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THE CHRONICLE-STAR, Si?r Mdbb fJoitit Aimrrtifirr A X BOOTH ^- -_- - - g«Wg,t m lovnmm niutaiKc.’ owrum **■*“ mmm on i im mm act March X ; in auHRCSUPnoN rati* ; n«D atk Month! ON Thtw Month* Mr that? paf*r changed fro® oar to another atxxtfd (for the ate oddr*** a* aoE OarOf or The&fct Resolution* Mtawrmh ^OWa*rT fc to hr charged or other hour** not ot trmrr*: new* eater will br charted for ot atfvertUtn* rata* MEMBER ASSOCIATED PfUDtS AND WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION 1 fob womaits imoous* in business Mm C L Fortw died le Milwaukee uu* weak at OwtpofW Ctarton-Ledger readers probably new beard of her Bet Me eu rreditcc with betas the works'* Cm WM and am* honored a* auch two year* ago by the Hauona! Federation of Btmn— and Frafraaon Wo mu'* cam** Mr* Fortier wea wppaaed to bare bean the Cm woman to water the typewriter« keyboard, back In UtJ but die did not binomr • prof so* lnnii typist Millions of wnmon did, however The typewriter wm the “key' arhtefc Cm opened the deer of general to wnm nr. That was wtthtn now bring Frtor to r»t at the typewriter few businesses em ptoysd women a* clerk* or copyist* Kit the typewriter quickly put them an equal tooting with men worker* and women stenographer* eoon outnumbered the That hrti the fish story, however. Harts* won ad mittance into the buainest world a* typist* beaauae at the typewriter, women made the most of their op portunay and aeon proved their capability in other Job*, and got them And that largely account* for t woman * prominent place today in business and ir> _ __ i AM INDICTMENT HARD TO RELIEVE O. r ttam. to the Lueedele Time* at but week, aaefca* the following luunait: "There are aocoe counties to MHsitrtppi who a«U then v«e to the iugheet bidder A candidate tag a office can gc to the politician* to Move at the and offer them, my. gljMOJM tor the vole of If Uu* he the boot offer, then thoar poti ■et boor and hire croaked managers for ovory ] precinct, who WIU count non at the vote* for their ma whether be actually receive* the votes or not ; That bawd Maie of affair* but nerertheles* such owdianiu actually out to a few of the counttaa to thh atato." Mr Mow should specify, as thh is a sweeping staie awnL bard to believe And we do not understand how any set at etectioc msnsgirs could miscount the votes that art oast and get away with H The voters them seivat put then ballots to the box. and when the aerne ballots are counted at Use end of the day there is usually a crowd at gseciauin on hand to aae the count and tt would be very hard for any nisnagm to counted and checked a second tune, and tt would take a roll tutor id a number at person* to put over such a steal. STATE COLLEGE* LOSING STUDENTS ACCOUNT It li tutted that the enroUmont at the three Mate college* Unseemly of Mietaalppi Muswatppt State and Miwualpp. Sou then, hat largely decreased tram the onreltmcnt at lest year Education officials are am surprised at this. neither ere they alarmed, aa the decrease k natural, all things considered Many young men who would otherwise hare enter ad collage this year are m the military or defense wrnee at their country, and othen are working in delcaar yob* at high wages The wage* paid In the > Mg defanae industries are too attractive, and the top peroap* figure that they can aave up money to final- then college or university course* later Contrary to the college enroilmen: the high school eorohmec: In every county m the mate shows a large increase WHAT EDUCATION WEAK* Education doe* not mean teaching people what (bey do not know It mean* tsnehing these to behave a* they do not behave It a not teaming the youth the shape* of letter* end the trick* of numbers, and than tearing them to turn thetr arithmetic to roguery, and thetr literature to lust It meant, on the Con akry training them into the perfect exercise and kingly commence at then bodies and souls It la a painful continue: and difficult week to be done by kindness, by watching by warning by precept and praaae. but above all—toy nample—John Ruawn MSWSMlHWWIWBWSW* Afthmmfr the t«Mt Is huge, though time is prsahng. J end though the struggle may continue fuv s lot* umc. I am confident teat ai the end there will come a bat ter