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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-29
MOSS POINT AMATEUR
CONTEST SUPPORTED
BY LEADING MERCHANTS

A rare and unusual opportunity
awaits the winner Of the Moss
Point Young Mems Business Clubs
amateur contest. TO be staged at the
Joy Theatre. Dec. Il. u and -,
To the winner goes . sioo expense
trip to New YORK for an auditor
with Major Bowes for q place on
MS nationally famous program and
the possibility Of being awarded 3
contract 70 become 3 member Of
one Of his touring circuits - q
tempting salary.
Never before has an amateur en-
tert&luer Of Jackson County. or the
Mississippi Coast been offered such
an opportunity % gain national re-
eogniaon for talent. Inc contest Is
open % al amateurs in Jaka1n.
Harrison and George Counties and
Grand Bay. Ala. The winners wiIl
De decided BY Judges whose names
are being withheld until after he
contest. but who are capable IN
TINS position
So great has the Interest in this
event become that a. Of ne mer-
chants q Moss Point are lending q
supporting hand In The program
2 are cooperating 70 the fullest
extent. They have assumed the atn-
tude that i possibly offers Al op-
portuuity Tor some talented SRI
boy, woman o man = gain fame
and possibly fortune. because q
MS O. her particular talents.
To make 4 more Interestina q
The general public. the merchants
81 a special meeting hese Tuesday
afternoon - the cts hall. decided
. offer speclaI Inducements q
bring people Of this seclion % 10
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-29
WATTNNTEIRTON APP OTNTTEEDD
CITY EN- FOR
PASCAG0ULA PROJECTS
Appointment Clears Way Fer Launching OF Naval Housing
Program And General Public
improvements

l. c winterton. Pascaguula con
suittng engineer. wa appointed per
mauent engineer for tns ritg Of
PAsragouia BY the city Officials Ar
ordinance making this set osficszl
IS being published I'm another Sec
ton Of to4ays issue OF the Chron-
icle star.
appointment Of Mr.. winterton as
city engineer. removes the last CD
stacle in the path Of the start Of
construction q the $1,000 900 Pas
caRoula Housing Project by the q
s Naval Authorities The govern
menf officials requested that before
start Of construction q the TOO
homes included In the project that
an engineer be appointed TO super
wise the entire project
Mr.. wInterton has been in charge
Of al city projects for q number OF
years acting IN the capacity q
consultant. Under the new position
with the city he will have complete
charge Of the $4,000 Works Pro
iects Administration program which
vas started last week. and AL other
improvements TO be made here IN
the future In which the govern
meut and WPA shares.
The ordinance specifically state
that Mr. Winterton shah furnish
ali engineering services required Ia
connection with the city-wide de-
Yelopment Of the city OF Pzscagoula,
including extensions and improve
mentx TO the water works system,
improvements and extensions.
including storm sewage and other
drainage facilities. pavements. side
walks curbs and cutters; a city,
wide Sanitary sewer system. tnclud-
ing q sewage treatment plant: Q
natural gas distribution system. 70
serve the are where the United
States Naval Housing project Is 70
be constructed Gnd other city-wide
improvements which might be un-
In the future.
Mr.. winterton has played G prom
Inent part In securing various TIM
uovemenx for the city Of Pasca-
goula from the government. This
week he was called to Pensacola
Tor 3 conference with the q. 8.
Naval Engineers regarding the hous-
Eng project He was largely instru-
mental In securing the $500 600 an
tation ana public Improvement pro-
ram for the city a few weeks ago.
He is widely recognized as an
.ngineer and has had charge OF the
majority Of the public projects COM
lleted In this section Of jackson
In recent years.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-29
Bishop Green Will
Visit Pascagoula And
Gautier Next Week

Bishop William Mercer Green OF
the Episcopal Diocese Of Mtszts-
sippl. viii visit St Johns parish N
pascaKoula on next Monday and
Tuesday. December second and
third he wiIl meet the men Of tire
church in he reetory OF Monday
evening al 80. 10 diacuss matters
pertaining % TIE welfare of the
parish All men connected With TIE
church arr urged 70 attend this
meeting.
On Tuesday afternoon Bishop
Green vii conduct q service In st
Pierreiz chapel q Gsultcr. and On
Tuesday night II T:S0 O'Clock. vii
confirm q class and preach q ser
nor II ST. johns Church II Pazca-
Eoula.
The public Is invited 70 attend
these services.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-29

