davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27
Sgt. Tunno, Pascagoula's Adopted Son,
Army Air Forces Most Decorated Man

With So missions to his credit
during which he won more med
ais than any other man his age
in the Army Air Forces, 2l-year-
old David A. Tunno, master SER
geant and B-24 gunner, is back
in his beloved United States.
Back-and wearing the Silver
Star, Distinguished Flying Cross,
Soldiers Medal, Presidential
Unit Citation with cluster, good
combat ribbon. ribbons from the
Middle East, American and Ash
attic theatres, bronze stars for four
major campaigns and the Purple
Heart.
If you should happen to meet
the medium sized young man,
with dark hair and teeth that
would put to shame a tooth paste
ad, and show any interest in the
amazing display of decorations
across his chest talthough he
doesn't wear them all ever when
he is dressed up) he would be apt
to remark:
Jaw, when a mans country is
threatened and there's a job to
do, the only thing to do is get
busy and get it done"
A native of Burgettstown, Pa,
Sgt. Tunno is widely known in
Pascagoula where he has visited
several times at the Maritime
Commission apartment of his
wife's mother Mrs. Arcadia Smith,
1902 18th street. He has also Wis
tied the shipyard where his two
brothers-in-law, E. U. "Smitty"
and M. E. Smith, are employed
in the sheet metal and burning
departments, respectively. He
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27
October Meeting OF
Womons Club At
Home OF Mrs. Givens

The October meeting of the
Pascagoula Woman's club was
held with Mrs. Roy Owens, 7l3
Washington avenue Friday af-
ternoon of last week. Mrs. w. B.
Herring and Mrs. w. j. Granber-
ry were in pleasant assistance to
Mrs. Owens.
During the business period,
which was directed by the presi-
dent, Mrs. j. S. Abbey, II was re-
ported that the club had present
ed the 69th Service group of the
United States Army with a book,
Born in Battle by Captain
Rowan T. Thomas, for addition
to reading matter that is being
collected for the entertainment
of the unit. The presentation was
made to 1t. Jamie Kihyet of the
group, who was home on a visit
at the time.
Mrs. A. j. Grassick, who was
present as a tea guest, was unani-
mously welcomed back as a
member who had proved an in
valuable asset TO the club dur
ing her former affiliation with
the organization.
Mrs. Charles GRAY, of Bas-
trop, Louisiana, mother of the
hostess. was also a welcome
guest.
Following the business period.
Miss Gene Eason directed a short
musical program, in which she
was assisted by Katherine
Wright. who gave a vocal solo,
and Dorothy Hannah who gave
a piano number.
Miss Eason also played a mum
Der OF piano selections during the
serving of a refreshment course
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27

Certain states have now recognized
that equity calls for a fairer distri-
button of the costs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27

has also spoken in churches in
Eastlawn of his experiences in
action. His wife, the former
Miss Eva Louise Smith, stayed
with her mother during her hus-
bands absences overseas but she
has now joined him at Lowery
Field, Colo.
Volunteers For More Missions
Sgt. Tunno was sent back home
after he completed so mis-
sions but after a stay of only a
few months on home soil he vol
unteered for 46 additional mis-
sions and was sent across again.
He was wounded with shrapnel
in the foot and the %shrapnel re-
moved from his foot is one of
his priced possessions.
Mrs. Smith is just about as
proud of her son-in-laW as is her
daughter. And he left his Purple
Heart with her for safe-keeping.
Although he is still the smil-
ing, modest young man he was
when he entered the Army, the
16 months of overseas dutyNhave
left their mark in the form of
gray hairs at the temples of the
young gunner.
Sgt. Tunno served in the Mid
die East in 1942-43 and won the
Silver Star during a raid on the
Italian fleet as it was about to
attack an Allied convoy. Nine
enemy fighters jumped his Lib
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27

ed in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Overstreet one day last week.
f. w. Stricken, Mrs. Eliza
Stricken, Mrs. H. c. Stricken,
and Albertina, visited in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Gonzales of
Criehton, Ala, Sunday. Mrs. f.
w. Strickler and baby returned
with them.
Mrs. More Williams, Mrs. c.
N. Williams, Mrs. Harmon Will
Hams visited in the home of Mrs.
f. w. Stricken Monday.
There was PRAYER meeting at
the Church of God Wednesday
night, led by Elmer Stricken.
There is to be a Missionary
meeting Tuesday afternoon at
2:30 at the Church of God. They
expect to work on the quilt which
they are making. There r IL
members of the missionary So
ciety. They are to take up the
study of East of the Date Line
Frank Stricken had dinner on
Friday with his grandmother,
Mrs. Eliza Stricken. Frank left foI
New York. with his wife, Mrs
Frank Stricken and he expects
10 go into the Navy o
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Al E. Baker of Los
Angeles during their visit with
relatives in Pascagoula and Moss
Point was a dinner at Broadwa-
ter Beach last week.
Those in the party were Mr..
and Mrs. Tony Terretta, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Khayat, and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. A. Khayat, Mr.. and Mrs,
A. E. Kihyet, Mr.. and Mrs, w. c.
Johnson, Mrs. Juanita Bilbo, Mo-
neer Kihyet, Jimmy Walker and
Frank Spann, Jr.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27

