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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Football Banquet
Pldns Outlined By
Moss Point YMBC

The Young Mems Business
Club of Moss Point is continuing
TO lay plans for the testimonial
banquet planned for the Moss
Point High school Tigers for Fri
day. December IS, at the high
school.
A. l.. Breseman, chairman of
the detail committee, announced
that tickets will go on sale De
cember /, today, at noon. and
these tickets can be purchased
at Woods r ana X Store and
the Moss Point Bus Station. Only
1870 tickets will be sold.
A feature of the program will
be Harry Mehre as principal
speaker, and Class A regional
coaches and various sports writ
ers of the coast Will be guests.
A ~highlight of the program will
be the inauguration OF an an
nuai award to the outstanding
linesman ana outstanding back
of the local team by the YMBC.
A committee consisting Of Eas-
ton King, E. A KhaYat. Billie
Schaub, Raymond Taylor and
Tom SWayze viii select these
boys.
The club has selected Claude
Blanchard as master Of eeremo-
MES and the banquet viii be
in charge Of Ralph Davis, presi-
dent OF the organization.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Mrs. F. w. Nemon
Dies AT Sons Home
Suddenly Thursday

Mrs. F. w. Newman, mother
Of Sheriff ID. o. Newman. died
suddenly Thursday morning at
the home Of her son, where size
had been visiting for the past
three months, lShe celebrated
her 73rd birthday Monday. ?
Apparently perfectly RsiA,
Mrs. Newman sat UP To receive
cup of early morning coffee
from her daushter-in-law ahoat
Z o'clock, and after a few sNal-
lows, fell back on the bed A
hastily summoned doctor pro-
nounced her dead of a heart at
tack.
Mrs. Newman made her home
in Lexington, Miss, and had
planned to return sooner, but
had been persuaded by her son
and daughter, Mrs. J. ] Davis,
of Wade, with whom she divided
her visit, to stay for her birth
day. Her body was returned to
Lexington Thursday night and
funeral services will be conduct
cd today at 3 pm. at the Meth
odist church, with burial in the
Lexington cemetery,
She was, in reality, the step
mother of both Mr.. Newman and
Mrs. Davis, but had married
their father when both children
were very young and had raised
them.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Southern States
Governors Guests
Here On Sunday

Governors of IL Southern
states. members Of their stafls,
a number Of their wives ana a
sprinkling OF newspaper report
ers were guests o. Pascagouia
and the ingalls, Shipbuilding
Corporation Sunday.
The governors were those at
tending the annual three-day
convention of Southern COVER
nors, he'd this year at Biloxi.
The party, numbering approx
imately 40. was guests of the
Ingalls, Shipbuilding Corpora
ton at breakfast at the Long
fellow House Sunday morning
and most Of the party later at
tended services conducted by the
Rev. L. E. Green at the Pasca-
goula First Baptist church.
Despite the rain Of Sunday the
entire party was conducted on
a tour Of the Ingalls, Shipyard
and inspected one of the $1,000
ton attack transports being built
at the yard. Guests were unani-
NOUS and enthusiastic in their
praise of the work being done
in Paseagoula.
During thu course OF the break
fast, r. /. Iegaffs 81 ssesentad
to Mrs. Bai2v, wife Of the gov
error Of Mi1sissippi an enlarged
color photo Il the ship sponsored
recently by Mrs. Bailey at the
ingalls, yard.
Among those attending the ses-
sion here were Governors Ellis
Arncl Of Georgia, Chauncey
Sparks o. Alabama, J., M.
Broughton of North Carolina,
Robert S. Kerr Of Oklahoma, Col
gate w. Darden, Virginia; DIN
d. Johnson. South Carolina;
Coke Stevenson. Texas; Homer
M. Adkins. Arkansas; Prentice
Cooper, Tennessee; Spessard l..
Holland. Florida; Thomas l. Bal
ley, Mississippi, and Frank Dick
son, former governor of Florida.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Charges Filed
Against Lawyer
In Stoups Staying

