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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

Lindas. She was associated with her continually
until 1888 when the Agostinis moved 10 Mel
bourne from, Carlton suburb OF Sydney.
That is Linda she said amid her tears
Mrs Mary Callow remembered letting room
In 1882 10 woman known as Mrs. Coots, who
was married to an English writer. She stepped
from the witness stand peered at the body Of
the Pajama Girl in the adjoining room and said.
at is Mrs. Coots, known Philomena Morgan"
Then John James Morgan. the father of Mrs.
Jeanette Routedge. was called 10 the stand.
He said that In 1911 jeanette bore child, Anna
Philomena Morgan and that mother and daughter
lived with him for some time. After viewing
the Paj5na Girls body he said: -
THAT is not Phil" He. too. positive.
- SeeSaw-see- saw-thatis the way it went. Ten
witnesses swore the body was -Linda's five said
II was PILLS. six declared II was not Phils.
Then professional men put in a few thousand
words. II was through them that the Pajama Girl
was first Identified as Linda That after
Mrs. Edith Pennington, OF Sussex, England, wrote
Sydney police that she dreamed she had seen her
missing daughter and she was floating. m
THE police had bunch and renewed their
search for the identity OF the homicide victim
bobbng in the tank OF formalin in Sydney Uni.
versitys Pathological Museum. dentist pro.
vided the clincher then-before Mrs. Routedge
arrived on the Scene-by recognizing dental work
done for Linda many years previously.
This dentist Or. William Joseph OBrien, had
repaired Linda's teeth in 1880, preparing two
porcelain Filings. Called to the stand at the in
quest, he asked by investigators:
What is your conclusion after your examina.
ton Of the teeth of the dead woman and COM
parison with entries in your records?"
The comparison leads me TO the conclusion
that the Filings in the teeth of the dead woman
are those l did for Mrs. Agostni"
Another dentist. DR.. Leonard Bell, told of ex
tracing three molars from the mouth of Philo-
mena when she was IL or Il, and OF seeing her
six or seven times over a period of two weeks
He swore: after viewing the face of the body
from all angles it presented to me the face of
Phomena Morgan" And so ii went.
1t became apparent the inquest ran on
into a record-breaking five-week session that Mrs
Routedges belief that the Pajama Girl was her
daughter was largely based on the detective work
of DR.. T. A. Palmer Benbow, honor graduate of
Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia in 1913
DR.. Benbow became interested in the Case OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

MELBOURNE Australia.
IN A SQUAT brick building known as the Mel
bourne Coroner's Court. the mysterious Pa
. jana Girl lay in a bright new dress after
floating ten years in tank of formaiin Her
hair was dry and puffed in soft coiffure Her
cheeks were powdered. Her lips rouged. A
deep cash in her forehead was concealed by tape.
The Pajama Girl was dressed up 10 decide her
identity-to establish her name once and for all.
TO write the final chapter to the strangeSt homi-
eide mystery Australia has known.
Who was she?
In damned adjoining room, dozens of wit
nesses gathered to testify that she was Linda
Platt Agostini, %, brown-eyed, London-born wife
of an Italian. Dozens more prepared TO
say that she was Anna Philomena Morgan, %,
bue-eyed daughter of native Australians.
Doctors, dentists and criminologstS were on
hand to give their opinions-why the Pajama
Girl couldn't be more than IS; why she couldn't
be less-why her eyes were brown; why they
blue-Why she was a luckeSS wife; why she
an unfortunate girl who had run away from home.
Old rubber boots, the transcript of a mothers
dream, the cornerpece of an oldfashioned iron
bedStead and the yellow silk pajamas in which
the body found in a cuvert Sept. 1, 1884,
among the curious assortment of exhibits
placed in evidence at the inquest.
But perhaps the most curious exhibit of all
was an odd contrivance called a shadow box
a specially constructed magic lantern for super
imposing one lifesize photograph upon another.
With this device, final effort was made 10 prove
that the Pajama Girl Philomena Morgan
instead of the missing Linda Agostini.
Prior to that however, the hearing produced
its first big sensation when the New South Wales
Commissioner of Police, William J. MacKay, from
Sydney, read a statement signed by Antonio Agos
TIM, Al husband of Linda Plat AgOStini. Under
arrest on charge of murder, AgoStini was await
ing trial as the killer of his wife
In this statement, AgoStini said he awakened
with n start one morning at z, and felt some
thing pressing into his head behind the left ear
81 realized is was a gun Linda holding
against my head" he said II quickly turned my
head on the cushion and. graspng her hand, com.
menccd 10 struggle with her for possession or
the revolver intending merely to diSarm her.
an doing so, we rolled over on the bed. She
struggled bitterly and was very determined.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24
Morgan?

