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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23

of the club Friday and Was later
signed by both principals.
Under the agreement the build
ing IS to be maintained by FPHA
and all utilities are to be furnish
ed. Some play equipment, name
y a ping pong and billiard table
will be included in the furnish
ings as will all kitchen equip
ment. The club will provide jan
itor service and supervision of
all activities taking place in the
center, as well as other desired
feereational equipment.
Expected to Open in July
Although the building is not
completely finished, indications
are that it will be ready for use
about the middle OF July and
plans are being made to begin
operation of the eanteen immedi-
ately. The youth center will be
open from 10 am. to 1890 pm.
daily, including Sunday, during
vacation period and On week
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Allen Cochran, 20
browns In Lake
While Swimming

John Allen Cothran, 20 years
old, Kreole, was drowned early
Thursday morning while swim
ming with two companions in
Orange Grove Lake on Highway
80.
Young Cothran, +. c. Benefited
and Darwin Dunn, also of Kreole,
decided late Wednesday night to
cool off by going for a swim in
the lake. One of his companions
only a little while and then
went to sleep in the car. A short
time later, the second yoLsg man
decided to leave the water and
asked Cothran to come with him
but C0thran said he was going to
swim a little longer. The second
friend also went to sleep in the
car and when they awoke and
missed Cothran they decided he
must have caught a ride and re-
turned home. They had nearly
reached Kreole when they dis
covered Cothran had left his
clothes in the car and, alarmed,
they notified his mother, Mrs.
E. G.. Cothran, and the Coast
Guard. The body was recovered
about noon Thursday.
Cothran had served in the Mer-
chant Marine for about eight
months and had recently been
wounded when his ship was tor
pedoed He was at home on fur
Tough recovering from his wound
and was to have gone to Camp
Shelby Thursday to be indicted
into the Army.
He is survived by his widow,
Dorothy Jewel Ladnier whom he
married only a few months ago;
his mother. Mrs. OBrien; and his
grand m others, Mrs. Cappie
Davis of Kreole, and Mrs. Jennie
.othran of Lucedale.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted today at 10 am. at the
Church of God in Kreole by the
Rev. Tom Davis. Interment will
be in Machpelah cemetery, Fails
Funeral Home is in charge.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Speeders Warned,
Will Establish
Patrol On Beach

Police Chief C. R. Emanuel
this week issued a warning to
traffic violators ana bicycle rid
ers, and at the same time said
that he is establishing a perma-
nent beach patrol in an effort to
break up vandalism and elimin-
ate the practice of nighttime use
of the beach front for immoral
purposes.
Riders of bicycles are as much
subject TO traffic laws as any
other vehicle" Chief Emanuel
said. bicycles should not be
ridden IN the sidewalks, should
stay in proper traffic lanes, and
pay attention to traffic lights and
signals. Hereafter we are going
to issue traffic violation notices
10 bicyelists who disregard traf.
Continued on Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
7. W. Hudson In
Formal Statement
OF Candidacy

Announcement that he had def
initely entered the race for City
Commissioner in the Democratic
Primary on July 10, for the cleo
ton of Pascagoula city officials
was made this week by 7. w.
Hudson.
In making the formal am
nouncement of his candidacy Mr..
Hudson pointed out his long ex-
perience in auditing and office
supervision as a qualification for
the office.
His announcement follows:
To the Qualified Voters OF
Pascagoula:
| ann a candidate for City Com
missioner, subject to the will of
the voters, in the Democratic
Primary to be held July 10 to
name your city officials.
In seeking the office fell my
self well qualified through long
experience in auditing, book
keeping and office supervision
to administer the duties involved.
l am a veteran of the first
World War with overseas service
and have been a resident of Pas
cagonla since 1921. During that
time | have had intimate con
facts with almose every type of
business in this section of the
Continued on Page 8, Sec. u
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
School OF Evangelism, Innovation
In Church Work, Will Be Held Here

An entirely new experiment in
church work will be inaugurated
in Pascagoula when a two-week
school of evangelism with night.
ly evangelistic services will be
opened on Monday, July 3, the
Rev. L. w. Ulmer and q. c. Rob
erts. Pascagoula Methodist min
isters, announced this week
Twelve students drawn from
colleges as far distant as Oregon
will participate in the school
which will be under the diree-
ton of DIR. james S. Chubb of
Nashville, a member of the gen
eral board of evangelism of the
Methodist church.
DR.. Harry Denman. nationally
known Methodist evangelist and
also a member of the board, will
conduct the nightly services dur
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
County Approaches Quota
Hallway Mark In First 10
Days Of War Loan Drive
S500.000 In Won Bonds Sold Through
Wednesday,: ManY Relies Scheduled.

