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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Final Activities Get Underway AT
Schools In Moss Point. Pascagoula

ston. Members of the Senior
class will present a skit. "At the
Airport" and following will be
the class history by Nell Hudson,
the class will by Maureen Burn
ham and the class prophecy by
Hersie Lee Richard. Presenta-
ton of awards, a highlight of the
evening, will close the program.
A ciose-of-sehool activity, the
election of class officers for the
i944-45 session was completed
This week at the Moss Point
school Officers are as follows:
senior class, Tom Lennep, pres
ident: Stephen Stringfellow,
yiee-president; Ethel Mae Golf,
secretary. Lester Dantzler, treas
arer; Raymond Upton, reporter;
junior, Gene Stauter. president;
Eta Mae Myles. vice-president;
Frances Wells, secretary-treaSur-
er; sophomore, Harry Davis,
president, Elmer Clark, vice.
president; Emma Helen Stewart.
seeretary-treasurer: Shirley Elk
en-, reporter; freshman, Roland
Harper, president: Bob Dutton,
viee-president: Betty Jean Sim
mons, secretary-treasurer; Wv
ian McDavis, reporter; eighth,
Howard Smith. president; Jesse
Prouse, vice-president; Edward
Taylor. secretary-treasurer; Pat
Il Fay Spruell, reporter, seventh,
Edna Khayat. president: Polly
Fay Franklin, vice-president;
Peggy Jean Suthofi, secretary
treasurer; Joyce Armistead, re-
porter.
Summer school will open al
Continued On page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Meeting Set
To Plan War
Loan Drive
State Group Will
Aid In PIons AT
Meeting May "a

A countrywide mass meeting
to perfect plans for the opening
OF the 5th War Loan Drive on
June IL will be held at the coun-
~ court house on Wednesday,
May "a, at 8 pm, w. b Herring,
war finance director. announced
this week
All workers and citizens are
urged to attend the meeting, Mr..
Herring said. and a team of state
war bond officials will be here
TO aid in laying plans for the
drive.
Meanwhile, the Jackson coun-
~ quota for the drive will be
81 ,295, 600, of which S663, 900 will
be the "E" bond quota, it was
announced this week by Mr..
Herring, and George w. Young
of Ocean Springs, War Loan
drive chairman.
I'VE know the job ahead" Mr..
Herring said. land 1t is now up
10 US TO buckle down and see
that il is accomplished. We are
told that the U. S. Treasury
looks upon the 5th War Loan ais
perhaps the most important and
decisive of all war loans.
Calculation of quotas is the
Treasury Departments most diff
ficult task in planning these
drives. Regardless of what meth
cd is used, the objective is to ar
rive at figures which, as accu-
rately as possible. reflect a geo
graphical units bond buying
ability in relation to the whole.
Our quota was arrived at this
way, and it is IL duty to accept
and meet it.
Buying power, taxed wages
paid, agricultural income, bank
deposits, white population, num-
Der of industrial employees. to-
tai population Government es-
tAtihdhC AVF0fg 0ooGooC0 NdludllOI,
retail sales, net income of indi-
viduals. number of individual
income taxpayers, number of
professional persons gainfully oc-
cupied, are some of the factors
in determining quota alloca-
tons"
The County Committee will
break the quota down for aIlo-
cation to various communities
and geographical areas. Plans
are underway to make a thor
ough canvass of every person in
the county.
More people must buy this
time il we are to meet our quota
again, and keep the financial load
distributed as it should be-" the
chairman stated. we call upon
citizens now to start preparing
to participate in the big drive
ahead"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Keesler Chaplain
Speaker AT Moss
Point Rotary Club

Captain Hogan, chaplain at
Keesler Field and former pastor
of the Baptist church in Purvis,
was the guest speaker at the Moss
Point Rotary club luncheon
Thursday. He was introduced by
the Rev. John F. Brock, pastor
of the Moss Point Baptist church.
Chaplain Hogan spoke on the
Three Relationships of Man. de-
veloping his theme along the re-
lationship of man to his fellow
man, to himself and to God. He
stressed the fact that failure to
develop these relationships meant
failure to have a well-rounded,
successful life.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
County Democrat
Convention Is
Set For Tuesday

