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No Additional Sugar
Available To Can
Figs. Officials Say

With the fig trees loaded with
fruit during this time Of the year.
requests 70 the War Price and
Rationing Board for special alloi-
ments Of sugar 10 be used n pre-
serving figs have been numerous,
beard officials announced this
week.
Experiments IN conserving and
canning fruits and vegetables
with little or no sugar have been
made and = number Of the best
known fruit jar companies are
issuing booklets on these pro
eesses which call for no sugar or
sugar substitutes. officials said
-Of course we understand that
consumers who have been pre-
serving figs IN the past would like
to preserve the same amount
now. but due TO the sugar short
age. Il viii be impossible 10
grant an allotment Tor this pur-
p0se If an additional amount
were granted. il would let the
bars down 10 al consumers who
would have some particular fruit
that they wanted % preserve
i was stated CONSUMERS must
realize that sugar must be con
served Tor more essential pur-
poses than making preserves
Jams and j~ellies To those who
eonienc that fig preserves are
essential NE suggest that each
family unit use for their preserv
ing. the one pound Of sugar
granted per person Tor preserves
the two pounds per person that
was given IS q bonus on their Nc.
: stamp and tire tao pounds Of
sugar which they Were allowed %
possess y the time q initial
registration THIS would b five
pounds per person that could BE-
used legally for thls purpose
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-07-31
Volunteers
Travellers Aid

a minimum Of % volunteers 10
serve at the information desk Of
the Travellers Aid h b establish
ed Al the bus station n the near
future IS being sought BY Mrs Y
L Morrow. director q the Travel
AID Bureau
Persons wno can gixs four hours
3 week from FRIDAY noon 70
Sunday night fog ihh Work are
requested l. set IN touch with
Mn Morrow 81 TIE uSO hulIa
ine where the Travellers AID
headquarters aFe located al pres
enI TINS mi $ under the span
soHship Of me uSo
According to Mfa Morrow. 8
SIX hour eaafse IS Necessary Tor
volunteers doing tins work and
II Is hoped that the classes can
- begun seon TIE course VII
b divided mic 3 two hour CLASSES
o. four hour and Z hall classes
Eas officials have advised Ms.
MoFnuN that there IS an urgent
need for tha Travellers Aid desk
and workers - TIE bus station
particularly during tha xeekendz
IS travel reaches is peak between
FRIDAY and Sunday night
The central office q the TraV
eieTs AID Is open from 9 a n 90
s ? m each day except Sun
daF 81 the $50 building and =
purpose b = aid service men De-
tense workers their families ana
friends and travellers ~ general
Nlth any problems fhaf mas afIze
While tnef aze 60 HaaIe through
fazeaeOuz . On arrival here
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Bids For School
Effects, Tennis
Courts Asked

BIDS for the construction Of
tao concrete tennis courts II tire
Pascagoula High School the new
school for negroes. the negro vo-
eaaonsl school and an addition 20
the trade school wlIl Be received
by the Board Of Trustees Of the
Pascag0ula Rural Separate School
District Il The board office n the
High school MT later than A.
gust - when they sfu b open
- and read. a II a n. according
- an announcement made Thurs
day BY Walier n Gulley. prezi-
dent II TIE Bosru
According 70 Thomas r Wells,
ne proposed tennis courts III be
Ire first really good tennis courts
axaIlable n Paseageala - q
number q years According -
pnesnf plans. the courts WI Be
opsn 20 tuNnspeopze when they
afe not Is ase b. sehooi children,
and commerce department as
NelI as fof the remodsled cafe
terra and band department IL tbe
high school addition which IS
alfaoggh details e fhis arrange
meuf win have % D. worked CIT
zaer. Mr. Wells sad
FURNISHINGS for 1he new build
inzs and additions include equip
ment for the additional class
rooms assembly nom library
Continued % PaEe s SeeaeH b
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Three jackson County Girls Win
First Place In Annual fl Contest

