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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-04-21

civic minded citizen interested IN
the welfare and progress of this
section to make il al point to*at-
tend the hearing before the Coin-
tv Board OF Supervisors SEIZED,
uied for 10 am. Tuesday morn.
ing at which the propoafd z6nine
ordinance Tor the beach front adj
3acent to PsacaRoiala wilIeome un-
der discussion. Those sshortsiGht-
ed individuals Interested only In
turning the beach front into a
haven for beer parlors. bilIboards,
etc, viii undoubtedly be out in
JUL force. and their .hfgtiunents
will be long and vocifHroue. The
beach front. as we have said be-
fore, 8 one 81 our greatest natns
raj assets, and one thatshpuld
not be exploited to. the material
advantage of a few at iAeNex-
pknse OF this section as whole.
We have enough sections Of our
city spoiled now sby notorious
and unsightlv collection OF shaeks
and jaIppies. We hope that the
damage already doneAwill not be
added 10.
oun EsTEEMED contemporra;
~ the Ocean Springs Times.
takes Sheriff ID O, .Newniarf to
task for asking the beer patlors
Ind road houses OF the county to
close during the recent work
stopnage at the ingalls, Shipyard.
The editorial stated that several
thousands OF upllaFx III revenue
were lost TO these merchants
and hundreds of dollars in state
taxes. That lis outright poppy
cock. In the first place, the ssiier
jff did not order" these places
to close. but simpIy asked for.
their co-operation in net selling
beer and wine during the stop
page. Most Of them fell into line
because they were engaged also
in the illegal business of selling
whiskey. In the second place we
doubt if the privilege license
referred to in the editorial is pos
ssSsed by more than half Of
thsse places. and ANYWAY we
didn't know 4 privilege license
gave the places a right to deal
In iileesl business, even IL the
state legislature does tax IL In
the third place, IL isr our guess
thet that several thousands of
dollars Of revenue referred 20
Went to q heck of a sight better
use while these pisces were
closed Sheriff Newman .dfd !
good lob and, we Believe deserves
andthas the suppoTtp the 1naior
Hy of the citizens Of the eounty
VI Also HAsk shkaAHb 1fevTT
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-04-21

evening service Rev. Otis Parry
will bring a similar message.
FPheEe services IN part Of the
Baptist Rally Day program for
this Gulf Coast area. All people
are invited to join in these SER
vices. BY all means attend the
mass meeting at 2;30 at the First
church in Pascagoula.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-04-21
Mrs. A. F. Duntzler. Jr.
Hostess AT Bridge
AT LongfeIlow House

Among the verv lovely social
events at Longfellow House was
a bridge-luneheon at which Mrs.
A. +. Dantzler Jr., was hostess on
Friday afternoon of last week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-04-21

ths right to pubiish sssndsisr 9ttsck in no indiyid s Or
Individual te rtnht 10 be.srnear the reputation Of outstanding
cldx4ns, Attack he cnrhnnuuitY's leadine i~zsftuticns. NOR start
whisperinu Campaign for the tspls reeeah Of distuxbdng The
puhdc psscs4 TO Violate the Hbovs fights and pxisNegss 10 to
sndsussf the sishts and happinsAs e slH
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-04-21
Stewart Says:
asNs -

WASHINGTON Behind the
recently headlined draft crisis il
war production was another Of
ficial scrap between War Man.
power Director Paul " McNutf
and Selective Service Director
Lewis B. Hershey as to which
one really runs selective service
Who's Boss of Draft Situafioni
Congress recently cut selectivs
service Adrift from the war man
power commission. But Genera
Hershey still is required to con
gultn with McNutt. The latter
has interpreted this to mean that
he runs the draft.
Hershey, however, has display
ed great independence. When the
presidents memorandum tighten
ing up occupational defermehts
was issued, Hershey cracked
down hard on occupational de-
ferments. Industry protested to
McNutt and to WPB Chief Don
aid NJ Nelson
McNuft and Nelson took the
matter to the White House. What
they got was a telegram from
Hershey to local boards telling
them that state draft directors
were expected to recommend de-
ferments for irreplaceable work
ers whose induction would hurt
he wrote this poem as the sands
of life silently trickled away. AT
ter his death his commanding Of
ficer transmitted the poem to his
family here in the United States.
He wrote:
MY gunner died in my arms
today.
| feel his warm blood yet.
Your neighbours dying boy gave
A scream ] can't forget.
On my right a tank was hit,
A flash and then a fire.
The stencil of burning flesh
Still rises from the pyre.
What did you do today, my friend,
To help us with the task?
Did you work harder and longer
for less,
Or is that too much to ask?
What right have | to ask you
that?
You probably will say.
Maybe now you'll understand,
You see. Il DIED TODAY"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-04-21

