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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
K of c Initiation
Draws Scores
To Pascagoula

Forty candidates, of which 10
were Jackson Countians, receiv-
ed the first three degrees of the
order at the coast wide ceremo-
MES of Knights of Columbus held
in Pascagoula Sunday at Our
Lady of Victories church. Pas
cagoula Council 1908 was host
to the 200 persons attending from
South Mississippi and Louisiana.
The initiation was conducted
by the degree team of the Santa
Maria Council of Algiers, La.
The program was opened with
registration of candidates fol-
lowed by a colorful parade head
ed by the Pascagoula High school
band and a color guard of Boy
Scouts, through the business
section of the town, ending at
Our Lady of Victories church
where special mass was said by
the Rev. P. j. Carey, pastor and
chaplain of the local council. AT
ter disqualification of the three
degrees there WARS a recess at
1870 pm. when lunch was serv-
ed to candidates and MEM
bers.
The first time the coast wide
initiation has been held in Pas
cagoula for four years, the occa-
sion drew wide interest in this
section. A number of out-of-town
members prominent in Knights
of Columbus circles attended and
among these were the Rev. Hes
slams of Biloxi; Commissioner
Joseph P. Shelly and Albert j.
Ragusin, deputy, of New Or
leans; Past State Deputy Mande-
vile Arnoult of Louisiana; Past
State Deputy John S. Cabibi of
Mississippi; l.. A. Koehenn, state
secretary of Mississippi and
Grand knight of Bishop Gum
Council of G~ulfport; Fred Her
lehy, Grand Knight of Bay st.
Louis Council; r. j. Nicola,
Grand Knight of Hattiesburg:
John Marva, Jr., Grand Knight
of Biloxi. Drank Barhonovich,
past state warden of Mississippi.
Candidates received into the
order We're Robert Avent, Hat
tiesburg; Garfield Ladnier and
Pascal Caruso, Waveland; Mar
mo j. Antiques, Wilmer ThibeauX
and Martin E. Casey, Bay st.
Louis; Ellis Faelocum, A. r. Cain
and Harry A. Holley, Gulfport;
J. B. Beniguie, Pass Christian
F. E. Bruno, Martin j.. and Oscar
l.. Seymour, Ocean Springs: Vic
tor Mavar. Walter p. Baireleaux.
Stanley Barras, Clay v. Kern.
John B. Careaux, ST., Chester J.
Juanico, Alton P. Ladnier, and
Donald B%rousSard, Biloxi.
{. T. Cooper and Anthony
Schotz, Moss Point; S. II. Beck
ham, H. j. Carey, Jr,, Manuel L.
Giardina, Donald Valverde. j. A.
Williams, j. w. Purdy, Harry P.
Mclaughlin. j. Lewis Hinkel, T.
c. Moore. E. j. Granger, Sidney
Leblanc, L. j. Hamel, Harold A.
Tuck Louis Davis and Herman
Sehank. Pascagoula.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
Negro Is Injured
In Shooting Sunday.
Curtis Huff Charged

Curtis Huff negro, was charg
ed with assault and battery with
firearms after he shot and Sc
riously wounded James VIII
hams, negro, Sunday. He was
later released under bond 10
await preliminary hearing, the
date OF which will not be set
until the condition of the wound
ed man is determined.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
Panthers Defeat Noire Dame. Meet
Biloxi In Return Game Here Tonight

The Pascagoula High school
Panthers added their 9th straight
game to the win column on
Saturday night when they de-
feated the Notre Dame Rebels of
Biloxi 27-13 at the Biloxi High
stadium.
The Panthers will take on the
Biloxi High Indians in a return
engagement tonight at 8 o'clock
and a capacity crowd IS looked
and acapacity crowd IS looked
for as il will be the Psnthers
first home appearance in three
weeks.
Coach Holden's boys handed
the Indians d go defeat at Biloxi
three weeks ago and, with the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
CONVICTED OF ASSAULT

Sieve Weems was fined 500
and costs in a hearing before
Justice of the Peace Kate Denny
Wednesday after being found
guilty OF assault and battery. The
charges were brought against
Weems following a fight at the
Tip Top Inn on October l6.
j. E. Taylor the man with
whom Weems fought, suffered
severe cuts about the head and
face in the course of the fight and
was confined to the Jackson
County hospital for several days
following the incident.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03