Point They are offering special
bargains IN Christmas merchandise
and other articles and viii conduct
. Christmas Trade Day celebration
IN connection with the event.
Shoppers VINO will be seeking
Christmas gifts viii find In the
stores Of Moss Point during that
period and the days following ev-
erything they desire. 81 prices CON-
parable to those 70 be found any
where else. Towards this end the
Advertiser Publishing Company Is
cooperating TO the fullest extent.
The principal objective. however.
wiil Be 20 provide the opportunity to
some talented person. or persons.
70 gain recognition. Whether the
amateur be a singer. dancer. mu-
sieian. Ve~utrolOquIst O. other un-
Recognized artist. he or she viii
- saYen unbiased Judgment and al
equai chance 10 win the coveted
hcnor.
There VII BE- three performances
Of the amateurs. one each evening
Each evening also there viii be
= change n the motion picture Of
feFec Is part OF the program.
The contestants mas enter singly
O as 3 group Duets. trioz. eaaFtets
and other groups are urged . make
zaeiF entrance. Entries may be
mace Nth any o the e~ooperatlng
merchants IN M0ss Point Adver-
tlser Publishing Co. II Pazcagoula.
kFumfssids IN Biloxi: Haiieys Drug
Store h Oeeau Springs. Grand
Bay DRUG Store Grand Hav. Ala.
o with any member Of ne Moss
Point Young Business Menix Club A
nominal entry LIST Is growing and
an excellent program Is assured
those attending.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-29
CONVICT SLAIN IN
ATTACK ON LOCAL
SUPERINTENDENT


H7x1na IN self defense as . negrr
convfc1 Thomas Mcdonald. IS. 40
ynnced upon him menacfnciy with
. club. g. 4. Bnbo. superintendent
81 ths jackson County convict farm
Instantly killed his aSsailant last
Frlosy afternoon. Two shots fired
from q German Lager pistol took
effect. the first hitting Mcdonald
In the mouth and the other pene-
trated the right cheek.
A corouers jury empane1ed b.
Coroner II A. Fails. assisted In cues
tiuning witnesses to the shooting
By W. D Billiard. county attorney.
rendered q verdict that Mcdonald
came 70 his death By pistol shot
wound In right cheek at hand OF
s. Z. Bllbo, said Thomas Mcdonald
attacking said 8. z. Bilbo with a
stick and the said s. Z. Bilbo was
acting In self defense The jury
was composed Of NJ C. Porter, c.
Overstreet. Ed Coker. r. II. Terre-
son. I'd OsBrien. and p. D. Pierce.
with A ". cambley. deputy sheriff
as bailiff.
Mcdonald was sentenced from
Moss Point 10 serve 90 days. on Sep
TENDER .. He also had been fined
$50. His conviction resulted from
the theft Of two shirts from .
clothing store II Moss Point.
According 70 Supt. BiIbo McDon-
aid had assumed q suiky and un-
ruby attitude since his arrival ct
the camp He had warned Mcron-
aid on numerous occasions about
his behavior, without result.
Friday afternoon seven negro and
white convicts at the camp had
returned after completing their
work Of unloading 9 car Of coal for
he camp AS they started into
he camp yard. Mcdonald Is
aid 70 have started arguing
with BiIbo and cursfns him.
1e pleaded with the negro to
o along and behave himself but
ne negro just glared at him and
onfinaed arguing and lettering be-
The negro went into tn
n returned with q cit
md started toward BiIho in &
threatening manner. When the ne
no was about " or eight feet
way. Bilbo fired his gun twice, both
taking effect.
Biibois testimony was corrobo-
ated by Claude Pierce. vino had
zen employed At the camp as guard
or TIE past 10 years. and Henry
hamilton. a kitchen employee.
Bilbo has been In charge of the
amp from since 1924. 1t is the first
that he has had serious trou-
lie with a prisoner.
Mcdonald Is said to have claimed
everal places as his home includ-
nc Cincinnati. O. Memphis. Tenn.
few Orleans. Crystal Springs. Lau-
81. Gulfport. and Hattiesburg.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-29
CIRCUIT COURTS
THIRD WEEK BEGAN
MONDAY, 1900 A. NJ.
Iuries Empanciled Fer The Week
and Trial Of CASE Resumed
After ) Days Recess