Charges of murder were flee
against 0. l.. (Petel Mcleod
well-known Pascagoula attorney,
Thursday in connection with the
fatal shooting Sunday night O.
Owen StoQps, shipyard worker.
The shooting took place a few
feet from the front door OF the
Stoups apartment in the housing
project, 1889 18th street. accord
ing to investigating officers.
Mcleod later gave himself VI
to Sheriff d. o. Newman and
turned over the lethal weapon.
a .25-caliber automatic, to the
officers. After Stoups fell be-
fore the single shot, allegedly
fired by Mcleod, the young law
yer and Mrs. Stoups started for
the hospital with the wounded
man, but the automobile broke
down by McKay's Funeral Home
and he was transferred to an am
Dulance.. McIeod telephoncd the
sheriff from the funeral home.
The shooting occurred about 10
pm. and Stoups died five hours
later at the Jackson County Hos
pltal. An operation had been
performed to remove the bullet
from his stomach in an effort
to save his life.
The body was sent by McKay's
Funeral Home to Mansfield, O.
for burial and Mrs. Stoups and
their two children, Charles, 6,
and Jean, 5, accompanied the
body. Mrs. Stoups posted a $500
appearance bond as a material
witness before leaving.
Details of the exchange OF
words between the two men
which preceded the shooting
were not made public. Mrs.
Stoups had been employed at
the Pa%scagoula Country Club
and her husband was in the test
ing department at the Ingalls,
Shipyard.
Mcleod is a native of Pasca-
goula and widely known in the
city, where he is connected with
H. P. Heidelberg, city court
Judge, in his law office.
Attorneys for Mcleod indicat-
ed that petition for habeas cor
pus will be filed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Workers
Return To Jobs
After Sioppage

Although the majority of the
workers of Department II in
volved in a work stoppage of
eight days duration had returned
to their jobs at the ingalls, Ship
yard Thursday, issues which
caused the stoppage apparently
were still unsettled. According
to shipyard officials. about 40
men remained off the job.
The men returned to work aft
er they were advised by the War
Labor Board to return on the
status quo existing prior to the
dispute. However, there is some
misunderstanding concerning the
status quo. Steps were being
taken Thursday to clarity this
situation. The stoppage has al.
ready caused delay in the deliv-
cry of special ships vitality need
ed by the U. S. Navy.
The stoppage followed a work
stoppage by about $50 eleetri-
clans, employees of two electri-
cal sub-contractors at the yard,
early in the month. 1t was the
arbitration which ended this in
t|erruptton in work at the yard
which has proved the bone of
contention for Department II,
which includes outside machin-
lists, welders and burners work
ing with the electrical craft in
the installation of heavy ma
chinery and equipment. The
electricians demanded jurisdic-
ton over work which has been
done by Department II for the
past five years. in spite of the
fact that the local union of In
ternational Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers has been unable
to supply enough workers to
keep their own work up to sched-
ule. Under recommendations
handed down following arbitra-
ton connected with the first
work stoppage, this jurisdiction
was granted the IBEW and spec
flied that should the IBEW be
unable to furnish sufficient man
power. the necessary required
workmen could be procured from
other sources and would be is
sued a temporary work permit
until such time as they could be
replaced by IBEW members.
This would result in the inseeur-
ity of all workers Of Department
II.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
W.. B. Herring Is
Guest Speaker AT
Rotary Session

Jackson county will not have
a Well-rounded economy until
the rural population is independ-
ent Of jobs in town." w. B. Her
ring told members of the Pasca-
goula Rotary Club, in a talk
Wednesday at the regular noon
luncheon session of the club.
Mr.. Herring. chairman of the
Rural-Urban Relations Commit
tee of the Moss Point Rotary
Club, was guest speaker at the
meeting.
The talk is one of a series that
Mr.. Herring has made. in an ell
tort to promote the idea Of the
development Of the natural prod
ucts and resources Of Jackson
county by the farmers OF the
county.
IF we used what God gave
US we could develop a rural
economy in Jackson county that
would make our farmers COM
pletely independent" he said.
He pointed out numerous in
stances of what had been done
IN other sections of Mississippi
and other states in developing
natural products, native to the
soil. climate and conditions o.
the area.
Tells of Reforestration
lie told of a cooperative re-
forestration project under way
in Mississippi and financed bx
Eastern capital The project
calls for the purchase o. 100, 000.
acres of eut-over land at the cost
Continued On Page 6 Sec. y
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

were at all times in keeping with
the highest traditions of the
United States Naval service"
The aerial battle over Formosa
IS one Fighting 10 had awaited
for three months, according to
the Navy release. Up to the
time OF Formosa, the squadron
had shot down a total Of 30
planes. In addition to the 81 l-2
planes it destroyed in the initial
morning sweep at Formosa. it
brought down six others later in
the day and IN addition destroyed
10 or IL planes on the ground,
strafed enemy Installations and
shipping and provided escort for
Continued on Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Pvt. Fl. F. Vincent
Slightly Wounded In
Action In Itoly

