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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
Miss. S !ote To
Sturt Erection Of
LibrorY Building

Construction of the new million
dollar library at Mississippi State
College will begin with ground
breaking ceremonies sometime in
April, according to President
Fred T. Mitchell, who announced
that the contracts for building
and equipping the library were
let by the State Building Com
mission in Jackson last Friday.
The contract for the construc-
ton of the four-story, $50, 00O
volume-capacity library was
awarded to the J. A. Jones Con-
struction Company of Charlotte,
North Carolina.
The overall cost of the library,
including equipment and furni-
ture, will be $852,793, with the
general construction bid Of the
Jones Company $500, 700. The
expenditure was authorized by
the last session OF the State Leg
islature.
The architects, Johnston, Jones
and Shaw of Starkville. said that
the building, which is supposed
to be completed next year, will
be of reinforced concrete brick
and hollow tile with Indiana
limestone trimmings. An orna-
mental bronze grill based ON the
scandinavian tree of knowledge
will grace the front entrance,
which will bear the inscription,
Wisdom comes to those who seek
it," All inside finish work will
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
EDwINA ROBINSON

The home Of Mrs. Dick Abbey
was the place Of meeting for the
Edwina Robinson circle at $3.50
a. m. with the chairman, Mrs.
Henry Bogdahn presiding over
the business session which was
concerned with community mis-
sions. The opening prayer was
said by Mrs. II. G. Otis and the
study Of the first twelve chapters
Of Deuteronomy. was taught by
Mrs. c. f. Fewel, Jr., who closed
the meeting with prayer.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
NEWS FROM
Fort Bayou
BY Mrs. W. e. Monroe

The Rev. Brian Broadds was
a Tuesday night guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Ramsay.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Adams and
Chilli Griffin were visitors in
Pascagoula Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Davis of
Moss Point visited Mr.. and Mrs.
George Cole Sunday.
Mrs. Clara Cicoria was a Gulf
port visitor Monday.
Mrs. George Cole, Mrs. Charles
Wardrop and Mrs. w. E. Monroe
attended the Home Dcmonstra-
ton Council meeting in Pasca-
gonla Thursday A large number
attended the session. Miss Vela
Mckinley gave an interesting
talk on All club activities and
Mrs. Cole conducted a class in
reed work. A luncheon Of stuffed
crabs, cabbage salad, melba
toast, cookies and iced tea was
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01

served and pictures were taken
of the council members.
Vivian Taylor was a visitor in
Biloxi Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Webb, who has
been i'll, is now at home after be-
ing in Biloxi hospital for several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Massey and fam
lily and Mrs. Cox of Ocean Springs
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Cicoria
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wardrop
visited in Moss Point Sunday.
Mrs. George Cole visited in
Gulfport Tuesday.
w. M. Griffin, Mr.. and Mrs
Chile Griffin and Mr.. and Mrs,
Clyde Adams were guests of Mrs.
Minnie Stevenson of Lucedale
Sunday.
The Fort Bayou Baptist church
was wired for electricity by Ches-
ter Schneider Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Davis OF
Pascagoula and Mrs. Fred Sartin
and daughter of California were
guests Wednesday of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Cole. On Saturday Mrs.
Sartin and daughter left for their
home after spending some weeks
with their daughter and sister,
Mrs. Davis, and family. On Mon
day Mr.. and Mrs. Davis left for
a weeks visit in Cincinnati where
Mr.. Davis is a delegate to the
Paper Mill convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Cieoria Wis
tied in Mobile Thursday.
M/Sgt. and Mrs. Roy Phillips
of Keesler, accompanied by Roy's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Carr. were recent
guests in the Ernest Mallette
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Thoman
and 0 and Mrs. Schneider OF
New Orleans were guests of Mr..
Thoman's mother, Mrs. J. M. De-
Soto, and Mr. DeSoto Sunday.
Their son remained for a longer
visit with his grandmother.
"Sonny" Naquin of Pascagoula
who has been in the Navy for
three years stationed in Califor-
MIA has been discharged and Wis
tied the o. E. Atwell family Sat
urday. After visiting relatives and
friends he will leave for Chicago
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
BUSINESS WoMEN.s

