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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
Gov. Bailey
Speak
Affecting
Supper Wednesday,
Monks Meeting Of
C. of c. Members

Governor Thomas Bailey will
be the guest of honor and speak
er at the first general meeting
of the membership OF the Pasca-
goula-M Moss Point Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday night. July
IL, at Old Spanish Fort.
The meeting will take the form
OF a supper with fresh red snap
per and iced Jackson County
watermelon forming the menu.
Festivities will get under way at
$50 pm.
Invitations are being sent out
to all members OF the Chamber
asking them and their wives to
be guests, Verne Barnes, secre-
tary. said Thursday. Approx
maiely 200 members and guests
arc expected.
Subject of the meeting will be
The Industrialization Of Jack
son County In the Postwar Era"
and Governor Bailey is expected
TO build his talk around the states
balance agriculture-with indus
try program
Governor Bailey is expected to
arrive here Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. Bailey, who will spon-
sor an Ingalls, built combat-trans-
port at launching ceremonies lat
er in the week.
Newcomers to Pascagoula, and
others who have not yet taken
out a membership in the Cham
Der can do so in the next few
days and be eligible TO attend the
meeting, Hermes f. Gautier, pres
ident Of the club, pointed out.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07

The extension of The War Man
power Commission referral sys-
tenn to cover all employees was
undertaken solely for the purpose
of helping industry to obtain and
to hold the labor it needs to full
fill war contracts, according to
Mr.. H. H. Price. manager of the
local U. S. Employment office.
When labor is required to clear
through the employment office,
it will eliminate some of the cas-
ual drifting of men from job to
job and will stress The necessity
of the recognizing an obligation
to their employers. he said. HE
continued By explaining that
there is still available in this
area enough labor to meet most
of our present demands. The
problem is to channel this labor
to essential industries and to
hold them there.
Mr.. Price emphasized the point
that employers a make or
break the new program By the
faithfulness with which they ad-
here to the rules. A uniform adj
herance will stabilize employ
ment to such an extent as to
serve the best interest of all con-
cerned.
Mr.. Price said that We all rec
ognize the necessity of putting
national welfare above local and
private interests, at least until
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
ShipYard
Workers Killed
On Motorcycle

Two ingalls, shipyard workers
were killed Saturday night when
the motorcycle on which they
we're riding crashed headon into
an automobile near Mobile. They
were Claude ID Snider, %, Math-
iston. Miss. and Mitchell B. Hill,
%. Corinth. Miss.
Snider resided at the home of
Charles r. Emanuel Paseagoula
chief Of police. and Hill boarded
at the Emanuel home.
According to reports of the ac-
eident. Snider and Hill were rid
ton of Pascagoula on the MOTOR
ton of Paseagoula on the Motor
cycle. which belonged to Hill.
The accident occurred on the
eauseway to the Cochran bridge
near the Alabama city when the
motorcycle and a car occupied by
three women crashed. The occu-
pants Of the car suffered only
minor injuries, but the men were
killed instantly.
Little was known of the two
men IN Paseagoula. Snider is sur
vived BY his widow and two chill
dren. Hill was not married. The
bodies were sent to their respec-
tive homes for burial.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
Elberi Barnes OF
Escaiawpa Killed
In Plane Crash