A melodrama originally was a
dramatic composition in which
the actor recited his part while
an orchestra played appropriate
airs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27

Valentines Day is believed to
have grown out of an old notion
that on this day birds first choose
their mates.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27

The expression 'Oyez, used in
announcing the opening of court
was introduced into England b.
the Normans.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27

for appointees to obtain accom-
modations in government dor
mitories at $24.50 a month or
there are living quarters avail
able in private apartments and
rooming houses.
Anyone interested may contact
Edgar Fortenberry at phone $40.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-10-27
PortY Honoring Mr..
And Mrs. Al Boxer
Of Los Angeles

Among the pleasant events
that have been given in honor of
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
TRAFFIC COURT
RATES A BIRTH

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 21-R-Traf.
| fic Court, a failure as blood mare
but a Whiz as a runner, won a place
today along with the Twilight Tears
and the Pavots in a roundup of 1914
turf superlatives compiled by two
of the sports top racing secretar-
les.
John B. Campbell, secretary. at
all the New York tracks and a
Hialeah race course steward, and
Charles J. McLennan, secretary al
Pimlico, Garden State, Suffolk
Downs and Hialeah, agreed that
Miller and Burgers six-year-old
discovery mare made the greatest
comeback.
Kept away from the races for 81
months while she flunked trial on
the breeding farm, Traffic Court
was put back into training and
scored eight victories, four of them
in stake races, this year.
Other Campbell and McLennan
choices:
Best al-around performer-Calu-
met farms Twilight Tear, the horse
of the year.
Greatest finish-The triple dead
heat in the Carter handicap at
Aqueduct June 10, when the cam.
era was unable to separate Bossuet,
Brownie and Wait-a-Bit. Campbell
who handicapped the horses for the
race, modestly let McLennan make
his selectiop).
No. l. training job-B. A. Jones'
success with such Calumet perform
ers as Pensive, Twilight Tear, Sun
Again, Good Blood and Pot O.
Luck.
Best sprinter-McLennan picked
Twilight Tear, while Campbell took
Greentree stables 5-year-old Devil
Diver.
Best route-Townsend B. Mar
tins Boilingbrooke.
Hard luck horse-Alex Barth, the
perennial runner-up. The 6-year-old
Millbrook stable horse finished sec
ond in eight races, five OF them
$4,000 stakes.
Biggest surprise-Vienna's vic
tory over Twilight Tear, which clos
ed at to 20, in the Alabama stakes
at Belmont.
Most promising 2-year-old colt
w-'+er M. Jefford's undefeated Pa.
vot.
j Aacet promising 2-vear-old filly-
j Col. E. R. Bradley's Busher, daugh'
ter r. Wor Adno'ral
Biggest disappointment = c. V.
Whitney's Pukka Gin. the 1943 iu.
m which failed as a
3-year-old
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
Tennessee Holds Drills
For Rose Bowl Contest

poned all sightseeing or movie stu
dio trips until day or two before
the game.
1.-THE boys have a lot of ground
to make up before they start trav-
cling around" he said.
1t was plain that he wanted most
of that travelling to be done on the
greensward of the Rose Bowl
against the Trojans.
Taking stock of his 38 men and
finding all in good shape except
End Roy Cross, whose early-season
broken arm is knitting, Barnhill
announced the following tentative
starting lineup for the Vols in the
New Years classic:
Buddy Pike and Charles Wild
man, ends; Bo Stewart and Kiss
Dobelstein, tackles; Bob Dobelstien
and E. J. Asbury, guards; Russ
Morrow, center; Capt. Billy Bevis,
quarters; Buster Stephens and Ca
sey Stephenson, halves; and Mark
Major, fullback. Seven of these II
are freshmen.
The Trojans also underwent
double-barreled drill-one mental,
the other physical. They sat
through a chalk talk by Coach Jeff
Cravath, outlining defensive ma
neuvers against the Vols, based on
films of the 1910 USC-Tennessee
Rose Bowl clash.
Then the first two teams went
out and belted each other through
an hours scrimmage in which Cra-
vath laid emphasis on the passing
of George Murphy, second string
quarterback. Cravath apparently
was grooming Murphy to be ready
just in case anything should happen
to all-coast Jim Hardy, Ace Pitch
er and Sparkplug of the Trojans'
T-model machine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
BROWNS Monopolize
Associated Press
Poll Of The Year

