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Evening star., 1944-06-18
ne Billion Dollars
in War Ord ers
land how the money is being spent

During peaeetime Briggs Manufacturing Com.
pany is the Nations largest independent auto
mobile body manufacturer. In the war Briggs is
devoting its peacetime skill to making bodies
and parts for medium tanks and aircraft; also,
bomber turrets, droppable gas tanks and non
ferrous castings.
Briggs war orders total approximately
$1,OOO,0OOO00 This money has been spent or
is being spent as indicated in the box shown here
with. Percentages are based distribution Of
Briggs 1943 sales dollar.
In l943 Briggs did twice as large dollar volume
of business as it did in average peacetime year.
In 1913 Briggs delivered double the number of
tank hulls delivered in 1912. In the same year
Briggs delivered to the u. S. Army and Navy more
than 22,50O,00O pounds of airpIane sections as
compared with 100000 the year before. This
included almost twice as many bomber-fre.power
turrets as in the previous year. Total shipments
to date of airplane sections by Briggs exceed
100000 pounds.
Earnings by Briggs hourly paid employees in 49,
On December 81, 1913 there were 39,312 people
OF which 21,737 were men and 1883 women.
than on December 81, 1912 when Briggs payrc
In the first FIVE months Of l944, shipments Of
Evening star., 1944-06-18
|VFW Department
18th Encampment
|Convenes Today

The 25th annual encampment Of
the District of Columbia Depart
ment, Veterans of Foreign Wars OF
the United States, will convene at
9 o'clock this morning at 523 New
Jersey avenue NV, with Comdr
Jack Holiday presiding.
bnThe business session will be
stEeamlined in order that election
andpe installation of department
officers viii be finished in the after
noon.
Zone of the principal resolutions
to- abe considered Is for Nation,
wide campaign in support Of cons
pulsory military training. Another
resolution provides for strong na-
tiorial defense policy that will re-
main in effective force until the
value of international regimentation
is maintained As In instrument to
prevent future wars. H.
Arthur C. Fowle. who has served
as department adjutant during 10
administrations since 1923, is to be
retired with honors.
Equality Walter Reed Post Ladies'
Auxiliary gave it's annual party for
the veterans in Ward G of Mount
Alto Hospital. Cigarettes were dis
tributed and ice cream and cakes
were served. Entertainment was
later programmed under the direc-
ton of De Roselli.
Front Line Post met Monday
night. with Comdr. Clyde w. KERN
presiding
The following were elected to
membership: Thomas N. Alberts,
James r. Kelly, Earl j. Kohlhopp,
Paul J. Rogers, Francis X. Sullivan,
Harry H. Clark, George N. North,
Wesley c. Thompson, Charles Davis
Scott, Charles N. Schadt, Sebastian
N. Polits, James r. Podzemek, Or
vile w. Cleveland and John A.
Capp.
Master Sergt. George Shoemake,
commander of John Rodgers Ship
2432, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, was a guest.
Mrs Ethel Sandlak, Department
Auxiliary chief of staff, is organ
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Wartime SoIemnity Marks
Simmons CoIIeqe Graduation

land intellectual elitism," was called
| for by DR.. Edmund Ezra Day, pres
ident of Cornell University, in his
graduation address to the career
graduates of Simmons College.
Education in America must go
along with the great democratic
trends of our time" he warned.
Never has it been more important
that education be prepared to play
its part in this, the century of the
common man, for it is clear enough
the world will never be the same
again, and the peace must be made
total, with every one sharing in the
blessings of victory"
DR.. Day also emphasized that "it
will be altogether unwise for higher
education to oppose or even to SUBJ
ject to ridicule the infusion of popu-
lar education with vocational con-
Germs. Sound handling of these in
our educational tomorrows, requires
their full acceptance and their sub
sequent full articulation with other
major educational purposes. 1t will
be a great mistake If, formal edu-
cation is allowed to become either
stereotyped or standardized"
We missed our Washington news
papers with their emphasis upon the
national and international picture,
as only they know how to strees
it separate and apart from strictly
local issues, according to our per-
haps prejudiced viewpoint.
However, it was joy on the other
hand to get seat in the subways
without too much of a struggle
even at the rush hours and not to
have to stand two or three deep at
lunch counters, much as we missed
the sense of being away from the
focus of national and international
consciousness, which is the very es-
sence of our being in the Nations
Capital. 2
High light of our heavily con-
gested and very late train trip
home. though it was made in the
middle of last week, was the way in
which a group OF sailors took over
with a handful of loudly wailing,
weary little youngsters in our coach,
La chief petty officer with two lines
of overseas service ribbons asked q
weary mother travelling from Dorset
VT, to join a service husband in
Memphis, Tenn, If he couldn't spell
you with a bit of rest" with her g.
month-old baby boy, whose lungs
were certainly the lustiest of the
cars outfit of juveniles. He lulled
the child to sleep and this inspired
other sailors to borrow other babies,
while interested pals gave advice,
followed by more or less similar
successful efforts. The Navy dem
onstrated that it has a way all Its
own.
Evening star., 1944-06-18
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