The sole Army passenger in a
transport plane which crashed
during a storm high in the Maine
mountains, the body of n of
the six victims found by search
ers, has been identified as that
of Sgt. Ebert R. Barnes, radio
mechanic in the Army Air Corps
and son of the Rev. and Mrs. A.
N. Barnes of Escatawpa, accord
ing to official notification re-
ceived by Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes.
The crash occurred June 20 on
3,900-foot Fort Mountain in the
Katahdin range near Millinocket,
Me. The discovery of the bodies
so feet from the wreckage of the
four-engined plane followed eight
days of continuous effort to reach
the scene of the catastrophe. The
plane carried mail, cargo a civil
liam contract crew of six and
Sgt. Barnes the passenger and
was enroute from England tc
Washington. The pilot was be-
lieved to be Captain Rodger In
man, one of the famous brothers
who operated the Inman Broth
ers Flying Circus, and, with his
brother entered the service dur
ing the early part Of the war.
MI. and Mrs. Barnes had re-
ceived a wire two days earlier
that Sgt Barnes vas missing.
Sgt. Barnes, who was % years
old, was born in Escatawpa and
attended school there. later grad
uating from the Moss Point High
school. He attended G~raceland
College in Mona, Iowa, for two
years. He was a member of the
Latter Day Saints church.
After leaving school, he worked
at the Southern Kraft division oil
the international Paper Mill and
later at the ingalls, Shipyard. He
enlisted in Atlanta in the All
Corps and received his training
in Miami, Fla, Madison, Wis, ano
Presqueisle, Maine. He was Their
sent to Newfoundland and had
been stationed there for the pas
six months, His last visit home
was a year ago when he spent
l5-day furlough with his parents
in July.
He is survived by his parents
four brothers, Pvt. Leroy Barnes
who has been overseas about
seven months and is now in New
Guinea, Curtis, Otis and Myror
Barnes, Escatawpa; four sisters
Margie, Ivon, Vida Pearl anc
Wanda Merle Barnes, all of Es'
catawpa; and both grandmothers
Mrs. Della Davis, Escatawpa
and Mrs. Isabel Barnes, Mobile.
The body will be sent to hi
home for burial.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
Oldest Houses In
EdstI0wn To Get
New Coat Of Point

Houses in the original housing
project in Pascagoula will be re-
juvenated with a fresh coat of
paint on the exterior, according
to an announcement made by Of
ficials of the Federal Public
Housing Authority.
Approximately $50 in number,
these houses were the first to be
built and were known as the U.
S. Navy houses. The asbestos
shingles do not require paint, but
the window and Greer frames,
shutters and outside steps, rail-
ings and front porches, will be
painted. Work will START at once.
officials said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
PICTURES HER NEAT

Baltimore A collection of
about $4,000 animal news stories
and pictures might be just a con-
glomeration of clippings to the
casual observer. but to Mrs. Ha-
gel W. Frese of Baltimore, it's
''animalana."
The Martin aircraft personnel
worker, who says she would
rather be personnel director of a
Zoo" holds a masters degree in
philosophy from the University
of Chicago.
She began her hobby seven
years ago and has complete files
on animal heroes, criminals. en-
tertainers, diseases, animals at
war, experimental animals and
educated animals. For virtually
every phase of publicized human
activity, Mrs. Frese has a clipping
on its animal counterpart.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
Candidates To
Speak To Civic
Council A US0

The meeting of the Civic Coun-
Gil Thursday, July ID, at 3 pm,
at which candidates for mayor
and city commissioners of Pas
cagoula will be invited % pre-
sent their platforms, will be held
at the USO and not at the Coun-
ty Court House as was previously
announced. The meeting is open
only to members of the civic
council and is in no sense a po-
ljtieal rally. Mrs. J. O. Cole. pres
ident, announced.
Only members of the council,
which include presidents and ap-
pointed delegates from various
organizations and groups, are be
ing invited to attend this meet
ing Mrs. Cole said. It is purely
a council activity and arranged
to give members an opportunity
to hear the candidates express
their views and platforms before
the election on July -
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
Recreaiional Director For Pascagoula
Announce Beach Supervision