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-lR-St.
Louis Browns failed to triumph
in their first world series but they
are making virtual monopoly of
the Associated Press year-end
poll.
Their newest honor is the desig-
nation of 1944's No. 1 comeback.
Previously the American League
champions were selected as hav-
ing given sportsdom its No. l sur
prise ant also had shown consid-
cradle strength in the race for
the No. l flop title because of
their failure in the series.
Eighty-seven sports editor S
throughout the country participate
ed in the poll to find the No.
comeback team.
Twenty voted for the Browns
and seven others ranked the club
either second or third. The voters
were particularly impressed by
the Browns sweep of the season S
final four games with the New
York Yankees to annex their first
title.
Sam Snead's successful return
to the Golden Golf campaigns was
voted second place and Charley
Grimm's management of the Chi
cago Cubs was third in the opinion
CT the scribes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-lR-We
40 At hand a publicity release
nav nav, o,lr friend Lee Allen OF the
a-;uncinnati Reds informing us that
o McKechnie has used more than
:, TONS of ball players during his
.sven years with the club.
ss Nh s astounding information.
.1,ivalent in Importance to the
tg w, her Of sneezes in a box of snuff
'l. the number of boulders Iii
porlder Dam, elbows how baseball
'blicitv men are being forced to
p.rone the bottom of the barrel for
heir material.
AR And the fact that we take note
: sncb material shows how this
" aorts columning business at this
s .r Of year is like trying to blow
.san bubbles without pipe, or
~" 'Osn either. We could give a
m ,a,.ew of the happenings of the
s.r but if YOU were around you
trow it happened anyway, and
.sares no sense in pulling the cats
..i again when you know how it
"nwled the first time.
adjnarily the baseball publicity
,racks you in the eye as soon as
t.otbaI season is over, but this
ra.r the punch ha: been missing
Generally, as the clubs themselves
sont know Ahere they're at, so to
,neak They can t forecast what
,o.snd-so, and not necessarily the
so.andso-. is going to do next year
ss they don't know where he will
no next year. Most of the clubs
have announced their spring train
ng sites and let it go at that.
And again ordinarily, we don't
give a wahoo whether Bill Nc
Spchnies ball players weighed SO
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
Many Grid Coaches Expected
To Change Schools Next Year
Bougainuille Basketball
Called Dangerous Sport

Editors Note: Basketball as it
is played by American fighting
lads in the South Pacific is de-
scribed in this dispatch by Sgt.
Jack Slocum. Marine combat cor
respondent. formerly of the New
York Mirror.)
Bougainville. Delayed tR A
Marine air group, lone leather
neck representative in league
that consisted of 10 Army teams,
recently completed its season with
48 victories out of so starts to win
the basketball championship of
Bougainville.
After receiving plaque, en-
blematic of the title, tn e local
quintet beat another Marine team
which held the titles of Green Is.
land and Espiriu Santo, and now
they claim tn championship Of
the Solomon Islands, New He.
brides group and Bismarck Archi.
pelago.
Basketball on Bougainville is a
serious, difficult and sometimes
dangerous pastime. The flattenee
dirt and coral courts have con
tributed numerous turned ankle
patients to the sick bay. And or
one OCCASION, the Smelling of the
Japs into our perimeter necessi
tated the calling of a game al
the end of the first half.
Credit for the Marine team:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
Two jockeys Injured
In Race Track Spill

MIAMI. Fla. Dec. >21.-(P)-Two
jockeys suffeeed severe injuries
and a third escaped unscathed in a
spectacular three-horse spill dur
ing the first race at Gulfstream
park this afternoon.
Veteran Rider John (Red) Pol
lard, was taken to Hollywood hos
pital for Xrays. A hospital spokes-
man said Pollard was semi-con-
scious from a severe conclusion, .
and that doctors are studying the
X-ray plates to determine whether
or not he has fractured skull.
Ernest Barber, of London, Eng
land, received broken left leg in
the accident. which occurred when
Pollard's mount, Good Ante, ap-
parently stumbled while racing for
the first turn.
Good Ante went down and Count
Natural, ridden by Barber, and
Yarn Spinner, with Charles Chat
fin up. fell over him.
Chaffin was uninjued.
Pollard, was famous as Sea-
biscuits rider A few seasons back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
trio OF TUTORS
HEAD THE LIST
Turnover Regarded Slow
Motion As Compared
With Rumors
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN

NEW YORK, Dec. 21-lRHThree
colleges have obtained new foot
ball coaches in the past two weeks
but that turnover will be regarded
as strictly slow motion if all the
rumored changes take place before
the 1945 kickoff.
Carl Snavely, Charles Caldwell
and John Degrosa are the trio OF
tutors who changed recently. Snav-
ely left Cornell to return to North
Carolina, Caldwell quit Williams for
Princeton and Degrosa moved up
at Holy Cross.
Cornells athletic board meets to-
morrow to start its hunt for a sue.
cessor to Snavely and names men
toned included Lefty James, Snav.
ely's assistant, and Elton (Tad).
Weiman, former Princeton mentor.
The Williams job still is open.
CaldWell's first action at Princeton
was to hire Wesley Fesler, one-time
Ohio State great and more recent
ly head-man of all sports at Yves.
leyan.
The Wesleyan position hasn't
been filled and neither has that at
Fordham, where 1t. Comdr. James
Crowley has entered pro football.
Duquesne and Manhattan college,
two other schools who lost their
coaches to the pros, also are in the
market for requirements.
| Rumors persist that Andy Kerr
and Bill Alexander, veterans at Col.
gate and Georgia Tech, respective
ly, will retire soon and of a pos.
sible change at Maryland university
where Doc Spears is reported I'm.
happy.
Dartmouth will lose Earl Brown
to the service before the next grid
campaign during which Vanderbilt
returns to full-time southeast con-
ference competition after two seas
ons of the informal variety. Mcneil
Bartling tutored the informal COM
modores but 1t. H. r. (Red) San.
ders may be released from the Ma.
Wy in time to guide the 1915 eleven.
Bernie Bierman, late of the Ma
rines, will be back at the Mime.
sofa helm next fall but Midwestern
reports say that Slip Madigan, for
merly of st. Mary's and who filled
in at Iowa the past two seasons,
may be at Detroit university on a
permanent basis next fail.
The same reports hint that North
western alumni aren't too happy
with the Wildcat record of recent
years under Lynn o. (Pappy) Wall
dorf and that Henry rank, bowl
minded Tulsa coach, is being eyed
by various pro club-owners.
Stanford, which today denied that
it was interested in Buck Shaw, is
rumored scanning the ritz Crisler
achievements at Michigan. Shaw,
once of Santa Clara, has signed to
coach the San Francisco club Of the
all-America pro loop.
In contrast to all the possible
changes, John Barnhin has signed
a five-year contract to stay at Ten-
nessee. Even if Brig. Gen. Robert
Neyland, peace-time coach of the
Vols, returns from his war duties,
Barnhill will be retained in some
capacity.
|
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22

victory is unanimously given to
Cpl. Fred C. Campbell, "a, Her
rim, ILL.,, player-manager with eight
years of basketball experience.
Campbell spent many hours train
ing his players.
Basketball out here is a ball
handlers game" Cpl. Campbell
reports. land is almost void of
good dribbling. You can't dribble
ball in and out of gullies and
through mud.
There are not two similar
backboards on the island and they
range from wooden boards that
are two feet square to banyan
trees that feature grooves. On one
such court we played all rebounds
to the left and not once were they
wrong.
1.-THE customary leather ball u.s.
ed at home has proved itself Use.
less out here. It rains nearly ev.
cry evening and the game car
proceed through the downpour
when a rubber ball of the same
dimensions is employed. Other
than being bit more springy
| there is little difference.
perhaps the biggest change
comes from our playing four eight
minute quarters instead of 20-min
ute halves. No man alive coulc
keep running for 20 minutes in this
climate. We tried it once a n {
didn't play for a week"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
SATIN T0CCERY
CROWNED UPON
By CHICK HOSCH

