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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

An1 ceGT fornse tfaR gau1 Mofk
azsae - NJ 1ox LeataseFbzs4 N 0ae
SAY ne hardlFa TIE EratfE anG IL
See4E4 us Sxossas1 - a2eA sxces-
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

TfeM Nares peaple always Do
asesf paFz ueA ard IL thA eos1nec-
a6n eN meai1oa also - xarx2zF a.
credit X " B4rnAaxnz u~seaazeuk Of
4a jackson County Beard 81 Sup-
srvtsaEa Henry y CoehraA II p.
aaules, Pred MnraH. Ru* r. L
Vaughn. for uneI part Ia this VIA
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

Under : 3 nabsoua airecflou ia
agricultural displays we're wunGer-
fA beautifully planned, w4th fresh
vegetables and fruits ana grain a.
= sAaeFtnE array We heard natxh
praise for this exiaanl1
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

RAA~ tW tn2 NA31u&@
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We cannot overlook the loznly
flowers O. display. vic ftuNen
anc the dumextlaased T~1EAesssn xeyt
beautiful Il Is = paty that we can
not have sfioSe spiendln aztsrs
ehySaniheEnuns and 10 % In Cur
spTine loaer 1how But then they
make q flower s1aow al ~ them
selves
%
Be sure 20 attend the Harvest
Festival tnznurruw nlNflt on the
Bare lot This Is sponsored o. the
Band Auxiliary Yes wlii heas
aasne fine music and win Be FuVAny
entertained IN many Ways
VINO 6At6 Wu1leu wegu afraid az
rats We mean 1ae foar-lskxed
Kind We ssW = pretty Rirl n Wig
s1nE Drug Store les one play Rround
her with merely = noreo laoE
The members q the Band Auxtl-
tary are doing 8 grRA3 lcb under tie
direction uf Mrs Henry W Gauktey
The band deserves 81 tue xuuport
you can afford 70 SIC Il Lets be
there so<uorrus nisht and give
them 9 bsS hand
wallkie has stolen al Of Pvea-
dent Rooaevelfa poIzsies and uoE
he k trying to ssea1 LIS eahiue< but
~ don't think Corden Hi . BE-
stolen ma< easily. FAttery does
not 50 with him
We sac In the paper where mat
man Wlllkte had los AIS vutee last
Erek and ne sounes6 nat way
over the radio he Is gulaa e lose
n0asthtng ese-mayhe MS shirt
and pant& 500. whea ~ Democrmts
ger thrcash with hlm usxr Tues
day.
A oc Negro NANNY - asked
T she Thought the President would
y Fe-elected replied Hes runr1lrsE
amt hefz
Wouaer 4 she Gavsrua~ 40 nas
enr1e 70 the Par Deeaass q the toll
over the 7-ba1ees-and-earn~uaw
Nnsch Is oaly fifty eeEsS nd II ne
ever tried the Nlcksburx b-saes A.
sl& We might have Rsen - :
pass Governor johnson
%
me Ad-fas6toned Dor slree to
Bring his teacher Al anuse e =
Tood-Eih offering hat Re szznrx,se
ase modern lac Wcuidns ssssnk a.
SWING anything leS naan 8 PACKAGE
81 elgaretteA -wtnston Coanty
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A note received from &c - nrr
saoscrioerz sac Many thanks for
calling M attention 70 NJ snb-
scrfrIons Enclosed IS eheek Moth
tng gives me- more usrasFrre fnan
Fca&flrSg liz hague ioau rrnnes~-
especially Shen Z + q nssn exre,-
snt ealicTe as GUS Anna Rrpek-
tnr1cge That Is the KING 4 uratre
ma 4ncSz Appreciation for efIo~s
Enaa& va Mr. BFeckeuzldze3
Never have - heard 8 asan and
me- called IN - nzanF pol1te sAyx
lars IS or President e4IleS tne
WI tkaea rats r : Faoeut zneeeh.
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We nAd planned - going fishing
S4a@a8 out Weuz e Church frzsear
afc arN CAD Ne heard - 81 the
oess sermeus - car rern@snhe~ ~
ne mtellectual fan se cauwht
amounted 50 8 zfeat aaal uore thsn
ne an@ - MIGHT have eauxfst n
ne NatsE TIE preacher dne=eeNa
3 azstr congregation nSrueuhe=
MS next sunaAy Yoz fashermrn
and golferzf
tAsol4 ne Aaor-auf aaItzka.rm-
tor had e threaten re u1Eh aire
tni1ss g eoas Z se dle1F = =
ehureh The AE tine - nrnf
l~aaaE e. Sunday TIE ErsEw eame
hone WL q badly auraIned arkss
and bAG % hnsole aF5a1s e@yera1
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heard roaring hear GU nnaae ore
n~En4 recently - are gtad we
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