Indians out to even the score, a
fast game is looked for. How
ever, indications are that the In
dian squad cannot match the
speed, drive and defense of the
unbeaten and united Panthers.
Gardner Stars
Bobby Gardner. fleet Panther
back. proved to be KEY man in
Pascagouia's defeat of the Reb-
els.
One of the fastest backs on the
Coast this season, he repeatedly.
with the fine blocking of his
teammates. skirted the ends,
dashed through tackle and
pounded the center of the Rebel
Continued on Psge o.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
SIS. Sea Dolphin
To Be Christened
By Mrs. Badham

Scheduled to go down the ways
at the Ingalls, yard at 1l:45 am.
today is another l8,000-ton ship
which will be ehristened the IS.
S. Sea Dolphin Sponsoring the
ship will be Mrs. John Terry
Badham, wife of the president
of the Badham Insulation Com
pany. of Birmingham, Ala.
Mrs. r. l. ingalls,, Jr., will
serve as matron of honor at the
brief launching ceremony. 9th
ers in Mrs. Badham's party will
include MI. and Mrs. William
Badham, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Shook III Mr.. and Mrs. X. ID.
Burnett and r. |. ingalls,, Jr.
Special launching guests will
be Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nj. Swigert.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Guest, Mr..
and Mrs, Monro b. Lanied, MIR.
and Mrs. k. II. Macy, Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. b. Field. Mr.. and Mrs.
+. II. Hammett, Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
b. Clayton, Mrs. W. l.. Rand
MIR, and Mrs. II. b. Gray, Mr..
and Mrs. f. M. Young, and Mr.
Henry Mellon.
The "Sea Dolphin will be
the iifty-eighth ship launched a
the Ingalls, yard IN Pascagoal5
in fifty-three months.
Mrs. Crawford 7. Johnson Jr.
of Birmingham, ehristened the S
S. Sea Carp which was launched
at ceremonies held at the yaro
last Friday. Mrs. Johnson is the
wife of 1t Col. johnson. FiSca.
Branch of the War Department
in Dallas.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
Owners Operating
Vehicles Without
Mufflers Worned

All vehicles operating in or
through Moss Point must be
equipped with mufflers or face
possible arrest and filming, Mayor
F.. Gregory Wood warned this
week.
Moss Point police will make a
drive 10 eliminate the inconven-
fence and noise caused by this
practice, with operators Of mo-
torcycles being particular Of
tenders. Woods said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
Recreation
Fund Drive
To Continue
City Has Ruised
$38. 900 OF Quota
For Two Drives

The combined PaScagOula Com
munity War Fund Drive will be
carried into next week in order to
complete the solicitation of sever
al areas and add TO the fund
which has fallen far below the
quota, Thomas r. Wells, chair
man of the Pascagoula Recrea-
ton Committee, said Thursday of
this week.
A meeting of the recreation
committee heads Of the War Fund
Drive in the county, city and In
gals shipyard was scheduled
Thursday night at which time
funds collected were totaled and
plans laid for an intensive cam
paign next week as a finish to
the drive.
A. f. Megehee, county War
Fund Drive chairman, mean
while announced that returns are
still coming in from outlying
areas and Jackson county is as
sured of its $4,000 War Fund
quota by a comfortable margin.
Approximately $1,000 has been
added to the Pascagoula total
since last week, giving the city a
total of $4,000 on its quota of
ST, 900 for the War Fund and
Recreation drive.
ShipYard Hits $4,000
Collections at the ingalls, ship
yard have now risen to $4,000,
and the Pascagoula business dis
trict and small industries account
ed for another $1,000, according
to M. L. Funkhouser, heading the
city committee. The OCD block
system has turned in approx
matelye$L000 and the Pascagoula
schools aid a fine job OF raising
$4,000.
To this total the ingalls, Ship
building Corporation contributed
$4,000 to the recreation fund
and 81 900 to the war fund.
With $4,000 of the total set
aside for the Pascagoula quota
of the County War Fund, a total
of approximately $25,0 600 is left
toward the city's $4,000 share of
the $180,000 recreation building
program sponsored by the FEEDER
al Works Administration.
I'VE believe that considerably
more money can be collected to-
wards the city's share of this fine
program MIR. Wells said, and
we hope to stage a whirlwind fin
lsh that will add materially to
the total"
The government is sponsoring
a recreation program here en-
bracing two community buildings,
three parks and enlargement and
new facilities of the Municipal
Beach park. The government has
earmarked Sl17, 900 of federal
funds for the program, but these
will not become available until
the city has raised SOS, 900, as its
share of the total cost.
With $25, 900 already raised,
$4,000 of which was contributed
by the Ingalls, Shipbuilding Cor
poration, the city has to raise
another $4,000 before the pro-
gram will become a reality.
Among late figures reported is
the Wade white school, $44.69; Es-
eatawpa eolored school, SAB. rs;
Gautier colored school, $l8.
Mr.. FunkhouSer also reported
that employees of the Adco Con-
struetion Company had each con-
tributed the equivalent. or more,
of a days pay to the drive.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
Quail Hunting To Be
Legal In Mississippi
On Thanksgiving DoY

