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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Billy Seal Aids In
Rescuing Men From
Torpedoed Ship

Those who listened to the Coast
Guard Hour broadcast last Tues
day over WWL would have been
doubly thrilled had they known
that a Pascagoula boy was on the
boat whose gallant rescue of men
from a sunken ship was being so
wildly described.
He is Billy Seal, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Seal of Pascagoula.
and is one of the crew of the
USS Joyce which made the
rescue.
Twenty-eight men were saved
from a ship that had been torpe-
doed a number of hours before.
As an aftermath. the Joyce
is in receipt of a letter of thanks
for the gallant work of the crew.
Il IS signed by each of the % men
rescued.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Properly Valued
AT Three Million
Changes Hands

With the transfer by the U. S.
Maritime Commission of dwell
ing units and commercial facili-
ties in he United States to the
National Housing Agency. prop
erty estimated at $4,000 900 will
change hands in Pascagoula
alone, Harrison C. Otis, mana
ger of FPHA here, declared.
The transfer in this city will
include the 921 dwelling units
for white persons at the south
east corner of Eastlawn and the
negro dormitories, the ingalls,
cafeteria ana picture show build
ing on Lincoln avenue, the build
ing occupied by Jitney Jungle
and in all probability the several
small cateens throughout the
ingalls, yard which are operated
in connection with the cafeteria.
Although the title rests with
the National Housing Agency,
the operation of this property
will undoubtedly be relegated to
the FPHA. The property is be-
ing taken over gradually, Mr..
Otis explained, as inventories
are completed and contracts are
transferred.
Scheduled to open at an early
date is the newest of the trailer
courts connected with the gov
eminent housing development.
This is a group of 100 trailers
for negroes and the regulation
trailers are located north and
east of Carver Village. Opening
about six weeks ago was a group
of 200 trailers for white persons
located partially on 18th street
and partly on Convent street.
These two new trailer courts
supplement the original $50 units
which comprise the court on Lin
coin avenue.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Contract Is
Let For e
Paving
$47, 822.O0 Bid BY
Clurk Brothers Is
Low For City Work

Contract for the surfacing or
improving of approximately ~
city streets was let this week
by the city council to Clark
Brothers Company, of Jackson.
low bidder on the project with
a bid of SAL, 1922.
The contract was let on the
votes of Councilmen Lee Beck
ham and S. H. Frederic, with
Mayor Walter r. Gulley voting
against the awarding of the con-
tract to the Clark Brothers.
Other bidders on the project
were Gulf Asphalt Company,
of New Orleans, $55,883. and
John A. Wolf, New Orleans,
$57, 1890.
May Be Delayed
Possibility of a delay in the
starting of the work was seen in
the lack of a unanimous vote in
the awarding of the contract. The
ordinance authorizing the con-
tract is scheduled to be voted on
by the mayor and councilmen
Saturday. If the ordinance is
adopted by a unanimous vote,
work can start two weeks later.
However, If the ordinance is not
adopted unanimously, work will
be delayed until September 10.
The city proposes to issue $780,
900 in bonds, with the remainder
of the necessary funds already on
hand, to finance the work.
The project embraces the par
tial or complete %surfacing of %
city streets, as follows:
Streets In Program
Lake avenue, from Cedar to
Lake street; Lake street, Adams
Alley north to school; Adams
street, Pine-N. Pascagoula; N. Ce-
dar street, Morgan Lane-Mill
Road; Morgan Lane, N. Cedar
to Magnolia; Joe street, N. Pasca-
goula- Telephone Road.
Mill Road, N. Cedar to Pine;
Henry street, N. Pascagoula-Tele-
phone Road; Magnolia street, Lau-
rei-Morgan Lane; Ker street, Du-
Point Convent; Ker street. Con-
vent elmas; Convent street, Ker-
Frederic; DUPONT, Bilbo-S. Pasca-
goula; DUPONT avenue, Bilbo-
Market and Frederic Front.
Jackson street, S. Pascagoula-
Market; Sarrazin street, S. Pas
cagoula-B oudesquie; Boudesquie
street, Lincoln-For avenue: Nc
Kinley street, Roosevelt General
Lee; Grant avenue, st. Peter
Pascagoula- River; Buena Vista
street, Beach Blvd. Parsley:
Krebs avenue, N. Pascagoula-M Mar
ket; Porter street, Market Verdun
street.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Youth Held For
Grand jury For
Confessed Thefis