The Jackson County Democra-
tic Convention for the purpose
of naming delegates to attend
the State convention will be held
at the court house Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock, following
the election of precinct delegates
this week.
The County Democratic Exec
utive Committee will also meet
at the same time.
The state convention will be
held at Jackson on June Z. With
Jackson county entitled to three
votes, six or seven delegates will
be named to vote on a fractional
basis. Past custom has been for
the county to send ar unin-
structed delegation to the state
meet and indications are that
the custom will again prevail.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Recreation Group
OF Moss Point
Has First Meeting

The naming of officers for the
commission and the designation
of locations for three Fairgrounds
were included in action taken by
the Moss Point Recreation Com
mission at its first meeting. E.
Gregory Wood, mayor, was
named chairman of the commits
sion and K. A. Khayat will serve
as secretary.
The introducing of this recre-
ational program into Moss Point
hinges on the final approval of
application made by the city for
$1,000 to finance the proposed
program, Mr.. Wood pointed out.
Seventy-five percent of this
amount would be an outright
grant by the government and the
remaining quarter would be an
derwritten by the city of Moss
Point.
According to Mr.. Wood, three
pidyerounuS would be establish
ed with n located at the paper
mill one in East Moss Point and
one near the Young Mems Bust
ness Club. The plans also call
Tor a negro worker.
At the meeting of the COM
mission, repair of tennis courts
at the paper mill and the high
school was discussed and COM
mission members will ask high
school boys to assist in putting
the court in top notch condition.
An appeal has also been made
for any tennis, hand ball,or bad
minton nets to be donated or
sold to equip the Fairgrounds,
Mr.. Wood declared.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
22 Streets
Included
In Paving
City Proposes To
Issue $4,000 In
Bonds For Paving

A proposed paving program
that Will embrace complete OF
partial surfacing OF ~ city
streets was announced this week
by Mayor Walter r. Guliey and
members of the city council
The total cost Of the proposed
program will be $50, 451 "a, ac-
cording to the estimate of City
Engineer Donald Simmons, and
the city proposes to issue $4,000
in bonds in connection with the
financing. The remainder OF the
necessary funds r already
available, according to the an
nouncement.
According to terms OF a legal
notice carried in this issue OF the
Chronicle Star and Advertiser,
the issuance OF the bonds will be
authorized at a meeting of the
council set for 3 am. June 10,
unless a petition of protest sign
ed by 20 percent of the qualified
voters OF Pascagoula is presented
on or before that time.
In the event such a petition is
filed, an election will become ne
cessary.
Streets Included
The proposed program in
cludes the following streets and
section Of streets and the pro-
posed cost OF eacn:
Lake avenue from Cedar to
Lake street. 2.872 SO; Lake
street, Adams-Alley north to
sehoqay &a,0Oos sssres,s Pine
IN. Pascagouia, $l.89453: N, Ce-
dar street. Morgan Lane-Mili
Road, 81 200; Morgan Lane, N.
Cedar TO Magnolia, $500: Joe
street, N. pascagoula-Telephone
Road, $l,570.20.
Mill Road. N. Cedar to Pine,
81 1855. 10: Henry street, NJ Pasca-
goula-Telephone Road, $2,836.9 80;
Magnolia street, ~Laurel-Morgan
Lane, $500; Ker street, DUPONT
Convent. $l,272; Ker street, Con-
vent-D elmas, 81, AGO; Convent
street, Ker-Frederic, $500; Du-
Point Biibo-S. Pascagoula, ST ,400;
Dupont avenue, Bilbo-M Market
and Frederic-Front, $4,000.
jackson street, S. Pascagoula-
Market, $5.480.90 Sarrazin
street, S. Pascagoula- Boudesquie,
SI,4l5.l0; Boudesquie street, Lin
coln-Ford, avenue, 81, 1893 40; Me
Kinley street, Roosevelt-Gen
Lee, $908, 80; Grant avenue, st.
Peter-Pa scagoula-Rive $2,2l4.-
20; Buena Vista street, Beach
BLVD. Parsley, So, 2Oe. ga; Krebs
avenue, N. Pascagoula- Market,
$4,000 80; Porter street. Market
Verdun street, Sl,940.90.
In addition to these % streets,
several other proposed projects
are included if funds become
available, il was said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Rotarians Hear
DR.. Hoff, Former
Gov. Hugh White