The Adjutant Generals office
at Washington has notified Mrs.
MAY B. Vincent, $50 Lee street.
Psscagoula, that her husband.
Pvt. Harold F. Vincent, has been
slightly wounded in action in
Italy, November 10.
Pvt. Vincent is in the medical
detachment of a cannon com
pany Prior to entering the
Army September 10, 1913, he
was employed at ingalls,. where
ne vas a materiel checker for
q year and a half. Before that
ne worked even years at the
Moss Point Mill Of the fnterna-
tionsl Company at Kreole.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Election Set December
29 To Pass On Proposed
Recreation Bond Issue
City Proposes To Issue $4,000 In Bonds
To Supplement $4,000 Ruised In Recent
Drive: Government Will Gront $4,000.

The mayor and city council
at a meeting Wednesday at City
Hall, set Friday, December 10Th,
as the date of an election in which
the voters of Pascagoula will de-
eide for or against the issuance
of $35, 900 in bonds to supplement
donations raised in the recent
recreation fund drive and raise
the city's share of the proposed
program TO $63, 900.
Approximately $4,000 has been
realized from the drive 1t was
announced this week, and the
bond issue will be necessary in
order for the city to raise 500, 900
10 be added to the governments
grant of SIT, 600, bringing the
proposed program TO a total cost
Of $4,000.
Issuance of the bonds was APP
proved BY both the outgoing and
incoming city administrations at
meetings this week and last week.
Complete details of the election
and proposed bond issues will be
found in the legal notices in this
issue of the Chronicles Star and
Advertiser
Decide On Date
Necessity Of the bond issue was
pointed out at a series Of meet
ings participated In by the out
going city administration headed
by Mayor Gulley. the incoming
administration. headed by Mayor
elect Watts, members OF the city
recreation commission and inter-
ested citizens. The decision to
put the rtattAr to tie choicasof fm
voters was also arrived at at these
mepttn@s
Several months ago the FWA,
offered the city a Silt, 900 grant,
providing the city would sup
piement this sum with 500, 900 TO
complete the proposed recrea-
ton program.
The Ingalls, Shipbuilding Cor
poration donated $4,000 to the
fund, the check for which was
turned over to the Recreation
Commission Monday, and in adj
dition is deciding the ingalls, Ball
Park and the property in front Of
II facing on Market street, to the
city to be used in the program.
This area is to be the site of the
proposed community house, gym
nasium and city park.
In addition the program calls
for a playground on Parsley
street, adjacent to Mantou street.
e%nlarging and installing of addi-
tional facilities at the Municipal
Beach park, and negro recrea-
ton building, gymnasium and
park.
A. +. Megehee, county War
Fund Drive chairman, also an
nounced this week that on the
basis of final returns Jackson
county had once again topped in
War Fund quota.
Total returns from Paseagoula
showed $29. 590.71 collected in
the combined War and Recrea-
ton Fund drives. OF this
amount ingalls, employees ae-
counted for SIT, 923. 48. Moss
Point, including the international
Paper Company, and Kreole,
turned in $5.306. 26, and Ocean
Springs $1,000.
Rural areas turned in dona-
tons as follows:
st. Martin. $1645 Sc: Gautier.
$1,000; Escatawpa. $12s. IS; Wade,
$4469: Daisey Vestry, S45. so:
Bayou Casotte, S15.61; Vaneleave,
$7878; Gautier colored, $500 90:
EScatawpa eolored, $43.40; Kre-
ole colored. S23.25 and Bluff
Creek colored, S4.20.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Big Docket
Cleared In
Hint At Special
Criminal Session If
Cases Justify.