Afof7 Izfiax. superintendent
poass1 department presented some
flfse poaiffy which had nzAx1y 4G-
murFk We especially aczzzTca
zuulx a thesa Thaa& naaasEfal
darxx ard une fine line u henss and
fooet<Fa a. Gaines much Atseu-
TIM
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

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Can iaT uae wuEaFfN exizhE1A So
dfamfsa Ia fhS Noxae EnaHnaes
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

We cRnEzof overlook the loenly
flowers Un display. WIG fh1xen
anc the dumextIsaSed nmFsesssn weyt
beautiful Il Il = pats that 90 can
not have those splendid astsrs
chr saniheEnunls and 80 o. in car
sIsins loseF show But then they
make = foseF snow al - them
selves
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01
What You ondI
Think.

II - hA1 > nram T1nr e xsse
essay far ne @z psvsne um past
week ~ woaln EfFw b = !
FFAnkEs1 Ger has Dmsx IN Aackaaz
CgantYN OreAteax FsxzF-lf wna ueN
= hsagu4eessf 90
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

he muE Be 8 great aazzs exaud-
Nn q le Ma BIZ q Bzshzn O.
= ceeeuaaut q uze uoe wnnn tore
~ ne Aa4na ~e11ptae m# ~
heard roaring hear o1r ncaeae ore
nzEns recently. We are Etea we
sas inas1s tas haaz ana C NJ
hare 70 lace hzH 40 - we euu1
b z4rs as cez ua 1zmzse . arr
on
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

fAsous ne zaoveLour ssnahm-
Tor had e threaten ne s1Eh aire
tni1Es & eone Z 80 d5e1F = =
enuTcn The Ag tine we nrnE
1~h1as e. S4aaay tie Er.sw eauae
no<ae wlfn q badly spraIned ankls
and had % hcoaie Aroaaa aszerna
cAz4 Il thai b : aaaau q MT
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

he eld-fasatonee Dor used 10
pfiaE Ms teacher Al anase g .
kood-EA offering bit Re suppose
lse mooeFu lac wcaidns ssssnk a.
glsias anything kS taan 8 package
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

A note Fecessec from &c q cur
sAorr1oerz Aie Many thanks FOR
eAians M attention 70 ny sub-
scripaon Enclosed IS cheek Nosh-
ING gives me- more uleas11~e tnan
Fc@1assg TIE hanne town graper-
E<eAslsY Shen Z + q easa excl
ent ealinFe as GUS Anna Rrnrk-
tnr41ge That Is the KING 4 uratne
"a Afozz Appreciation lor effort
Ahaz1 YaA Mr. BreckeuztdzN8
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

Wenner Z the Gagsrnu ID not
euuae 70 TIE PAR becazs q the toll
over the 7-haaRes-anS-eauz~vaw
Haseh Is oaly fifty cents and Il ne
ever tree the VlcksburE hrtder a.
si& We misht haYe RFen 5 :
pass GofeTnoF johnson
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

Be SURF 20 attend the HaYvcxt
Festival tnEnurTuw ntNazf or the
Bare bot This Is sponsored D. the
Band Auxiliary fea wif lear
assne tine music and win be FuRAny
entertained ~ many Ways
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

A oc Negro NANNY - asked
Z sat Thought the Pre1aenf would
y Fs-electec replied Hes runnlrE
amt hefz
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

The members q the Band Auzfl-
AIRY are dutng 3 grrat jca under the
direction At Mrs Henry ". Gaufter.
The band deserves 81 the xuuport
you can afford 70 EiVe & Lets be
there s0uorrus nisht and give
them 6 bsx hand
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