Jackson County has passed the
$500, 600 mark in the first 10 days
of the 5th War Loan Drive to al
most reach the halfway mark of
its 81, 29es0 600 quota. unofficial
reports showed Wednesday.
TOTAL sales reported up to
Wednesday were $493, 408. 25,
which did not include any report
from either the bank OF postoffice
at Ocean Springs.
OF the total reported approx
imately s255, 900 was in "E" Bond
sales.
we are off to a good start"
w. B. Herring, county war FL
nance chairman said 'but the big
push still lies ahead. 1t is the
committees hope that Jackson
County will double its quota. II
we do, we have a long way to
go"
Meanwhile, several rallies are
scheduled throughout the county
and al the Ingalls, Shipyard which
are expected to add impetus to
the sales.
A legion picnic and bond rally
are scheduled for all day Sat-
urday at Spanish Fort Park, at
which a bombing" with 5th War
Loan material by Civil Air Patrol
planes will be the feature, and
Saturday night, July l, a bond
auction and dance scheduled at
the USO. During the 4th War
Loan a similar auction brought
in an excess of $4,000 in bond
sales.
The ingalls, Shipyard, with q
reported $120,19275 in sales on
its 5th War Loan quota Of s840.-
900, was staging daily noon-time
rallies and cash sales among the
workers was increasing daily, II
was reported.
Mr.. j. o. Cole and Mrs T. T.
Justice reported that the block
system house-to-house solicita-
ton was producing Unexpectedly
good results.
Rallies, box suppers and picnics
were also being planned in COM
munities throughout the county
All community and district
chairmen were requested to have
a report of their sales to either
the Chronicle Star, MIR. Herring
or George w. Young, county War
Loan Drive chairman, al Ocean
Springs, by Wednesday of each
week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
ingalls, Worker Is
Seriously Injured
By Backing Truck

H. E. Smith, So years old, was
critically injured at the ingalls,
Shipyard Wednesday when he
was run owe by a truck ON one
of the Quitting docks.
His condition was said late
Thursday to be very serious at
the Jackson County hospital
where he was taken for treat
ment.
Employed in the ship store
keepers department, Smith was
walking on the dock when the
truck backed up and struck him,
knocking him down. He came to
Pascagoula last October from
Birmingham and since had re-
sided at sill Ker Street.
He has . brother, P. M. Smith,
also of Birmingham.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Valsin T. DeJean
Candidate For


Valsin P. DeJean this week an
nounced that he will be a candi-
date for city commissioner in the
Democratic Primary to be held
for the election of city officials
on July 18
Mr.. DeJean served as city clerk
and tax collector for 18 years,
from 1923 to 1871, and at pres
ent IS employed BY the Ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation in
charge of vault records.
He has spent nearly his entire
life IN Paseagoula and has been
closely associated with its prop
eF progress and improvements
during his tenure in office.
Mr DeJean added that he be
lieved MS business experience.
and experience gained during lis
time IN the office qualify himIto
efficiently discharge the dutieS Of
the office.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Political Talks,
Bombing" Mark
Bond Picnic Rally

Pieniekers at the Legion Span
ish Fort Park viii undergo an
air raid tomorrow afternoonl
It will be a harmless air raid,
though. and the bombs dropped
will be literature urging support
Of the 9Th War Loan, but also in
eluded among the bombs viii
be a certificate emitting the find
er to 3 SIS War Bond.
The bombing viii be IN con-
neetion with an all-day picnic
and rally at the park sponsored
by American Legion Post 160, and
will be a part of a statewide OBJ
servanee of June a by Legion
Posts in support of the 5th War
Loan and marking the opening
Continued on Page s.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Drive Set
For Moss
PointPool
Committee Numed.
Action Under WuY
To Rdise Funds.