81 thought she was
going to let go of the
revolver beca her
hand relaxed. The next
thing I heard was a shot
going off. She gave a
long gasp and suddenly
ceased to struggle"
Agostini said ne be.
came panicky. His inn
pulse was to 60 TO the
police. But he feared the
scandal would comprom-
Use him in his job with
an Italia n language
newspaper. So he car
ried the body downstairs.
On the way he stumbled
and the body tumbled
down. striking a flatiron
at the foot of the steps
that gouged a hole in the
forehead. He gathered
up the body. stuffed ii in
a sack and drove toward
.Albury, N.S.W. On a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

lonely road ne
showed it into a
culvert, soaked II
with gasoline
and set fire TO il.
A n d h g n
came Mrs. Jean
cite r GU tledge.
So. som bre.
black fr ocked,
fearful, mother
of Anna Philo-
mena Morgan.
THAT is my
daughter" s h @
S a d on [ h g
witness stand.
But the Pa
lama Girl had
previously been
identified fro m
dental records as
Lin d a Platt
Agostini. T h g n
who was right
and w no was
wrong about il?
Under further
questioning Mrs.
Rout ! e d &c adj
mitted that for
Evening star., 1944-06-07

ical ruse used by the students.
When the police moved in to break
up the group, the students stood to
attention and sang the national an
them. In Turkey the national hymn
Is revered even more than in other
nations, and is sung only on the
most solemn occasions. The baf-
fed policemen snapped to salute
each time, and the rioting went on.
Dispersed by Special Police.
The demonstration was finally
dispersed by special military police.
Motorcycle and side-car combina-
tions roared into the mob at top
speed knocking down those that did
not scatter. Some arrests were
made. but the prisoners were re-
leased on the assumption they had
been used as tools.
The riot was not reported by the
government news agency, Anadolu
Ajans, but almost a week later this
organization published a communi-
que saying that the Ministry of In
terror notified "all concerned" that
when the national anthem was sung
at meetings held without previous
Evening star., 1944-06-07
Photo Record of War
Presented to Library

A Photographic record of var,
disaster and destitution in this
country and abroad is contained in
a collection of $4,000 photographs
presented to the Library Of Con-
gress by the American Red Cross,
according to an announcement to-
Evening star., 1944-06-07

day by Archibald NacLeish, LII
brarian OF Congress.
Pictures Of Red Cross work in
France In World War I and of the
San Francisco earthquakes havoc
are included in the collections.
Evening star., 1944-06-07

application and without oficial con-
sent - police officials are not
obliged to stand at salute. their duty
being strictly to insure the mainte-
nance of peace and order"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28
Mr.. and Mrs. DeJedn
Announce Wedding
OF Their Daughter

MIR. and Mrs. Valsin P. DeJean
announce the marriage of their
daughter Julia-Mae Helen De
Jean, to Mr.. William Henry
Smith of the United States Naval
Reserve, on Sunday, the tWen-
tv-third of July, nine cen hum
dred and forty-four. by the Cath
Ole chaplain, Lieutenant Com
mander, Rev. F.. Francis L. Nc
Gam. at Q o'clock mass at the
chapel OF Camp Parks, Oakland,
Calf"
The foregoing announcement
chronicles a happy climax 10 a
romance begun when the prln-
cipals were Of high school age.
Because OF Naval restrictions
Mr.. Smith was not able to come
to Pascagouia for the wedding
20 Miss DeJean made the trip to
Camp Parks ms cad.
Mr. Smith is one of the most
attractive members OF the young
social and business set of the
city.
The attendants at the wedding
were Mrs. f. j. Youngblood as
matron OF honor and Maurice w.
McGrand, as best a
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