Miss Kathryn Maxwell was
hostess TO the Business Women's
circle at its meeting at the home
of Mrs. Tom Thornhill at 7:30
p. m. with Mrs. George Harrison
presiding. The devotional was
presented by Mrs. Thornhill after
which the monthly Royal Service
program was given under the
leadership of Mrs. II. f. Nelson
who was assisted by Mesdames
Harrison and T. w. Hudson. There
were nine present. Spring flow
ers we're used in decorating of
the rooms where the circle met.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
LENA HALL

Mrs. B. S. Gotta was hostess
70 the Lena Hall circle at $3.50
am. at her home at $40 Resca
da la Palma street with Mrs. j.
H, Simpson. the chairman, pre-
siding. This circle revcrses the
usual order Of meeting by serv-
ing refreshments first and having
the study afterwards. The study
was on the first twelve chapters
Of Deuteronomy and they were dis
cussed by Mesdames Francis
Canty, J. A. Rountree. r. S. Fai-
son, and Simpson. The closing
prayer was said by Mrs. ]. j.
Flack.
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be held at the new camp grounds
which consist Of a remodeled
summer resort hotel on 100 acres
of ground Plans are to build
cabins and have a swimming pool
and other recreation facilities.
More than 200 boys from all
over the state attended the con-
ference. The Pascagoula delega-
ton received a prize for the Club
coming the ~fartherest, having
driven $50 miles to attend the
conference.
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JOHN WATTS

Mrs. Hal Lee was hostess to the
John Watts circle at its meeting
at $40 am. at her home on River
Road. The meeting was presided
over by the chairman, Mrs. G.. w.
Hall and the time was given to
the study Of the first ten chapters
Of Deuteronomy under the lead
ership of Mrs. Travis Avara. The
closing prayer was said by Mrs.
Lee.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01

What to do for voman's Oldest problem.
functional monthly psin7 Many q girl and
woman has found the answer In CAR
OUTS away help. You see, cARDUT mag
mako things lots easier for you IN either
OF two ways: ~ started , days before
s.your time and taken as directed on the
label. It should help relieve functional
periodic pain; (7) taken throughout the
month like q tonic. It should improve your
appetite. aid digestion. and thus help
build up resistance for the trying days 70
come. CARDUI Is scientifically prepared
and scientifically tested. II you suffer IA
those certain times. get cARDUI today.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
10y EVERETT PRUDEN. JR

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd E. Pruden
have announced the birth of a
son, Floyd Everett, Jr., at the
Jackson County hospital, March
rs at 10:45 am; weight, 8 pounds,
thirteent ounces. Mrs. Pruden
and her son were moved to their
home at SOB 10th street the early
part of the week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
JIMMY FOSTER

Mrs. Edgar Fortenberry was
hostess to the Jimmy Foster cir
Gle at its meeting at her home
at 3 p. m. with Is members pres
ent. During the business session
which was presided over by the
chairman, Mrs. c. L. Mcclellan,
the chairman of community mis-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
|Hi-Y Members
Attend Meeting
At YMcAc Camp

Four members of the Pasca-
goula high school Hi-Y club, ac-
companied by the sponsor, Har-
old c. Seitz, attended the 36th
annual conference under the di-
rection Of the Mississippi YMCA
at Castalion Springs, state YMCA
camp, last weekend. They were
Bobby Bishop, president of the
local club, Artha Bryant, vice
president, Herman Graef, secre-
tary and John Haynes, treasurer,
and Harold c. Seitz, sponsor.
The theme of the conference
was "The Way and guest speak
ers included Judge L. c. Corban,
circuit court judge of this dis
trict; Walter Spiva, state high
way director; Henry T. Ware of
the YMCA at State College; and
Ben F. Cameron of Meridian.
This was the first meeting to
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01

be light oak to match the flrni-
ture.
"The library will be modern in
all respects" stated Donald E.
Thompson, director of libraries.
ut will have seven tiers for
books, % faculty studies, IS stu
dent ~carrells; a separate room for
Mississippi books, two music
rooms and a record library, an
auditorium seating 122 persons,
a browsing room and a labora-
tory for microfilm records"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01

sions, Mrs. j. j, Wedgeworth
collected the towels for the church
kitchen. which is the project of
this committee for the month
thus bringing it up to 100 per
cent perfect for March. Mrs. Bru-
ner Lennep, the study leader, re-
viewed the third chapter of the
book. Guide to Community Mis-
sions''. Prayers were said by Mes
danes Emma Smith and Charles
Linton.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01