The aneients considered even
numbers as females, odd num-
bers as male.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07

Miss Virginia Speers is visiting
her cousin, Mrs. Paul Hotter, at
Gatesville, N. c.
Miss Lorraine Gambill, of Alb
erdeen, Md, Mrs. Dale Atwood,
of Norfolk, Va, and Parks Gam
bill, who is with the Merchant
Marines, spent several days re-
Gently visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Lew Gambill, at Crump-
Ter.
Miss Nena Bell Barr, student at
the Woman's College, Greensboro,
spent the past week end here
with her mother, Mrs. Basil D.
Barr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid Sturdivant
entertained the following at a
bear and deer dinner at their
home on Tuesday evening: Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Rhodes, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Vannoy and Mr.. and
Mrs. Levern Johnson. Following
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07
Personals

dinner the group enjoyed Rock
Mrs. Art Fraisier and Mrs. 2
C. Wright visited in Marion, Va.
Sunday.
Miss Sibyl May, of Charlotte
visited here this week.
Mr.. Joseph Prevette, of Airing
ton, Va, visited friends here
over the week end.
Miss Ruth Tugman has beer
i'll at her home here this week.
Mr.. Clinton Goodman remains
ill at the Ashe county hospital
his many friends will regret t.
learn.
Mrs. Mary Mcmillan, of Ma
than's Creek, spent the week, enc
here with Mr.. and Mrs. Gale B
Mcmillan.
Mr.. Sharpe S. Shoemaker wa
in Statesville and Charlotte OF
business, Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Maude Pierce has return
ed to her home at Crumpler, af
ter a months visit with friends
and relatives in Detroit and Jack
son, Mich, Akron, Dayton ane
Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss Helen Ghormley, county
health nurse, spent the past weel
end in Lenoir.
Mrs. J. r. Johnston spent las
week with her son, Mr.. Ira I
Johnston and Mrs. Johnston a
their home in Jefferson.
Mr.. Luther Faw is a patient a
the Charlotte Memorial Hospital
this week.
Mrs. Bruce Johnson, of Cleve
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07
ASHE HOSPITAL HAS
SEVERAL PATIENTS

Patients at the Ashe Hospital
this week are as follows: Mrs.
Marie Blevins, and son, Tucker
dale; Mrs. Wayne Pennington,
and son, Apple Grove; Mrs. Ruth
Shmitt, and son, Grassy Creek;
Mrs. Ray Sturgill, and son, Stur-
gills; Mrs. Charlie Mccoy, JEFF
ferson, treatment; Mrs. Elizabeth
Reeves, Jefferson, treatment; Mrs.
Martha Jones, Whitetop, opera
tive; Mrs. Ed Greer. Lansing,
treatment; Mrs. A. D.. McNeill,
| Bina, treatment; Kyle Blevins,
Jefferson, operative; w. H. OAR
nell, Tuckerdale, treatment; Ar
thur GRAPHICAL, West Jefferson,
treatment; Clint Goodman, West
jefferson, treatment; Mrs. Worth
Davis, Tuckerdale. treatment;
Miss Jennie Todd, Jefferson,
treatment; Mr.. Geo. Perkins,
Nathan's Creek, operative; Louel-
len Shepherd, Tuckerdale, opera
tive; Walter A. Shull, Todd, treat
ment; Robert L. Ballou, Creston,
treatment.
Among the patients released
this week were Mrs. Daily Mil
) Ter, Oval, treatment; Mrs. w. B.
Austin, Jefferson, operative; and
Mrs. Essie Elliots, Ball. treat
ment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. Gather E. Kilby,
Crumpler, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Mae, to
Cpl. Robert F. Redfield.
Miss Kilby, a graduate of the
Presbyterian Hospital school of
nursing, has made her home in
Charlotte for several years.
Cpl. Redfield is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Redfield, of
Ivaryton, Conn. He is stationed
with the Army Air Corps, at
Morris Field, Charlotte.
The date of the wedding will
be announced later.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07
WILL LEAVE FOR ERIE, PA.