Three first places were won By
jackson County gIfn Of Ice ! +
Clubs e the district & tire an
NAL district contest heid n NE
raaian Friday. Twenty one eoun
res il Ihs see.lan were repre-
zenled
Hi4 Ruth Car. home demon
sszalion agent lor this county.
accompanied the seven sIrls VIA
attended from he county or
aanizaslon.
Ethel Winnie Rouse d Gautief
aou flsst place u ne hone IN
pTogeinenl contest class 3 which
includes girls i wears 81 aee and
ever. The selection 81 TIE win
aex Was based q recOrus q tue
project which fhe girls had car.
ried out and Their ability Il Judge
articles ~ the Hume EIheI Win
BE judged lamr. curtains rug.
and neeT plans. rating ~ a.
Aeies = each group Ia frs sec
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Pieces For Troinees
Are Open Ia Local
Defense School

With an increasing need for
trained war workers. the United
States Employment Service an
nounoed this week that there are
places open for i40 sralnees In ne
Defense Training School here.
Working Il cooperation with he
school. the employment service
VII place tie persons VINO have
completed training courses in de-
Tense jobs il shis section c s
Smith a Re Service. asserted
Loeal defense industries aEe
calling for trained men and wof1-
en- he sid What many elti-
zene % not Kealize IS nat BY pre-
parine 10 - one Of TIE necesss-
loas u al work they are
dong ther part il TIE var e.
fof1 q mucn IS the members q
the sfsned forces Skilled workers
mist b available q keep the
great industries q he country
going
Coarses aEe offered e the De
tense Training School which a
andex the direction = z A. Park
e.. n welding. machine shop
aaa heavy equipment mslnte-
nance Tranea ere eliEihle %
enter the classes 9Th 20 pre-
xisaz training n the uade Icy
.zzh - leaEn Ths courses Iast
.from three = sx weeks depend
mz upon ~ ability = The III
xldaaL
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Edward Aisobro0k with 3 total
of $50 points. tgsk . narrow lead
over Edward TfeheEn With 80
points lhis week Ia the Clark
Credit ciothAera contest l0g ews
boys Of The Chronicle Star and
Advertiser.
Although these iwo youngsters
had piled BY = big lesa n the
first weeks Of tire contest others
we're forging ahead viii increas
ed sales and gave promise ot .
stuff tight for 3 shafe a tire
s4Ss00 IN merchandise being dis
trihuled b tie winners b Jimmy
Lane. manager Of the local
ciarks siona
Tommy Mccoy in1d Ms
total sales t. lss points this
week. ard Francis Linton iormei
carrier who his been aWay Re
turned and entered the eontes
tw owfeeks late but piled up II
points IN his first week Con
tinued sales to match his frs
week win put Francis among 10
leaders within , SHORT time
Standing Of othezs
Standing Of the other contest
ants IN the Ciark's Ciothiers con
test Is ~ follows.
Charles Franklin. i3S points
Bertha Wes1phal - points
Joseph Beliman. rs points. jim
my Smith, 10 points; D c Smith
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-07-31