Idaho produces more silver and
zinc than any other state.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
Bible And Mission Study Occupy
WINS Circles At Meeting Monday

On Monday the woman's Mis-
sionary society of the First Bap-
fist church OF Pascagoula held
circle meetings when the time
was given to Mission study Of
Bible lessons. At the end of
each meeting the hostess for that
particular circle served refresh
ments. The sessions were held
as follows;
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01
ALMA HUNT

The meeting Of the Alma Hunt
circle was held at the home of
Mrs. B. w. Stokes Monday at
$3.50 am. with the chairman, Mrs,
Harley Seay presiding. The
opening prayer was said by Mrs.
NJ. G.. Larsen and the devotional
was given by Mrs. Bondell Nc
Raney. Mrs. c. F. Wadsworth,
the mission study chairman re-
viewed the third chapter of the
hooks, Guide for Community
Missions" During the business
period plans were made concern
ing the quarterly luncheon meet
ing at the church. April 4, The
closing player was said by Mrs,
Stokes. SIG
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01

81. Georges Salyna-a wonderful, washable linen
like rayon Passementerie trim, so lacy and
light =. Warm weather colors; blue, grey, citrus
or orchid. A captivating dress that can go cruis-
ing or brighten up a stay at home wardrobe. Sizes
10 to 20, 7 to Is.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-04-01

JUSTIN MCCARTHY does a jewel of a dress in
jewel-toned iridescent chambray-gal enough for
gala affairs. The top is embroidered with deep
shaded vermicelli, with scattered brilliants to
sparkle brightly and best of all, this dress washes
beautifully! In topaz, emerald, amethyst, sapphire.
Sizes 10 to Is, 2 to II.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Autopsy Set in Death
OF Man in Potomac

An autopsy was to be performed
today in the death of Clarence w.
Offenbacher, 43, Of 800 H street
NV, whose body was found yes
terday in the Potomac River off
Hams Point.
Mr.. Ofenbacher, a glazier,
broke his right leg and left wrist
in an accident while at work last
January II. He had been unable
to work since then.
His wife reported him missing
March 13. She said at that time
he had not been home for three
days.
The body was found by David
Friedman, 20, of 503 Schuler road,
Silver Spring, and Marty Blaker,
20. of 945 Randolph street NV,
who were in a motorboat. They
drew close to the Hams Point bank
and hailed a cab driver, Edward
Kluge, 49. of 1904 Twenty-second
street NE. Mr.. Kluge radioed his
dispatcher to call police.
Police estimated the body had
been in the water about two
weeks. Mr.. Offenbacher was
identified by his son, Clarence
Offenbacher, jr.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Red Popular Front
Seen Next Maneuver
lin Soviet Cold War
By the Assoeioisd Press

ROME, Mar. 30.-Italian Com
munist leaders indicate the next
Red maneuver in the cold war
will be a popular front" for de
Tending peace"
The new tactic. which may be
the Kremlin's reply to the North
Atlantic defense treaty, began to
shape up yesterday at a meeting
of the Central Committee of the
Italian Communist Party.
Palmiro Togliatti. leader of the
Italian Communists, and his dep
uty. Luigi Longo, called for a
peace front. Togliatti was in the
forefront of the Kremlin's re-
cent peace offensive" which was
dropped at the time it became
obvious the West was going ahead
with the North Atlantic pact.
Togliatti and Longo indicated
they expect a broad front. includ-
ing nom Communists, to be evolved
from the world peace confer
ence" to be held in Paris, April 20.
The importance which the
Kremlin attaches to the Paris
conference is indicated by the
fact that the Russian controlled
press already has begun BOOM
ing it.
Moscow newspapers yesterday
reported preparations being made
in various capitals for sending
delegations to Paris.
The Italian Red leaders en-
phasized the new peace" move
ment would not be confined to
Communists. Togliatti said it
would be "a broad alliance in
which will participate citizens of
every class, faith and political
allegiance"
He charged "the imperialistic
powers. and in the first rank the
group directing the United States,
have turned definitely towards
war"
He added, however, that "the
makers of an anti-Soviet war find
themselves before the fundamen-
tai obstacle of the desire of the
people for peace"
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Russian Youth Delegates
Start KremIin Session
BY the Assoeiaisd Rrsss