Circuit court convened for the
third week Of the term on Monday
morning 81 nine o'clock. after an
adjournment last wednesday until
Monday. OF account Of the Thanks
giving holidays Judge Corban was
on the bench. presiding. with the
District Attorney. CLERK and sheriff
In their places and 3 number OF
attorneys on hand.
The list OF jurors summoned for
the third week OF the term was
called. and the following petit
iuries empanelled for the week
jury No. f-CaFley J. Golf. W
Otto 0renongh. Edwin A Abbey.
Clarence A Hamilton James b
oNeal. J Allen GuIllotte. John
Rnta. J n Cowart. W. d Hawlsy.
Charles W Webb. Il II Pierce. Z
/. Lemaitre.
Jury No. 2-chrlstian Petersen,
NJ. Clyde Nelson. Louis A, Frederic.
Lorenzo 0uiilotse. Burton E Rob-
erts, Pat II johnson. Roy Savage,
james w. Noble, s Leo Holden.
Earl W Hearndon. W. Leonard
Fountain. A z 0off.
jury No S-Mack Fun.
The trial Of cases was then gone
into. and the following were dispos-
ed Of since the last issue OF this
paper
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton vs. Mrs Lula B Ramsey-T W
Milnsf substituted as plaintiff. and
default judgment rendered against
defendant for &e80i
Mrs Lola Fulton vs. Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co-Dlsmlss1d n de-
feneantx cost
G. P Seaman vs. Oale Pierce
judgment rendered against Defana-
ant and sureaes on defendants ap-
peal Of si4z9o and costs.
State OF Mississippi Va Joe Wells
Solle PTosequi.
State Of Mixsissippl vs. Clifford
Johnson-solle proseaui,
State Of Mississippi vs. AIRS Ma
dora Waliace-Nolie proseanl
Aary Beek vs. joseph Z Reinecke
Plaintiff granted thirty days to
amend declaration
State O Mississippi V Willie
crAns-DlzmLSsed with writ Of pro-
eedendo.
y = Stennis. IT. Us MARY c.
Holmes and H. II HOlmes-case con-
tlnued u Be heard II December OF
January IN Circuit Court. Harrison
County. Gulfpoft. Nlisslssippi
p Il Corbett. doing business IN
-
0Cauflauer an Pee r..
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-29
aIlation Service
Lutheran Church
Sunday Evening


The installation OF Rev. Frederick
A Graef as pastor of Christ Evan
gelical Lutheran Church Of Pasca-
goula viii be conducted next SUM-
day evening. November "a, 1910. at
7.30 O'Clock. in the church. by Rev.
W. II Hafner Of Mobile, assisted
by Rev. (. p. Knobioch OF Gulf
port. aud the former pastor, Rev.
John r. Nau. nov of New Orleans.
This viii be a very interesting
service. and the public Is invited TO
attend the same. Rev. Mr.. Graef
has been called by the Lutheran
congregation TO serve as pastor Of
the local church. coming here from
West Palm Beach where he has
served for four years. The public is
cordially invited to attend this In
duction service and hear the divine
charge which the Lord has placed
upon both the ministry and the
laity.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Church viii meet on Monday after
noon a. three O'Clock IN the home
Of Mrs. w 3. AlbertS In Moss
Point.
Rev. and Mrs. Craef and son,
Herman, have arrived IN Pasca-
goula and are 81 the parsonage. 3Ie
South Paseagoula street, and have
received a hearty welcome from the
pariShioners Of the church.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-11-29

'tBailey's Beads tiny spots Of
light seen just before 3 solar
eclipse becomes total. are caused
by the suns last rays shining
down the valleys Of the moon.
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eccanaasd q hu TsD
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Warns Against Combined
AggreSSOr Nations.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The war in Europe, cutting off Japan
from German war supplies, gives China
her one great hope. It enables China
to hope that we, of the United States,
will recognize that brief hour has come
wherein Japan can surely be brought to
her knees by the peaceful process, on
our part, of cutting off all the materials
of cruel war.
This hour Of hope will surely end when
we have given Japan but fraction more
of the indispensable aid we have already
given her. Sooner than we think, Japan
will be in position to sit tight through
our period of awakening conscience.
Sooner than we think Japan will be in
a position to await the endless assistance
of Russia reorganized by Germany.
Sooner than we think, Germany, Russia
and Japan will find that unity which is
natural to aggressor nations, and which,
alone, gives them promise of overcoming
the entire world.
In this greatest world crisis of 1900
years, no halfway measures should be
expected to save us. The hour cries out
for drastic action, the sort which, alone,
can save our world from slavery worse
than war-slavery whose end no man can
see. BOILING SOMERVu.LE.
Norwood, Va.
January 8.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Fair and lmpurtiuI'