Lt-Col. Henry B. Hoff of the
U. S. Public Health Service, head
of the Jackson county health de-
partment, was guest speaker at
the weekly luncheon meeting of
the Pascagoula Rotary Club
Wednesday at the Community
House.
President Thomas r. Wells
presided at the meeting and in
troduced several guests and visit
ing Rotarians. among whom
were former Governor Hugh
White. and 1t. Quinn Gautier, of
the U. S. Navy, on leave, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hermes F. Gautier.
DR. Hoff told Rotarians of his
background and of the functions
of the United States Health De-
partment Whose Commissioned
officers are the second oldest
group in the service of the
United States, he said.
He also told members that
from the end of World War l
on, there was a world court of
DOCTORS that met annually at
Geneva in an endless was against
disease.
Governor White also spoke
briefly and told of tie changes
that he has noted in Pascagoula
during his stay here, and COM
plimented Pascagoulans on doing
a magnificent job in adjusting
themselves to the problems of a
community that has expanded so
rapidly and increased its popu-
lation so greatly.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Three Elks Receive
Life Memberships
In P~oscogoulo Club

Life memberships were present
ed to three charter members and
II new members were received
at a meeting of the Pascagoula
Elks, Club No. 1920 held Thurs
day.
Those receiving life member
ship cards YER John r. Watts,
V. P. Dejean and E. j. Jane, Sr.,
Henry w. Gautier was master of
ceremonies at the supper which
followed the meeting and at
which the presentations were
made.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
RATES NO EXTRA ORANGES

L0NDON-The uniformed no
tel messenger approached the
manager of the only retail fruit
store in Covent Garden market.
I-er-would like the Kings
orange ration" he began.
Which king" asked the man
ager.
King George of Greece the
messenger replied, and got one
pound OF oranges the King vas
entitled to on his ordinary ration
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Poscogoulo Junior
c. of c. Represented
At State Meeting

Five members of the Pasca-
goula Junior Chamber of Com
merce represented that organi-
cation at jackson last weekend
at the Mississippi Jaycee state
convention. Headed by vice
president Fred Cook, the delega-
ton consisted of Dave Handy,
John Engel. George Carl. and
Wade Hilliard.
Retiring president R. B. Nell
vain, of Natchez, son of DR.. S. B.
McIlwain and brother of Julius
McIlwain, president of the local
Jaycees, was succeeded in office
by James Kendall of Jackson. An
attendance of 1913 and an excel
lent convention program We're
reported by those attending.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Six Men Arrested o.
Gambling Charges
Fined In ]. P. Court

Charged with having gambling
devices, six men were fined $500
and court costs in justice of the
peace court Monday after slot
machine boards we're found in
their possession. They were
r. c. Callehan, Eugene Henry,
Pete Murphy, ]. P. Robinson, A,
c. Robinson and c. |. Mason.
There are an estimated S bill
lion birds in the United States,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19

Opening activities of the 1914
commencement season claimed
the attention OF students and fac
uIties in Moss Point and Pascal
couga schools this week as the
date for graduation draws near.
The graduation exercises in
both high schools will take place
on the evening OF Monday. May
20, and baccalaureate sermons
will be delivered on the preeed-
ing Sunday for both senior class
es. Each senior class will have
class night on Friday, May 70,
and although Moss Point High
plans were not complete for this
occasion, Pascagoula seniors had
arranged their program.
Saturday night will mark the
Junior Senior banquet at the
Moss Point High school with the
junior class sponsoring a ban
quet and a dance for the seniors.
The banquet will be held at 7:30
pm. at the school cafeteria with
Don Blanchard, president OF the
junior class, as master OF eere-
monies. The musical theme will
be carried out in the decorations
as well as the program. The
Biloxi High school orchestra viii
clay for the dance which will
follow. The dance win be formal
and there will be no admission.
Class Night
The Senior Class Night at the
Pascagoula High school will be
held the following Friday IN the
auditorium at 3 pm. Opening
the program will be the junior
class song followed by ; vel
come address by Raymond Mar.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19

Before the war, Bulgaria sup
piled IS per cent Of Germany's
chromium imports.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19

The port of New York has 650
miles Of waterfront.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19

Brazils recently discovered
iorn deposit has been estimated
at IS billion tons.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19

The Volga is the longest river
in Europe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27
UNCLE SAM
 TAXES OVER
 LARGE FIRM.