Our presence at the graduation
of 4 daughter from Simmons College
in Boston during invasion week
gave us an opportunity to note the
wartime solemnity that has become
badge of all college commence
ments this June.
Many parents and their children
knelt last Sunday in the high
backed pews of Harvard University s
non -denominational chapel with
hundreds of servicemen. We were
lead in prayer for the success of the
Allies, the rescue Of the captive peo-
Piles of the world and the spiritual
enlightenment of our enemies by the
Rev. DR.. Henry Bradford Washburn,
head of the Episcopal Army Chap
lains and Dean Emeritus OF st.
Johns Theological Seminary, from
which post came Bishop Angus
Dun.
We stepped aside for a moment
into the sun-lit peace of the Old
Granary Burying Ground. There
as we stood in reverent silence be-
side the graves of Peter Fanueil,
Paul Revere, John Hancock, Samuel
Adams and a score more of those
Colonial patriots, the distant
beachhead of Normandy, stained
with the blood of our generation,
took on greater significance.
At the baccalureate service the
commencement hymn was that IA
miliar one by Oliver Wendell Holes,
father of the late Justice Holmes,
which begins, Lord of all being,
throned afar, Thy glory flames from
sun and star"
The Bible used in the reading of
the Scriptures was the family Bible
Of John Simmons, merchant prince
of Boston, who As years ago made
educational history by leaving his
fortune for the founding of a col
lege for women, that should enable
them to specialize in training for
careers in addition to an emphasis
on science and the arts.
AN end to intellectual isolation
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grssx viii sponsor the 1S.0oo-ten
troopship sitka ut the ingalls, Ship
building Corp. yard Friday in Pasca-
goula, Miss.
The Sitka Is the first troopship
OF the Navy to get the name Of .
city. Such names usually are re-
served for cruisers.
Evening star., 1944-06-18

Meetings this week are:
Monday - Equality-Walter Reed
Post, 7l3 D street NV: Federal
Post, 1926 Massachusetts, avenue
NV; Internal Revenue Post, 1903
Fourteenth street NV.
Tuesday-T. N. T. Pup Tent, Mill
tary Order of the Coolies, 935 G
place NV.
Wednesday-Maj. Gen. c. r. Ed
wards Post, Weightman's School,
Twenty-third and M streets NV;
McKimmie- -Catterton Police and
Fire Post, 713 D street NV; United
States Naval Gun Factory Post, 1912
Good Hope road Sc.
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Miss Council to Sponso,
Troopship Sitku Friday

Miss Mary Lee Council, 1914 Con-
necticut avenue NV, daughter OF
the late health commissioner for
Alaska and secretary to Anthony J.
Dimond. Alaskan Delegate to Con-
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Citizens Meet Tomorrow

The Bloomingdale Civic Associa-
ton will hold its final meeting OF
the season at 8 pm. tomorrow at
the Tabor Presbyterian Church,
Second and S streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-06-18

izinE Front Line Post Ladies' Aux
iliary.
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zoo jackson County Bapiisis Convene
Al Pascagoula First Baptist Church

Approximately 200 Baptists
representing 10 churches in Jack
son county, attended the annual
convention Of the County Baptist
association Tuesday which this
year was held in Pascagoula with
the First Baptist church as host.
An all-day program. featuring
sermons, talks. and reports was
presented. At the noon hour
luncheon was served to all pres
ent. Among the speakers taking
part in the program we're minis
tiers from various parts of the
county as well as from other sec
tons of the country, Included in
the out of the county guest list
were w. G. Myers, superintendent
of the Baptist orphanage in Jack
son; DR.. Bryan Simmons, field
representative Of Mississippi Col
lege at Clinton: Evangelist w. W.
Kyzar. ST.. DR.. M. S. Parnardo,
pastor Of Central Baptist church
tor of the Central Baptist Church
at Mobile; and DR.. j. II. Budding
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-06
Dedicate Service
Mems Honor Roll
At Roberts Chapel

