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Army Puis Emphasis On Air-Borne Troops In Training For 'Atomic Age' • By ELTON C. FAY AP Newsfeatures z Washington—Swift striking, heavily armed divisions of ai’ borne troops are being p-o vided for in atomic ape d - fense plans Bulwarking rpgu'- A airborne divisions will be an “M-Day” force of Ogaolz'd Reserve and National Gu ird airborne divisions, Maj. Gen Floyd L. Parks, , commander of t' e Fi st Air borne Army in World War II. says: "The war demonstrated the effectiveness of the a* ai ■ borne divisions, and oui peace time structure i* recognizing this fact.” Parks, now chief of the Army’s public relations livi sion, says emphasis on flying ► armies is pointed up by the fact that, of two effective, di visions now in the United Stat es, unt is airborne—the 82nd at Fort Braeg, N. C. War Department strategists have contended that airborne tioops would be of paramount importance should the United States be subjected to a sud den attack by long range rock et missiles, airplanes and air borne troops. They would be needed to strike at the bases from which such attacks are launched as well as to help to defend and maintain order in the attack areas of the United States. Needed for Arctic Some generals contend, after observing tests on men and equipment in Army ground forces tests in Alaska, that Cottons You Have Been. Waiting For Only $6.95 FELDMAN’S "74* £ate*t Stifle* at Uta £ a used/ Plica*99 PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI VJ s’ .— 111 ■" ■ ■■■■' """..v DON'T GAMBLE Head Lights Tested and Adjusted on All Makes of Cars and Trucks 100% Accurate Only k $1.00 SAFE. FAST BATTERY CHARGING and TESTING No risk of overcharg ing or heating Genuine Ford Bat teries will fit all mnkes of cars and trucks * TALBOTT MOTOR CO. YOUR DEALER Pascagoula, Miss. V_) « RETURNING HOME from Pueblo, Colo., are Mr*. Ann Kovac of Detroit, Mich., and her 18-month*-old daughter, Ann, a “blue baby.” Mothei and child were passengers on an airliner flying from Kansas City to Los Angeles when the little girl became ill. The plane made an emergency landing at Pueblo and the tot was rushed to a hospital. (International) only an airborne army could operate in the sub-zero cold of the Arctic. The temperature solidifies lubricants, makes the starting of gasoline engines difficult and narrows the phy sical business ol keeping alive, with no energy left for fight ing or moving. While details of plans for the Nt'i/'t'.l Guard are not yet ready, five Organized Re serve airborne divisions have been authorized. Two — the 100th and 80th—already are activated. The 100th, redesignated from the “Century” infantry divi sion which fought in the Rhine land and Central Europe in , World War II, has its head quarters at Louisville, Ky. The 80th, the “Blue Ridge” infan try division, which fought in Europe in both wars, is based at Richmond, Va. Some Units Ready Some units of the three re maining divisions also have been activated. One is in the 1st Army Area, embracing the norther stern states It will be designated as the 98th Infan try Division, but in event of mobilization will be trained and used ac an airborne division, in the 3rd (southeastern stat es) Army Area, and the 84th, in th * 5th (northcentral states) Army Area. Because former airborne of ficers and men are so wide ly scattered, training of air borne reserve divisions will parallel that of reserve infan try outfits—400 hours a year in two hour weekly home or armory periods, plus two weeks if active duty summer field training. Until Congress approves pending appropria tion proposals, home training will be without pay, although pay will be made for field training. Mer. assigned to Organized Reserve airborne divisions 'vil'. be given opportunity to at tend courses at the Army’s Fort Bragg airborne base as far as facilities will allow. The 'egular Army has one other airborne division—the 11th, ir. Japan—*n existence in addition to the 82nd at Fort Bragg, now building up to full authorized strength. The 11th, howevei, maintains only an or ganizational form. Its chief du ties are those ot occupation. Five Years Old The Army organized its first airborne unit as a staff divi sion in the ground forces five years ago, although members of a test platoon had made the first mass parachute jump a year earlier. From this be ginning the paiachute and glid er units vvfaich spearheaded some of the major battles in r Europe and the Southwest Pa cific developed. Earlier this year the Army disclosed plans to expand air borne divisions to the size of a regular infantry division of between 16,000 and 18,000 men. Officials said today these plans had been recalled for further study. As initially organized, an American airborne division contairea between 8,000 and 9,000 combat soldiers. However, when the time came to use them in action i* was discov ered that corps commanders expected an airborne division to hold the same ground assign ed to i full strength infantry division Therefore it was necessary to attach to the airborne di vision such comDonents as ar tillery, light armor and more ground transport. The original plans for expanding the size of the airbone division con templated including these ele ments as part of the division, with the equipment to be mov ed by air along with the per sonnel. Screwball Clubs Flourish In N. Y.