MOSCOW. Mar. 30.-Delegates
Of Komsomol, Soviet youth Or
ganization, met yesterday in their
first congress since before the
war.
The delegates, representing g.
100000 members between the ages
Of 16 to 26, met in the Kremlin
Palace. It was the 11th congress
of the 30-year-old organization,
which began with $4,000 members.
Komsomol is the major source
of new members for the adult
Russian Communist Party, which
now numbers 100000.
The congress conceded with
statements in the Soviet press
that the Cultural and Scientific
Conference for World Peace in
New York had closed with "a
great moral and political victory
over the State Department, q
Evening star., 1949-03-30
BruziIiun War Minister
Plans to Fly Here Today
BY the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 30.-Gen
Canrobert Pereira da Costa. Bra
lillian Minister of War, planned tc
fly to Washington today to meet
high Government and Army off,
cials and inspect military install
lations.
The general stopped off In
Miami yesterday enroute from
Brazil. He told reporters he was
in the United States at the In
vitation of Secretary Of Wal
Royal.
Gen. Canrobert said he hoped
to have dinner with Mr.. Royal
tonight. Tomorrow he is schedul-
ed to be received at the Pentagon
by Gen. Omar Bradley, Army
Chief of Staff.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Army Bond to Wind Up
Concert Series Tonight

The Army Band, under the
direction of Capt. Hugh Curry,
will give q concert, the final In
its winter series, at 8 o'clock to-
night in the Departmental Audi
torium, Thirteenth street and
Constitution avenue NV.
Theme Of the program viii be
Evening star., 1949-03-30

BIRMINGHAM, ALA-SENATOR PLANS APPEAL Senator
Taylor Democrat of Idaho e shown he conferred with
his attorney More Montgomery yesterday his appeal OF
sorey conduct resisting officer and assault and battery
The court fined him $50 and gave him suspended
sentence of s days in Jail last May for trying to enter meet
ing through marked for Negroes Senator Taylor said he
his appeal which will be heard in Circuit Court
today contention that Brmnghams segregation laws
unconstitutional. -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1949-03-30

"hostile press" and "black, hun
dred organizations"
'Black hundred" was the term
applied before the Bolshevik revo-
luton to Czarist police sent to
break up Communist demonstra-
tionS.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Mexico PIuns Bio Dam

Construction of Mexico's largest
dam will soon be started at Te-
mescal, and it is expected to start
irrigating nearly rs, 900 acres with
in three years.
Evening star., 1949-03-30

"a salute to the Sd Infantry Regi-
ment. The program win also
include the Army Band chorus,
under the direction Of 1t. Samuel
Loboda; the Army Band Dance
Evening star., 1949-03-30
India Gives Flyers Bonus

A flying bonus" on the United
States model Is reported to have
been sanctioned for officers OF the
Royal Indian Air Force.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
by Bruce Bliven
author Of "The Men Who Make the Future

few more decades of such abuse as we have
subjected 1.-THE landl to. will wrest the control
out of our hands"
The specific statements of fact which are
made by Messrs. Osborn and Vogt are true.
But in my opinion the alarming conclusion
which they reach and which has frightened
so many people, is quite unjustihed. The
problem is far more complicated than most
readers of these books realize; number of
factors are omitted which are on the opti-
mistic side In short. no reader of these words
is in any danger of facing general starvation
nor is his son or his grandson. The West
ern nations will not go hungry. Even the
East is in little more danger i'm the future
than in the past.
Here are six important facts Of which the
alarmists do not take proper account:
l. Population increase is not uniform and TN
liniied
In the Western countries growth is leveling
off and will turn downward sometime in the
next quarter century. The rate of growth is
at present largest in the Oriental nations: but
this will change as these countries shift over
to more factories with fewer people on the land.
1t is universal rule that as the standard of
Evening star., 1949-04-17
~AS<sH>