Plans were completed and a
committee named in preparation
for an intensive personal solicit
tation drive to secure funds for
the building of a municipal swim
ming pool at Moss Point, E. Greg
DRY Wood, mayor, announced this
week.
A motion was made at the re-
cent banquet of the Young Mems
Business club that the mayor re-
quest industries and civic organi-
cations to serve on a general COM
mittee to raise funds for the pool
has been carried through and
the committee completed, Mayor
Wood said. In addition a special
gifts committee has also been
named.
The general committee met
Tuesday at the City Hall and dis
cussed plans and methods for
raising the necessary funds for
construction of the pool The com
mittee is as follows;
Dallas H. Smith, Ingalls, Ship
building Corporation; Wilmer
Harris, Moss Point Paper Mill
Saul Peterzell, jackson County
Mills; E. Gregory Wood, City of
Moss Point; L. K. Mcintosh. DR..
j. F. Cole, Claude Blanchard,
Mississippi Export Railroad; w.
w. Barber, Dantzler Lumber Co;
Verne Barnes, Chamber of Com
merce; c. B. Wilkerson. T. L, De-
Lsshmet, Rotary Club; A. L.
Monroe, city schools; Mrs. E. F.
Lindsey and Mrs. w. II. Nelson,
IL, Passatpeaeher Assassination;
Mrs. A. j. Franklin, Civic
League; E. A. Khayat, YMBC
John II. Hill and K. w. Burn
ham. Moss Point business men,
and A. w, Head, engineer.
The special gifts committee,
which held its first meeting We'd
nesday night at City Hall, con-
sists of Messrs. Mcintosh. Wilker-
son, Hill, Brunhm and DeLash-
NETT.
Plans have been virtually COM
pleted. Mayor Wood said Thurs
day, and the personal solicitation
drive is expected to get under way
shortly.
Meanwhile, another meeting
of the general committee has been
scheduled for City Hall Thurs
day eight, June 30, at which the
first report on the progress of
the drive will be made.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Man Fatally
Injured In
Auto Accident

David Reese Bum, 36-year-old
Ingalls, Shipyard pipefitter, was
fatally injured and three other
persons were hurt Monday night
in a head-on collision between a
taxicab and a private automobile
at the intersection of Lincoln
avenue and Manic street.
Others injured in the crash
were Nolan Hankins, driver of
the taxi in which Bum was a
passenger. cuts about the face
and bruises of the chest; Robert
Crump, a passenger in the cab.
sprained ankle, cut over one eye
and other injuries, w. J. Whit
more, driver of the other car, mi
nor cuts and bruises; and Jor
Henry Whitmore. 10, sister of the
driver, and passenger in the car,
broken arm.
Bum. who came from Annis-
ton, Ala, to work at the shipyard
and was living at 1118 Parsley
street. was riding in the front
seat of the cab at the time of the
accident. He was thrown through
the windshield and was severely
cut about the face. He also suf-
Tered dissertations of the body and
shock. He was taken to the Jack
son County Hospital and died
about two hours later, shortly af-
ter midnight.
The other persons involved in
the crash were taken to the hos
pital but al we're released ex-
cept Miss Whitmore who was re-
tanned for treatment. Miss Whit
more IS an employee of the
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany III Paseagoula.
Drivers Charged
The accident occurred about
10 pm. Monday. Hankins had
headed the cab into Manic
street and then backed it out into
Lincoln avenue. The car oper-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Hearing In Shooting
OF Negro AT Coulter
Is Sci For Saturday

Preliminary hearing for Henry
White. negro, who shot and Sc
rieusly wounded Charles Hegler.
negro, in an argument in a beer
parlor at Gautier. has been set
for Saturday morning in Ocean
Springs, according TO Sheriff d.
O. Newman. The arrest was
made by County Highway Patrol
man Levert Bosarge. The pistol
used in the alteration was found
on the premises Of Lucinda Kim
ball, negro woman who had APP
parently been the cause of the
argument.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
". D Billiard Will
Be Candidate
In Mayor Race

w. D. Billiard this week for
mally announced that he will be
a candidate for mayor in the
Democratic primary on July ID
for the purpose of electing Pas
cagoula city officials.
Mr.. Billiard was former coun-
ty prosecuting attorney and has
long been associated with the
business and civic life of Pasca-
goula.
His announcement follows:
To the voters and all other cit
liens of Pascagoula:
| am a candidate for the office
of Mayor Of Pascagoula in the
Democratic primary election to
be held on July 18th, and the
CONTINUED on Page 8, Sec. u
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Shortage Ended
After Iceless
Day Wednesday

The Pascagoula ice shortage
was aggravated this week when
an ice plant at La Place, La,
which had been supplying APP
proximately 30 ions a day to the
local plant. was closed down by
the owner in protest over OPA
price adjustments.
However. after closing down
Monday night the plant resumed
operations Wednesday and Pas
cagoula residents, after a prac-
tically iceless day Wednesday
during one of the hottest spells
ever experienced here. were once
again receiving q small supply of
ice Thursday.
No ice was delivered to the
ingalls, Shipyard Wednesday and
.A1horns aeliYeries Mere made.
officials of the local plant said
Deliveries were restricted to sick
persons with a doctors prescrip-
ton, the hospital, and a few
handlers of perishable products,
.sThe La Place plant furnished
approximately one-third of our
supply" Hermes f. Gautier, one
of the owners of the local plant
said. when the owners shut the
plant down Monday night it left
US with a critical shortage"
Work is continuing 10 be rush.
ed on the new plant which is ex-
pected to be in operation shortly
after July | and will furnish an
additional 100 tons of ice a day,
giving a more than adequate sup
ply for this area, Mr.. Gautier
said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Just Suppose!