( Expert Finds By SAUL PETT AP Newsfeature Writer New York, April 12—Some sociologist of the future may try to measure our civiliza tion by the dubs we join. The odds are he’ll go nuts. The i urrent Manhattan tele phone directory, alone, lists 3,214 cli'bs and associations of all types, or approximately one for every 600 residents of one New York City borough. And that doesn’t include the organ izations too secret, too screwy, too temporary or too small to have a phone. The ri ason Americans join clubs seem as endless as the list of clubs themselves. Harold Labow, a New York advertising man, makes it a hobby vo collect information on joiners. His favorite is an ex tinct group, the Farragut club. It’s a good" commentary on "joimtis.” Word went around town of this nev' highly exclusive club Applications were distributed. All candidates were black-ball ed. Inferiority complexes were beginning to spring up- in high places until the truth come out. The membership of the Far ragut dub consisted of one man He held club sessions all alone -\ ANNOUNCING . . . THE OPENING OF THE EASTLAWN DRESS SHOP YARD GOODS of all kinds SUMMER DRESSES in a variety of styles and patterns NYLONS Men's Ladies, and Children's Apparel Please Use Eastlawn Beauty Shop Entrance V---/ I every afternoon near the Far ragut statute in Madison Square. The business of each meeting was •tiinply this: the member ship S3', on a bench, lighted a cigar and thought of all the people invited to join and then black-balled. Labow has been collecting information on clubs and so cieties for years. Here are a few, with odd titles or mis sions: Skyscraper Club, for men 6 feet, ‘wo inches, or more, de manding longer beds in hotel rooms; Blizzard Men of 1888 who will never forget that storm: Tall Story Club: the Pan dettes, some New Jersey wo men who play golf in the snow; Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inc.; Society for the Prevention of Disparag ing Remarks About Brooklyn, recently replaced by the First Families of Brooklyn. The Moles, subway contrac tors; Society for the Promotion of Good Will Toward Men; Seafood Eating, Whiskey Drink ing ind Fist Fighting Society of Greater New York (in the making); Committee to Abol ish Inhuman Treatment to Horses in Motion Pictures; So ciety of Timid Souls, a fratei nity of stage-frigheened mu sicians and actorr. We Do Your Excavation Watching for You Society; Wine and Turkey Tasting So ciety; Collectors of Religion on fi=E==^=”=~ ; Stamps Society; The Plug , Shrinkers, for reducing radio commercials; Society for Pro tection of Animals in North Africa; Dotted Line Club; National Man's Club, whose slogan leads; “for prosperity and defense, aooiish all femal * labor”; Horseless Carriage Club; Society for Prevention of Ma; ried Men Posing as Bachelors; Original Order of Zunks— they’re stamp collectors; Sera phic Secretaries of America, secretaries to 83 top-flight peo I Pie; Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Pos ters G» OTge; The Thank God It’s Friday Club, started at the 1 University of Missouri; Ameri can Grandmas Association; j Seven O’Klockerr’ Club, Phil- | adelplua to New York commit- ! ters Electric Railroad Associa tion, iust a bunch of guys who like to lide trollevs; Gag Wri ters Piotective Association; Colonial Brick Club, people looking for historic bricks; ! International Association of Peaceful Pipe Smokers; Asso ciation for Prevention of Tak ing Off Hats in Elevators; Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels; Fellows of the Bel lows, well known men who once pumped thr organ in their boyhood; Bald Head Club of America; Smell Society, to i fostpr good odors and tpmove | bad one--. Labow savs a survey in lit , tie Montclair, N J., once show I ed 350 clubs there. So they Scientific Farm Produces Wonder Plants And Seeds By ROBERT E. GEIGER AP Newsfeaturo Writer Beltsville, Md.—The U. S. De partment of Agriculture's re search farm is a fairyland of scientific wonders for the ama teur home gardner. The things this scientific fairvland has achieved include such 1947 wonders as a new strawberry, called the Suwan nee, that has large, brilliant berries growing on disease re sistant plants; and a new leaf lettuce, called S’obolt, that was tailor-made by the plant ex perts for home gardens This research farm is only one in many that have de veloped new food and orna mental plants for the 1947 sea son. The Department of Agricul ture emphasizes that state agri eultural experiment stations and commercial breeders constant ly are developing new varie ties. A few will grow virtu ally any place in the United States. Others are suitable un uei regional conditions. Dr. Robert M. Salter, chief of formed a 351st club—to con solidate and merge some of the othei 350. the bureau of plant industry, soils and agricultural engineer ing, suggests that the time a gardner spends in discussing garden information with his local seedsmen and agricultural officials will pay big dividends. The Suwanee strawberry, for instance, will outyield the fam ous Blakemore in many parts of the south experts predict. The Slobolt lettuce, the de partment says, “is of special value to home gardners and commercial growers over much of this country and in the Car ibbean sea of South America, : as well." It yields a long suc cession of curly leaves of high quality without shooting to | seed. . The hybrids are the "miracle ; children of science. They are i produced by inbreeding two ; specially tested families of a species for generations. Then, for producing seed, the families are cross-bred. This frequently results in a plant having a su per abundance of all the out standing, valuable characteris tics of each family. Among other new varieties of various crops, recommended by the department, are the Wando, a new garden pea de veloped in Charleston, S. C., that will resist cold weather; Pan-America, a new tomato va riety that combines the appear ance and eating qualities of the well-known Marglobe with the disease resistance of a tiny Peruvian tomato, and two new bush lima beans, Fordhook 242 and Early Market. ■ 11 ' / YOU SAVE with SUBSCRIPTIONS If You Buy Your Chronicle-Star Week After _ • * Week In Jackson County the Cost to You is 10c per Copy . YET by Subscribing For One Year Your In dividual Copy Is Less Than 5c 6 Months ... $1.50 12 Months ... $2.50 •* V ' '1 » Enclosed is (check), (money order) for years subscription to the Chronicle Star. Please put me on Your mailing list today. 1 • ,y 7 . M « p. ? ♦ . V Itv *’ u‘ r « ' *# > •-* . • •• . V