The Circuit Court adjourned
1h4rsnay n1Wning alhT a
crowded. tt-day session, during
which a record number of cases
were heard
ef cases which did not COME up
cases would not be dispoyed Of
during the regular three-week
term, officials Of the court cred
tied the speed with which the
docket was handled to the num-
Der of those charged who pied
guilty before Judge l.. c. Cor
ban, This was largely brought
about by fine police work, which
had stored up unanswerable ev-
idence in support of the charges,
L. *. Mcintosh county attorney,
declared.
Due to the nature and number
O cases which did not come up
for court action during this term.
aowever, Judge Corban said
there is a possibility that a spe-
cial session to deal only with
criminal business might be JUS
titled in the early spring. Nota-
BILE among these is the trial of
c. r. Nelson for the murder of
j. B. Allen, cafe and beer parlor
owner, and that of o. l.. (Pete)
Mcleod, attorney, charged with
the murder OF Owen Stoups, ship
yard worker.
Nelson Case Continued
The case against Nelson, which
was of probably the most wide
spread interest of any scheduled
for hearing in this term, was
continued Tuesday on motion Of
council for the defense, because
of the inability due to illness OF
one Of the major witnesses to be
present. This witness is Mrs.
Nelson, who, according 10 doc
tors affidavit presented at court
in support of the motion, is Sc
riouSly I'll with a heart condi-
ton. Mrs. Nelson was present
at the time Nelson IS alleged TO
have shot Allen outside a cafe
owned by Allen and managed by
Nelson. The motion for eontinu-
uance was granted by Judge Cor
ban, after Bidwell Adams. who,
with L. W. Naples. represents
the defense. had pointed out re-
versals of similar cases by State
Supreme court. when eo%ntinu-
ance had been denied under par
allel conditions. Nelson is held
without bond, following habeas
corpus hearing before Judge
Corban. shortly after the shoot
ing
The Stoups Staying did not oc-
cur until Sunday night and
there has been no indictment OF
the man accused of the shooting
Several sentences were pro-
nouneed by Judge Corban during
the last few days Of court In
eluded in these was the sentenc-
ing OF Clifford Dawson, charged
with a sex crime, to 10 months
in the penitentiary. after Daw-
son had pleaded guilty to the
charge.
Other cases disposed of are.
E Barq. Jr., VS.. Paseagoula
National Bank and Paseagoula-
Moss Point Bank. damages. Jury
verdict and judgment fer plain
tiff. S870.44 and costs.
Continued On Page 6 Sec. u
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
CHURCH NEEDS MANpowER

Carlisle, Eng.-The Bishop of
Carlisle says that lack of man
power in the church is the main
cause of the decay of religion in
England. The needs of religion,
he said, should have first priority
in consideration of postwar prob
lens.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
Tigers Hand Picayune 700 Defeat,
Prep For BOWL Game Next Friday

Taking a 200 decision over the
Maroon Tide of Picayune
Thanksgiving night, to close
their official season, Coach Tom
Swayze's Moss Point Tigers were
bowl-bound this week, and will
probably meet their stiffest COM
petition of the season when they
take on Istrouma High school OF
Louisiana in the fifth annual
Shrimp Bowl game at Biloxi
next Friday night.
The Tigers fine AZ attack was
large factor IN their defeat or
Picayune, and there WAS never
any doubt OF the outcome after
a pass from Wells to Myers ac-
counted for a touchdown shortly
after the opening whistle.
In winning over Pieayune the
Tigers closed their regular sea-
son with a record of eight vic
tories and one defeat, having lost
their opening game OF the season
to the Gulfport Commodores,
However, the Tigers have come
a long way since that opening
game, and under the tutelege of
Coaches Sway2e and Bullock
have developed one of the finest
high school passing attacks in the
state with an above-the-average
HEAVIER in quarterback Vernon
Wells and two outstanding re-
ceivers in Blanchard and Stau-
ter.
Fine Running Attack
But the Moss Pointers are not
dependent solely on their air at
tack for yardage. The Tigers
have a stout forward wall. both
defensively and extensively, and
a smooth running attack devel-
oped around Myers, Pierce,
Fields and Walls, that has ac-
counted for considerable yard
age as the season has progressed.
The annual Shrimp Bowl
game. sponsored by the Knights
of Columbus, is scheduled to get
under way at 8 pm. Friday
night, December 8, at the BIZ
loxi High stadium.
The Istrouma team, coached
by Elliz Fuzzy Brown and Wal
ley W. Wells, has an outstanding
record, despite three defeats
The defeats were ali at the hands
Of some of the strongest teams
in Louisiana, Bolton High
school, Lake Charles and Baton
Rouge, and were by close de-
cisions. They played a pair OF
1913 ties with the Holy Cross
and Nichols teams, eo-ehampions
Of New Orleans. Holy Cross IS
scheduled 10 meet Baton Rouge
for a regional title and IS in line
for the Louisiana state title.
Moss Point will be up against
a flashy back in Bob Cligg OF
Istrouma, who has piled Up a
scoring record OF 70 points dur
ing the season to rank third
among high school players in
Louisiana. Istrouma also has
another outstanding player in
Gene Simmons. l50-pound quar-
terback to match Moss Points
quarterback Wells. who has
scored &C points and heaved IA
touchdown passes.
Tickets for the game are on
sale at Woods Store IN Moss
Point. Three hundred adults and
500 student and service men
tickets have been allotted Moss
D1fa4 Taagk Cur..#.a @akL
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
KICKS FoR BROWN