Bill Avrutis, an enthusiastic" field
attorney for the National Labor Re-
lations Board, was assigned in 1887
to handle a complaint against the
Eagle Picher Mining and Smelling
Co. of Joplin. Mo. In a progress
report to his superior, George o.
Pratt, chief trial examiner, he wrote:
"Well, Geo., the case goes on apace,
and with gleeful malice. - We
can 60 ahead on a straight factual
basis, or fry one malefactor at a
time by arranging our witnesses
accordingly"
Mr.. Pratt, when asked about this
letter by Edmund M. Toland, counsel
for the special House committee in
vestigating the Labor Board, con-
ceded that Mr.. Avrutis was "enthu-
siastic," but said that he considered
him fair and impartial representa-
tive of the Government in disputes
between industry and labor.
Several days prior to the Avrutis
11lS4OC1lO, UllC x1OuSC dSdlll
drawing on the boards records for
its information, looked into the activ-
tiles of another representative, one
Jack Davis, a field agent. In 1887,
Mr. Davis was assigned to investigate
the American Radiator plant at
Litchfield, Ill. According to the evi-
dence, he told some of the employees
that he was working for the c. I.
o." and urged them to claim that
they had been "locked out" by their
employer. When the employees de-
INJURED, the House committee was
told, the Labor Boards representa-
tive retorted: "You say it and I'll
prove it." When the employees still
objected, he allegedly told them not
to come back to him with any more
complaints.
It will be contended, perhaps, that
officials Of the board should not be
held responsible for the activities of
these employees, and there would be
some basis for such a contention if
appropriate disciplinary action had
been taken. But that does not
appear to have been the case.
Mr.. Avrutis, so far as the record
shows, was not disciplined at all. Mr..
Davis, according to Charles Fahy, the
boards general counsel, was repri-
manded, transferred to Philadelphia
and denied a salary increase for
"some time"
Both of these men are still in the
service of the Labor Board. But, in
view of their records, it may be
doubted whether they are making
any notable contribution toward es-
tablishment of the more harmonious
relationship between labor and en-
ployers which the Wagner Act was
designed to foster.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Mystery Weapon

Little has been heard recently Of
the Nazi mystery device so proudly
hailed at the start of hostiliries as
destined to revolutionize war. mas
much as the only war observable
with the naked eye is maritime, the
suspicion is growing that it is neither
more nor less than that triumph of
German ingenuity, the self-sinking
ship. The acme of the impossible is
no longer passing camel through
the eye of needle, or leading a
double life on seven dollars a week,
as the late Bill Nye suggested. It is
the capture Of a German ship.
All surface craft, mercantile or
naval, seem to carry a deadly arma-
ment of sea cocks and plugs. When
a pocket battleship, for instance,
finds itself well back in the corner
pocket behind the eight ball, the COM
mander merely sends all hands below
to battle stations at the valves. Upon
the approach of the enemy, the crew
opens up with batteries of sixteen
inch undersea portfolios, and in a few
minutes the allies are baffled. BY
these means there seems no doubt
that in time Germany will accumu-
late the most powerful fleet under
the ocean. Winston Churchill, when
asked what he thought of the Nazi
Navy, is reported to have remarked:
"'CQnfdsntially, 1t Sinks"
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Parks for Use