Mrs. George Koen and young
son, George Koen, Jr., will leave
next Tuesday for Erie, Pa, to
spend several months with 1t.
Koen's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Koen. Young George, Jr.,
affectionately known as Buddy,
is getting off to a flying start,
like his father, who is a lieuten-
ant in the air corps and is now in
the Pacific area. Mrs. Koen, who
was before her marriage, Miss
Edith Coward, has been spending
several months here with her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Coward.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
appreciation for the many deeds
of kindness shown us during the
recent death of our husband and
grandfather, Robert E. Lee Plum
mer. We particularly wish to
thank our many friends for the
beautiful flowers and for their
thoughtfulness in coming to see
us.
Mrs. R. E. L. Plummer
and Grandchildren.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07

land, Ohio, is visiting her ia
Their, Mr.. Roy Badger and other
relatives here this week. Mrs.
Johnson is the former Miss Eula
Badger. Her husband, M-Sgt.
Johnson, is now on duty some
where in Italy, while she has a
very responsible position in a war
plant in Cleveland.
Mrs. Edith Johnsey, also of
Cleveland, spent Monday night
with her father, Mr.. Roy Badger
and other relatives here.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07
On Honor Roll
AT Lees-McRae

Banner Elk-Three students
from Ashe County are on the
honor roll of Lees McRae college,
which has just been released by
Dean Leo K. Pritchett. They
are: Gladys Kilby, senior, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Vina C. Love, of Hem
lock; Kate GRAPHICAL, postgradu-
ate, daughter of Mr.. A. G.. Gray
heal, of Fig; and Norma Jones'
post graduate, daughter of Mr.
Austin Jones, of Clifton. All
three young ladies are enrolled
in the medical secretarial course
at Lees cRae College.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07
BIRTH ANNOUNCED

Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Smith an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Betty Lue, weight 6 pounds 7
ounces, on November IL, at the
Arlington Hospital, Arlington,
Va. Mrs. Smith was the former
Miss Maude Cearley, of this coun-
ty.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07

Rev. w. E. Denney filled his
regular appointment at the Heal
ing Springs Baptist Church, both
Saturday and Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07
TRIED BY MAYOR

Dewey Key, of West Jeffer-
son, who was arrested for public
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-12-07

drunkenness, was tried by Mayer
Charles 0 Parsons at Mayors
court here on Monday and given
a fine of $1,000 and costs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Reach Settlement
In Dossiin Strike
Reinstatement OF Four
Agreed TO by Company

Settlement Of the 13-week-old
strike of Go employees at the
Dossin Products Co, distributors
of Pepsi-Cola, was announced Sat-
urday by Roy Scoggins, chairman
OF the dairy. bakery and food
workers division Of the United Re-
tail. Wholesale and Department
Store Employees Association.
The National Labor Relations
Board Saturday night ordered a
collective bargaining ele Ii 0 r
within the next 80 days to give
workers their choice of the Inter
national Brotherhood Of Team
sters (AFL). the United Retail
and Wholesale Workers tCIO), or
no union.
The jurisdictional dispute al
Dossin's, which spread 10 the Coca
Cola Bottling Co, resulted in sew
eral outbreaks of violence between
Go pickets and AFL teamsters,
and threat of a general strike by
the teamster union. A settlement
was reached Thursday in the
Coca Cola dispute.
The regular employees in both
the Detroit and Grand Rapids
plants of the Dossin firm are 10
return to work Monday under
the settlement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
President Urged
To Stop Strikes

A demand for action TO prevent
further stoppages of production
of war materials was sent TO
President Roosevelt Saturday by
the directors of the Detroit Board
of Commerce.
Holding il TO be imperative that
"traitorous, un-American activi-
ties of union leaders be dealt with
firmly and Immediately" the
board asked that the President
enunciate clear. concise and
firm policy dealing with labor
and compel labor lea6ers TO use
civil agencies of the government
in settling their disputes.
Further. the board asked the
President to define his attitude
and his policy with reference 70
competitive business and free en-
terprise and bring about a CO.
ordination of the various govern
mental agencies D dealing with
labor, manpower and production.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Poppy Sale
To Aid Vets
importance Of Drive
Thursday Is Stressed