CHICAGO, H.. April 27.--A de- tachment of soldiers have taken possession of the Chicago units of the Montgomery, Ward Company, after Sewell Avery. Chief Executive Officer of the huge merchandising firm had rebuffed previous efforts to have enforced the Presidential order for seizure of facilities. and was carried away from his office bodily by troopers.
 Wayne c. Taylor, Under Secre- tary of Commerce, has been desig- hated agent to assume control of the properties.
 Avery left the premises after be- ing assured business will go on as usual.
 The company had refused, as or dered. to extent the expired contract with the CIO Union.
 Attorney General Riddle came here to carry out all orders re- garding the transfer of the company plants to the Government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27
TWO SHIPS SENT DOWN,
 COLLISIONS
Occur on Lake Erie During Early
 Morning Fog

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 27.-- Two ship collisions are reported, one in a heavy fog that swept over Lake Erie at dawn today, resulting in the loss of at least 10 seamen.
 Two lake freight carriers, the James H. Reed, operated by the h. terlake Steamship Company of Cleveland, sank about 45 miles north of Erie, Pa, after colliding with the Ashcroft, operated by the Canada Steamship Lines of Montreal.
 Twenty-six survivors of the Reed were taken aboard the Ashcroft.
 The the same time the Columbia Transit Company's steamer Frank Vigor is reported to have been sunk in Pelee Passage, western Lake Erie, after colliding with the steamer Philip Minch in fog The Vigor's crew was transferred to the Minch and the injured were taken in charge by the Coast Guard which reached the scene.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27

< LONDON, April 27-Two thou sand Allied planes slammed perhaps 5000 tons of bombs into Nazi tar gets in the gigantic pre-invasion air offensive today, and United States bombers are pounding heav- fly at the German Atlantic wall, after the Royal Air Force assaults on Essen, Schweinfurt, and railroad yards near Paris.
 We'll over 1000 British bombers rained possibly 4,500 tons of ex- plosives and incendaries on the Nazi cities and rail target by moonlight, opening the thirteenth consecutive day of bombing, then 500 to 750 United States Liberators and Fort resses lashed out against military objectives in northern France, sup ported by 250 to 500 fighters.
 Mustangs and Thunderbolts of the fighter bomber section of the North Air Force hit five targets in Bel gium, including the Haine and St. Pierre railroad yards. without suf- fering the loss of plane.
 Twenty-nine British bombers were lost in the triple assault on the armaments cities of Essen and Schweinfurt, and the railways at villeneuve and St. Georges, IS miles southeast of Paris.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27
H0LLANDIA
 AIRDR0kE5
 ALSO SEIZED
Twenty Nip Planes De- stroyed on Ground by
 Raids from New Bases

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA, April 27. Powerful United States Sixth Army forces seized two of the Hollandia airdromes on Tuesday. and are closing in on the third key airfield, the prime objective in the campaign which was launched less than four days before.
 One hundred and fifty miles to the southeast other American troops pushed northward from Tadji air. drome to occupy Aitape village after a short skirmish.
 Two hundred and eighty miles farther south an Australian force occupied the enemy supply base of Madang, then pushed northward.
 Rapid Maneuvering
 Just three and half days of ra- pid and skillful maneuvering by American troops in the Hollandia area. fought in the swamps, jungles. and muddy mountain trails and among the mosquitoes. has been in progress, but few, very few of the l4.0O0 Japanese estimated to have been in the area when the great offensive drama opened at dawn on Saturday. are still alive.
 
 General Macarthur said in his Thursday communique that troops which landed at Humbolt Bay lin an amphibious shore to shore oper- ation, crossed Lake Sentani to Me- farr and seized Cyclops and San- tani airfield5 and are moving on the third remaining drome. Junc- tion with the TanahmerAh invasion column is imminent"
 Resistance Crushed
 Advanced units reached Cyclops and neighboring Sentani airdromes early Tuesday afternoon. crushing the slight enemy resistance. Scat tered fights cost the Japanese 100 dead.
 Heavy bombers reached 400 miles to the westward on the New Guinea coast from HolIandia to knock out 20 Jap planes on the ground Ka- miri airdrome at Geelvick Bay. The runway was badly bomb pocked. supply dumps were ignited and three interceptors were shot down.
 The 30 minute battle was the first enemy air action of any weight against the Hollandia invading forces. The attack was made by F Japanese planes against destroyer offshore. Gen. Macarthur reported no damage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27
INTERIOR DEPT. DRAFT DEFERMENT
 POLICY ATTACKED