The appointment of G.. M. Mat
lack as director Of recreation, has
been announced by Thomas r.
Wells, chairman of the recreation
commission, as the opening gun
in the launching Of a full scale
recreational program in the city
Of Pascagoula.
MI. Matlack is now director of
recreation for the West Point
M MANUFACTURING Company in
Georgia and for the city of La
nett, Ala, a position he has held
for the past three years. Before
that he was recreational director
for Raleigh, NJ. c., and was as
sistant superin endent of recrea-
ton in Louisville KY. He is a
graduate Of North Carolina State
College and took graduate work
at the University of Louisville
and the University of Indiana. He
will arrive at an early date to
take over his duties and will be
followed shortly by his wife and
two small children.
Beach Program Begun
A security grant of $4,000 has
been received from the federal
government for the maintenance
and operation of the recreational
program for the year. The first
step to be taken has been the set
ting up of supervision at the beach
at Krebs Lake and Mr. Wells am
nounced that, in addition to ". c.
Hickman, beach superintendent,
two young women, Misses Jane
and Mary Anderson OF Pontotoc,
Miss, have been employed on
the beach staff. Both certified
Red Cross life savers, they will
be on duty from 1870 to 8 pm.
and in addition to guard
ing the safety of swimmers, will
give swimming lessons to chill
dren and also life saving lessons.
Miss Jane Anderson is a student
at Nj. S. c. w, and Miss Mary An
Jerson was a member of the fac
llty of a girls school in North
Carolina last year.
Anyone interested in lessons
ire Instructed by Mr., Wells to
contact the Misses Anderson att
tie beach and definite periods
for instruction will be designated.
All available facilities will be
utilized with the arrival of Mr.
Matlack to direct activities, Mr..
Wells said. Some playground
has been received and
ether is under order, he declared,
Early approval and the begin
ming of construction is expected
on he recreational units APP
proved by the federal govern
ment. These include white and
negro recreational buildings, bath
house addition at beach park and
Fairgrounds for both white and
negro.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
Woman. Boy, Have
Narrow Escape As
Car Runs In Canal

Losing control of her automo-
bile while returning to her home
at Graveline from Pascagoula,
Mrs. Carl Vanner and a small
boy passenger narrowly escaped
drowning Saturday when the car
plunged into the canal at the
north side of the highway just
outside Pascagoula.
The car was submerged sew
eral feet under the water but
both Mrs. Vanner and the child
managed to escape without injury,
according to County Highway
Patrolman Levert Bosarge, who
Investigated the accident.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
Little Boy Killed
By Car While On
July Alb Visit

Kenneth Alton Brent, 4-year-
old son of MI. and Mrs. Alton
Dutch" Brent of McComb,
Miss, was killed instantly Mon
day night when he was struck by
an automobile as he played near
the home of Mrs. M. l.. Freeman.
507 Garfield street, where he and
his mother were visiting for the
Fourth of July.
The child was struck by an au-
tomobile driven by Mrs. Sidney
M. Austin, 621 Columbus Drive,
in the driveway of the austin
home. According to Chief of
Police Charles r. Emanuel who
investigated, the tragedy, the
little boy was sitting in the mid
die of the driveway about Is feet
from where the driveway joins
the road at what is virtually a
blind corner. Mrs. Aostin was re-
turning home about 6:45 pm.
when the accident occurred.
Mrs. Brent, her son and a
friend, Mrs. Burton Guy of Nc
Comb, arrived in Pascagoula on
Monday to spend the holiday with
Mrs. Freeman and her daughters,
Mrs. J. A. Avent who also re-
sides at the Garfield street adj
dress. The little Brent boy and
Carson Avent, 3, had finished
supper and had gone to the side
yard of the Freeman home which
joins the back yard of the Austin
residence, to play. According to
Mrs. Avent, Kenneth had crossed
the driveway to look at the Aus
tin dogs which Mrs. Austin's
daughter had brought into the
yard when the car turned into
the drive. Chief Emanuel said
Investigation showed Mrs. Aus
tin had brought her car to a
standstill less than three feel
from where she struck the child.
According to Mrs. Austin, she
did not know of the presence of
the second little boy at the Free
man home but she was watching
for Carson who had frequently
played on or near the driveway.
Sees One Child
Il slowed down when I came
to the turn into the driveway and
shifted into first which | have
done ever since the little boy
came to live at his grandmoth-
er's," she said. when | turned
in | saw him by the side of the
driveway and | did not see the
other child. When l heard the
car strike something | stopped.
/ thought it was cinders or some
thing in the driveway and starr
ed to drive on but something told
me I'd better see what it was.
Then people started running
from the Freeman home and |
realized what had happened"
Mr.. Austin rushed the child to
he Jackson County Hospital
where he was pronounced dead
by the examining physician.
The little boy Is survived by his
parents; his paternal grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Brent,
HUNTSVILLE, Miss, great grand
parents, Harrison Bankston, Bo-
galusa, La, and Mr. and Mrs. J.
Y. Long, MeComb; and his great
greatgrandparents. Mr.. and Mrs
w. H. Moak, Sumit, Miss.
The body was sent 10 MeComb
by Fails Funeral Home and fu-
neral services were conducted
| Wednesday at 4 pm
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07
0PA Adds Items
To Depleted List
OF Point Foods