Treasury Department and the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association sponsored an editorial contest for
the nations high school students. Subject: War
Bonds. Winner: l5-Year-old Barbara Brown. a Phila-
delphia high school junior. In the interest of help
ing the Fifth War Loan Drive. now in progress. we
are proud to print here the stirring message written
by Miss Brown.
Suppose there were no tomorrow? Think about
it for just a minute No tomorrow for you or your
kid sister at home-or the brother who left for the Army
yesterday. Did you ever think that we, who have had so
few yesterdays, may have no tomorrows?
1t has happened, you know. To Jack Feldman, and
to Bob Ernest-and to fifteen other boys who sat in our
They will have no tomorrows. They died before
they ever had a try at living SO that we here at home
might have our chance.
There are millions who were asked to give up more
than a double feature at the Earle or a spiffy new
pair of pumps for next weeks formal. A soda is a pretty
insignificant sacrifice, when you think of things like
The kids in Russia, who live on a few ounces of ce-
real a day. TheY've never seen an ice-cream soda.
The Polish boys and girls who would be in school
right now, just as we are II there were any schools
The French youths who've never had a hamburger
when they were out on a date-or any other time, for that
matter. They are old, very old older than you and
l will ever be =.
There are millions of them in Norway =. Holland
-. Denmark Belgium They would stare in amaze
ment if they could be here to see
A jalopy painted bright yellow. 1.-THE tin you love
to touch printed In big green letters on the back.
A high school senior, uncomfortable in his first
tuxedo calling for his date, looking nervous.
millions of things that we take for granted
There is such a feeling of permanency in our tight
little world. Well go to school with the gang, today
and tomorrow
u WHAT IF THERE WE'RE NO
There's only one way to be sure, you know
Buy War Bonds !. That's a simple little phrase, It's
the American way OF saying what we mean in q few
direct words. Buy War Bonds.
Yes-you and everybody must buy War Bonds.
We've got to buy more and more of EN-. Just get the
idea into your head that your $l8.75 might-just might
end the war one-fifth of a second sooner. That maybe,
in that one-fifth of a second, the boy next door could be
on the receiving end of a bullet {. Then you'll know that
its worth any small sacrifice you have to make!
We've got to keep on plugging, saving, convincing.
Giving our pin money -.
Tell everybody-sell everybody! We can't take no
for an answer Because We are buying tomorrow
and tomorrow-and tomorrow
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
Sunday Closing
Ordered For Pool
Halls BY Sheriff

All pool halls in the city of
Pascagoula have been ordered
closed from the regular closing
hour on Saturday to The opening
hour on Monday by Sheriff d
o. Newman. According to Mr..
the order was given af-
ter considerable gambling was
disclosed to be in process on
Sunday in some of these estab-
lishments.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
~Thirfy-Five Cases
Jam City Court
Docket Monday

Daily police court opened Mon
day afternoon with 35 cases on
the docket from the weekend, a
large number in comparison with
previous weekends.
All were minor charges of
drunkenness and disturbing the
peace. The defendants, except
for some under bond, and others
whose witnesses failed to appear,
all plead guilty and were fined.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23
ingalls, Awarded
End Gold Star
For IN" pennan.

The ingalls, Shipbuilding Cor
poration has been awarded its
second gold star to be added to
its Maritime Commission IN"
pennant, shipyard officials am
bounced this week. The pennant
already carries the first coveted
honor VIC in December.
The award was made I'm recog-
nitnon of your outstanding pro-
duction achievement in ship con-
struetion," Admiral H. l.. Wick
cry, chairman of the u. S. Mari
time Commission Board, wired
Monro B. Lanier, president of
Ingalls,.
Wires from Mr., Lanier and W.
r. Guest, executive vice presi-
dent of the corporation. to Adj
miral Vickery expressed the APP
probation of labor and manage
ment on the recognition of their
effort in supplying u armed
forces with 18.000-ton combat
troop ships.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-23