George Gibson Capps, 10 years
old. was placed under $1,000 bond
to await action of the grand jury
at a preliminary hearing in city
court Tuesday before Judge H.
2. Heidelberg after he plead
guilty to a series Of robberies in
P%ascagoula.
The youth was taken into Gus
iody by police after plans he
and a companion were making to
rob the War Price and Rationing
Board were overheard by the
attendant at the Pascagou-
Ia river bridge. Under ques-
tioning by Juvenile Officer
Leo Byrd and other officers,
Caps admitted having broken
into three places of business in
P~aseagoula during the three
weeks since he came here from
Nashville. Tenn, where, he said,
he is under $1,000 bond for rob
bling The ration board.
According to a confession sign
ed by Caps. he entered the
Luneheonette about July Is and
took $25 and some cigarettes. A
few nights later ne returned,
broke into the establishment and
took some wine. He entered Wig
gins Drug Store and took Gig
arettes and some change. The
second time he attempted 10
break into the store an employee
Of the company was on guard
and shot at him. However. he
returned a third night and en-
tered the drug store. this time
escaping with four fountain
pens, a mans diamond ring and
a woman's wedding ring. He
broke into the Pascagoula Feed
Store twice, first taking some
change and the second time tax
ing change and two cans of paint.
Caps told Byrd he entered
q sore IN Mad1sonvllle, Ky, a
few months ago and took Gig
aretteS and about S..
The youth was arrested by Pc
lice Officers S. NJ. Holyfield and
kWaD. Dickerson after the bridge
attendant had notified mem OF
hearing a conversation between
Caps and another boy. They
found Caps at the bus station.
Caps said he came to Paseagou-
Ia three weeks ago to work al
ingalls, shipyard out he only kept
his job there for ten days and
during that time he was absent
from work four DAYS.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Man Run Over
By Truck After
Drinking Party

Everett Clevenger 4g-vear-old
lumber company employee. was
killed instantly Saturday night
when he apparently fell from
a log truck on which he was rid
ing and the wheels passed over
his body.
The truck was driven by Har-
Wy Collins who told law officers
ne mad shared a PIN Of whiskey
with Clevenger when he drove
him to the store to buy some to-
bacco. Collins told a eoroner's
jury he didn't remember" after
ne and Clevenger had consumed
the entire pint of liquor.
Following an inquest, the cor
oner'S jury returned a verdict
of death by being run over by a
truck driven by Harry Collins
while Collins was under the in
fiuence of Intoxicating liquor.
jury members were NJ c. Por-
ter II. Schultz, Charles Redmond
NJ p Hobby, Bill Lassiter and
Ray Mcleod.
Collins was arrested on eharg-
es OF driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor
and without a drivers license.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04

shipbuilders throughout the coun-
try have produced to date have
been indispensable to the sue
cess so far achieved by Allied
arms" he declared. The ships
you have vet to build are Just
as important in finishing the job
of sweeping from the face of
this earth the swastika and the
rising sun. The men and women
in the merchant shipyards have
done a bang-up job. Nowhere.
and at no time in history, has
there been a greater industrial
achievement than theirs. nor one
contributing more TO the sue
cessful prosecution of the war"
The ingalls, yard and its work
men deserve special credit be-
cause of he type vessel, C-type,
being built here, he said. adding
that this type has no equal in
all the world And these ships
will form the backbone of a
merchant marine such as Amer
lea had the chance to build but
failed to do after the first World
War.
Monro b. Lanier. president of
the company, in introducing Adj
mlral Vickerv said.
President Lanier Speaker
at IS recognized that the many
conversions, made necessary by
the demands of war, instead of
straight line production of mer-
chant vessels. as planned. has
held down ingalls, productive
record in terms of the number
of ships but the record will show
that Pascagoula-buil ships have
been constructed with greater
conservation of man-hours with
the highest overall efficiency
Than at any other shipyard build
ing equivalent vessels"
Continued on Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
SERVICE WOMEN WORRY

London-With the announce
ment of new, smart civvies for
men discharged from the British
armed forces, the women's SER
vices r campaigning for better
treatment.
At present discharged Wrens
are allowed to keep their uni
forms and are given $3.50 and
some coupons, but not as many
as a civilian gets in a year. The
WAAFs get one pair of shoes,
their underwear and a grant of
$3.50, plus an extra $3.50 for
an overcoat if they are discharg
ed in winter.
Service women complain that
the allotment IS pitifully made
quate since most of them have
changed weight while on duty.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Candidates And
Voters Invited
To Shrimp Boil


