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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-09
SCHOOL pAzr

New York-A young woman
reporter was assigned to cover a
reception for Hazel Scott, night
club singer Ht ! Bronx High
school.
To prevent Miss Scott from be-
ing mobbed. teachers ordered
the students 70 keep their seats.
One teacher pushed the reporter
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-09

serieea, Lespedeza bicoior, and
similar wildlife crops.
Many farmers are making pro-
vision in their farm conservation
plans for at least one fish pond
if a suitable site can be found on
the farm, Mr.. Anders reports. The
soil conservation districts are
giving their c~o-operators assis-
lance in construction methods.
proper stocking, and fertiliza-
lion practices. During the past 8
months, SIS ponds were complet-
ed and made ready for stocking.
If such ponds are given proper
care, they will provide a nice
supply of fresh fish for these
farm families.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-09
Jackson County
Mill News

Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy Clark
visited in The home OF Miss Peg
gy Pierce Sunday
We are glad to have Ada Crane
back to work.
Helen Brannon spent the week
end with the PHI Dams family.
and went 10 Magnolia Park on a
picnic Saturday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Carmel Roberts
visited their paren,s in Agricola
Miss.
Mr.. and Mr.. Harold Summers
spent the weekend IN New Or
cans.
James Howell snd family spent
Saturday ana Sunday at Luce
dale, Miss.
Miss Corine Nolt is enjoying a
visit in the home of Mr.. Roberts
received word from their son.
Lee, who is now stationed IN New
Guinea.
Mrs II. C. Fletchsr and Mrs.
Ira Misues we're business Visitors
70 Biloxi on Wednesday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-09

In New York city's public
school system 81 cents out Of
every dollar goes directly for in
struction, and less than three
cents is spent for administration.
Elementary and Junior high
school students in New York city
have collected nearly 2,500,0 600
pounds of small scrap and nearly
$4,000 pounds of rubber
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-09
along fine.

along fine.
Juanita and Winnfred Ravens
accompanied their grandmother,
Mrs. c.. N Catledge. to Agricola
last Monday. They returned
home Sunday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-09

into a chair. She got up but the
teacher showed her back again.
Vhen the process was repeated,
the teacher wagged a finger un-
der the reporters nose. Obey
ORDERS, she saio. "of III keep
you after school,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-09

In Canada there are more than
1870 distinct species Of trees,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
Nursery and School
Age Children Have
Christmas Program

Nursery school children at.
ending the Eastlawn Nursery on
18th stree and echool-age chill
aEcn at the 18th Street commu-
nifty building presented a Christ
1sas program and bazaar at the
community house Thursday
night. The occasion was the reg
liar meeting Of the Parents club
The program was opened with
nc singing of Christmas Carols
by nursery school children. A
manger scene was a feature of
the program and the Christmas
story was read BY Miss Virginia
Robinson. s~ehool-age supervisor.
Mrs. Ed O'Malley was the ac-
eempanist.
After the program, toys and
other articles made during the
year by the school-age group
were displayed for sale at a ba-
zaaf.
Nursery school officials have
announced the opening of two
new schools in Pascagoula, both
FOR colored children. One is To-
Gated at Gulfdale, negro hous-
ing development, and is under
of Willie V. Overstreet,
The other is at the Carver Vii
Iage trailer court where Lillian
Lockett is in charge. Both are for
ore-school children. Each cen
Ter will accommodate 30 chill
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
South School Parent
Teacher Organization
Has Christmas PortY