Thanksgiving Day, November
%, has been set as a legal day
for hunting quail in Mississippi
according to an announcement
made by w. F. Dearborn, direc-
tor of the state game and fish
commission. Mr.. Dearborn ex-
planned that quail hunting will
be legal on that one day only but
the season will open again Dee.
10 and will close February 20.
In regard to deer hunting in
the state, ii was announced that
the deer season will be officially
open November 20 until Deeem-
Der l and will reopen December
20 to close on January l.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
Area Quotas
For 9Th
Loan Drive
Committee II e q d s
Also N e d At
Meeting Tuesday.

FIRST steps in plans for the 9th
War Loan scheduled to get under
way Monday, Nov. 20, we're taxi
en- at a meeting of the area,
county and state officials Tues
day night al the Paseagoula High
school
Quotas were set and area
chairmen announced at the meet
ing by w. b. Herring, Jackson
county War Finance director.
George w. Young of Ocean
Springs will again serve as coun-
ty War Loan drive chairman,
and Mrs. NJ. c. Taylor will act
as secretary of the War Finance
committee. p. w. Cox will act
as drive chairman for Pascagou-
la, +, l.. DeLashmet at Moss
Point and A. p. Moran at Ocean
Springs.
James d. Gautier is special
Treasury representative for the
drive at the International Paper
Company. Moss Point Mill, and
Edward G.. Trimble at the ingalls,
shipyard. with the yard drive
chairman yet to be named. E.
A. Khayat will head the drive at
the Jackson County Wooden Mill.
Miss Ruth Cain, county Home
Demonstration agent, and A. j.
Franklin. county farm agent,
will act as co-chairmen for rural
areas. They are in process of
forming area committees and
chairmen which will be an
nounced next week. A. F. Me
gehee will act as county chair
man for schools. with I. r. Wells
serving in Pascagoula. A. l..
Monroe in Moss Point and Miss
Mary O'Keefe In Ocean Springs.
Mrs. j. 0. Cole and Mrs. I, T.
Justice will be eo-chairmen of the
special women's activities for
PascagouIa, and Mrs. T. l.. De-
Lashmet will serve in the same
capacity for Moss Point. Vice
chairmen and committee work
ers will be announced at a later
date.
Quotas Are Set
Jackson county's $643 900 e.
Bond quota for the drive has
been broken down as follows,
Mr.. Herring said;
ingalls, Shipbuilding Corpora
ton $400. 900; Paseagoula, SIPS
900: Moss Point. $4,000; Ocean
Springs. $4,000; and rural areas
and communities, $4,000. These
area quotas will be further brok-
en- down through committee al
locations, he said,
The ingalls, Shipyard has set
its "E" Bond goal for the drive
at $500 900, more than the entire
county quota. However, Mr.,
Herring pointed out that a por-
ton of this amount is allocated
to other counties by men work
ing at the yard and residing or
maintaining their homes outside
of Jackson county and conse-
quently the county does not get
full credit for all of the bonds
sold at the yard.
Among the state workers here
Tuesday were Rex l.. Brown,
state War Loan director; M. b.
Swayze a member of the state
executive staff; Al q, Brush,
state regional director, and N.
M. McAlpin, a member of the
state regional staff.
In a talk outlining procedures
for putting over the 9th War
Loan, Mr. Swayze again empha-
sized the Importance of the "E"
Bond. The sale of other Securi-
ties is assured, he said, but reach
ing e" Bond quotas will take
drive and work.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03

The Pacific is the largest and
deepest of the oceans, and with
dependent seas has an area Of
about so, 900. 900 square miles
equal to the entire land surface
Of the globe.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03

Jackson countians prepared to
go to the polls Tuesday in heav-
Ter numbers than usual due to
the interest aroused by last min
ute developments In the presi-
Dental race fired by the social
ed revolt of three state electors
who have stated that they would
bolt the regular Democratic par
" and cast their ballots for SEN
ator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia
On the regular ballot to be
presented to the voter Tuesday
nine Democratic electors will be
found first in order. These nine
names include the names OF the
three revolving electors, ". G.,
McLain, Frank (. Everett, and
Clarence z. Morgan.
The next nine electors are the
regular or mixed Republican
electors, and third are the lily
white" Republican electors.
Congressman w. NJ. Colmer is
opposed IN the election by Mrs.
Ruth l.. Smith. Republican. Mr..
Colmer is the regular Democra-
tic nominee.
A number of absentee wal bal
lots have been sent out but there
is no way TO estimate the num-
Der that will be cast IN the cleo
ton, Chancery Clerk W. c. Ha-
vens said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03
Legislature
Plans Vote
Procedure
Measure Token To
Give The Voters
Election Choice