A large crowd Of relatives and
friends attended the dedication
Oh the Service flag and honor
roll at Roberts chapel ON Sun
day Sept. %, at II I'M.
Sgt Claude Roberts and Frank
Strickler, pharmacists mate sec
ond class, acted as color-bearers
while the audience sang "The
Star Spangied Banner"
Following the Pledge of Allie
glance, America" was sung un-
der the leadership Of Miss lone
Roberts, niece of DR.. f. S. Rob
erts and Dr.. M. J. Roberts.
The honor roll was read by
Mrs. X. w. Roberts and as each
name was called the next OF kin
came I othe altar. Where rela-
tives were absent friends re-
sponded in their places.
SerVieemen honored were DR..
Ernest Scale Roberts. DR.. Mack
j. Roberts, Sgt. Claude Roberts,
Elmo Davidson, Dewey Brown,
Calvin Cunningham, Drury Dud-
ley, Robert A. Davidson, c. ID.
Davidson, Cecil Bruce Davidson,
james o. Williams, Charles Stat
lord, Nick Prassenos Walter Mi
eel, Buddy Miller, and Frank
and Leonard Strickler.
At the conclusion Of the roll
call, Mrs. Claudia Roberts, moth
of Sgt. Claude Roberts, offered
a prayer.
After the Scripture reading by
the pastor. Gloria Patri' was
sung.
This was followe dby a sermon
by the pastor, the Rev. +. ID.
Simpson.
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Distribute 1852
New Phone Books
From Local Office

Distribution of 1852 copies of
a new telephone directory was
completed this week, according
10 j. S. Abbey. local manager of
Southern Bell Telephone and Tel
egraph Company.
The new directory is bound
with a gray cover to make it
easily distinguishable from the
old green covered directory. Mr..
Abbey asks telephone subscribers
to help conserve war-busy tele-
phone equipment by referring TO
the new directory when there is
any doubt about the desired
number. and by calling "Informa-
ton only if the number is not
listed in the directory.
Because OF the demands of
war, use of paper for printing
directories has been restricted in
order to conserve the limited sup
ply. Mr.. Abbey said. He there
fore asks that subscribers take
the best possible care Of their
copies, since only enough to fill
essential requirements have been
printed.
If any subscriber has not re-
ceived his copy, he should noti-
~ the telephone business office,
and a copy will be sent prompt
ly, Mr.. Abbey said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-06
Players Club Is
Organized At Youth
Conteen Tuesday

Entertainment in the form of
dramatic productions will soon be
a regular feature at the Youth
Canteen as a Players club was
organized at the canteen Tues
DAY night. Members of this club
win direct, produce, and take
parts in the various plays that
will be presented in the near fu-
ture.
Elected TO serve as officers of
this newly organized group were
Jerry Furr, president, Jackie Me
Glothlin, vice president; and
Maryland Hendricks, secretary
treasurer. Chairmen appointed
we're Billy Ward, publicity; Bill
Brister and Milton Hill, proper
ties; Minnie Lou Howard and
Travis Caltar, costumes.
At the meeting next week sew
eral one-act plays will be read
and one will be selected for pro-
duction.
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ton, Of Miami, Fla
The work done in jackson
county in the past year was
brought out in the reports made
during the course Of the pro-
gram According to DR.. l.. +.
Green, pastor of the Pascagoula
First Baptist church, some Of the
facts revealed in these reports
We're that during the past year
288 people in the county were
baptized, membership TO the
church was increased TO 1880,
Sunday school enrolment has
grown to 1884 % revival meet
ings were held, 80 women mis-
sionary unions are now in ex-
istence in the county, and the
number Of subscriptions from the
county TO the Baptist state pa
per, the Baptist Record" has
reached 1000.
Financial Heporis
Financial reports disclosed that
since the last annual meeting the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-06
Twelve Members OF
Moss Point Student
Council Announced

A student council has been
formed at the Moss Point High
school for the purpose of coop
Grating with the faculty in main
tanning good conduct among the
students, school officials an
nounced. This group, which is
composed of II members of the
student body, will handle minor
disciplint problems.
Members of the council are:
Tom Lennep, president; Ethel
Mae Golf, secretary; Raymond
Upton, j. c. Cunningham, Lester
Dantzler, Stephen Stringfellow,
Gene Stauter, Harry Davis, Eta
Mae Miles, Jesse Prouse, Roland
Harper and Edna Khayat.
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Teacher Training
Program Held For
Child Core Stoffs