The depleted ''rationed" list
which has been the delight of
the shopper for the past several
weeks took on added items this
week with the return to point
values of additional meats and
vegetables.
The Office of Price Admins
tration announced that choice
cuts of lamb will now require
red points and several select cuts
of beef had the point value in
creased. This was done to in
sure a better distribution of these
meats, OPA explained.
Canned asparagus, peas and
tomatoes rejoined the list under
items requiring blue points. In
the popular No. 2 can, asparagus
will cost 10 points and tomatoes
and peas. five points. This was
made necessary because surveys
showed that the carry-over from
last years pack is small. OPA
said.
The coming in of a new month
added blue and red tickets to
the housewives working capital
with blue stamps A8 through rs
and AS in Book No 4 valid and
red stamps AS through rs in the
same book good. Sugar stamps
Nos. 80, 81 and 80 good for five
pounds each indefinitely. Air
plane stamps Nos. l and 2 re-
main valid for shoes and All
coupons are now valid for gaso-
line and will expire September 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07

To package a jeep weighing
1858 pounds requires 784 pounds
Of materials-S5 percent lumber
ana the rest moisture proof pa
per and other materials. =
John Roach, who arrived fin
the L. S. from County Cork. Ire
land, IN 1929. is called the ia her
of iron shipbuilding.a
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07

Ottawa. Kas.-Among strange
eargoes carried away by recent
flood waters we're a washing ma
chine and a refrigerator. The
washing machine belonged to
Mrs. Nate Rhoades and was
launched from her porch for 4
long journey. Days later another
family returned it The refriger-
ator weighed almost two tons but
floated a mile into a field.
INDIA DISCOVERS THE AIR
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07

For every 81 spent for plant
food in the United States, APP
proximately $3.50 is returned in
increased plant growth, on the
basis of a national average.
The first Republic of Spain ex-
isted from 1873 to 1878.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07

New Delhi During the past
year more than 100000 men
have been engaged day and night
for months On end, in construct
ing airdromes in India.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07

Eight different lubricants are
carried aboard a modern battle
ship.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07

Steel working and hardening
in an advanced stage was COM
mon 5000 years ago in Greece.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-07-07

Bulger. Pan w. Voye tore
down an old barn recently. and
found a newspaper nearly a cell
tury old. II told Of the siege of
Sevastopol. Things were differ
ent then-an allied army led By
the English was attacking but, as
today. carnage was high. English
casualties in a two-day battle
we're given as 3s officers and Az
privates killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26
Tokyo Raid, Rhine Drive, Hit Enemy Hard

scribed as the Russian winter offensive.
During the week the Reds captured
the Estonian island of Osel. which domi-
mates the entrance to the Gulf Of Riga.
Four German warships ofishore were
sunk and four damaged. The way Is
now paved for amphibious landings in
the rear of the 80 divisions the Nazis
still have in Latvia.
Super Fortresses Hit Tokyo.
Over in the Pacific the outstanding
event was the bombing of Tokyo by =
force estimated at 100 Super Fortresses
taking OF from the newly completed
airfields on Saipan in the Marianas Is
lands. The extent Of the accomplish
naent remains to be determined, but
very satisfactory fires were raging in
industrial ce1iters, especially In, an air.
craft factory, several hours after the
raid.
There was nothing secretive about the
raid. The planes took OF in daylight.
tiew directly to Tokyo, picked the targets
and let hundreds Of tons of bombs drop
where they would do the most good.
The entire trip involved 5000 miles Of
Tying, flying from . base to which ade-
quate supplies Of gasoline and bombs
can be easily taken for more and more
frequent raids which are promised.
On Leyte Island in the mid Philip
pines, American troops, after capturing
Limon, last remaining port on the island
in Japanese possession, pushed SOUTH
ward down Ormoc Valley toward other
American columns moving up the valley
from the south. The fighting around
Limon was the fiercest Of the, campaign,
with the Japs seeking to avoid . move-
ment which will Isolate them on the
peninsula, which has its narrowest point
between Linon and Ormoc.
American aircraft have successfully
foiled al further efforts Of the Japs to
reinforce their garrison on Leyte. FRI
day four-ship convoy caught on the
way In was sunk with the loss Of ap-
proximately $500 Japs. This brought to
$4,000 the number Of the enemy drowned
on ths way to Leyte.
Gen. Macarthur found time to send
- number Of planes on successful bomb-
Ing raids to Borneo and thu Celebss. A
destroyer and ! transport were sunk, =
gunboat and II freishters were damaged
and, parked on the ground, = enemy
planes were destroyed.
opersting from beses n China, :
MINT q H-za bomhed tn Japanese
home island of Kyushu. hitting Nasasah
-. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