Remembering their own poverty
and enlightenment in 1918. Veter-
ans of World War I now call
upon Detroiters TO prevent similar
distress for returning "buddies"
OF World War ii. by contributing
generously TO the Poppy Day
drive this Thursday.
This is no postwar problem" TO
be pigeon-holed until after the
armistice. declare Poppy Day Of
ficials. Help is needed at once for
the more than 5000 veterans dis
charged each week for disability,
age or other causes. And when
invasion begins that figure will
rise as casualties multiply.
Because Of this. Detroiters this
year are asked TO surpass their
k206. 900 contribution of l943.
give dollars, not dimes" Is
!. the slogan. give more-need
more In "a"
The United Veterans committee,
sponsoring the drive, describes It's
goal this way:
I'VE mako no claim that
Poppy Day funds should or can
ever supplant governmental OBJ
legations toward servicemen of
this war. But a. emergency re-
lief funds, our assistance takes
the sting out of some Of gov
eminent red-tape, delay, pro-
stination and neglect. IL
materially assists hundreds upon
hundreds Of Detroit veterans"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

Donald M. Nelson chief of the War Production Board,
will head long list of national figures who will visit the
national air show sponsored by The Detroit Times in
operation with the army air forces and the Aero Club of
Michigan at the city airport June TO 49, Nelson's visit
has been set for June s. which will be known WPB Day.
The production chief will attend the premiere of
restricted fm Lets Finish the Job Together" which will
be shown hourly at the show.
Center of his visit there will be the WPB tent which
will have exhibit of the WPB activities The Wayne
County salvage committee plans to set up display of
products manufactured from waste paper to emphasize
the need for saving paper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

In addition to the labor nseeng and the national air
show Nelson will attend the meeting of the Economic
Club where he will be principal speaker He will also visit
the FordFerguson division at the Ford Motor Co., where
he will inspect the production of critical farm machinery
Meanwhile the city airport beehive of activity in
preparation for the big air show Bulldozers eveng
the ground along Conner and filling in low spots
First of the many tents which will crowd each other
along the twohrds of mile exhibition space at the air
port has already been erected and ready to receive the
giant General Motors exhibit.
Other exhibitors busy getting up their list of
products which will be put display The air forces
materiel command at Wright Field has working out
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

This will include shell containers Vshipping cartons,
bomb bands paper parachutes blood plasma containers
and Red Cross containers for prisoners of war.
An exhibition of prize winning suggestions, turned in
to labor-management committees, will be shown.
Special invitations being sent to labor-manage-
ment groups.
Nelson's Detroit visit is part of whrlwind cross
country tour in which the WPB cheftan plans to seek
cooperation of workers ito stay the job until the job
is DONE In Detroit he will be guest of joint CIOAFL
dinner the night of June s. with meeting with labor
leaders scheduled for Rackham Memorial later. Nelson
will take up Detros production pace which has sackened
through strikes and work stoppages.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

Order War Stamps delivered
to your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Urges Voting
Start al Is
Youth Losing Interest
as Citizens. Says Friel

Declaring that men and women
lose interest in the rights of citi'
zenship between the ages of 1s
and 21 years. James Friel, Wayne
County auditor. Saturday actively
entered the campaign TO lower the
voting age in Michigan.
al have made close study Of
politics for the past few years."
said Friel. 81 was very closely
associated with elections when
I was In the office of the county
clerk and I believe I can speak
with authority
students I'm high school are
given n thorough education In
civil government and political
science.
STUDENTS INTERESTED
There Ia no doubt In my
mind that high school students
of IS are not only familiar with
local and national issues but
have a direct interest In them.
"They leave school at 49," he
continued. "and are not permit
ted to vote until they are FL.
During the three-year waiting
period they lose interest and we
find in many cases they do not
take an active part I'm elections
until they are % or 80.
at Is not an uncommon thing
to see youngsters of IL and IA
accompanying their parents to
the polls to help them vote.
AGE SHOULD BE NO BAR
"Any fair minded individual
Is forced to admit that there
has never been any evidence
tending to show that q miracle
transforms boys and girls into
men and women I'm the magical
span of three years. Besides age
has nothing to do with how an
individual votes.
IL am convinced that boys
and girls of Is are better quail
fed to vote through education
and experience today than were
men of % or 40 years ago. /
am not only endorsing the cam
paign, i am going out and get
signatures to petitions to place
the proposal on the ballot"
Friel concluded.
The campaign to reduce the vol
ing age 10 Is is non-partisan i,
sue. 1t has been endorsed b
both Democrats and Republican
as well as leading educators, jul
lists, professional people, organize
labor, etc,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
ONE AUTO DID THIS

wreckng crew clearing the rails OF seven freight
that jumped the track Wayne when auto
rammed into the side Of the train. Three injured
TimssP Photo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
D-Day Rites
SET in State
Sirens viii Signal
Start of Invasion