Ali men voters and candidates,
both successful and defeated. in
the last city election will be the
guests at a shrimp boil and fish
FRY on Friday, August IL, at the
Beach Pavilion, James Velcich,
sponsor of the entertainment, an
nouneed this week.
Only restriction to the enter
tainment will be thai it is limit
ed to the men voters, and every
candidate and voter is urged to
attend. Mr., Velcich said. Plenty
OF shrimp will be boiled for the
occasion and plenty of fish
fried. and will be accompanied by
the trimmings and refresh
mentS.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Colorful Launching ceremonies Marks
Award Of Second Gold Star To ingalls,

Praise for the job being done
IN building ships which will
form the backbone of Americas
Merchant Marine after the war
as well as play a vital part in
the winning of the world conflict
was accorded the ingalls, Ship
yard and workers by Rear Ad-
mirai Howard l.. Vickerv vice
chairman of the u. S. Mari ime
Commission, who Sunday pre-
scented the second gold star in
recognition of production to the
yard.
As a fitting climax to the pro-
gram which was a colorful de-
parture from he usual wartime
ceremony, the U.S.S. Hamblen,
giant transport attack ship, slid
into the water as the Sind ship
to be launched at ,he yard in SIS
months.
The sponsor of the ship was
the daughter-in-law of Admiral
Viekery. Mrs. Hugh Blanchard
Vickery. whose husband is a
lieutenant in the u. S. Navy.
In celebration of the addition
al honor conferred on the yard
for lis continued high production
record, the gates of the ingalls,
Shipyard were thrown open to the
public for the program and
launching. About 5000 men, wo-
men and children gathered for
the event. The u. S. Army band
from Keesler Field furnished mu-
sic for the occasion and IL mem 4
bers of the three Girl Scout
troops in Pascagoula formed an
fonor guard for the launching
party.
Building Before Harbor
Admiral Vickery recalled that
ingalls, built its first ship for
the Maritime Commission nearly
a year before Pearl Harbor and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Sgt. Wells. First
Reported Missing,
Is War Prisoner

Staff Sergeant James E. Wells
who was reported missing in ac-
ton over France since June "a
is a German prisoner of war. ac-
cording 10 official notification
received by Mrs. Wells from In
ternational Red Cross through
government channels. No details
Were included in the commune
cation but a letter giving his To-
cation and other information was
promised Mrs. Wells.
Sergeant Wells, chief engineer
of a B-24, was reported missing
when he failed to return from
his sixth mission. He was based
in England. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Wells of
Kreole with whom his wife. the
former Miss Doris LeMaitre, and
their 17-months-old son are maxi
ing their home for the duration.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Illness Fatal To
Eugene Gautier,
Rites Held Aug. !

Eugene Gautier, IS years old
member Of a pioneer family in
Jackson county and a well known
resident OF Pascagoula. died Sat
urday at l1;45 pm. at 'the Jack
sons County hospital after an i'll
ness of about two weeks from
typhus fever.
Mr.. Gautier was taken i'll
while at work at the oil house of
ingalls, Shipbuiiding Corporation
but remained at work through
the day. When his condition be-
came critical, he was removed
from his home al 507 Spring
street to the hospital. Under
constant care he showed some
Improvement but complications
developed and he died a few
days later.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from Fails Funeral Home in
Pascagoula with requiem mass
al Our Lady of Victories church
and interment was in Krebs
cemetery. Pallbearers were Val
sin P. DeJean, L. G.. Beckham.
HeTmes Gautier. P. j. Higgin-
botham. Larson Evans, J. r.
Watts, o. V. Mimms and A. j.
Hoeny.
MI. Gautier was born at the
Gautier family home in Gautier,
Miss, the son of Fernando eau
TIER and Theresa Fayard Gautier.
He married Miss Palmyre Elisa
beth White on November 81,
1890. They lived in his home
near that of his family and his
brother, Walter Gautier, for sew
eral years and he then built the
present residence on Spring
street al N. Pascagoula street.
He was tutored as a boy by
the late Edgar Hull and later he
attended the Towle school at
Mobile with a session at Tulane
university and two years at what
IS now Mississippi State College
following. AT state college he
vas a member of the Lee Guards.
Former Commissioner
After the death of his father
in 1891 he continued to work at
the sawmill of F. Gautier and
Sons but after his move to Pas
cagoula he worked a short while
with the late w. M. Canty. his
brother = in T. law at his general
merchandise store and he was
later local agent for the Stand
ard Oil Company.
Mr.. Gautier served as marshal
of the city of Pascagoula for a
number of years and also for
some time as Commissioner of
Public Works.
In his younger years, Mr., Gau-
tier was an ardent sailer, sailing
boats in regattas from New Or
leans to Pensacola. His hobby
vas the catching of game fish
with the harpoon at which he
vas expert, bringing in many
Continued on Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
1913 Auto Owners
Liuble For County
Tax. Sheriff Soys