fail to whip up revenue out Of which
to pay the bill
Recently group Of New York bankers
made up loan OF 500 900 900 for the
Netherlands, which should help that
much goods move into that country.
The sheer need of nations to sell has
given birth to three Government plans
which should help another several bill
lions of goods to move from factory to
buyer.
In essence, they're all insurance plans
The Government says to the private ex-
porter: Sell abroad. The more people
you keep employed ut home, the better.
II you have to take loss, well cover It,"
The United Kingdom started the idea
in 1919 with their export credit guar
antee department. which has . revolving
fund of 5000, 900 pounds, or $30o, 900 900
American. It's used to insure any Eng
Hsh exporter against almost any loss he
could suffer. For this insurance, the
British exporter pays a small premium,
just as he would If he insured his house
against fire
The United States followed, in 1884,
with the Export-Import Bank. That
now has . fund Of s7eo .o0e. 40. but there
Is talk Of raising the ante Is high n
5000 900, 900. This bank cannot insure,
but 1t does make direct ioans to for
eigners who want to buy here, and it
does underwrite letters Of credit on
foreign banks.
Canada is the last to join the ranks
because she looks to the same postwar
troubles the United States worries over:
Such tremendous production now that
1t must be kept going to avoid unem-
ployment.
The Canadian government is just now
setting up an export credits insurance
corporation which will have $500 900 900
to be used in two ways: % Insure
Canadian exporters against losses, the
way the British do, and ca make loans
Or guarantee foreign securities. the way
the United States does.
That's about the sum total Of world
credit to keep goods moving from fac
tory and field of one nation to the
factory and field of another nation.
distributed by Associated Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-26

French hands with the exception of one
bridge approach to the final escape path
across the Rhine. The German 10Th
Army, caught in the triangle between
Belfort, the Vosges Mountains and
Strasbourg, is In imminent danger Of
elimination either through destruction
or surrender.
Sd Army Crosses saar.
Patton's American Sd Army, with Metz
partially under control and completely
isolated. opened up drive Monday which
carried into German territory. The Saar
River was reached on a 10-mile front
and 5-mile-square foothold in German
territory was established.
At the end of the week Patton was
driving forward both above and below
Saarbrucken, crossing the Saar at one
point rs miles south Of the city and
reaching the river near Schwerdorf, 20
miles northwest of the Saar Basin
bastion.
On the other sectors Of the western
front the pressure is increasing and a
major battle, perhaps one Of the greatest
battles Of history, is in the making be-
fore Cologne, where the Germans are
concentrating considerable power in an
effort to delay the final decision as long
as possible. The American LIST Army
has taken Weiswiler, Is miles inside
Germany and rs miles west of Cologne.
The 9th Army, to the northwest, has
almost reached Julich on the Roer
River and the British in Holland are
close to venlo on the Mas River.
Allied planes have kept up constant
attack on German rear positions and
have given invaluable support to four
OF the six armies. Synthetic oil plants
also were hit.
Action on the Italian front was linn
tied, with little change Of position.
Budapest sim Holds Out.
In Yugoslavia, British troops, which
had participated IN the successful cam
paign to free Greece, are now fighting
side by side with Tito's Partisans IN
Montenegro and herzegovina. The
Nazis during the week abandoned II
rama. capital Of Albania, to the Albanian
Patriots.
Budapest, the fall Of which to Russian
forces had been anticipated some time
back, still holds out. but the German
position in the Hungarian capital be-
comes increasingly precarious Is the
Reds push their campaign around the
city with considerable success.
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