day We we at work am cob at the took of in suring our own safety but also at the teak of creat ing ultimate conditions at peace with justice We can help to lay a fine foundation lor the independence tf. end tbe returning prosperity at the of tbe family of natrons I have absolute In tee uBwnate triumph of the principles at human tty translated into law and order by which freedom and justice and security will again prevail —Secretary at Slate Cordell Hull ymr Owr half at art tram ttm to Ughttng arm Thk group i tow MM uaad an apron kltfuM battle, toe apron catching tat Tn* arcane ant Important cauaa U flammable Uguuto for tgpiuiw him dry rtaantng clothe*. potteh tag wort* or da nag toam too near Or* One nw. at all death* are from ton cauaa About oor-bml* of women death* from barm are tamed to ogaretta* and matcher chief oamet being nmoaing to bad aad Mgbung dark etcaco* am* match** Tbe balance of burn death* among woaaer. included ibowr bath* moving or uparttlng bo* Mqddr tom fin* to yard* oh lamp*, atoctrw; appliance* and candle* tn practlcaUy all earn*, them death* are prevent - tMr aad Ofe tnauraaer men urge women to aaart army precaution to oormariwai wit* tat. to reduce thit annual toll There ha* been a reduction to total annual death* from tana hi recent yean, according to life ineurano* rtattatmi. toe 1«» rale being nearly half that at ten yean prrvtom and law than one-third torn at SO year* prmota During IMA however death* from burm mcreaaad. the firat upturn tn arvernl year* rum wow rut swung rutwos Beautify gardens early by planting new varieties of Dower* that may be seeded to the rai. a O. Maw* aulUi extension horticulturist, State OcUagv advises Dower gardener* PUL plan tings of such vanrtiea Mown earlier than spring planting*. juat as annual* that have reseeded—nature* way—totaom earlier than those carefully sown tn the spring Mr MonoamlUi rare—iimib a number of varieties of Dowers fox fall and winter planting nappies head Ms Bat Among the kinds of poppies which may be plant ad now he names the California. Shirley. Oriental and Alpine. The California poppy b among the gayest at an nuals There an many new hybrids varying In color from cream to amp red—furnishing gay color to the garden all summer same at the better variations are Ruby King a deep rad. Warns, an orange scarlet □range Prince a yellowish orange, and muuauirr Pruxtroae. a dwarf pale yellow Beds of California pop Idea should be covered with straw tn severely coin mother. Shirley poppies represent the acme of poppy per fection. the myriads of colors and profusion of bloom* alace It ttret In Extenstorn Bat of poppies The Bhlriei poppy was deraioped tr. Cngland tram the little com soppy that B wild tn Europe and AMa There are both tingle and dmihlar Use stogies being more beautiful Ihe Shirley wUI grow better an light aaody satis and requires full atm Several other kinds of Dowers may be sown now and a ter in the winter These indium* bachelor's button lalliopsi* or coreopsis, spider Dower Chinese forget - me-not dianthus mow-on-use-mown tain soee-m-a nui Virginia stack, portulaca verbena and vinca Larkspur especially the branching, doubte. stock-Daw ning form, should be planted tn the fall They call It the Harrwi Moon - It hover* all night ta the atom, and they tell us lu effulgence Unger* longer, due to the fact that its angle cuts craw the sky By It* Might light* fanners of the Northern Hemisphere an permitted to work longer tn the fields gathering their crops But there w another harvest under the moon this Pall—a harvest at Mood and tears In the wheat fields of the Ukraine lie the bodies of soldiers killed tn bat tle They are the harvest from a crap seeded in bate and distrust They are the fruits of prejudices and broker, pledges Up among the cloud* pierced by the light of “that orbed maiden with white fire laden whom mortals call the moon*' fly planes of death They. too. reap the harvest at weeping But of these thing* the harvest moan knows little The harvest Is man's, not the moon's Man reaps whatsoever be sows The moan only looks an And ft there be any sentiment being up there, some “man In the moon’ who has looked down upon the earth for countless years, then he must laugh at the foUy at the man who matoe such poor choices of bis