The meeting of the South
School Parent Teacher associa-
zion on Wednesday at 2:30 pm.
was made a gala occasion with
a Christmas tree and program
following the business period.
The meeting was opened BY
the president, Mrs. Arnold Han
by who conducted the usual rou-
tine Of business.
Among the matters coming up
was the distribution of year
books following which, Mrs. c.
L. Lowery, and Miss Frences
Warden who assisted her in pre-
pairing and mimeographing them,
were accorded a rising vote OF
thanks.
The prizes in the room count
were then awarded, going to the
rooms OF which Miss Annie
Cooper. Mrs. X. c. Wood, and
Mrs. r. b. Fox are teachers.
During the program that fol-
lowed the business period the
children of the primary, fifth and
sixth grades sang a group OF
Christmas carols with Mrs. r. 7.
Huthmaker at the piano, and
Miss Katie Thompson as direc-
tor.
This was followed by the
singing of Christmas carols by
the entire assemhlage.
Mrs. Handy then presented
Mrs. e. X. Harris as leader of
the program and Mrs. Harris in
turn introduced the Rev. Roy
Clark as guest speaker. Mr..
Clark very beautifully reeited
Longfellow's King Robert and
concluded b. making some
timely remarks ON the spirit of
Christmas.
Following the program Christ
mas gifts were distributed from
a beautifully decorated tree.
Among these was a surprise
gift, a set of handsome book
ENDS, to Miss Kathleen KeII,
principal at the school.
Miss Frances Warden also G
ceived a lovely vase, and Mrs.
William Tillotson was presented
with a handsome token of ap-
probation from the association
for her untiring efforts towards
making a financial success of
the recent Harvest-M Moon festi-
val, thereby greatly increasing
the funds in the treasury.
Mrs. Handy was also present.
ed with a gift a piece of pottery.
IN appreciation Of her work as
president. ass
A social hour followed and at
this time the hospital commit
tee headed BY Mrs. B. Il. Hurst
served an outstandingls beauti-
full and appetizing course OF re-
freshments.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

ed a Christmas story.
A refreshment course was
served by Mrs. King.
Among those present were Miss
Catherine Delmas, president of
the club and Mrs. l.. c. Winterton,
who was a special guest, and Mes
DANES George Hague, j. b. Del
mas, Henderson and Grow, ane
Miss Ruth Cain
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
Home Demonstration
Club Entertained By
Mrs. Raymond King

On Friday afternoon of last
week, Mrs. Raymond King was
hostess to the Bayou casotte
Home Demonstration club at her
home at 700 Twelfth street.
Among the decorations carrying
cut the Yuletide spirit was 4
Christmas tree from which gifts
were exchanged by members OF
the club at the conclusion of bus
mess.
Carols We're sung and Mrs. Av-
cry Crow very beautifully relat-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

Dry weather tends to MAKE
the fibers of the cotton Dol
shorter.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

ing): February 8. Moss Point,
here; February ID, Gulfport,
here; February l6, Gulfport,
there. February 20, % and q
are still open.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15
Twin Victories
Opens Panther
Basket Season


The pascagoula High School
basketball team opened tasii
t944-45 season Tuesday night Of
he Panther gym with victories
by both The boys and girls over
st. Martin school.
Showing promise of a WE'LL
rounded, speedy group, she boys
took TO the bourds to hand the
ST. Martin boys a 3S-21 trouncing.
while the Paseagoula girls, show
ing equal promise, had IN easy
time in piling UP a 54-31 score ov-
er the st. Martin girls.
Lineup for the boys was as
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

Guillotte, Cox, Freeman, coch-
tan. st. Martinique, CRU
thirds, Forntain.
The tentative schedule for the
Panther basketeers, which still
includes a number of open dates
Vas also announced this week
and is as follows:
January 5, Wade. here (pend-
-Ing); January 9, COMA, here
tpending). January IL, Biloxi,
there; January 16, open; Janu-
AIRY 10. Moss Point. there: jan
uary %. open; January 26. Moss
Point, here; January 30. Bnoxi.
there; February 2, Moss Point,
there.
February 0, Wade, here. pend-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-12-15

Substitutions: Pascagoula -
aosHare. Heflin, Baxter. Brown,
Harris. ST. M~artin-Leckick. N.
Seymour.
IT, Iinn.aln In, nirIrs nnr,,n
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
Officer Issues
Rabies Warninq

1T is we'll to be on the alert Tor
rabid animals at any time" warn
ed Dr.. Miriam Hubbell, county
health officer, Wednesday but
especially so at this season of the
year 1T is safe to assume that
the animal is rabid until proved
otherwise" she continued. 1T is
important that the biting animal
be found, confined and observed for
at least 10 days, or till death oc-
ours. Chain the animal in an en-
closure and lock it securely.
SALIVA INFECTIOUS
1T must be remembered that the
saliva of biting animals may be in
fectious for five to seven days be-
fore symptoms of rabies occur Lo-
cal treatment of the wound should
be thorough and speedy and then
the case should be given to a
physician.
The treatment recommended is
to allow free bleeding, cleanse the
wound thoroughly (Soap and water
is eXcellenD and cauterize with
fuming nitric acid.
This treatment if properly done
may be effective as late as three
days following the bite but should
be done as soon as, possible. If you
have been bitten on the face, espe-
cially about the nose and upper lip,
early treatment is very necessary.
See your doctor Immediately.
DON'T KILL ANIMAL
DO not kill the animal as it may
be rabid but too early in the course
of the disease to give positive lab
oratory evidence of rabies. The
disease seldom lasts more than five
days after development of Symp-
toms. Suspected animals should be
confined under the observation Of
a veterinarian as the average indi-
vidual may not be familiar with the
symptoms of rabies.
Consult your physician or health
officer about the advisability of TAX
ing the Pasteur treatment if you
have been bitten by an animal.
"If you want your dog protected
against rabies, have a veterinarian
vaccinate every eight to II months
Rabies III animals Is endemic in
Imperial county with an occasional
case all year round. Recently there
was a case of rabies in a cow"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
u. s., Britain Sign
Oil Compact
In World Usage