W had planned O. going fishing
SAxea8 81 Went e Church tuztear
af1 afs CAD Ne heard &c a the
oeSs Nrmeus - can rernesnhe~ ~
ne mtavctuAl fzza ae caught
amounted 80 8 9feat eaaz unre th2n
Aae aha - msEht have eauzHs n
ne water TIE preacher aneereNa
AzsI congregation Hemenner
"a neNt elnaAg FuE faghezmrn
and rolfezzf
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

Never have vs heard 3 asan ana
me- e@4ae1 N - nzaaF polzte sAyx
lafs IS or President eazleS ~
WI skis1 rats r 3 Feoeuf zneeeh.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

WAlkie has stolen al o. Pyeai-
dent RocnRyelis polEies and now
he e trying 10 sseal Is cabiue2 but
~ don't think Cordsn Hi can BE-
stolen nzt easily. FAttery does
not so with him
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

We nw In the papeTs where that
man Wlllkie had los AIS vuace last
EeNk aud he souaeso rat way
ever the radio he i goinE 70 hose
n1nasthinE ese-mAyne MS shirt
and pants SOC. wheE ~ D3mocrmtE
gee through viii ban usxz Tues
day.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-01

VINO &At6 WuE1isu werm afraid uG
FAn7 We mean tie foar-lsEsec
<ind We sW = pretty SRI N Wig
sins Drug Store les one play around
her with merely = nsFec laoE
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20

what race creed are color black are
white but in New Hanover county
which colored folks cannot under
stand if you cant do a man no
good don't do him no harm. This
special prefer to Eddie Johnson and
all colored race no matter where
they might be but when they stand
before the great God Almighty but
that is what no man can repay a
man life after it is gone it will be
too late to be sorrow every human
being have a feeling so much and
that's all. It is a hard matter to
consider when a mans life is at
stake and then wait until a man
is dead get it is too late
to consider you cannot give a man
his life back after you take it but
peace be with you all in this world
and the world to come and may God
bless you all. Consider, Simon Glib
son."
The Eddie Johnson to which Glib
son refers is the negro trusty who
heard him confess his guilt to an
other prisoner and testified to this
effect in court.
Gibson wrote the above statement
as he sat in his Jail cell Thursday
night after the jury returned the
guilty verdict.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
Carolina Frosh Swimmers
Win Over Raleigh Team

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 19.-R-
North Cardinals freshman SWIM
ming team opened it's 1910 season
with a well-earned 81 to 29 victory
over Raleigh high school here to-
day.
Scheduled as a triangular meet,
the contest was turned into a dual
event when Durham high school
failed to put in an appearance.
The Tar Babies best perform
ers were Bob Ousley, Roy Gibson,
Don Patterson, Andy Weiss and
Don Nicholson. Ousley set up a
new pool and freshman record in
winning the 10o-meter breast
stroke.
Bill Reynolds, a brother Of Ross
Reynolds, N. c. State swimming
star last season, was Raleigh's out
standing competitor.
The high school team showed up
best in the relays winning two
first places.
Next meet for the Carolina mer-
men is with Virginia Tech in a
preliminary to the varsity contest
tomorrow afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
THREE

grees below zero at jamestown, N.
Y, vas the lowest in 10 years.
Memphis, Tenn, thermometers reg.
istered 3, the coolest weather the
city has experienced since 1918.
Near Huntsville, Ala, the natives
shivered in a temperature of s be.
low, while the rest of the South.
land was colder than it has been
since 1886. Cleveland's reading of IL
yesterday was the coolest Jan. 10
there in weather bureau history.
The bitter cold a penetrated
as far south as the Gulf of Mexico,
driving the temperature along the
Texas coast to 10 above, which was
lower than it has been since 1850.
It's eastern invasion was accom-.
panied by a raging snowstorm in
western New York. Schools were
closed and traffic blocked in many
areas. Pennsylvania temperatures
dipped to lows Of 10 below lei
Williamsport and 6 below at Pitts
burgh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
FREEZING WEATHER
SWEEPS INTO CITY
Continued From Page One)