70 active duty or sent o q gum
merry, or factory school
Chaplain Frederick Graef
Reaches England
News reaching the membership
Of the Christ Lutheran church in
Pascagoula reveals that Rever-
end Frederick Grae. who rs
serving as chaplain with an IN
fantry division o. he Army. mas
arrived safe in England. Chap
lain Graef is on leave of Absence
from Christ church where he hao
filled the pulpi for some time be-
fore enlisting.
Private /. p. Pierce in Trsininq
At Camp BarkleY
According TO word received by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II j.
Pierce Of Orange Grove. Mis-
heir son, Pvt. Isadore p. Pierce.
is now undergoing 4 II weeks
course at Camp Barkley, Texas
at the end of which he hopes 10
come home on furlough. lie mas
been in the service a year.
Ensign r. L. Strickland Goes
To Arizona
A news release from the Eighth
Naval District at New Orleans
announces that Ensign Robert
Leslie Strickland, USNR, has
been ordered to the Naval Train
ing School of Indoctlination at
the University OF Arizona for
temporary duty under mstruc-
ton.
Joseph Crook Becomes Sergeant
The Public Relations section,
u. S. Marine Corps at Atlanta,
Ga, announces that Corporal Jo-
seph Randle Crook of 458 Porter
avenue, Paseagoula, has been
promoted TO sergeant at Cherry
Point, N C., the largest air sta
ton in the corps. He is serving
as an aviation maehinist's mate
with a unit of the Ninth Aircraft
Wing. Sgt. Crook is the son of
Mrs. Grace Crook Of Pascagoula
Pvt. james II. Wilson a. San
Diego School
Friends of Private James III.
Wilson of the United States Ma
rine Corps will be interested to
learn that on completion of his
boot training he was assigned TO
an aviation training school in
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

MASTER SERGEANT r. v.
ROGERS. who is stationed in
New York. N. Y. as a member
of tho Anti Aircraft Corps.
Sergeant Rogers. who is a grad
uate from the Moss Point High
school. class of 1913. has re-
turned to his post after a Wis
IL with his sister. Mrs. /. M.
Wyatt. He has been in service
since April ]. ls4l. having gone
in with the first draft. photo
by courtesy Olan Mills Studio.l
S/Sqt. Claude Green Visits
Home
Saff Sergeant Claude Green
arrived in Paseagoula Wednesday
from Fort Mver, Fla, for a visit
with his sister Mrs. Dale Keoe-
ger, 1105 E Tyler. and other rel
atives. Sergeant Green has been
in the service for three years.
having been in the first draft.
For a number Of months he was
stationed in the Canal Zone but
is now an instructor in airplane
mechanics at Fort Myer.
Pvt. Fred w. Kenner Al Keeslsr
From the Keesler Field Public
Relations office at Biloxi comes
The news that Pvt Fred w Kan
ner, son Of c. w Hammer. 1871
Belair street. Paseagoula has
been assigned to study in a B-24
Liberator bomber mechanics
school at Keesler Field.
On completion o. this course
Private Hammer will be assigned
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28
a. F. Megehee Has
Accident On Fishing
Trip. Leg Injured

A, F. Megehee, county super
intendent Of schools, narrowly
escaped serious injury when his
700 twas drawn into the drive
shaft on his boat while ne and
his family were on a fishing trip
on the Pascagoula river. His foot
and ankle were severely bruised
and his ankle was lacerated.
The aeeIdent occurred as the
party was returning to ne dock
Mr.. Megehee stepped over the
shaft in the dark and his pants
we're caught by he set screw.
His foot was drawn down but
his trousers tore away before
more serious injury was caused.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

San Diego.
PIlor to entering tine Marine
Corps in January, Pvt. Wilson
was employed at a Pascagoula
taxic5b company, His wife, the
former Miss Resale Under, and
small son. plan to visit MIN the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