Announcement by Secretary Ickes
OF new program for the develop
ment of Washington's parks is the
first step in new effort looking to
the building of recreational system
in the Capital designed for actual
use. For many years, under the pro-
visions of the Capper-C act,
the city's park system has grown
steadily in area. It's development has
been much slower, and, in far too
many instances, the development
which has been carried out has been
based on the conception of Wash
ington as Capital, rather than as
community. AS result "use" facili-
ties, such as many of the tennis
courts and playing fields have been
sacrificed for expansive vistas which
too often have provided magnificent
spaces marred by inadequate main
tenance. In recent months a great
deal of work has been done to bring
the care of the city's parks to par,
with five Civilian Conservation Corps
camps maintained for cleanup work
and the development of naturalistic
areas.
Under the new program the C. c.
c. participation will be twice as ex-
tensive and will be devoted entirely to
the promotion of recreational facili-
ties. Principal activities at the start
will be in the marginal sections of
Rock Creek, Fort Kemble, Glover
Archbold, Fort Dupont, and other
large parks, and at the numerous
neighborhood play centers. They will
begin Immediately with grading,
drainage and laying out of playing
fields and will be followed during the
late spring and summer by planting
and landscaping. BY next autumn
these fields will be ready for the erec-
tion of shelters and community
houses which are expected to be COM
pleted by the summer of 1941.
This program will start the Ma
tional Capital on the road to parity
with other cities whose park systems
have been described in a recent
series of articles in The Star.
Use of emergency labor for develop
ment work, and of regular park
forces for maintenance gave Akron,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Milwaukee,
and Minneapolis play facilities,
which, from the standpoint of actual
value to their communities, are su-
perior to Washington's.
Now. through the plan announced
by Secretary Ickes, opportunity
knocks at the door of the Capital
with the chance for building di-
versified system of playing facilities,
properly equipped and conveniently
located.
Evening star., 1940-01-20
Praises Star Editorial
On Finnish Loan.

Permit me to thank you for your splen-
did editorial, america Turns Back" The
entire Nation is back Of you.
believe it is the almost unanimous
feeling of the American people that we
should play the role Of the Good Samari-
tan to the Films, who have literally fall
en- among thieves who would not only
strip them of their property but also
of their liberty. The Good Samaritan
took the man who had fallen among
thieves to the inn, gave the innkeeper q
piece of money and told him that when
he returned he would pay the rest Of the
bill-he never exacted Of the injured
man a promise to repay. Just human
ity even without Christianity should
prompt us to do the seme for these
brave people who are fighting against
such tremendous odds.
To protect their homes, their wealth
and their liberty they must have at
once anti-aircraft guns and planes. It
seems to me that If we have any neigh
borly feeling for Finland that we should
see that she gets these weapons as quickly
as possible. STEPHEN E. CHATFEE.
January 10,
Evening star., 1940-01-20
THIS AND THAT
the West before them, We mean tn
BY Charles E. Trace,DeU.

!. the West before them, we mean the
human pioneers.
Ornithologists stand amazed at the In
trepedity and intelligence of the star
lings, which in very few years have
established wholly new migration routes
in North America for themselves and
their offspring.
Whatever any one may think of the
bird he must credit 1t with both ability
and intelligence.
What it does may not please the indi-
vidual watcher, but often the way it does
1t appeals to the same Judgment in him
which applauds any successful stroke, on
the old theory that nothing succeeds like
success.
Those who have watched starlings
drive f1ickers out of their nests deprecate
the results, but they often admire the
canniness with which the starlings
achieve what they want.
A flicker builds nice nest in post
but it no sooner flies out, than in pops q
startling.
The moment the flicker, which is q
larger bird, sees this outrage, it flies
back and gives battle, driving the star
ling out.
While it pursues the intruder, in pops
another startling.
When the victorious flicker arrives at
its nest, it finds it's labor has been for
nothing. 1t must either fight a success
sion of starlings, or 60 elsewhere to an
other post, drill another hole, and begin
another nest.
Again the starlings permit 1t to work
away, unmolested-until the nest is fin
ished.
Then the whole process begins over
again.
All this has familiar sound2 Truly,
human beings across the sea have been
subjected to just the same procedure by
other humans. The human race cannot
call the startling black with any too good
grace.
It will be noted that our correspondent
put out fat meat
ASSAc W bACoA, AoAl ally lllOI
sure-fire way to attract starlings than
to put out meat in any form.
A plate of salmon will be circled by
these birds inside of Is minutes, al
though not a one of them may have been
seen previously.
When snow is on the ground, they will
eat seeds and grains, for which no one
can blame them, but in ordinary
weather, when the ground is bare, they
seldom bother suburban feeding stations
much, provided the owner has taken
care to keep breadstuffs and meat in the
house
Every morning we can see them by the
hundreds flying over our yard, going in
the direction of Rockville and points
north.
No doubt they are going to Dickersqn,
Md, to feast on all that good fat meat.