harvest — West Point Timas-Leader NO DIUCBUflNATION In some quarters. U 1* being urged that rigid con trols be placed an the prices of farm products of all 1 It is difficult to see bow this could be done without : bankrupting a large segment of the agricultural pop < illation. unless equally stnet control* were placed lover the tanners costs for material* and labor. Farm labor, tor instance Is at the highest level tn history, and is extremely difficult to obtain The fanner * taxes. Uke everyone vise's, are shooting up And the price be must pay far practically everything he buys Is rising as well A ceiling should be placed an farm prices whet, and only when, equitable ceUtags are applied to all other prices Any other course would M rank, rutnous dw cnmituuor FARM FNMUCTC HIGHEST KDtCR MAY UN Price* received by termers for ibeu product*, ad vanted • point* during the month ended August IS ‘ to SI per cent above the 1*10-14 trvaL according to the i Department of Agriculture This nee earned the index | to a level not exceeded since May IMO Ail group* of commodities advanced during the month am all were subetanuaUy higher than a rear earlier The greatest nee of the peat 13 month* was the SI-point increase ui cotton am cottonseed price* Meat »"lm,u fallowed closely with a 4*-point advance Oompared artth a year ago, chicken* and eggs were up 40 point* dairy product* K point* am grain* 32 potnu Price* paid by tanner* continued to nee but prices received advanced at a taster rate THE PRICE OF FREEDOM The earth la not large enough to permit the United state* even if U wished, to run away from Hitler He has lamed the challenge to She American way: that challenge must be tact The Rnasiar leases must be made good until HiUer stagger* Britain must be strengthened until she can strike the death Wow That will require American goods, m American ships, guarded by the American Navy There la no earner alter native We will be I an unale among the people* of the world if so more Is demanded of us as the price of tread nan Hr- Yack Beraid-Tribune JN1TED STATES OF EUROPE" IB E HIN D T E SCENES ' IN AMERICAN BUSINESS (Mr JOHN CRADDOCK* ... Non Curbing Curbs—A survey a! wading credit retailer* indicate* the restriction* on Installment term* Uias went WUj effect Sept 1 haw tiad almost t«: effect, net, tn dl» couraging demand far heneehoU: goods About the only nottceabi. change it that more people are buy ing for eaafc Although there was a M* dip in sale right after the reg ulation* took effect, this was attrib uted mainly to ronfuslor. over what the restrictions meant Indention-, are the Federal Reserve Board m»' ■tighten the screw*" tn order to produce the desired effect of re ducing demand far articles uaing material* needed tor defense good* Meanwhile as expected, toe cus tomer* "beat the luxury tax" rush the last ten* day* of Bepbamber tent department store sales abating &K*lu For the week ending October 4 they were J4 per cent ahead of the previou* year a • • Washington—BIB Enudsen made the biggest news here, with figure* on proportion of total tJ B manu facturing 1 acuities that "might eventually'* be needed tor defense work atone It might reach 66 per cent he said and for the year be atoM&g next June would be around the pendulum ha* yet to swing from peacetime to armament* pro duction. are seen Is the fact that, as of now. the country U devoting only 16 to 30 per cent of It* prod BO tire faculties to defense wort Fit ting into this picture also was hie request to machine too! maker* to institute a seven-day work week and increase night time operation*-* Farm equipment industry got re lief in two ways OP a allowed makers to advance price,' ex. tract ors—by from 6i to 10 per cent and BP AH gave them assurance oi ma terials for manufacture Business As Teacher A new key note or teamwork between educa tion and business has beer struck ; by James M Wood president of Stephen* College at Columbia. Mo. DtseuasiRg the forum to be held there in November on "the Ameri can women and her responsibilities" hr said ‘ our business and profes sional loaders must assume a '.bare of the responsibility for providing education, tn health and financial . matters Every busmen* ha* tries* responsibilities be said but cited Insurance companies a* being tn i position to do an especially out standing job in establishing finan cial security for home* However, he said they have not followed through" in the matter of e.iucat )ing benefit lane* tn the principle* of investment of such fund*--ap proximately a billtor. dollar* » y ear, of which 60 per cent 1* paid to women "The educational problem i here of makbig sure that the bene ficiaries get the utmost possible -. value " Dr Wood said. *Ts one teat car. be handled best not by «ay school course, but Is a natural one for me agent in tee community who to tn direct touch with the holder and the beneficiary.