gree mark. The mean temperature
for the 24-hour period ending at
7:30 o'clock last night was 10 de-
grees below the normal of As de-
grees.
A precipitation of Is inches was
reported here yesterday. MI. Hess
said that a short rain turned into
sleet and later into snow. However,
even though it was mixed with sleet,
the snow did not remain on the
ground long. although a few spots
could be seen in low places at
nightfall.
The snow yesterday afternoon was
the second of any degree this win
ter. A slight snow in December
shattered a long record for Will.
mington, which usually goes
through a winter without ever wit.
Messing a white covering.
Mr.. Hess said that today would
be fair and colder with fresh north.
erly winds.
The Wilmington picture yesterday
and that expected today is no diff
ferent from the greater part of the
nation. From points all along the
eastern seaboard, through the APP.
p~alachians and out in the midwest
come stories of intense cold and
deep SHOWS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
DENMARK AFFIRMS
NEUTRALITY STAND
House OF Parliament
Declares independence
Must Be Defended

COPENHAGEN, jan. 19.-R-
struck out today with a
firm declaration adopted by a
unanimous vote of the lower house
Of parliament that her neutrality
must be maintained" and her in
dependence defended.
The declaration was echoed in
Norway, where Prime Minister
Johan Nygaardsvold told parlia-
ment that any attacks upon the
nation would be met with resist
ance.
Nygaardsvold did not expand his
statement, but he asserted that
"the question of an all-party gov
eminent as proposed by the left
and the peasant party might be
discussed when Norway has n
task to do" Observers interpreted
this as meaning the time for such
discussion would be ripe when and
if Norway had to defend herself.
In neighboring Sweden, mean
while, Stockholm authorities an
nounced a new program of air raid
defenses, including trenches in
parks and additional shelters.
Framed by the six largest politi-
cal parties, the Danish declaration
was designed partly to correct i'm
~pressions abroad that Denmark, be-
cause of limited ornaments, would
not resist an attack.
The vote in the lower house, or
folketing, was 1876 to none but
there was one ~abstention. Jens
Moeller, German minority member
from Schleswig, was the non-voter.
He never has recorded a vote on
a matter Of foreign policy on the
grounds he is not Danish.
Even the three communist men,
bers Of the folketing, whose party
not consulted when the dec
laration was drafted, joined in the
vote of approval.
The pronuoncement said:
"The lower house decides to de-
that all parts of the Danish
people agree that the country's
neutrality must be maintained and
that all %disposable means If neces-
sary shall be used to keep order,
preserve and protect the realms
peace and independence and prom
Use the cabinet support in its work
in this direction"
Danes said that both foreign pol
icy and domestic politics were in
volved in the decision to make the
public declaration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
SENTENCED
TO DIE MARCH IS
CONTINUED From Page One)

lNOIlG1kAA@N -
the public, Gibson scrawled with
pencil on a piece of small tablet
paper the following, with the re-
quest that it be published:
"Yet I have to lay down my life
as an innocence man but l have
not done no crime worthy of death
but I am standing for someone but
know not who but may God bless
him whosoever he may be. Never
theless I tell you the truth 1t is
expedient for you that l go away
for if I did not go away the
Comforter will not come unto you
but if I depart I will send him I'M
to you but I have so spoke the
truth and they believe me not out
if I had told a lie they wouio
have believe me. But if they perse'
cute a man they all will be satisfy
with JUSTICE" (There the writing
becomes unreliable, then contlnues)
land then wait until they get In
court and then convicted them Out
there is no justice in the case so
then she wants to be sure ABOUT
she did not want to be con-
victed and innocence man but at
the meaning time she went BACK
on her words. I think If she a
been positive about the matter, out
I will pay the penalty or deatn SO
that sinful men might be able TO
lay down their life for Jesus CHRIST
that all might realize no matter
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
STATE sHIVERS

