The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-01-01
Years News


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shs lnsuEurai Performances wefe
larger than ueeeipts saE sry dax
except Saturday
HtghilEht of the sesoFf ho@
ever. was The lies Coming
Hes Nes Coming Rlsit q Wen
dell wtllkle luVised ~ at
resolution 20 visit here fhe Re
publican presidential esnadate
IN 1850 replied that he uosief-
81 he would be able % eauae
Shortly afterwards however
legislators were oveBo yea Waen
= prominent J@cksun business
man. leEtslatnr passed the word
that WlIlkie had phoued the night
before that he wuuld make the
trip Committees were appointed
h~ufricdly. but the following daK
the same man announced that
wiilkie had phoned again saying
he couldn't come
Discerning neNsanen, discov
cred 3 slightly fishy odoF about
the whole thing and tneeztlgat
ed They learned that the first
call had come from fraternity
youth pranksters who called
again the second night to undo
the damage No action was TAX
en- against fhe prankSteEs but
pointed suggestions were made
that their parents exercise their
w0odshed prerogauvcS
DoxsY Defested
The state elections brought
what most observers thought was
q slap al the New Deal and Sen
ator Theodore tthe mani Bilho
with the election Of James o
Esssland. who expressed no en-
thusiasrn for such New Deal poll
cles as 4 41-hour week IN war
time and assailed Bilbo. = factor
in state politics for 30 years
Backed By Governor Paul
johnson. Esstland won By r..
goo votes over Senator Wall
Doxey. who had Bilbo's political
blessing A full delegation to
the National House Of Represen
tstives and circuit Judges and
chsncellors vert elected.
On Feb. q. Charles Irving
Chapman. the nations Ne ] des-
perado. left his hi6eout near
Philadelphia Miss. and ren
smack into . trap set by FBl
agents and Mississippi officers
Defiant to the last. Chapman
shouted. shoot you When
ordered 70 halt by Percy WHY II.
FBI agent in charge in Missis
sippi the desperate emptied his
pistol al the Officers but died in
an answering fusilage that poured
klugs into his head neck and left
side A roundup was begun inn
mediateiy of Chspfusn's sssoei
ates and those who had harbored
m
North Mississippi and portions
Of several other states suffered
under q devastating tornado IN
mid-Maneh Twisting winds rip
ped through several communities
killing upwards of SIS persons and
causing property loss totaling
millions Of dollars. Lcflore coun-
Y. Avalon. Grenada. Tuls. Bel
den. Baldwin and Michigan City
were among the communities
bearing the brunt o. the storm.
Whipping through other states.
the twister killed more than $50
and injured possibly 1000.
Further relief for the state tax
payers came late in October when
Governor johnson reduced. BY
proclamation, the property tax
from four 70 two mills, the mini
mum under the sliding scale fea
ture q the act The reduction
viii give the taxpayers on their
February. 1913 tax statements.
additional relief Of Approximate
Il $3.50. 600 and was made pos
sibie b. an expected treasury sur
plus Of $1,000 900. the largest IN
history, al the end Of the fiscal
year mex Iune 30
Food Fer Freedom
Inspired By q sermon preached
b. the Rev. James Sells Of the
Crystal Springs Methodist church.
Lester Williams. Tylertown edi
tor. aided by George Goodwin.
president Of the Mississippi Press
Association. personally invited
Secretary Of Agriculture Claude
Wickard % address q FOOD For
Freedom Thanksgiving olebfa
ton At TyIeTtown Impressed
with the idea. Wickard accepted
and the resulting celebration Was
gwen wide publicity by The ua-
tIon's newspaper
PascaE0uls. engaged O. is big
rest shipbuilding program IN his
tory was thrown into near panic
early last June By the depreds
tons Of . phantom barber Nho
specialized II cutting girls hair