Plans were outlined Saturday
by State Director of Civilian De-
Tense Donald S. Leonard for 81.
statewide observance
of D-Day as a day for solemn re-
Election and prayer. when all
people of Michigan are asked TO
petition Providence for success In
battle and for the safety of their
sons.
MINUTE OF SILENCE
When the invasion day arrives.
the word will be flashed to each
community by the state air raid
warning system. Factory whistles,
church bells and other signals will
be sounded for 80 seconds.
This is to be followed by ces-
sation of all activity for one
minute, which is to be given over
to silent prayer and reflection
upon the solemn significance OF
the occasion.
Traffic will halt and activities
will cease in stores, factories
schools and elsewhere.
SPECIAL SERVICES
Many churches are planning
appropriate services, which will
include patriotic music and
hymns. prayers, an inspirationai
address and a re-evaluation by
each citizen of his own contribu-
ton toward winning the war.
Leonard asked the leaders in
each community to wait until the
official signal is given for the
observance, so as to make IL
simultaneous throughout the state
and avoid the possibility OF OBJ
servances based on false reports
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
DETROIT SUNDAY TIMES G.
May n. l94+-Psrt !, Page s
lelson to Fly Here for WPB Day at Times Air Show

the details of it's exhibit which will occupy the main tent
in the center of the exhibition space.
Enthusiastic approval of the Times sponsorship or
the air show at the time has received from all Sides
1t is attracting nationwide attention. Many OF the
items be shown have been outside OF restricted
plants and have just been approved for pubic showing
by the army. ,
Admission to the air show will be free Besides show
ing the AAFs air might the exhibition is expected to
spur the sale of bonds in the Fifth War Loan drive which
is timed to coincide with the air show.
Col. Alfred H. Johnson, district supervisor OF the
central procurement district, and William Stout pioneer
Detroit aviator and inventor, head the committee IN
charge of the air show
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

GripshoIm al AIeiers
The Swedish liner Gripsholm ar
rived at Algiers today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Expert on Japs TO Talk

Col. Warren J. Clear of the
Army Military Intelligence Serv-
ice and an outstanding authority
on the japanese army will speak
at the annual meeting of the De-
troit Bar Association Thursday
evening at Z o'clock in the Hotel
Statler.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Canadian Troops Here
For Empire Services

Under the command of Col. j.
f. McCorkell, the 30th Regiment
of Windsor and the Veteran Guard
of Canada, with pipe. bugle and
brass bands, will arrive at the De-
troit entrance Of the Detroit
Windsor tunnel at Sis this Sun
day afternoonT
The detail will be met at the
tunnel by a unit of the u. S. Army
infantry and Michigan State
Guard. They vii. march to st.
Pauls Cathedral for the nine
teenth annual Empire Day serv-
ices.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21

Clarence J. Mcleod, former
congressman. will deliver the
commencement address TO the
graduating class OF Great Lakes
College, Saturday, May n, At 30
=. m. in Trinity Methodist Church,
highland Park.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Asks FBl Gas Probe Aid

CLEVELAND. May 20 CUP)-
Mayor Frank j. Lausche said to-
day he personally would ask j.
Edgar Hoover. FBI director. to
step into the current inquiry of
alleged rationing frauds involving
millions of gallons Of gasoline.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
Farms Need More Captives

WASHINGTON. May 20 GNS)
War Food Administrators Jones
called on the war department
today for prompt action in fur
nishing more prisoners Of war for
AGRICULTURAL work
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-21
so Forest Fires Seen

PRINCE GEORGE, B. c., May
20 (UP)-More than so forest
fires were reported burning
through inaccessible areas OF
northern British Columbia and
Alberta today.