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. tUP)-
The United States and Great Brit
ain have signed a formal agree
ment designed as the foundation
of world oil accord to provide
equitable distribution of petroleum
supplies to all nations.
The agreement proposes an in
ternational petroleum commission
with four American and four Brit
ish members to formulate plans for
an international conference Ito con-
slider the negotiation" of a multi
lateral worldwide petroleum agree
ment
Signed at the state department by
British and American representa-
tiyes. the agreement pledges the
two countries Ito consult with other
interested governments with view
to taking whatever action is neceS-
sary to prepare for the proposed
conference.
STUDIED COMPACT
The Anglo American action con-
Summated more than four months
of negotiations aimed at postwar
regulation of development and dis
tribution CT world petroleum sup
plies with a view to mitigating one
of the foremost causes of interna-
tional friction.
The pact provides that petroleum
be made available in international
trade Ito nationals of all peaceable
countries at fair prices and on a
n-discriminatory basis"
II stresses that the principle of
equal opportunity" shall be respect
ed by the United States and British
governments with respect to the
acquisition of exploration and de-
velopment rights in areas not now
under concession"
The text of the agreement said
the two governments agree that de-
velopment of petroleum resources
for International trade should be
expanded in an orderly manner.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
Valley Members
Of Farm Bureau
To Attend Meet

A large representation of the
Imperial County Farm Bureau
plans to attend the seventh annual
joint meeting of regions l and ?
in Baldwin Park Saturday. Baxter
Loveland, president of the Imperial
bureau, announced Wednesday.
"Of special interest" Loveland
said, will be talks at the livestock
section in the morning. DR.. B. b.
White, swine disease specialist of
the state department of agriculture,
will consider two diseases, trichino-
sis and vascular xanthema, in his
talk. DR.. William II. Boynton, pro-
feSsor of eterinary service at the
University of California, will dis
cuSs the product he perfected, It's
sue vaccine"
Loveland said that Ray B. Wiser,
president of the California Farm
Bureau Federation. will be present
and will speak twice. First during
the morning when he will talk at
a poultry department meeting on
the subject. The New Plan for
Commodity Work" During the aft
ernoon general session Wiser will
talk on the subject. America Can
Remain Prosperous . IT.
Included in the group to attend
from Imperial county will be Love
land, j. f. HarShman, state dele
gate: c. o. Hoober. vice-president
of the statefederation. Joe Enz and
Hubert Dahm, and S. B. Stoutsen-
berger.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
LIBRARY READING CONTEST
SEES ENTRANTS MOVING UP

A reading contest for students
sponsored by the FL Centro library
is in its last stretch" according to
Mrs. Roberta Carpenter, children's
librarian. The contest closes Sep
tember l.
Helen Legakes, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George LegakeS. $50 He'll
avenue, took the lead away from
Virginia Hixson, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. p. +. Hix5on, CTS Vine
street.
Virginia led during the month Of
June but lost cut in July when she
and her parents went to the noun
tainS.
Others near the top in the race
are Phil Livingston, son, of Captain
and Mrs Chan Livingston. 403
Wensley avenue; Patricia Powell,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carson
Powell, 639 He'll avenue; Marjorie
Lou Bowers, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenne Bowers, SAB He'll ave-
nue.; Nancy Adams, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Aries Adams, 55l
Woodward avenue, and Ralph OS-
burn, son of Mrs. Helen Osburn,
ABS South Fifth street.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
II. Rhodes Held
Missing After
Raid on Germany
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are unpleasant. Coming back from
a mission yesterday l was fortunate
enough to spot the wreckage of a
ditched bomber, out in the chan
mel, just few minutes after it went
in the water l called air sea rescue,
who came out and picked up every
body who was alive. 1t was just
routine but 1t really felt good to be
saving somebody instead of the op-
posite."
Lieutenant Rhodes is a fighter
pilot, flying a P-38 Lightning. His
group protected the invasion fleet
across the channel. Recently he had
been escCrting Liberators and Fly
ing Fortresses from England to the
continent. He took part in the first
American combat flight over Ber-
Lip.
He is 81 years of age and has
spent most Of his life in FL Centre.
When he was a youngster he was a
Post-PresS carrier boy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
WHITE WORKERS ON UTILITY
JOBS SAID TO OPPOSE BLACKS

