Congressional committee studied the matter. The BroOkngs Institution submitted plan Then President Harding placed a reorganization program before Con- gress It sent to the joint committee and reject ed. Instead the committee recommended plan of it's own to Congress- and Congress turned it down.
 Herbert Hoover seems to have been the next to give serious consideration the matter When he was secretary of commerce. he made far reaching organization proposals primarily affecting his department.
 In 1882 Hoover managed to get Congress to pass the "EcOnOmy Act of 1882" which gave him authority to
 
 Congress- But he sent his plan to Congress in December 1882, month after his defeat by Franklin D. Roosevelt The House of Representatives promptly killed it.
 President Roosevelt in his first year in office got the broadest reorganization authority given to pres ident He could have reorganzed through executive der any part of the governmental exemptons-and only legislation by both Houses of Congress could have nufed his order The bill amendment to the Economy Act of 1892
 Although armed with such powers, Roosevelt effect ed broad reorganization His chief reforms in 1883 and 1884 the creation of the Farm Credit Admnis tration consolidating various agricultural credit agen ces; creation of the procurement division within the Treasury the first central purchasing agency; central izng all federal dsbursng in the Treasury and conso idating the immigration and naturalization services within the Labor Department.
 Reorganization became big issue again in 1887 when Senate committee had the Brookngs Institution make another study of the problem Then the President appointed Committee Administrative Manage ment, headed by Louis Brownlow.
 reorganization act was adopted in 1889, based pr- marily the Brownlow report It gave the President authority to effect reoganizatons subject to veto by both houses of Congress within 60 days It exempted about 20 agencies however from reorganization thus making thorough shake-up impossible.
The Nome nugget., 1949-04-04
Heated Pro And .Anti-Cruening
 Arguments Heard
Confined from Page One)

strumental in any way in having the road built.
 He said the road was built un- der authority of the Territorial highway engineer at time when he 'Gruening) was absent from Alaska on business. He added that it was comparable to other roads constructed to develop forest Serv- ice homesite areas
 Had I been there, I would cer- tainly have opposed this road be- ing built" Gruening said.
 He told the committee that in the first place he did not want the road near his summer home, and that in the second place Re would have been aware of the implica- tiOnS that would be attached to it.
 Besides Jensen, those testifying against Gruening included Frank Angerman of Fairbanks, and George J MiScovich, also mem bers of the Territorial legislature; Charles D. Jones of Nome, a min ing man and Territorial Senator, Captain A. E. Lathrop, owner of a number of business enterprises in COrdOva, Anchorage and Fair banks; and A. H. Ziegler, Ketchi- kan attorney.
 LathrOp asked the committee 10 confirm a "neW goVernor-sOme- one who can dispel much of the political bitterness w hich has marked our legislative sessions during the past nine years-some- one whose policies will attract in- Vestment capital to the Territory and at the same time who will sin cerely fight for labor's rights-not use labor for political purposes"
 Supporters included -Stanley MCCutcheon, speaker of the Terri torial House; Col. Marvin Marston commander of the Arctic Guard during the war; Mayor z. J. Lous- sac Of Anchorage; Simeon Oliver, Anchorage, Eskimo concert plan ist and author; William L. Baker, publisher of the Ketchikan chrol- iCle; Mrs. Irene Ryan, Anchorage mining engineer; Joe Nashalook. Unalakleet Eskimo. a fishermanS union official; and Rep. Alfred Owen, vice president of the Alas ka Territorial federation of labor.
 The seven opposition witnesses cOntended that Gruening's opposi- tiOn to absentee ownership and vested interests" had prevented investment capital from coming to the Territory. They also charged his tax program adopted at the last session of the legislature would injure the Territory.
 Proponents of the governors ap-
 
 Gruening in nine years had trans formed the Territory from a 'wil- derness" to a thriving community that is progressing rapidly. Nine of A supporters of the gov ernor, who came from Alaska to attend the hearing, testified. They said he had been good. progressive governor who had the interests of the people at heart. They approved of his tax pro gram.
 They said the Territory had to have the added money, some S18.- 000,000 for rehabilitation of the
Evening star., 1949-05-11
|John l.. Lewis Is No Sourpuss,
IOHicioI UNIV Biography Insists
The sketch begns

Tne Skefcn oeEns.
John l. Lewis, undoubtedly the
worlds foremost labor executive.
was born In Lucas. Iowa. On Lin
coins birthday. February IL.
1880"
The last page Is devoted TO Mr..
Lewis the man:
In private life. Mr.. Lewis is by
no means the grutg sourpuSs' that
many cartoonist. and writers have
endeavored 70 depict
He is one OF the most afIaoie.
big-hearted men on the American
scene.
He possesses an old-fashioned
courtliness that Is too often LACK
ins in other great leaders,
The sketch says that Mr.. Lewis
probably Is the most photographed
man in the United States except
for the President.
John was the oldest Of six sons
of Tom Lewis. an active union
man.
In his early days John was q
good ball player. liked amateur
theatricals. read everything from
the Bible to Shakespeare. the
sketch says.
Mr.. Lewis credits his wife. q
former schoolteacher who died In
1912. with much of his success.
Mrs. Lewis was constant in
tellectual spur for her husband,
and she helped him polish up the
dramatic rhetorical style which
has so often aided Lewis in his
battles with both mine operators
and Government bureaucrats."
Somewhere along the line Mr..
Lewis picked UP a hobby that may
be useful when he starts figuring
what to do during contract dis
putes:
"A keen student of Napoleon
and military strategy in general,
Lewis was once found down on the
floor Of conference room with the
late Gen. Hugh johnson.
THE mutual friend who saw
them reported that the two men
were heatedly discussing how this
flank and that battalion should
have been moved in the battle OF
Gettysburg"