Miss Isabel Robinson of the
Washington office of the Guild
Care division of Federal Works
Agency, arrived this week TO
conduct a teacher training pro-
gram for staff members of the
nursery and day care schools,
Thomas r. Wells. superintendent
of city schools, announced. She
is holding these classes in Pas
cagoula at special request Of
school authorities and she will
be here a week or longer.
According to Mr. Wells. the en-
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down as you would in your own
rome and when your plate is
empty, you give it to the mess
boy ana he fills it up and brings
it back to you. And the process
IS repeated i've and over during
the meal. And the chow is some
thing to brag about.
Just the same. ever if I'm out
Of boot camp ! still have a long
row to hoe. Ny platoon is sched-
uted to be here for Is weeks be-
fore being shipped out to Quanti-
co. Every day of the 10 weeks,
except Sundays, is crammed full
q lectures on machine guns, NOR
tors, hand %grenades, flame-throw-
ers, anti-tank grenades, and a
lot more, besides classroom work
in math and English.
The routine starts at $50, roll
call at 5.45, exercises right after
roll call until Cos, chow; clean
up barracks; 7:30, day starts;
chow at IL m, out again at 100;
back again for chow at 500 and
some night classes until 800. You
can e our day is pretty well
taken up. But, if no night classes
are scheduled we are through
about 1870 pm, or whatever
time we can secure for chow. On
these days we have part liberty
we can 60 anywhere we choose
on the post-the PIX, show, slop
chute tbeer garden) only it isn't
really a beer joint, but just a
place to go to drink two, and
only two, beers, as the stuff is
rationed.
The barracks is a trifle over
crowded as is the rest of the
camp, particularly by the women
Marines, or Bans as they are
called. On Sundays we are free
and there is a beach for swim
ming, and a boat house for sail
ing; a gym, and a swimming pool,
to take up my time, but the boys
and | plan to give the girls a
Whirl, too.
we were assigned to plaoons
by age. The oldest Will leave in
about six weeks for Quantico and
then my platoon comes next, |
believe. Anyway. hope so. I'd
like to get up there and get a
toe hold on those gold bars,
Zone Of the luxuries / forgot
TO mention is that we have the
right, I should say, privilege, of
sending our clothes to the laun-
dry, which l shall do without a
moments hesitation believe me.
Tell everybody hello for me"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-06
P~oscdgouIu Garden
Club Holds Session
WednesdoY

A meeting of the Pascagoula
Garden club was held in the club
room Of the 18th Street Commun-
ity building, October 4. at 2:3O
O'Clock in the afternoon.
The president. Mrs. H. p. Me-
Laughlin, occupied the chair and
directed a short business period.
At this time the merit system
was voted on and accepted.
Mrs. Mclaughlin then turned
the session over TO Mrs. j. A.
Derrick, who was assisted by Mrs.
". J. Nelson Jr., in directing an
interesting program.
A high light of this period was
a talk by D. K. Stabler, h~orticul-
turist for Ingalls, who gave sug-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-06

gestions on the preparation of
beds for planting
At the end of the program,
swap day" was observed, when
those who had brought plants
and cuttings that SO beautifully
decorated the club room, snapped
their individual plants for others.
During the social hour re-
freshments were served by Mrs.
Clyde Leavitt and Mrs. Robert
Macy, hostesses for the after
moor.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-06
Teacher Day Is
To Be Observed
Sunday. October Is

Governor Thomas Bailey has
proclaimed a statewide obser-
vance OF Sunday. October Is as
Teachers Day throughout Missis-
sippi, ii was announced from
Jackson this week.
Special observance of Teachers
Day is being planned in cities
and communities throughout the
state with parents, students and
teachers taking part. Plans for
the observance here will be an
nounced in next weeks issue OF
the Chronieie-Star and Adyer-
tIser.
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rollment in the nursery and day
care units has passed the 300
mark and is steadily increasing.
1t it planned to open additional
centers for white and colored in
the near future.
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value Of pastors homes in the
county had reached approximate
" $4,000, and the value OF 9th
CT church buildings is now Sl33,-
600. Salaries of pastors and
church workers in jackson eoun-
ty we're estimated at S24,3 1928. and
the amount spent on local church
work at S107. 600.
DIR. Green stated that two Spe-
cial free-will offerings We're made
during the day. One. consisting
of S83. was made to the Baptist
ofphanage IN jackson. and SIS
was donated to student help at
Clark's Memorial college, IN New
ton, Miss.
Many plans were made for the
coming year. Especially out
standing were plans made TO take
part in the centennial evangelistie
crusade Of the Southern Baptist
Convention II which Jackson
county Baptist churches will
to reach through evangel-
ism. 1000 persons in this area.
TINS celebration IS being headed
by Rev. NJ. Z. Dodd, pastor of
the First Baptist church of
Shreveport, Id.
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Sgt. Koval Returns T.
Southwest PACIFIC