. CHARLOTTE, Jan. 49, Up -
North Carolina shivered tonight in
the coolest weather of the winter.
Freezing temperatures We're re.
ported over the state generally to.
day ranging upward from Mt.
Mitchell's two degrees below zero
and Asheville's four above. Still
lower marks were forecast for to.
morrow.
Snow fell at Beaufort, Elizabeth
City, Wilmington, Burlington,
Rocky Mount, and Hickory.
Raleigh awoke. under a blanket
of snow and sleet. Streets and roads
in that vicinity were slippery and
hazardous for travel.
An unofficial reading at Burling.
ton at mid-morning was 10 degrees.
The weather station at Raleigh said
the mercury was falling there and
a low of 10. degrees was expected
during the night.
A minimum of five to ten degrees
was predicted for Charlotte, near.
zero for Greensboro with the temp.
erature ranging upward to ten de.
grees by tomorrow, and a low of
around 10 for Wilmington, normally
much warmer, were among the fore.
casts.
Fair to partly cloudy weather
with snow or freezing rain was pre-.
dicted for tonight with fair and
colder weather tomorrow in the east
and s~outh-central parts Of the
state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
Bolivia Cagers Defeat
Leland In Double Bill

BOLIVIA, Jan. 19-The Bolivia
bows and girls basketball teams won
their second straight victory n
county league games here THURSDAY
night, the girls whipping Leland Az
% and the boys winning over Le'
land 26-1S.
The girls game was featured oS
the sharpshooting of J. Cannon, VINO
marked up % points. e. King with
- points was high scorer Tor the
Leland sextet.
Close defensive play throughout
stood out in the boys tilt. Bolivia
pulled away in the last quarter to
win after the two teams had battleo
on even terms up to that time
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
A MOVES SOUTH
BY The Associated Pressl

There were icicles in Alabama
yesterday as the coolest weather in
four years left the middle west and
moved deeper into the east and
south.
Its freezing progress since last
Saturday was marked by at least
rs deaths in 20 states.
Twenty-Five persons, most of
them children, died in fires inside
their homes. Twenty succumbed to
exposure, nineteen died in traffic
accidents attributed to the weather,
and twelve were killed in coasting
accidents and similar mishaps.
Weather records, some of many
years standing, were shattered from
New York to Texas by the sub-zero
temperatures. A reading of 10 de-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
BATTALION "ANNIHILATED"

MOSCOW, Jan. 20-(Saturday) -
R-The Leningrad military head
quarters of the Russian army, in a
communique distributed by Tass,
official Soviet news agency, report
ed early today a Finnish battalion
was "annihilated" at Kitela, on the
northern shores of Lake Ladoga.
The Finnish army also suffered
numerous casualties" yesterday in
clashes of advance units on the
Karelian Isthmus, the communicate
said.
Text of the communique:
January 10. In all directions,
there were activities of scouts, and
in some sectors clashes of small
units.
"In the Pe~trozavodsk direction, in
the area of Kitela, our reconnoiter-
ing group annihilated an enemy bat
talon which left rs machine guns on
the spot.
ION the Karelian Isthmus, there
were clashes of advance units. The
enemy suffered numerous casual
ties.
"In a number of areas, u avia-
ton made accommodating flights and
bombed military detectives"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
JAPAN'S CANTON
LINE CRUMBLING
CONTINUED From Page Oney

losses would be about 5000 men.
Neutral observers said the Chi
nese admission of such a great
proportion Of losses over those of
the Japanese and the silence on
the part of the invaders gave con
siderable credence to the Chinese
reports.
"Well Worth" Toll
The Chinese declared the heavy
toll they paid was well worth
it" because of loss Of prestige suf-
fered by the Japanese and because
the N%ipponese war machine could
ill afford to lose 5000 soldiers at
this time.
These sources said the Japanese
troops involved included the Eighth
and 108th divisions and one bri.
gade Of the imperial guards. a
total of $4,000 men, while they cali
culated about twice that many Chi
nese were engaged-a much SMALL
er preponderance than usual.
The Japanese made the mistake
Of advancing too rapidly and too
far, thus increasing their vulner-
ability to both frontal and flank
attacks, the Chinese said.
The withdrawal Of the outman-
euvered Japanese, they continued.
"presages the complete collapse Of
the invaders on the Kwangtung
'front.'"
Kuntien and two other Japanese
strongholds in addition to Yingtak
have reverted to Chinese control,
they asserted. In n battle 33
miles north Of Canton yesterday
they declared 500 Of the enemy
were killed.
Countering the Chinese reports
from Kwangtung, the Japanese de-
scribed Chinese forces as utterly
disorganized' in the Tapieh noun
|tains Of North Hupeh, central Chi.
nese province, in the face Of a
fresh Japanese offensive launched
this week.