Providence. r. This Is Char
ley Tiedemann's third season on
the gridirou at Brown, but his
first as a kicker Tor Charles A
(Ripl Engle's forces. He's rated
as one Of the finest halfbaeks IN
New England
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01
BATTED 1858 AT NIGHT

Brooklyn.-Dixie Walker, Ma
tional League batting champion
with a 1857 mark, batted 800 in
IL night games during the 1914
season. He made ii hits in 80
trips to the plate under lights.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

Butter was made BY some
tribes in Tartary by filling a
skin bag with milk. tying it 10
a saddle and dragging il over
rough ground by way of churn-
ing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

The Metropolitan Museum Of
Art, New York. contains 325 81
square feet of exhibition floor
space.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-01

The fact that light has q def
mite speed was brought out by
Ole Roemer at Paris In 1876.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Charter Proponents
Issue 'Whopper' LIST

The Montgomery County Charter
Committee yesterday issued a leaflet
titled the "Lie Detector" to "spot
the whoppers" in the charter cam
paign.
The leaf1et, which purports to an
swer % "whoppers" with "the
truth" tells county residents to "be
on guard against further false
statements. Misrepresentation and
smoke screens. ="
This is sample of some of the
"whoppers" listed in the leaflet,
with their answers:
"Whopper No. S: The charter
will increase the cost of govern
ment and hike taxes.
1.-THE truth: That has not been the
experience elsewhere. Cincinnati
saved $1,500,000 in two years with
a council-manager charter. Dallas
saved three-quarters of a million
In few months. Henrico County,
Va. adopted the council
plan and county insurance costs
were reduced 20 per cent without
reducing protection; the cost of
gravel for highways was cut in half
several new schools were built
school teachers salaries were in
creased % per cent, but taxes were
reduced.
"Whopper No. 7: The county
manager will be an autocrat with
almost dictatorial powers.
The truth: He must carry out
Evening star., 1944-10-21
TuiIors to Meet

The annual banquet of the Mer-
chant Tailors and Designers AS
sociation of Washington will be held
at 7 o'clock tonight at the May
flower Hotel. C. d. Hunter, secre-
tary OF the National organization
will address the meeting.
Evening star., 1944-10-21

planning officials visualized areas
which private builders would pass
up, perhaps, and leave for the work
of public agencies.
As guests Of H. J. Spelman, Dis
trict engineer of the Public Roads
Administration, members Of the
commission inspected the military
road from Boiling Field to the Camp
Springs Air Base in Prince Georges
County. They declared it "a def
mite asset to the Washington area"
and stressed that would have a SUBJ
stantial value in peace time.
Former Chairman Frederic A. Del
ano took an active part in securing
the new project which ties into the
Suitland Parkway. officials heard
yesterday a proposal of the Mary
land Planning Commission to link
the Suitland Parkway with an ex-
press highway leading to the Chesa-
peak Bay area. The Boiling Field
Camp Springs road. one lane of
which is now completed over its 91a
mile length, advances these plans
considerably.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Tree Enterprise Principle,

While indorsing the principle that
private enterprise should be given
every opportunity to rehabilitate
slums or blighted areas, the amend
ments, however, fully safeguard the
rights OF the public housing agencies
to engage in similar work The
Evening star., 1944-10-21
.0PA Must Remove
Radicals, Apartment
Group Head Asserts

"The Government will have tc
rid itself of men who have spent all
their adult years in the company OF
Communists and Fellow Travellers
who are now in charge of rent con-
trolls for the Office of Price Admins
tration," E. N. Aver of San Fran
cisco, president of the National
Apartment Association, declared yes
terday in a speech before members
of the Washington Building Owners
and Managers Association.
His remarks were made at q lunch
con at the 24O0 Hotel, 2400 Sixteenth
street NV. attended by severa
hundred members and their guests
He called for revision of Federal
wartime taxation as soon as the
emergency ends.
Rent controls must be removed
while housing occupancy remains
high, he said, If encouragement is
to be given to new construction for
the purpose of relieving housing
shortage and creating a large field
for re-employment.
Further projecting his claim that
present regulations are harmful If
continued beyond the war, he
pointed to recently passed legisla-
ton in Canada granting credits for
deferred maintenance of property as
desirable in future legislation here
Mr.. Aver is visiting Is American
cities urging realty men to band to-
gether in concerted effort to OBJ
tain Government assistance so that
unemployment may be made avail
able to men and women in the
services and war workers who have
shifted from their homes to war
industries.