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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
Cpl. Waltmon Is
Killed In Action
In Burma April 2S

Cpl. Arthur Waltmon of the
Army Air Corps, who spent his
asst furlough at home two
months ago, has been killed in
action in Burma according to of
fetal notification received Sun
day by his wife, the former Miss
Ellen Zigler of Wade.
The son of L. l.. Waltmon
and the late Mrs. Waltmon Of
Wade, Cpl. Waltmon entered the
service about two years ago and
was stationed for some time in
Jackson. He was given a leave
two months ago which he spent
with his wife and two-year-old
son, A j., visiting his many rel
atives throughout the county.
and he was then sent overseas.
According to the telegram from
the war department. he was kill
ed April 20.
Cpl Waltmon was graduated
from the Wade High school and
was a member of the Baptist
church there. He was % years
old.
He is survived by his father,
his widow and son: his grand
mother, Mrs. Nancy V. Davis,
Wade; seven brothers, Leonard,
Curtis, w. J.. Maurice, Norris
and Walter Waltmon of Wade and
Marvin Waltmon with the us.
Army in Italy; and one sister,
Mrs. Thelma Waltmon, Wade.
Walter Waltmon served for some
time with the I. S. Army and
recently received a medical dis
charge after he was wounded.
A memorial service was held
for Cpl Waltmon Monday night
at the Wade Baptist church with
the Rev. A. Y. Faggard. pastor
OF the church. and the Rev. Z. w.
Ulmer, pastor of the Pascagoula
Methodist church. officiating.
Talks on the life of the young
soldier We're made by A. F. Me-
gehee and Grady Mizelle.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
Eminent Citizen
OF State Honored
AtShip Launching

Bearing the name of one OF
The leading figures in South Mis-
sissippi history, the S. S. William
Harris Hardy will be launched at
the ingalls, shipyard Friday, May
10, at HAS am. The sponsor will
be Mrs. Ralph Andrew Crawford
Of Jacksonville, Fla, who will
have as her matron of honor
Mrs. Robert H. Albritton of Fay
e%tteville, N. c.
Mr.. Hardy, referred to by
chroniclers of Mississippi history
as teacher, lawyer, soldier, editor,
railroad builder, founder of cit
les and judge, was a native oil
Lowndes county Ala, where he
was born in 1887. He attended
Cumberland University at Leb-
anon, Tenn, and after leaving
school because Of i'll health he
came to Mississippi where he
taught school and studied law. !.
Ia 1861, Captain Hardy raised
a company Of volunteers in Smith
county which became a part of
the 10th Mississippi Infantry in
the war between the States. This
group reported to Virginia and
was a part of Stonewall Jack
sons brigade. He was later re-
leased because of his health but
when he recovered sufficiently he
joined as a member of the staff
OF the Army Of Tennessee.
He opened law offices in Me-
ridian in 1873 and became one o.
the outstanding trial lawyers in
the State. He promoted the
building of the New Orleans ana
Northeastern Railroad from Me
ridian to New Orleans, which
eventually became a part of the
Southern Railway System, ana
reorganized the Gulf and Ship
Island Railroad. which became
part of the Illinois Central Svs-
tenn, and was made president of
the company, In connection with
the development of these roads
he founded the cities of Hatties-
burg. named for his second wife.
and Gulfport.
He is survived by one son, La
MAJ Hardy who is former district
attorney of New York City, and
a host of other relatives includ-
ing two great nephews, Meredith
and Robert James Hardy of Pas
cagoula.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
CURRENCY IS

Saverne, France-If the pro-
cess of chasing German currency
and coins out Of Alsace continues
French money soon will displace
German exchange throughout
Alsaee.
Alsatians who were taken over
the Sayerne gap to refugees IN
the south of France have provid-
ed a minor problem. They went
with German money, they speak
German or a dialect OF it, they
have been conditioned to Ger-
mar methods and ways. Admit
tedly they have proved a thorn
in the French body polite. Il IS
intended that no more Alsatians
be shifted across the Vosges and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
SPONSOR HORSE FAIR

Saverne, Franee-A string of
horse fairs northwest of here,
down through the Saverne gap
country and in the southern AL
ace plain. will effect a distribu-
lion Of work animals in a ma
chine-poor countryside.
Civil affairs attachments of the
7th Army have found that some
sections of the countryside have
a surplus of horseflesh. In others,
there is a derth.
II is common to see the family
COW yolked with a single horse -
pull a pillow or bring a load of
wood in from the forest. Oxen,
too, are fairly common and an DC
casional COW is yoked with an OK
to make a team.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
Store Gives Prizes
For largest Sales
At InqUlls ShipYord

In an effort to stimulate bond
sales at ingalls, shipyard for the
Seventh War Loan drive, Clark's
Credit Ciothiers is offering S110
in prizes, James Lane. store man
ager, announced. The first prize
Of $50 will go to the department
having the largest sales. The
second prize will be $35 and the
third, S25.
The shipyard adopted a volun-
tary quota of 5000, 900, nearly
half of the quota for the entire.
county. Although some of the
departments have met their goal,
sales are reported tagging BY yard
personnel in charge of the drive.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
Fire Saturday On
Round Islond Coils
IL Coast Guurdsmen