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 9. CUP)-
White employees CT the Los Ange
railway Corp. would quit their jol :
II Negro operators were hired,
company and labor representatives
told a presidential fair employment
practices committee Tuesday.
Our failure to hire Negroes for
platform service was in fear of a
mass work stoppage in protest by
other employees Larry Attorney
j. Stuart Neary told the one-day
hearing.
Il believe there would be a work
Stoppage, but the union will do ev-
erything it can to prevent it and it
will not be condoned," President d.
D. McClurg. AFL Amalgamated As
sociatlon of Street, Electric Railway
and Motor Coach Employees, told
the committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
VIERHUS FUNERAL RITES
SET FOR THURSDAY

Funeral services for James Locke
Vierhus, SO, alexican who died
from a heart attack in his car in
Brawley Tuesday, will be held at
the Lemons chapel in FL Centro at
10 a. m. Thursday.
The Rev, Mr.. Hayden Sears, pas
tor of the First Methodist church
in Ell Centre, will preach the fu-
neral sermon. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery.
Vierhus was land leveling con-
tractor and operated all over I'M
perial Valley. He was a Scottish
Rite Mason.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
Ernie Pyle
Plane-Filled Skies Rain
Death on Nazi Troops;
Endless Array of Yankees

fell off. Wed cup our fingers around
our eyes like field glasses for a
clearer view.
AND THEN THE BOMBS
And then the bombs came. They
began ahead of us as the crackle OF
popcorn and almost instantly swell
ed into a monStrouS fury OF noise
that seemed surely to destroy all
the world ahead of us.
From then on for an hour and
a half that had in it the agonies of
centuries, the bombs came down.
A wall of smoke and dust erected
by them grew high in the sky. 1t
filtered along the ground back
through our own orchards. 1t sifted
around us and into our noses. The
bright day grew slowly dark from 1t.
BY now everything was an in
deScribable caulcron OF sounds.
Individual noises did not exist. The
laundering of the motors in the
sky and the roar of bombs ahead
filled all the space for noise on
earth. Our own heavy artillery was
crashing all around us, yet We could
hardly hear 1t.
The Germans began to shoot
heavy, high ack-ack Great black
puffS of it by the score Speckled
the sky until it was hard to dis
tinguiSh smoke puffS from planes.
And then someone shouted that
one of the planes was smoking. Yes,
We could all see it. A long faint
line of black smoke stretched
straight for a mile behind one of
them.
And as We watched there was
gigantic sweep of flame over the
plane. From nose to tail 1t dis
appeared in flame, and it slanted
slowly down and banked around the
sky in great wide curves, this way
and that way. as rhythmically and
gracefully as in a snow motion
waltz.
Then suddenly it seemed to
change its mind and it swept up
ward. sleeper and sleeper and ever
slower until finally it seemed poised
iiiOItOiiACoo Oii iIo OWii DIiIh plilti VI
smoke. And then just as slowly it
turned over and dived for the earth
"a golden Spearhead on the straight
black shaft of its own creation
and it disappeared behind the tree
tops.
THREE PLANES OUT
But before it was cone there were
more cries of, There's another one
smoking and there's a third one
now"
ChuteS came out of some of the
planes. Out of some came no chutes
at all. One of white silk caught on
the tail OF plane. Men with binoc-
ulars could see him fighting to
get loose until flames swept over
him, and then tiny black dot
fell through space, all alone.
And all that time the great flat
ceiling of the sky was rooted by
all the others that didn't 60 down,
ploWing their way forward as if
there were no turmoil in the world.
Nothing deviated them by the
slightest. They stalked on, slowly
and with dreadful pail of sound,
as though they were seeing only
some thing at a great distance and
nothing existed in between. God.
now you admired those men up
there and Sickened for the ones
who fell.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
MOTOR VEHICLE DIRECTOR,
PATROL UNIT VISIT VALLEY