In January. 1871, the U. S.
merchant fleet consisted of 1850
ocean ships of 100000 gross
tons.
Uruguays constitution of 1919
separated church and state.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-10-18
Nekaj drobiizza

Chicago, Ill. = To piSem ma
moi SO. ~rojstni dan 2. okt.
Il fotograficnih posnetkov
planeta marsa astronomi skle-
pajo, ola je mars letos obkrozen
z lzredno vrocim zracnim pa
som. Morda pa imajo letos tudi
tam glavne drzavne volitve?
Z
Nedavno mi je prijatelj ma
%svetoval, da maj grem V tursko
kopel. "Mogoce ii DO pomaga-
To-" je rekel. En- dan premiSliu-
jem, kaj bi storil. Koncno sem
Sc odlocil, da bi bilo morda zares
dobro pc sedmih letih mole Ear
thrills" bolezni poskusiti Sc tur-
Sko kopel. Verjemite mi, ii tur-
XII SO me mazali in drgnili po
obeh straneh, MISC pa mi bole-
mi olajsali, pac pa so me OLAF
sail "a pet "copakov'. Oh tel
priliki sem Sc preprical, ola nj
med cikaskimi "turki" in tursko
"nevtralno" Waldo nobene raz-
like. Mar nj tudi ona skozi to
voJno mazala pc eni strani de-
mokraticne drzave in 20 drugi
pa fasisticne in dobivala cd obo-
iih m%unicijo, blago in denar?
Turk znajo!
<
Nedavno sem cital, kako SO v
ljubljanski operi obhajali Hit
lerjev rojstni dan. Upam, Ola je
bill to njegov zadnji. Nobena kr-
volocna EVER ma svetu ne dozivi
starost 55 let, a Hitler Jill je. TIE
slavnosti 'velikemu firerju '
cast" Sc je udelezil tudi liub-
ljanski skof in Sc pridruzil osta.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-10-18
Froncoski posvetovoIni
zbor dob 246 cIonov

Ko je bill v Alziru ustanov-
lien francoski osvobodilni Cd
Dor, je bill brez kake avtoritete
mad sabo, razen zavezniSke Vol
ne oblasti. Pod de Gaulleom pa
mu je bila dodana Sc takozvana
posvetovalna skupScina, v kate
re je bio imenovanih so clanov,
pripadajocih tistim strankam,
XII SO estate nasprotne ne samo
nemskim okupatorjem, temveG
prav tako tudi Petainovi vladi
V Vichyju.
Cd kar pa je Sla de Gaulleova
provizoricna vlada v Pariz, da-
81 10 ameriska in angleSka Via
da Sc noceta priznati "a Waldo,
je posvetovalna skupscina pove-
cana ma 246 clanov. Dasi nina
pravice sprejemati postav, je
vendarle to avtoriteta, S katero
Sc mora vlada posvetovati, in XII
lahko Meme posamezne clane
kritizira in Jill tudi primora S
svojo moralno silo ma resigna-
clio.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-10-18
KO Sc VLEZETE X
POCITKU: TRlNERJEVO
GRENKO VINO

Aka boste jemali Trinerjevo
grenko vino z vitamini b. pre-
dino Sc vlezete k pocitku, boste
naslednje jutro vstali kot prero-
jeni. Povzili boste svoj zajutrek
z najboljSim apetitom; svoje de-
10 boste zaceli pravilno in raz-
polozeni boste z najnoljsim hui
morjem YES dan. Trinerievo
grenko vino ie priznano kot mai
boljSe odvajalno sredstvo. Uzi-
waite ga pc navodilih, XII SO ma
steklenici, in sprevideli boste,
da vas BIO vedno zadovoljilo. Ma
bavite 81 ga V bliznji lekarni,
Ako YAM ne more postreci z
MIN v teh izrednih dneh, piSite
POM ma Joseph Triner Corp,
1888 S. Ashland Ave, Chicago
8, III.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-10-18
Froncijo rob- vec rojstey

Vladni krogi V osvobojeni
Franciji Sc med drugim pecajo
tudi S problemom, XII je nastal
vsled zmanjsanja rojstev in z
naraScanjem smrti. Treba je
dvigniti zivljenski standard vse-
ga l~justva, pomagati podhranje-
MIN otrokom k zdravju, in ma
tere pridobiti roditi vec otrok.
Ako Sc druzine ne povecajo, ne
DO move Francije, pravi porocilo
vladnega oddelka "a socialno
skrbstvo. Vlada Sc je OBJ enem
odlocila ustanoviti nov portfeli
v kabinetu = ministrstvo "a
druzinsko skrbstvo.