Killed BY 3 blow across the
head zomcsime Friday night by ,
mysterious assaifant the body Of
Henry Hamilton. 81 years old. was
found Saturday afternoon behind
the locked doors Of his home IA
Moss Point
The staying was discovered BY
his sister, Mrs .. B. Leslie. Who
lives Just in front Of her brother
in East Moss Point when she be
came alarmed Il the continued
absence of Hamilton from her
home. When she get to HaEnil
tons house the doors were locked
from the inside bat she forced
through the window and saw the
body Of her brother lying on the
floor Of the bedroom near the foot
of the bed She notified the
coroner, r A Fails. vino in turn
called the police.
No signs Of Struggle
Examination OF the small house
in which Hamilton lived alone
showed no signs Of . struggle TIE
body was clad only IN shorts and
an und1rshirt. HamiIton's habitus
al sleeping attire IN warm wealth
er. There were no signs Of 3
weapon On the bed was only .
sheet and although il appeared
that someone had been lying on
the bed Il was impossible 10 tell
whesher Hamilton had retired for
the night when the killer came
into the house or not Although
all the doors we're locked from
the inside. the screens were aimp
iy fstiea into lhn windows WITH
out htches ana 70 remove one e
these 10 make an entrance o. an
exit and then replace Il would
have been comparatively eaey.
Hamilton i the uncle Of Sam
Leslie, who was for many wears
a nationally known first baseman
with the New York Giants. His
home is located on the River Road
where he took up MS residence
after he retired from baseball
The investigation into the muir
der was conducted b. Chief Of
Police Joe Thompson and Police
Officer John collum. According
70 medical examiners. the time Of
the mans death was fixed at be
tween 7 p - Friday and 3 q m
Saturday. The coronerss jury, af-
ter hearing fwo witnesses, Carl
Davidson and Clay Redding. who
failed 70 give any eniightening in
formation. returned 3 verdict Of
death BY > blow over the left
eyebrow BY party OF parties IN
known" Members Of the Jury
were J. W. CoIIum. Z. ( White.
John c Delford. John + McNeal,
c. 4 Conway and NJ. c. Porter.
Last Seer Thursday
According to HamiIfon's niece.
Mrs Lawrence Restncher, Of Pen
~saeola. Pa. who with her hus-
band had BEEN visiting Mrs Les
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Dale For School
Opening In
County Changed

The opening daie toF ne Anooas
throughout the entire county has
been changed from September 4
to September Il. according 10 al
announcement made THURSDAY hy
A ? Megehee. county supeun
tendent
On The first day. FRIDAY, stu
dents VIII report 10 their fespee
tive schools for registration and
Classification Monday wtll marx
TIE official beginning o. the
school term and , full schedule
viii b. run during the GAY The
original plans called fer only =
half day OF school On thaf daz
which would have been Septem
Der 7. Labor Day. Il The schools
had opened At the date first SCI
However. with the change q
dates Monday wili become > fuil
school day. Mr. Megehee SAID
SupeTintendenhs Of the hig
schools in the county will meei
Saturday q - . m. at the county
supefin,endeufs offlee 81 lie
Court House e make plans ior Ne
coming year. file reuuEziuons Zee
high esohol books end ouulns
courses II study A general teaeh
ers meeting VII be he'd ThuEs
day. September q. ~ = : n Il
the office Of ~ Meeehee wiz
al teachers throughout Tie ceaa
~ aHe expected . attend.
Principals Of thezehoois a
Jackson County are Orange Lax
Z 4 cooley EscataNp Gus
Clark Listen Draughns Wade \
C. Everett. Lon. a : hradles
81 Martins + l. Furry va
cleaee 6 Il Mcbride DAISY ke
Try. 1 Z Stewart PascaEu4aa
High zh0ol. Virgil Gu. Nc.
Point high school E a khsyaf
Ms Kathleen kels and NJ.
POINT elementary schools Ills
Dora McFarlzns and Enauet Le.
Cot
CItx school saperinteaaeuD aHs
Tor Mos PoInt. A I None
Paseaguula Thomas E Wells 81
lConflnne5 . Page 6 seehou 7
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OCD Program
Slated For
Monday Night

r. an effort 20 arouse interest
Of the citizens IN the civilian de-
tense Of jackson County. the
OCD. PaseagOula unit. has, with
the cooperation Of the USO ar
ranged an evening Of entertain
ment for Monday a . p N al
the High School auditorium / l.
Stigler. head OF this unit an
nounced Thursday
John O Grant county chair
man. will - master Of ceremonies
during the program which viii
be opened with the playing Of the
Star Spangled Banner by the
orchestra Mr. Grant will make a
brief talk otexplain the purposes
Of the entertainment
Miss Alma Wiileti viii give
three musical selections and sew
eFai songs win be sung By the
audience Lieutenant Nicholson
Of the British Navy viii give
some highIights Of an actual
bombing Of England and 3 rep
ne~@entative from the OcD office
is expected 20 b. one Of the prin-
clpal speakers
There wiil be . negro quartet
and tap dancing and Henry
Gautier viii give the oblectives
and pledge Of the Office Of Civil
ian Defense. II Is hoped that a
picture show showing the actual
bombing Of Pearl HarhoF eau BE-
obtained for showing
We are anina Ehie IN an at
tempt 70 arouse the citizens Of
this county 70 The realization that
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Local Railway
Diesel
In Movies