Director Gordon H. Garland of
the California Motor Vehicle de-
partment and a party of officials
of the California Highway Patrol
visited Imperial county Wednesday
on Official business.
He was accompanied by Inspector
Rudy Schmoke of San Diego, Cap
tain Thad Wilson of Riverside, Ser
geant Barney Schallenberg of San
Bernardino, and Officer George
Smith OF Sacramento They planned
to leave the valley Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
Ell CENTRANS WILL ATTEND
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Mrs. o. p. Ostrander, Mrs. Edna
Morrison, and Alice Clark, all OF
Ell Centre, will attend the California
Democratic convention in Sacra-
mento.
On August Is Mrs. Ostrander will
attend a meeting of the American
Legion department executive COM
mittee in San Francisco at which
time she will be installed as presi-
dent of the twenty second district
of the auxiliary.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
DIES IN TRAFFIC CRASH

Word was received in Brawley
Wednesday that Michael Orlando,
30, Brawley resident, was instantly
killed last Sunday in traffic acci-
dent near Fresno. His wife is still
unconscious because of head in
juries suffered when the wheels of
their car locked and the car over
turned three times.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
yonks Within 81
Miles Of Paris

the Nazi garrison rejected a demand
for their surrender, broke into the
outskirts of st. Malo, and drove
within five miles of burning Lor-
lent.
Lieutenant General Karl Spang,
commander of the Nazi 266th in
fantry division, was captured by
the Americans in the drive on
BreSt.
Still other American forces driv-
ing eastward from Brittany ap-
preached Anglers on the Loire river
so miles southwest of LIE Mans.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09

IN NORMANDY-(By wireless
Our frontlineS were marked by
long strips of colored cloth laid on
the ground, and with colored smoke
to guide our airmen during the
mass bombing that preceded our
break-out from the German ring
that held us to the Normandy
beachhead.
Dive bombers hit it just right.
We stood in the barnyard OF a
French farm and watched them
barrel nearly straight down out OF
the sky. They were bombing about
half a mile ahead of where We
stood.
AIR ALIVE WITH THEM
They came in groups. diving from
every direction. perfectly timed, one
right after another Everywhere
you looked separate groups of
planes were on the way down, or on
the way back up, or slanting over
for dive, or circling, circling, cir
cling over our heads. waiting for
their turn.
The air was full of sharp and
distinct sounds of cracking bombs
and the heavy rips of the planes
machine guns and the splitting
screams of diving wings. 1t was all
fast and furious, but yet distinct,
as in a musical show in which you
could distinguish throaty tunes and
words.
And then a new sound gradually
droned into our ears, sound deep
and all encompaSsing with no notes
in it-just a gigantic faraway surge
of doom-like sound. 1t was the
heavieS. They came from directly
behind US, at first they were the
merest dots in the sky. You could
see clotS of them against the far
heavens, too tiny to count individ-
ually. They came on with a terrible
SlowneSS.
They came in flights OF II, three
flights to a group and in groups
stretched out across the sky. They
came in families" of about 10
planes each.
DISTANCE GUESSED AT
Maybe these gigantic waves were
two miles apart, maybe they were
10 miles, I don't know. But l do
know they came in a constant pro-
ceSSion and I thought it would
never end. What the Germans must
have thought is beyond comprehen-
sion.
Their marcf across the sky was
slow and studied. I've never known
storm, or machine, or any re-
solve of man that had about it the
aura of such a ghastly relentless
ness. You had the feeling that
even had God appeared beseech-
ingly before them in the sky with
palms outward to persuade them
back they would not have had
within them the power TO turn from
their irresistible course.
! l stood with a little group OF
men, ranging from colonels to pri-
Yates, back of the stone farmhouse
Slit trenches were all around the
edges of the farmyard and a dug
out with a tin roof was nearby. But
We were SO fascinated by the spec
/ tacle overhead that it never occur
red to us that We might need the
! foxholes.
+ The first huge flight passed di.
rectly over our farmyard and other:
followed. We spread our feet anc
leaned far back trying to loof
straight up, until our steel helmets
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-09
HELD ON AUTO Query

Robert Eugene Smith, II, Braw-
ley area resident said TO be a navy
deserter, is held in the county Jail
IN FL Centre while officers investi-
gate a charge that he stole Henry
Csradine's car from his yard in I'm
perial.
The car disappeared during the
night Monday and was recovered
the next day by highway patrol
men. who said the Smith boy was
m the car at the time they found
u.