TINE American people have lately been
l. frightened by one OF the grimmest of all
specters: worldwide starvation.
The warning has come from number of
sources. but notably from two books by we'll
known scientists. Our Plundered Planet
by Fairfield Osborn and Road to Survival"
by William Vogt
These authors say that the earth's popula-
ton is increasing very rapidly. while the avail
able food supplies are increasing slowly.
actually decreasing in many areas.
Says MIR Osborn:
Blind to the need of cooperating with
nature, man is destroying the sources of his
life Another century like the last. and civil
lization will be facing its final crisis, The
tide of earths population is rising. the reser
voir of the earth Irving resources is falling.
Abandon Civilization?
As NEARLY as can be ascertained. it takes
nature under the most favorable conditions
=. anywhere from 300 to 1000 years or more
to build single inch OF top soil, Yet what
may have taken a thousand years to build
can be removed by erosion in year or even
in a single day. ="
Mr., Vogt is equally alarming:
Unless man readjusts his way of living :.
to the imperatives imposed by the limited
resources of his environment. we may as
well give up all hope of continuing civilized
life, Like Gadarene swine we shall rush
down r-torn slope to barbarian exist
ence in the blackened rubble ..
in the hundred years prior to 1910, the
world population more than doubled
Agricultural land now amounting to little
more than an acre per person and shrinking
fast. is every year producing less food
Evening star., 1949-04-17

living goes up with industrialization, the rate
of increase in population (after preliminary
spurt) slows down until the population even
tually stands still or gets smaller. There are
various reasons. Marriages tend to be later
Families are smaller when children become
an economic liability rather than an asset
With more education, various techniques for
voluntary control of population begin to
be employed.
No More Miqrations
1T IS also a fact that each continent is a
law unto itself in the matter of population
In the modern world. large numbers of people
cannot move from one great land mass to
another without the consent of the people
already living on the second Population
pressure can be, and is. fairly severe in certain
parts of the world without directly affecting
the others.
2 Land can produce more.
Modern scientific methods of farming, now
applied to only minute portion of the
earths farm land. increase production tre-
mendously. Farmers in Denmark, for exam
pie. get five times as much food per acre on
comparable land as do farmers in India. DR..
Evening star., 1949-04-17

Robert NJ Salter. chef OF the u s Bureau Of
Pant Industry. Soals. and Agricultural Ens,.
neering. calculates that IL farmers everywhere
qacuced the best methods we could produce
tw.ce the present food needs of the world
While soil erosion and exhaustion cons,i
tute a serious problem. they are beng con-
quered - in the United States and other ad.
vanced regions - by the application of scien-
tihc methods. Ralph S. Trigg. head of the
Production and Marketing Administration of
the Department OF Agriculture recently told
me OF some OF the soil il-conservation techniaues
now being applied. and other aspects of scien
tihc farming We have managed within
the past Is years to increase the proeiue-
tivity Of our farms more than one third
o" the same acreage. Food crops have been
increased by 40 per cent
Chief factors in this amazing achievement
have been the breeding of better farm ami
mails the use of hybrid seeds for increased
yields, better use Of soil, improved farm
machinery, more and better fertilizers, new
Insecticides such as DDT. drought resistant
plants. and the successful war on pests,
Regulating Mother Mature
lHE great campaign of the Agricultural
Conservation Program. initiated by the De-
partment of Agriculture but carried out on
a cooperative basis by the farmers them
selves through nearly 100000 elected farmer
representatives. is basic factor responsible
for this great record of success.
Still further scientific achievements are
ahead. The wonderful new growth-hor-
none, "a, 3D." is an amazingly effective
killer Of certain weeds, was used to rescue
the sugar-cane fields Of Cuba. A stubborn
weed Aroma Marab4 with an enormous root
mass, threatened to oveIrun them. Dr. Rob
ert L. Weintraub. of the u S. Army Chemical
Corps. pointed out that with the use of such
hormones we can create new varieties of
growing foodstuffs almost at will We can
develop slow-maturing crops that are safe
from late spring frosts and early-maturing
crops not damaged by the first bad freeze of
autumn.
g. We can increase the supply Of land.
Millions of acres Of potentially useful land
are now lying fallow for reasons with which
science is at last able to cope. Tropical jungle
can now be cleared with the aid of growth
hormones at reasonable cost. Malaria,
which has made vast areas unusable. is being
wiped out by spraying DDT from airplanes
A new drug. antrycide, has been developed
which protects cattle from diseases in Africa.
This drug should open up an African region
Continued on page I3
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Will THE WORLD STARvE?
U.S.D. PHOTOS

You've heard many gloomy predictions for our
''plundered planet.' But experts say the food
supply can keep ahead of population growth.
New methods and discoveries are the answer
by Bruce Bliven
author Of 'The Men Who Make the FUTURE