* Planes In Peace—The airplane to destined to became an even more powerful force for shaping the peace of the future than it to tn winning < -r-n war according to C. V Whitney, board chairman of Pan American Airways He predicts teat ; the nations of the world will con tinue to use their enlarged aircraft production lines and vast material supplier for building airplanes for peaceful mission* after tee war In addition Whitney mjra the end of the defense program will turn loose possibly 100 000 fully-trained pilot* and co-pilots and several hundred thousand Allied mechanics The domestic airline Industry now em ploys only about 2 000 pilots The aviation pioneer said he “wouldn't be surprised if. within a year there will he plane* that w«) take SO peep.* non-stop from New York to London in seven hours " Things To Watch For—A new alma*, nun at Nee" airplane, by Langley Aviation, made of molded plaoUc and molded mahogany pty i wood M> ssouto* metal prsaritoec. it h«» carried four pesosngen at 142 ml.«* an hour in test*—Telephones to uch flash a neon light instead at gihglng u bell-since different col ored tight.' may be used. It may ap peal especially to multi-phone of fice* where variety of jingles con tribute u» nerve jangles—Basil Rath bone. sleuth and villian of the j films tt* a cxmtrasty role as kindly narrator in Columbia's recording of •fVtei and The Wolf ” ProfcofleffV orchestral fairy tale -Hamburgers in canned form are being tested by Hormel, with “Wimpy* as the trade name -After the ‘burger-mooching ! comic atrip character—A rubber tube-and-valve device which makes it possible for an a utoist to trans fer the air from his spare tire to a wheel tire gone soft—New version' in motorcycle* to appeal to defense economy - minder, folk—one model with turret-type seat and extra long springy frame promises 100 miles per gallon of g*s Bit O' Business — ttesiaunull sales are booming have been setting new volume records every month tor 28 months—but food anti labor cost increases have squeeseo the al ready-Utin profn margin almost to the vanishing point Bo don't be surprised if you find more menus listing extra charges for beverages desserts soups; possibly even a slight charge for bread and butter We never could understand why a rooster had to wait until Sunday morning to catch up with his crow ing. while we were trying to catch up with our sleeping .*€ rruwocR-AAA Tec SJK OR. MOON i ■ i " ( I MM - AOKKKCY. &0MTK4U Y ae owe£sr. mrrresr. msmr-smftwe m»d * ’vsrmet) oritci *A-. .<?Ot ««ef G&m\ Pascagoula, Wednesday, Oct. 29th A asp ice* of the Aaffnema Lefoo* LOCATION—WEST KKEBS AVE. OPITJSITE ELKS CLUB * mm3 the President It largely consum ed in the matter ot national dr j fens* It It nevertheleai gratifying to observe that the President bat recommended amending the •octal decor tty Las wtib particular refer ence to uniformity in the payment at benefits The President has rec ommended that legists nor be en acted which would no longer re quire the matching at dollar for dollar by the State at the nsderai Government * contribution If the Concrete follow* the President on this, as tt likely will the needy aged ctuaen* of the so-called poor er states wtH have ib*r pension* Increased sharply This la most gratifying to us since we were the first to point out that such a course was inevitable and necessary We offered such an amendment u> the first Social Se curity BUI In IIS and have each year since that time introduced a bill that would meet thts situation Moreover without any desire to appear egotistical, we argued the necessity far such action with the President as far back as 1M6 The tact that the President has recom mended