After sending the past nine
months in the States, PISgt, Rob-
ert S. KoVal, has again been
transferred to the Southwest Pa
cific. This Marine non-eommis-
stoned officer spent four years
in the Hawaiian and South paei-
fic areas before returning to the
United States, where he mas been
stationed al Camp LeJeune. N.
c. He is the son OF Mrs. Ruth
Koval of P|ascagoula and visited
home last December shortly af-
ter his arrival from the South
west Pacific.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-06

SGT. ALVIN LOVE. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Love. of
Mess Point Of which he is a
native. He was employed al
ingalls, until his induction into
the army. Displaying mechani-
cal ability during his basic
period at a Mississippi training
center. Sgt. Love was sent 10
Camp Shelby for three months
instruction in the ordinance de-
partment. He acquired an in
spection diploma at a nord-
nance depot in San Antonio.
and desert warfare training at
Camp Young. at Indio. Calf.
He has been in the Southwest
Pacific almost a year and was
recently promoted TO techni-
clan. third grade. His wife.
The former Miss Dorothy Deth-
loft of Escatawpa. was with him
during his stays in San Antonio
and Indio.
Pvt. Brown On ingalls, Built Ship
Pvt. Cecil Brown writes home
that he has been assigned to an
ingalls, built airplane carrier
since completing his boot train
ing at the Norfolk Naval Yards.
The assignment is doubly pleas
ant to MI. Brown since, before
entering the United States Ma
rines, he worked for the Badham
Insulation Company, at ingalls,.
Mrs, Brown and daughter re-
side in Pascagoula.
c. l.. A. FUR Taking Recruit
Training
The Public Relations office OF
the Ninth Naval District announ-
ces that G. J.. Award Fur
Of 1913 Manic street, Pascagou-
la, is receiving his initial indoc-
trination in the u. S. Naval
Training Center at Great Lakes,
III.
When his recruit training is
ended the bluejaeket will receive
q period of leave, after il has
beeh determined whether he will
be assigned TO a Naval Service
school or to immediate duty at
sea.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-06
John Lee Linton Receivers From
Wounds

Relatives OF John Lee Linton,
seaman second class, of the U.
S. Navy, have learned that he
has returned TO his duties on a
PIT boat somewhere in New Or
PIT boat somewhere in New
Guinea after being hospitaIized
as the result of wounds received
in action.
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Mrs. A. N. Newberry
Celebrates Birthday
Of Mr.. NeWberry

Last Sunday Mrs. 4. N. New
berry gathered members of MIR
Newberry's family around him
at a dinner at their home on Sar-
rain street, Paseagoula.
Among the out-of-toWn guests
Wis, his sisters. Mrs. Alton
Myer and Mrs. Vernon Green
and Mr.. Green ana Mr.. Ny
er of Mobile. and his broth
CT, l.. L. Newberry and Mrs.
NeWberry Of Whistler, Ala.
Another brother. l J. Newber-
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Kimy C%anarella
Describes Life
AT Marine Camp

In an interesting letter to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Joe Cana
rella, Kimy Canarelia yves an
interesting picture of life at
Camp LeJeune, n. c Ire young
officer, member of a candidate
battalion in the Marine Corps.
has just been transferred from
Paris Island S. c.. where he was
sent following his graduation
from the Marine school at
Georgetown, Texas.
He says, you all should see
this place. It's tops, 10 kiddin'.
We live in brick barracks with
cement floors, ice-cold water
fountains; well lighted bath bar
racks. All the buildings are mod
ern. There isn't one single wood
en- building in this camp.
Here we eat i'm a swell mess
nall and we eat out of plates. We
don't have to stand in Inc for
our food either. The whole pla-
toon marches in. sits down. and
the food is right there on the
table. You take some. pass it
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ny, was not present because of
overseas duty, but Mrs Newber-
~ and their son were IN the par
~ as We're MI. and Mrs. Alto
Evans, all of Mobile.