Technieolor moving pictures OF
the Diesel engines used - ms
Mississippi Export Company n
the territory the company serves
we're taken ~ ? A Kroner.
southern sales agent for the Gen
er8i Electric Company and = =
Gillian and " 4 Richardson q
he general offlees Of General
Electflc. his week during = three.
aay STAY n Moss Point and Pas
cagoula
These pictures VIII ~ shown
a the annual meeting e repre-
sentatfees u al short lne rail-
nusds IA ifae nation 20 BE- held u
Atlanta. Ca. October & A ms
TIME Joseph b Eastman director
81 the Office q Defense Trans
p8rtauan. VIII - the principal
speaker v. n DuEton vlee-pres-
.aent and general manager q We
Mississippi Expert Company, VII
attend me convention ms = uae
flrst annual mseuas Qf uae Eroup
- ever ~ held = the south e
Chicago has been ere usual foc4l
poIni for the snort line Hailross
men from all parts q the country
The Mississippi Export Comp.
any pr i its firss Diesel engine
ab0uf tao wears ago and for tnf
PAST var i has operated tha
type = engine entirely oenne
known e the Dae<eiized Road
This as The lHzt roa1 = tns
south = ase ne Diesel engine foi
freight aryiceE ~. DuIlan a.
sertssa
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Slot Machines Must 10!

In an announcement made Thursday
afternoon to the Chronicle-Stor and Id
vertiser. Mayor Wolter GuIIeY said that
II hos been brought 70 his attention that
slot machines are operating IN Puscu-
qoulu Illegally and on q wholesale
basis"
II am notifying owners OF establish
ments where slot machines ere operating
TO get rid Of their machines voluntarily"
Muyor Gulley said. II they do not am
going TO instruct ths city police TO pick
them up where ever they find them.
II am giving but one notice" MoYor
Gulley said. and owners of establish
ments where these machines ore operuf-
ing can pay attention 70 Il Or be governed
accordingly"
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Local War Workers Face
Problem AS Shortage 0t.
Tires Grows More Acute
Full Load IN Privufe Automobiles
VIII Help TO Solve Problem, Say
Officials CT Plunts In This Arec.