WASHINGTON, April 27. - The Interior Departments draft defer ment policies of its white collar workers drew fire from the House Appropriations Committee which as- serted that the situation must be eliminated without undue delay"
 The report said that on February Is, out of 6,969 male employees be- tween IS and 38 years of age in the department, 2.221 held occupational deferments. 2,073 of whom were de- ferred by specific request of the de- partment.
 The committee said that it was disappointed" in the departments requests for deferment of its draft age personnel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27
MILITARY COURT FINDS } GUILTY,
 NEGLECT CHARGE

CINCINNATI, April 27.--A mili- tary court has convicted three Army Air Force officers of neglect of duty in their inspection of the Lockland Plant of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, and sentenced them to be dismissed from the service.
 The three. however, were cleared of charges of perjury and conspiracy to defraud the government by per- mitting company domination of the inspection.
 The three men are It. Col. Frank Gruelich. of Detroit, former chief inspection officer of the Materiel Command; Maj. Walter Ryan, also of Detroit; and Maj. William Bruck- mann, of Cincinnati.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27
Iekes Wanis 10 Take Over Alaska Crab Fishing

WASHINGTON, April 27.-- Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes wants the United States to take over crab fishing in AL asIxan waters, where, he says, the Japs caught ten million pounds of Alaskan crabs before the. war and sold them to the United States.
 Asked by Chairman Johnson of House committee if any Jap fishing boats were in AL askan waters now, Ickes replied, "No, but we ought to get ready to take over that big crab fishery business"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27
5EvA5T0p0L bAT TIE IN
 LAST STAGE
Red Army Artillery Com pands Cify-Ndzis 10
 Be Exterminated

MOSCOW, April 27.-Field dis patches from tl,e Crimean front de- clared that Soviet artillery is com- manding every street in Sevastopol, and firing point blank into the city, and asserted that German attempts to hold out indefinitely have en- tered the last stage.
 Red Star saio, ''The enemy still holds out in streets and squares but Soviet guns have reached the Ger mans and Rumanians in theil last shelter
 Enemy Be Wiped Out
 It appeared the Soviet command had decided to wipe out the enemy at any cost, even though it might mean the restruction of what still remains Of battered Sevastopol, Red Star said.
 The Germans still hold airdromes in the suburbs, but they have been rendered unusable by the Russian fleet and air force, which have frightened the blockade.
 1000 Nazis Killed
 Moscow said that their coopera- tive blows had sunk five transports, presumably carrying Axis forces. The bulletin reported that in the land fighting 1000 Germans were killed in two small but localized &C., tions along the front, but the Rus sians made no mention of the Ger man and Rumanian reports of a re- newed Red Army drive on the low CT Dniester. Five transports were blasted in the Black Sea totalling 13,0O0 tons, the communique said, and two other transports were dam aged and landing barge and two patrol boats sunk.
 Two thousand miles to the north, the Red Air Force spotted convoy of Nazi transports i'll the Parents Sea, and bulletins said, sank four of the transports, totaling 10000 tons, two patrol boats, a patrol launch. and damaged two trans ports and a minelayer Six Soviet aircraft were lost.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27

SEATTLE, April 27.-Fishermen assigned to Alaska for the annual salmon season, have refused to ac- cept transportation aboard Liberty ships. c. J. Simpson, Northwest Manager of the National Labor Board, announces.
 The crackup of Liberty ships in recent months with subsequent loss of life is cited by the bureau which represents the Alaska Fishermen's Union, said Simpson.
 It is still undetermined whether the sinking of the Liberty ship John Straub on April l9, off Sanak Island on the coast of Alaska, was the re- suit of the explosion of an enemy torpedo or mine, or whether it was the fault of constructural faults. The secret is buried in the cold
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-04-27
SON OF JUNEAU MAN IS
 INFERRED, SWITZERLAND

Word has been received by MT. o. J. Downs of Juneau to the effect that his son. Lieut.. Harvey Downs, U. $: Army Air Corps, has been interned at Camp Maloney, Einsie- deln, Switzerland.
 Lieut.. Downs, 25-year-old bomber pilot, was making his 24th trip over occupied territory, with one more mission remaining until he would be eligible for leave in the States.
 The pilots father, o. J. Downs, has been a resident of Juneau for the past four years. He is employed at the Alaskan Hotel.