Anyone who owned an auto
mobile in Jackson county in 1943
is liable for a personal tax which
is now delinquent, Sheriff D.
O. Newman announced this week.
The delinquent list has been
completed and all persons liable
for the tax are asked to pay it
Immediately at the sheriff's Of
flee in the court house. Sheriff
Newman said that legal action
will be taken against those per-
sons who fail to pay the tax on
or before September 20.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
LAND MINES DOT BEACH

With L. S. Army in France
The original battle for Nor
mandy beachheads Is over but
risk IS still there. 4 veteran cap
tain Of port engineers who had
been here since D-Day plus two
stepped on a land mine 100
yards from shore and was killed.
Those things are all over.
shrugged a military policeman.
We have areas roped off where
we know they are planted but
We have been so busy cleaning
up for traffic to the front we
haven't had time to get them
out
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Bus Zone Marked
In Moss Point,
Sought BY YMBC

In response to a petition pre-
sented by the Young Mems Bust
ness Club following the regular
meeting, Monday, the Board of
Aldermen of Moss Point passed
a resolution ordering a 120-foot
loading zone in front of the bus
station in a move to eliminate the
present traffic hazard attendant
on the coming and going of these
transportation vehicles.
The board heard the petition
presented by the YMBC commit
tee composed of A. W. Head, pres
ident, E. A. Khayat and A. L.
Breseman, requesting removal of
the traffic hazard which now ex-
lists on McInnis avenue at the bus
station. Cars will not be allowed
to park in the zoned section at
any time, thus leaving space clear
for the loading and unloading of
the rs to 80 buses operating
through Moss Point daily.
The question was taken up by
members of the club at the meet
ing which was attended by H. v.
Greenslit, representing the Grey
hound Lines, Earl Amonett of 81
Bus Line and Bob White, Moss
Point agent.
The numbering of houses in
the citv has been started and
part of Main street was covered
Tuesday by the YMBC- Rotary
committee and by the Boy
Scouts. This preliminary cover
age will give workers a basic
idea of the length of time needed
to cover the town. The numbers
are metal and cut in script style.
The small charge for the numbers
is turned over to the city to. Gov
er the cost. At the same time the
numbers are delivered a census
is being taken of the town call
ing for the occupants name, tele-
phone number and other informa-
ton. Members of the committee
are Mr.. Khayat, l.. K. Mcintosh,
Cyril Slyfield, Mayors Dantzler,
William Schaub, Spencer Beebe
and Relph Davis.
Scoutmaster Will Allen is coop
Grating through his leaders, Bart
DeLashmet and Charles Torres
and scouts who have helped up
to this time are Sonny Rhodes,
Don Lytle and John Boyette.
An announcement was made at
the club of the purchase of Born
in Battle" by Major Rowan
Thomas who was a member of
the YMBC for several years. Ma
ior Thomas was influenced in
coming to Moss Point by action
of the club in rtying to place a
lawyer in Moss Point. Major
Thomas anticipates a visit to
Moss Point, club officers said, and
when he announces the date of
his arrival an elaborate program
will be planned by the club for
his entertainment.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Ask Boys To Aid
In Scrap Pepper
Collection Drive