Even = war worker cant kei
tires when noue extEIMl
vita me meter vehicle tire
situation growing dangerously
acuae, ~ increasing nusnnT q
aesenns workers IL Jmckaon
cunntr arr faced with , total
laek II transportation n aoine
casan. ttia tire shortage rs al
ready resulted n ne loss of efn-
ns1ye@ IL me defense Industries
which is hard 10 oeercofsae
with ) limited number Of skilled
umknsen - fiji the thousands 81
which the speeding u 81
wartime pfoaucts0n 81 the plants
Ms CRESTED
Plants n this section which
rxsnte under che classification 81
dn1ense Industries err Tire Ingalls,
6hEpbu1idin9 Corporation the
Nns Point Mm oE International
pnrar Cumpany ana the Jackson
cuanty Haolen Kills More than
aoe0 persons are employed IN
sAese planas ard aassae q them
live Is far as 30 mikes away fruus
fizeif WORK
Absorbing % officials Of these
companies ne s.illasion has bern
aggravated BY persons who be-
eve that lrcasasN they aFe en-
noy3d IN defense work they can
tain tires Them peope show
little carr a. their Tires afA arr
moi r-ncpsraflnR with other work
nzn az afsRlak = ae fulleei
reanlL whiaa llase WHO are
& nned IS tiree are moi ennfnned
= a6 a maux MpnEa lind
uzms With ufe uat are no
leneer azaiul and ID possibility
q narxaslng m1Fe
Aaksa Il Bring Lead
aased appeals have been
& workers who operate
8lenle automobiles that thes
bring . capacity load r. work
M.lh them Ii many instances
Elsnse pleaz have resulted II full
cooperation 81 drivers q these
cars hnf - ofh@r instances, work
er1 cunsfn1ae 10 arrive 81 work
with 0uly orr Or tWo passengers
Oniy niFte passenger tires were
allowed II jackson County for the
nsonth u July ard there were
only IW recapped tires included
n the quota. n addition t. de-
tense workers there arr doctors
and either qualified persons en-
titled T. new tires.
A. the Paper Mil " II Harris.
personnel director. reported that
II . whole the workers Al The
mil were cooperating IN the ef-
fort 70 conserve rubber end help
their feIioN workers Get 70 the
plant Several buses operate
through VARIOUS sections 10 the
plant but there Is no bus com
ing from the Paseazeai4 section
where between - and SO q the
80 employees live 4 number 81
employees nave had 10 give up
their jets because q inability 10
reach work
Al the wooden mDlS Claude
Hiibo. personnel director. assert.
e thai although has services are
convenient for the majority Of
their TO 10 loo employees that
several o4 their trained workers
have gun work. giving as their
reason : lack oltIansporIan0n
find however. he said.
that TIE majority q fhe drivers
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Leaders In Close Race In Clark's
Credit CIoEhiers News Boy Contest

- points: and Edward Mecamer
Marilyn McInnls and Charles
Moesck IS points each
Manager Lane Of ciarks Clio
fhiers said tins week that the
attractive bags for carrying pa
peers which are to be given 70
lhuse showing consistent increases
ii their sales. are being c0mplei
ed ard viii arrive shortly Tins
bonus prize being given % the
youngsters By ClaFks IS anxionsly
looked forward 70 ~ them
Prixes Ready
First prize IL fhe Ciarks Clio
shierx contest Is $500 N mer
clannise "a D. selected M tha
lnner from the sl0res stUck.
second prize IS $500 and third
prize $50 Il the winners d.
not want to use the merchandise
credits themselves they can trans
fer their prize 70 their mother
father, sister Of any member Of
their family.
There are no strings attached
to the prizes n Clark's Clothiers
Dig contest All the winners have
e do At the completion Of tht
contest Is "a 20 - the local Ciarks
store and claim their prizes S.
give your iavorite newsboy = If
and help him locate new custom
eFs so that he can share n these
bouniiful prizes
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Service Men And
War Workers Gel
Radio Through USO

me United Service Organic
ton has been presented sath q
cabinet radio By ire Sears and
Euebuck Company through is
acal representative. Mrz I. L.
sHgief. Mfs Warren b Saslev Of
ne USo announced The radio
has been placed = ne lounge q
tie organization headquarters
fuE the enjoyment e serViae men
and defense WORKERS vito come
. the $50 daiix.
The men As NeH s. The arEzn
zati0h she aId want q ex-
tend thanks foF tbs gift
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School Board To
Tronsoct Business
AT Meeting Aug. IS

The jackson County school
board viii meet Saturday. August
IS. at 10 >. n. 81 the Office Of
4 =. Megehee. county Superin-
tendent Of education according 6
an announcement received tins
week. Various bnsinesx matters
win be discussed 81 the meeting
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Man Is MysteriOuslY Killed AT Home
In Moss Point By Blow On Head;
Police Here Have Busiest Week End
Henry Hamilton Found Dead Behind
Locked Doors of Home; MonY Are
Arrested For "Dim-Our Violation