THE BATTLES OF WORLD
War II are approaching German
soil and already we have wit
messed he first hopeful act Of
a maeabre comedy entitled How
% Lose the War and Win the
Peace" he attempted assassina-
ton of Hitler, the following blood
purge of the Top ranking army
officers blamed for the plot is,
to our mind. the opening act of
a scene that will end with Hitler
fleeing or being thrown out of
power through a staged inter-
nal revolt. Then will come the
soft words Of his successors who
will want only to establish a
peace loving government in Ger
many which they will only be
able to accomplish through soft,
ening of peace terms. w saw
hat as an aftermath eg World
War |, anu a little more than
30 years later we also see the
flower of our young manhood
once more being killed ana.
manned in a war started by Hit
Ter and his power mad cohorts,
aided and abetted by the Ger
man people who hailed him as
a second savior as long as the
German Panzer units tore the
Poles, Czechs, French, and
Russians TO shreds. Ii we fall for
this again we shall also again see
another generation of our young
men staining the battlefields of
the world with their blood.
WE SEE SIGNS OF this work.
ing in Italy now. Perhaps it is q
rlatter OF expectancy and used
to further the war effort and
has ramifications which we dc
not understand but anyway we
have the picture first Of a gov
eminent headed BY Badoglio and
Victor Emmanuel, the understood
puppet king of Italy who hoped
on the Mussolini bandwagon af-
ter the latter was we'll on his
wav to power, and always oecu-
pied the outer edge of the strut
ting Duee's spotlight. Now Vic
tor Emmanuel mas "abdica,ed'
in favor OF his son, Crown Prince
Humbert. All three should be
headed for the war guilt trials as
much as the bloody handed Nazi
clique when the war is ended. In
eidentallv, we would wager q
pretty that the Duee would still
be drawing his loo. 000-plus
crowds if Germany and her al
lies were winning the war in
stead OF having Just about lost
1t.
ALL THIS TALK OF A revolt
BY Sou hern Democrats and the
formation of a third party is
plain downright silly. The only
thing il could END in would be
the election of the inept Dewey
and his running mate. and we
have as vet 10 see an advantage
that the South has gained under
a Republican president Reforms
are undoubtedly needed. but they
can eventually be accomplished
with the pattern of our own par
". The rule or ruin attitude will
gain us exactly nothing
IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE
8 dash of cold water in the face
for the energetic members o.
the Junior Woman's Club of Pas
eaeoula when only six adults re.
Sponded to their invitation e
visit the newly opened Your
Canteen Sunday. Il seems sur.
prising that civic-minded cIti.
zens. even though they have M
children to enjoy the aecommo.
dations of the center, would no
have felt sufficient interest e
visit the canteen but it is posi-
lively incredible that parents o
boys and girls from 13 througi
IS years old, who wouldn't wan
to see where their children ar
going to spend free hours. An'
Il seems that discounting the in
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

q. NJ. and Mrs. A B. Curtis, and
usbaad o. Mrs. Lyda Zenner
Curtis OF Kreole, Miss, mas fin
isned his overseas training IN Ire
land and mas been sent on active
duty in England. Sgt. Curtis re-
eeivcd his wings at a Florida
Field last December and complet-
cd MS training in South Caro-
Ina.
During ms latter period, his
wife was with him in South Car
DINA until he went overseas in
Aprii.
Douglas Gulley Begins Aviation
Cadet Training
From the Public Relations Of
flee a, the Headquarters Techni-
cal School at Yale University at
New Haven, Conn. comes the
news that Charles Douglas Gull
ley. son of Mayor apd Mrs. w. r.
Gulley of Pascagoula, has begun
training as an aviation cadet IN
the Army Air Force Training
Command school there. This will
prepare him for the duties Of a
technical officer in eommunica-
tions. He win be commissioned
as a second lieutenant as the
completion of this course Of
study.
Sgt. Mitchell Z. Reeves Safe
In England
Friends of Sgt. Mitchell f.
Reeves have learned of his ar
rival safe in England where he
is with the Army Medical Corps.
Sergeant Reeves is a native of
Bcnndale, Miss, but was en-
ployed by a Pascagoula taxicab
company for a number OF months
before entering the service.
Robert Peetz Stationed In
Washington. D. C.
Robert Peetz, fire control, &c,
who has just completed a
year of service in the South
west Pacific is now attending a
radar and fire control naval
school at Washington, D. c. He
has been in the Navy for two
years. The son of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. f. Peetz Of 1902 So. Pasca-
goula, Peetz was employed at
ingalls, before mis- entry in the
service.
Additional Soldier News, Page 4
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

latter part Of the month. Pvt
Pierce has a brother, Emerson
Pierce, who is stationed at Pearl
Harbor, t. II.
Sergeant Burdette Curtis On
Active Duty
Sergeant Burdette Curtis, son
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28
RATES.
aasXss,pi

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS does not give a Newspaper
fine right 10 publish scandals. attack innocent individuals or
business firms. Neither does FREEDOM OF SPEECH give the
Individual fhe right TO be smear the reputation OF outstanding
citizens, attack the communitys leading institutions. nor start
whispering campaigns for the sole reason of disturbing the
public peace. To violate the above rights and privileges is to
endanger the rights and happiness of all"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

For a whipped cream substi-
tute. take a cup of light cream or
top of the bottle" combine with
one of the whip cream mixes on
the market. set bowl in cracked
ice and water and beat contents
with an egs heater until stiff.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