The drive for scrap paper be-
ing conducted by the Parent
Teacher Association of the South
Pascagoula Elementary school
was given impetus this week by
the opening of a salvage head
quarters in the uptown section
to supplement the storehouse 10
Gated south of Lincoln avenue.
Mrs. D. A. Handy, chairman. an
nounced.
Mrs. A. v. Magruder, 215 Mag
nolia street, offered the use of
her garage for the storage of the
paper until such time as it can
be loaded on the box car for
shipping. This added conve-
nience for those taking paper to
the scrap depots is expected to
encourage more frequent and
larger donations of waste paper,
Mrs. Handy said, since having
the depots in two sections of
town will mean a cut in the
amount of gas and time needed
for those persons in the north
end of town to take their paper
to the storage places.
Trucks will call for collections
of paper too large to be handled
in any other manner, she said.
Mrs. Handy also issued an appeal
to BOYS between 10 and Is years
of age interested in the drive to
assist in collecting paper from
those persons who have no way
of getting it to the scrap huts.
They are requested to contact
Mrs. Handy at 1881 OF Mrs. L.
E. Taylor, 828-J.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Zolkind Is New
Head Of District
Transport Office

Harry Zalkind has been named
new distrie manager of the Mo-
bile District Office of Defense
Transportation. John G. Galley,
Regional Director of ODT's
Highway Transport Department
in Atlanta. announced yester-
day.
Mr.. Zalkind, who has been
serving as assistant district man
ager, succeeds w. E. Bisinger,
who resigned to return to pri-
vate industry Mr.. Zalkind's APP
pointment is effective August !.
The new district manager has
had extensive transportation ex-
perience. and formerly was CON
nected with the c.. NJ. & Q.
Railroad and Gulf Transport Co.
Mr.. Zalkind viii be succeed
ed as assistant district manager
by c. ". Bush, who has been
connected with the Mobile ODT
office for nearly two years.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
Perkinston Officers
To See Prospective
Students On Monday

A. l. May and D. P. Russum,
president and registrar of Per
klnston Junior College will be
in Paseagoula Monday and will
interview prospective students at
the Pascagoula High school at
5 pm. A, F. Megehee, county
superintendent of schools, an
nounced Thursday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
TRAINING FOR C GAME

Alexandria Army Field, La
Cpl. Grady Kelly was 'totin' a
gun" on this airfield site years
ago when the runways were part
Of d plantation and he was a boy
hunting squirrels on his fathers
farm. Now a ~22-year-old engi-
neer-gunner, Kelly lets MS plane
carry the gun.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04

he added that his is e'one of the
few American yards actually de
livering ships in those dark days
at the beginning of 1912 when the
president set the goal for war
merchant ship eonstruc-
ion"
The ships you and the other
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
TENT STORE ORIGIN

McAlester, Okla.-This COM
munity has grown from a tent
store at the crossroads of two
well travelled Indian territory
roads into one of Oklahoma's inn
portant cities. II was at the juno
ton Of the California trail and
the Texas road.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04
XXI DRIVER FOR RIDE

A good way to save time is to
keep white sauce in your refriger-
ator. Make up a quantity of white
sauce and have it all ready for
use when you need it.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04

Give brass door knockers a coat
of wax and there will be less pol
ishing needed as the wax forms
a protective coat which keeps off
tarnish for some time.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-08-04

Tin was the first material
mined in England.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-04

tune of stormy weather this morn
ing and had to rush out and
double-stake our tent to keep 1t
from blowing away" At intervals.
Condit said, they had to go out and
inspect the ropes and stakes. Yes
sir, comfort is rugged"
The atmosphere in Italy Is a
marked Improvement from that Of
the dark continent, Condit says.
He attributes Most of it to the
absence of Arabs. "Of course des-
olation and ruin are everywhere
and l feel sorry for the homeless
thousands. but they asked for it.
Condit had just received letter
from one of his friends some
where in the South Pacific, "and
he surely is getting tired of this
war. God knows he is not alone.
From what news dribbles over
here from the boys in the cam
paign area, we have 1t much mic
CAs IL gOu Cdil Chii oiAg pdll va
this war nice" Condit says his
squadron has completed building a
mess hall and the men are once
more under a roof and have a
place to sit when they eat. which
is a vast improvement over stand
ing up in the open for meals, as
they did formerly. He was be-
ginning to forget how to eat sit
ting down, Condit said.
1.-The Red Cross has fixed up a
real nice club for the enlisted
men in a nearby town. | don't
care what you say, but the Red
Cross has really helped out and
made life more comfortable for
the army and navy overseas in this
war. They have my respect and
gratitude" Condit intends to buy
a motorcycle. if possible, "and see
this country while l have the
chance. / want to see Naples,
Rome, when it is captured, and
Mt. Vesuvius. Later | may get to
see Venice. Can you blame me?
Only in the army could one see
all this for thirty or forty dollars" :"
Condit is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. A. Condit and a graduate of
c. U. II. 8.