to the Oangreae that this legislation be enacted looking to i watd a more uniform old age pen sions In line with our recommenda tion to him is moat gratifying Mndcra Warfare A few days ago tt was our privi lege along with a large group of other Members of Congress to ac cept an invitation to witness a demonstration of the implements at modern warfare at port Bel voir Va There for the first time members of Oongrea aw the destructiveness at modem machines of war A mock battle, but m many ways more real •ttc. was staged for the benefit at •ome two hundred members of Con gress, visiting dignitaries and army officer* from Latin America as well ae the Vice Prealdem. Army officer* and the Secretary of War of this country The whole demon stration was carried out between two opposing forces upon a broad i within eyesight of the wtt |nemaa Tank* anti-tank guns bombers fighter planes, intercept by the fact that one with Ms occupant* Ml ftiBA m m bate mi a uoe at the Amy's abUity to tanks wtth ntartacles At antehsa point scene aurt»-fht parachutist* were dropped fra* a plane < two of them landing to tree* and actual ly blew s bridge into the AMs Within eight minute* the engtneert of the opposing fortes had recon structed the beldge and bad A stratlon was intended to show the pragmas made by our farm in modern warfare as wall as lor training purposes It also demon strated most forcefully to the vis iting Congressmen the beUiahneas of modem warfare It made one feel Uke falliag to hM knees and offering a fervent prayer that America may be spared participa tion in the real thing Through some unknown source wwrd has been spewed throughout the country that there will be no Congressional election* next sum mer The source of thM story M as yet undetermined, but that tt M nothing more than s wild rumor is of course apparent The Consti tution of the United State* provides for such elections and ah members of the House as well as those Sen ator* whose term will expire next year will come up tor eieetion next j year as usual This Is in accordance with the Constitution and good ♦—-7—-♦ Go window shopping in I your eaxv chair. Read the advertisement*. ♦--# "" "IJ.-.1- .._Ji Pascasroulans Build More Homes In City tag that petted tetereatim to note tamed are for The hat of petmiu mt Hi W that tamed to Mrs T 3 rtuiatrwrnon of a SOT. avenue and_ mm at OJtee other ed the foflowteg Benny Jacteson. nrslrtmrg an North nde of School street. Him J E Cate, sir small cottages Bov douegtu street si mo. James and Agnwt Braairy residence on rs— vteve street. DM E J Barnett, residence Lake avenue. OM; Mrs P M Dana restdenee Jackson avenue tum, L. T Pantoy im dence on Parsley street «*> and John It Mayea residence Highway »toO E I l PASCAGOULA LIONS CLUB | October 31 BimiHttimimtt ..... | NOTICE to retail sad whateaalr merchant* In Paaragsata sad Mam Paint: *■ fMar* the Jarkaan ( «mit* Past 1M of the American legion •iU oat be responsible far MO* made is the aaasr af the American legion oitheat parr hast ardor signed hr one af tfe dale elected or appointed afTUars. It shall be the poll. * af this Past to pa* all bills ■ Tiaallj. 11(18 •• nerraairr to keep dosrn —faaisii and aslaan Laading law roape ration a therefore respect/atty —**-**-f L. L. STIGLER. ( ommander. 10-2 st. NEWS RELEASE FROM WASHINGTON TIRE PRICES GOING UP! RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR GOOD/-YEAR TIRES W -;-v WHY YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR TIRES NOW: 1 — Tire prices are scheduled to go up. 2 — Tire stocks are low. You may have difficulty getting your size later. 3 — Tires mounted in cool weather last you longer. 4 — You need gripping, non-skid threads for fall and winter slippery roads. GREAT GOODYEAR “G-3” ALL-WEATHER Your big value buy for long, safe • mileage at low coat. - chance price Plus amount of excise tax. Cash price with your old tire. Other sizes priced in proportion. EASY PAY TERMS .AS LOW AS 50c A WEEK (including »mall carry ing charge) » Goodyear quality begins with the ALL AMERICAN TIRE Last chance gtze P"" Plus amount of excise tax. Cash price with your old tire. Other sizes priced in proportion. WRITTEN LIFETIME GUARANTEE They make good or We do! -• BUY LIFEGUARD PROTECTION NOW Robertson’s Punfoola PhoM 34 VMR