|
ATLANTA, Dec. 21.-(R-This is
| a sequel to that saga of Georgia
Techs satin football pants - a
! piece of togge-y h m or Gus y
frowned upon by Coach Bill Alex.
ander.
The story got around that the
Engineers would probably don the
highbrow trousers for the Orange
Bowl game with Tulsa, so sports
columnist o. B. Keele of the At
lanta Journal subpoenaed Alexan-
der on the matter
Alexander said his information
was strictly hearsay, but that he
suspected Assistant Coach Bobby
Dodd and Trainer Claude Bond of
the plot. He then advanced an
opinion or two on such apparel
and wound up by saying that no.
body remembered what the win
ming team wore in big game.
'But if you Discovering satin
pants-well. they never forget or
let you forget. The better dressed
you are the worse you look when
you get beat he added
Later in the week, 1.-The case
of satin pants arrived and
Bond summoned Keller to show
him the raiment and get his opin-
ion as to the next chapter. Keller
describes the pants as bright gold
to 60 with those dark blue
shirts with the gold numbers on
them. Fright gold, with a dark
blue stripe down the side. narrow
and snappy."
Bond points out that satin is a
slippery material, making it hard
for the adversary to hold onto the
wearer thereof.
When last seen, he was looking
for someone to break the news
to Alexander - preferably, some
one with track experience.
Cuff stuff: North Carolina Navy
Pre-flight's basketball team winds
up its season playing Navy at An
napols, Feb. II. Billy Bevis.
elected 1915 captain of rennessee's
football team, played four games
this year without substitution. ;.
Alex Groza, Kentucky's fl r t
string basketball center, will prob
ably wind up his immediate ca
reer against Ohio State Saturday
night, though just freshman. He
passed his Army physical and has
been ordered to report for induc-
ton January 4. of the 34-man
Southern California football squad,
% are Navy V-12s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
The Sports Trail

TONS or so pounds, although we
ADMIT 1t might make a difference
II the lead was in their shoes And
we don't care much now either
come to think of it.
But for those who dote on such
Iigures We'll elaborate a little on
MIR. Aliens statistics.
McKechnie has used 1872 men
since he came to the Reds in 1888
ana the average weight of the
players i 1872 pounds which a Mr.
Allen assures is, is just a healthy
average.
we didn't think we could get
away without perusing some end
to-end figures, and sure enough
there they are right in the fourth
paragraph. Mr.. Aliens arithmetic
SHOWS the 1872 Reds. if placed end
to end, would stretch out 731 feet
and . inches, or an average Of
approximately six feet.
Seventy-one per cent of the
athletes batted right handed, and
tour were neutral That is. they
could strike out With equal ease
from either side of the plate. Only
II per cent threw left handed.
The players originated practical
~ everywhere, California being the
leading state with Is candidates.
We were hoping Mr.. Allen would
have the head sizes of the athletes
available and nav them added up
into one big noggin, SC we could
make a crack to the effect that the
Reds would be all right if they
could hit the size of their hat. Bur
ne disappointed us. They probably
had a guy or two with such swelled
heads they never could measure
them accurately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-22
AUSTRALIA PLANS
FLIGHTS TO U. S.
BY JAMES j. STREBIG
Associated Press Aviation Editor

Associated Press Aviation Editor
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Austra-
liam interests were reported today
to have made considerable prog
ress in a plan TO establish airship
service between that country and
the United States or Canada.
The project contemplates the use
of two, and possibly four, lighter.
than-air craft already designed by
TIE Goodyear Aircraft corporation
of Akron, Ohio, with a gas capaci-
ty of nearly 100000 cubic feet
and payload of go tons of flights
of $500 miles.
]. Landon Smith, president of
Smith Wylie Australia, Ltd, In
vestment Bankers of Sydney and
Melbourne, and Conrad F. Haw-
ley, chairman, are understood to
have initiated the project in &C.
tober and to have obtained the
support of a widely known United
States banking firm. Smith has re-
turned to Australia. Hawley went
to London before going home.
Unless Australia signs the trans
it or freedoms" agreement writ
ten at the Chicago World Air con.
ference, it would have to negotiate
with the United States for the right
to use San Francisco and Hawaii.
Promoters of the plan have out
lined alternate routes, however.
One would touch Vancouver, B.
c., the flaming islands Gust above
the equator). Auckland, N. T., and
Sydney. This route calls for hops
of $500, 3,400 and 1900 miles, with
a contemplated payload of u IL
tons on the longest flight. Total
estimated time is 122 hours or
IA days.
The other route would be from
San Francisco to Sydney with
stops at Honolulu and the Canton
islands, hops of 2,400, 1000 and
5000 miles and a payload of IS
tons on the final leg. The time
is estimated at 81 hours or 3 IL
days.
No airplane now building con-
templates anything like a compar-
able payload for such distances.
It would be at least two years,
perhaps longer, before the airship
could be put into service, although
Goodyear experts have been work.
ing on the design for a long time.
P. W. Litchfield, chairman of the
company, and DR.. Karl Arnstein,
top design engineer, disclosed a
year ago that they were working
on a 10000, 000-cubic feet craft.
Germany developed the lighter
than-airship as a commercial car
rier and delivered $4,000 persons
without injury on transatlantic
flights before he Hindenburg
burned at Lakehurst, N. j., in
May 1887. The Hindenburg used
lntlammable hydrogen gas; the
United States has an adequate sup
ply of non-inflammable heliun.