Jackson, Miss. Nov. 2.--Gov-
ernor Bailey asked the Mississip-
pi Legislators today to enact leg
islation in connection with the
democratic electors revolt giving
ali qualified electors the right
to freely express their choice at
the ballot box"
II has been suggested that the
Legislature should appoint the
electors, the governor remarked
in his address in the extraordi-
nary session. This is within your
constitutional prerogative. How
ever, | do not recommend this
course / prefer that the right of
naming electors which resides in
the people remain there, and
mainly, the right of all qualified
electors to freely express their
choice at the ballot box be up
held. / urge legislation that will
not interfere with the right of
any citizen, but protect him in
his right to vote the governor
said, regardless of personal
choice or political utilization,
every qualified elector has the
right to express himself by his
ballot. | urge upon you the en-
actment of legislation which will
protect. preserve, and guarantee
the right unto all qualified cleo
tors"
Suggested Procedure
Speaker of the house, Walter
Sillers, said in al address that
the leaders were considering a
proposition 10 set up a supple
mental ballot of democratic pres
idsnaaal elector.- unmlnass to he
voted on at the November 7
election. Siliers said the names
of pro-Roosevelt elector nomi-
nees would appear on both the
regular and supplemental ballot,
and that the names of rebel
electors on the regular ticket to
be replaced by three legislative
appointer nominees on the sup
Elemental ballots. Voters would
then be able to cast ballot OF
their choice, and the soldier and
absentee ballots already cast to
be allowed to stand.
Sillers said he believed this
was the best and most demo-
cratic suggestion for settling the
Mississippi electors controversy
without endangering this states
vote in the electoral college. Sill
lers said he would conduct a poll
oil elector nominees prior to the
opening of the extraordinary es-
sion of the legislature for a def
mite yes or no answer as to
whether they intended TO vote
for the Roosevelt-Truman ticket.
In the opening session of the
house of representatives the vote
of 1906 to 10 pledging Our sup
port as democrats iii the Roose-
welt Truman ticket and asking
that we call upon the people to
vote for the said ticket The
measure Will 60 to the senate
tomorrow.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-11-03

Wild horses of the Cobb des-
ert are four feet high.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-01
By JACK GAVER

Recent theatrical events have
been on the criminal side, but de-
spite the theoretic gore, things
have managed to be pretty dull.
First there was Meet a Body
49," by Jane Hinton, produced by
II. Clay Blaney. II started off well
enough 10 suggest there might be
something worth waiting for, but
thiI hope was quickly dissipated
after the first act.
Miss Hinton uses a Lower East
Side mortuary owned by a Scots
man for her setting. The Scots
great good friend is another morti-
clan, Jew. Neither Of them has
been doing much business and
funds are low. In walks a man
who subsequently proves to be a
newspaper magnate and plops
down $4,000 for them TO take care
Of his funeral. He says that in all
likelihood someone is going to do
him in any minute. Sure enough
they do. To the mortuary come
the four persons most closely as.
ISOLATED with him. In the last
two acts three OF them are bumped
off, a policeman is killed and at
the very end a vague character,
whose name has been haunting the
proceedings for three acts for no
apparent reason except to explain
some OF the loose ends at the wind
up, gets his. Six corpses in all,
and part OF the time three OF them
are left sitting around a table.
Miss Hinton apparently couldn't
make up her mind whether she
was going TO write a straight mel
10 OF the kill-'em- and-shudder school
or try to top the hilarities OF the
late lamented Arsenic and Old
Lace" The result is pretty mud
died fare. Some Of the motivation
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-01

His return Immediately raises the
question OF whether he is the real
sou or an imposter. He makes
little slips about remembering
things. The fact that he is heir
TO a fortune complexities matters.
The ending Is a surprise and not
to be found here.
Ralph Forbes, as a drunken
brother OF the mother, almost
chewed Howard Bays nice set to
pieces opening night and he had
able assistance from Frances Car
son, who plays the mother. Wal.
ter n. Greaza, as the boys step
father, managed to hold himself In
check pretty we'll until the last act
and then be caught the fever. Ric-
ard Hylton, Anna Minot, Will Hare
and Dorrit Kelton are other mem
bers OF the cast.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-01
on The News