With charges ranging from vio.
lafion % lighting restrictions e
murder. more than 50 persons
we're arrested here last week end
ii what was the most active pc
Rod police mere have rad IN some
time
The murder charge WAS filed
against Willie Davenport negro,
who waz charged with shooting
his wife and he was held IN jail
here this week awaiting prelimin.
AIRY hearing The shooting &C
CURED Saturday night and. &C
eoraAng to arTesting officers, il
was believed that the fatal shot
va Stirred IN 3 scutfle for the gun
with which the woman threatened
ner husband The bullet entered
the wuman's stomach. and death
followed almost at once.
lighting Arrests
Military police worked with 10
cal officers Of the law ia en-
forcing the dimout restrictions in
tins coastal area for several days
last weekend and approximately
80 residents Of tins section re
ceived tickets for violations. The
speed limit Is 10 miles an hour
within a certain distance Of the
beach after dark and the light
lng regulations call Tor only park
ing lights beng used on any APP
pruach toward the water and only
aim lights On roads parallel to
the water.
Army police officers came here
after the attitude of the motor
ists Indicated . serious indiffer
pnce 10 these restrictions. city
officials stated Ar effort had
been made 20 warn the citizens
thoroughly of all penalties al
taehed 10 failure 10 observe the
dimoui rules and up until the
coming IN Of army attaches no ar.
rests had been made although the
restrictions went into effect a
few weeks ago Auxiliary police
had worked with members Of the
regular police force in warning
drivers
However. according % City
Judge H p Heidelberg who heard
these violation cases IN city court,
some Of those given tickets BY
the officers showed deep resent
menl Most Of the offenders
seemed good natured about the
violations and expressed an II
tention to cooperate more fully
with army officials and local Do
Icemen. he said.
Fines Assessed
Fines for those offenders eieeF
tickets the first two DAYS amount
ID 10 only si0e. Those giver
tickets for the next few days uer,
fined $3.50 and. according e
Judge Heidelberg, fines for ths
group who viii come I'D IN city
court today ioT such violations IN.
fines viii be increased 10 $50 O
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Thefe = Dc I'd lie ashlees
u the 1 s. sEsregauag 1874
million aenes
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According to HamiIlon's niece.
Mrs Lawrence Restucher, Of Pen
sacola. Pa. who with her hus-
band had been visiting Mrs. Les
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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-05-07
Mrs. EImore Hostess to
Circle No. Three

On April 9th, Circle number 8
of W.S.C.S. held their meeting in
the home Of Mrs. R. C. Gilmore, with
ten members and two visitors, Miss
Vera Herbert and Mrs. Walter Odom,
present.
Mrs. Tart led the devotional SER
vice.
After reports from various COM
mittees, and completion of business,
Mrs. Dan Comfort gave the study
for the quarter, "Roots of Demo
cracy in a Hebrew Christian Com
munity."
Accompanied by Mrs. Odom, the
circle sang, America"
Mrs. Elmore served delicious re-
freshments, after which the meeting
was adjourned to meet again the
first Of May.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-05-07
Circle One WSCS
Hos Good Program

Circle One of the Woman's Soc
iety of Christian Service gave Q
most interesting program this time
using the subject Activities Of the
Society in the City of Chicago. Mrs.
j. w. Norwood, the leader presented
these activities by means Of a series
of skits. The following members Of
Circle one participated: Mesdames
Grist, Norwood, Causey, Justice,
Fulmer, Buchanan, Price, Clements
and Crisler.
The President, Mrs. Walter Odom,
announced there would be no Zone
meeting this quarter, the District
convention in Greenwood being sub
stituted for it. Mrs. Watkins, Mrs.
Norwood and Mrs. Odom gave brief
reports on the convention.
The society voted to send its con-
tribution to the Scarrit Maintenance
Fund this month and also to send
a contribution to Wood Junior Col
lege toward a scholarship to be Of
fered there next year.
Mrs. Harry O'Cain gave a beau
tiful and very appropriate devotion.
al. This being Music Week, she
selected the subject, Hymn Medi-
tations", concentrating especially or
the hymn, take My Life and Let
1t Be-.