CORPORAL BUREUS LUN-
DY. o of Gordon LundY. of
Moss Point. who is stationed at
an Army Air Field at PYote.
Texas. is spending a l6-daY
furlough at home. He was in
Quoted into the Air Corps at
Camp Shelby in March, ls43.
Corporal LundY spent some
time training at Keesler Field
at Biloxi before he was sent 10
his present station in Texas.
At the completion of his
training at PYote he will be
ready for active service.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28
AcKsoN COUNTY NOW

JACkSON COUNTY NOW
ranks fifth among Mississippi
counties in the sale of "E" bonds
during the 5,h War Loan Drive.
That is a record that we can be
proud of. but at the Same time
let's don't forget that consistent
buying, week in and week out, is
what i takes To finance our war.
Also let's not forget the fact
that more than 700 Mississippi
men have SO far given their lives
in World War III. Buying Wa
Bonds, as we have pointed out
many times. can by no means be
ciassed as a sacrifice % the war
effort it is a good, solid,
sound investment and the only
time we have a right to be proud
of our purchases 1t when we sae-
rifiee some material necessi Y or
pleasure in order TO buy more.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

tefes motive the adult citizens
Of the town should have at least
made an effort to pay their re-
7pects to a group OF young wo-
men who. despite the faci that
the majority have the care and
responsibility of young children
of then own, are trying TO make
available q comfortable, conven-
lent and attractive recreation cen
ter for teen age youth. The
building now is only open to the
outh of the city except for
on duty-the grown-ups
lost their chance to see a mod
ern answer to youths eternal
problem of what can / do now"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

M.lif1riIy, this is the most important
most urgent phase of the whole
war.
The moment is at hand for Ameri-
can soldiers to give everything
they've got in a supreme effort.
Depend on them. They will write
history . write it with their blood.
Financially, toe, this is the most
important, most urgent phase of the
war for America.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28
Council OF Church
Women To Meet AT
First Baptist Church

The Pascagoula Council of
Church Women, which meets
every fifth Monday of a month,
will hold a session at the First
Baptist church of Pascagoula. on
Monday, july 81 at $3.50 o'clock.
Women Of all the churches in he
city are included in the member
snip of the council and these are
urged to attend this session.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-28

Crate your favorite cheese and
store it in a screw top jar in the
cold part of the refrigerator. You
will then have it ready at a mo-
ment's notice.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-05-24

tnobei Die Weni6en itauneno ben gu.
ihauer MAIDEN, ulto @ottes @iite ltnb.
alnadt aubeten fonnen. Son oieie1n
Manne f6nnten mir &inoer mir GU
tes lernen, 1neinten 1tnfere @ltern.
0arum er1altbten iie eerne, bob mir
feline Samilte autpetlen beiu6ten.
Guf Der Ofenbant batte er cine
olte, moroseroBe 8ibeI iteben. uns
&inoern tpuBte er oie tpunoerbaren
@reigniiie aus ~oieiem dltelten auer
8ii6er in. iol6 finoli6 einfa6er 8ei-
ie au er5dblen, &pie es berltdnblider
uno i6oner Der 9elebrteIte Brofeiior
niemals fertig brtnet. S0rte man ibn>
Damn mar iein ormes S6us6en Elm
Palait, fem 8eib un6 feline &inoer
iein bimmliider Sofitoot, iein Strob=
iad Elm unerb0rter 2urus. DoB Ser
Serrgott ibm oos oIles unneroienter=
neife gegeben uno 6a3u nod elm Ood
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-05-24

taanli6 uno es benz @ngen ni6t nioer.
itebt, f0nnen 6te 8orttonen au9 ouf
IS Big 100 @ranru uno mad I'm"
itanoen nod bober geitetgert tperoen.
l1no 10 tpabIe ft6 nun Se0er nod
eigenem 8eoiirfnts cine quite rno elm.
fade Sriiblingstbrduter- ODER Woien-
furl @etpiB miro ioIdte gut beton1"
men uno ibooen fann lte ia gar nidt.
Im beiten tut Ser Sdmorrboibarier>
Der 5ettiii6tige, 0eil5- 2eber.> Ma-
gentranfe uim., tpenn er it6 feline no
ti9en 9r6uter an id0nen, frii6en
Wtaienmorgen ielbIt ousIu9t uno aus"
pablt - oie &ur ielbIt miro oonn
INN 10 befier tpirten inn gereine nit
Der ongenebmen 8etpegung in reiner
frii6er 2en5luft.
8er oies ieoo6 nidt min ooer
fonn uno feline Waienfur nur 6orouf
beI6rGnft - tpie oies Sunoerte uno