Size OF the stock piles are enough
to make you blink. Take bolo
scabbards, without the bolos. The
Treasury has 100000 and thinks
they would be fine for electricians
TO carry their screwdrivers in. II
also had tons OF filter paper for
gas masks, which sold quicker
than you could sneeze, for hand
kerchiefs.
Then there Is the matter OF the
white helmets for drum majorettes.
Remember when you were an air
raid warden and you wanted white
helmit worse than anything? Well
sir, the Treasu.y now has 100000
white helmets, which nobody wants
It's advertising them as being suit
e 9 for drum majors OF both sexes,
and for placing under the Christ.
mas tree as gifts. I'm using mine
- an ash tray.
Those 100000 zippers ought
TO sell in a hurry, but don't know
who'd want 100000 pounds of tale
O-tfpoG VI yCilOU oRiA
blanks, or 476,921 mosquito bars
though the advertising department
says these latter would be fine for
the baby's bed in the back yard
The experts got their clutches
on 100000 yards of sheer bemberg
yard goods, which was fine for
making dresses. except that 1t was
dirty gray color, having been
manufactured for parachute flares.
1t is being dyed now by the orig.
inal maker in colors described by
the Treasury as rich and lovely.
AS for grousers, | saw one and
can report that it is an iron widget
with bumps on il. What good a
grouser is. except for throwing at
burglars, l do not know. The man
in the sample room said he didn't
know what a grouser was, either
but he was preoccupied. Worrying
about those pigeons.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-01
STAGE and SCREEN

/ Is either unclear or flimsy and the
dragged.in- by-the-heels ending leav-
es an exceptionally bad taste.
Performing in this exhibit are
AL Shean, who deserves more TO
do; Whitford Kane. Ruth McDevitt,
lie Roi Operti, John McQuade,
Forrest Orr, Nan Butler, Helen
Ambrose and Harry Gribbon. Will
liam Castle, movie director staged
the play.
1.-The Visitor. put on by Her
man Shumlin, who also directed,
Is of the psychological school and
no one actually gets killed. ]
doubt II It would have helped.
The play was adapted by Ken
meth White from the novel by
Leane Zugsmith and her husband,
Carl Randau. Basically II Is good
stuff, but on the stage II was one
of the deadliest bores, except for
the last scene. | have witnessed.
Besides that there was an epidm'
ic OF something you don't often see
in a Broadway company-over-act-
ing. Only a couple of the people,
especially Thomas Chalmers, were
free OF the curse.
And Shumlin, who has done
some wonderful directing jobs, ap-
parently nodded during this one.
Some of the things wrong were so
obvious that one can only be amaz-
ed that they were not corrected.
Briefly. the story concerns the
return after three-year absence
Of a youth who has been missing
from home for three years. His
distracted mother was the only
one who believed he'd come back.
Suspicion had been directed at a
chum with whom he had quarreled,
and the general belief was that
the missing boy had been drowned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-01
BY LANES r. YOUNG

The L. ). Treasury went into the
wholesale pigeon business today.
The trouble is the Army bought
a few hundred thousand pigeons
for use where there are no tele-
graph wires, and you know pig.
cons. They lay eggs. Producing
more pigeons, which lay eggs, pro-
ducing more pigeons. etc, which
gives you the general idea.
You want a pigeon? A demili-
t ized dog? A bird cage. Twelve
million zippers. A pair OF snow
shoes? A white helmet for drum
majorette? A grouser? A dental for.
cep? A mule?
The Treasury Is about to become
the biggest dealer in secondhand
goods in world history with better
than $4,000, 000,000-that' billions
I'm talking about-worth of stuff
for sale at wars end. Including
those pigeons.
These birds, plus thousands OF
other items already are going on
the market, the stock is getting big
ger by the day. and the boys have
opened a sample room. They said
they wished I'd point out that they
dealt in Wholesale lots only. II
you want the markings of squad
dinner, a medium-sized box Of It's
sue handkerchiefs, a yellow danger
sign, a rubber life raft with col
lapsible bucket, a fly swatter or
a billiard ball, you'll have to wait
a while and do business with your
dealer. The Treasury is making
every effort TO sell wartime sur
pluses through regular channels Of
trade.
The federal statesmen ran into
one tough one. consisting OF a car.
load or so of nickel silver alloy
spurs, OF horse accelerators, but
that worked out all right when the
Heigh-Ho Silver radio program
snapped up $4,000 pairs.