A fire which lasted for several
hours Saturday on Round Island
.ook IL Coast Guardsmen sta
Toned at Pascagoula to the
Gene. They brought the blaze
under control. According to Of
icers, no damage was done on
the island, the fire raging only
in the brush.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
Circuit Court Convenes In
Special Session Monday;
II Await Grand Jury Action
Four Held On Murder Charges: Civil And
Criminal Dockets HeuvY: New District
Attorney And Mcintosh To Represent State

The circuit court of Jackson
county. will convene in specia
session Monday at the cour.
house in Pascagoula with L. e
Corban of Biloxi as presiding
judge. The opening date for this
session, called because OF the
heavy docket awaiting court ae.
ton, precedes the regular spring
term by one week.
Twenty-seven persons will be
brought before the grand jury
which will be impanelled Mon
day, a slight decrease in the mum
Der held for grand jury action al
the fall term Of court. A total OF
81 cases is docketed for trial
during the one-week special SEES
sion and the three-wsek regular
term and there are n civil cases
TO come before the court.
The state will be represented
by Luther Naples Of Gulfport.
who was recently elected district
attorney to fill the office left va
cant by the death in February of
r. c. Cowan, and County Attor-
ney L. K. Mcintosh.
OF the cases scheduled for
grand jury investigation there
are three for murder; nine, grand
larceny, two. forgery; one, hav-
ing whiskey still and mash in
possession Tor manufacture of
whiskey; one. bigamy; one, per
jury; one, embezzlement; two,
having stolen sheep in possession;
three. stealing sheep; one, at
tempted rape and three, assault
anu battury sTith nlrnt 70 XII
and Robbery.
Four Held for Murder
Held on murder charges are o.
L. Mcleod, Pascagoula attorney.
who allegedly shot and killed
Owen Stoup November 20; Ed
ward Bosarge. arrested in cons
nection with the brutal hammer
Staying OF Lillian Pierce at a well
known Jackson county resort
hotel; and Ollie Walker Gaskin,
negro, charged with the fatal
stabbing of Sally Moseley.
Already indicted and scheduled
for trial at this term OF court is
C. R. Nelson charged with the
shooting of j. B. Allen, beer par
lor and cafe operator and en-
ployer of Nelson.
The criminal docket includes
the crimes Of maintaining a pub
lie nuisance, driving while intox-
ieated, assault and battery, reck-
less driving, using profane Ian
kuage. robbery, burglary, traffic
law violations, unlawful possess
sion of Intoxicating liquor, petit
larceny and gambling. A num-
Der of these represent appeals
from decision of the lower courts.
Nine of the n civil casas have
been settled and there remains
only the matter of entering an
order and dismissing them, No
Continued on Page Eight
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
Red Cross Annual Meet

The annual meeting the the
Jackson County chapter of the
American Red Cross will be held
Tuesday, MAY %, at 8 pm. at
the court house in Pascagoula,
Miss Jessie M. Boyd, executive
secretary, announced.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
Chairmen Named, Area Quotas Assigned
For Opening OF 9th War Loan Monday
Jackson County Faces Big Task In Meeting
Assigned Quota Of $l.253.000 In E Bond
Sales For Seven Week Wdr Loom Drive.

A series of meetings this week at which area quotas were
assigned and district chairmen named, completed arrange
ments for the opening of the 7th War Loan Drive in Jackson
county Monday.
Meanwhile, the district chairmen ane workers were
marking time and completing plans pending the opening of
the drive, which finds Jackson county faced with the third
largest county &c" Bond quota in the state, s., 253, 900, almost
double the quota assigned in previous war loan drives.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11

After the Germans smashed
INTO Poland in 1899, they took
LODI, and renamed it Litzmann-
stadt in honor Of their war hero,
Gen. Karl Litzmann.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11

In 1889. there were six cities in
the United States with more than
1900 population. Philadelphia,
New York, Boston. Charleston,
Baltimore and Salem.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11

South Africa IS cooler than
many places IN the northern
hemisphere because Of its eleva-
ton and comparative narrow-
ness.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11

up until that time, sales in the
ingalls, shipyard had reached a
total of $4,000.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11

led in prayer and the service was
closed by K. w. Burnam,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
PUTNAM COUNTY
Two New Industries
Slated For Ottawa

Steps to provide Ottawa with two
new factories early in 1916 were
moving forward steadily.
Negotiations between the Ottawa
Chamber of Commerce and officials
of Vitro-Nu Food Laboratories, Inc.,
were reaching final stages with con-
tracts drawn up for signatures and
options taken on a factory site.
Meanwhile, M. F. Sherlock,
president of the Utility Automotive
Equipment Co. which is stationed
temporarily in a garage building, re-
ported he has taken an option on
about IL acres of land along the
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton railroad
north of E. Fourth street for a
factory site.
The property on which an option
was taken for the food factory is
located along the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad near N. Locust street.
Officials of both plants expect to
begin erecting buildings in short
time. Sherlock expects to build a
structure 200 by 400 feet while the
Chamber of Commerce plans to erect
building $50 by 800 for the food
factory.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Making Postwar Jobs Out Of Meat!

military and civilian. And new knowledge
of the health-giving qualities of meat has
made meat more in demand than ever.
Right now, leaders in the meat packing
industry are readying production facilities
to take care of tremendous increase in
domestic consumption. They confidently
expect rise in demand of as much as IS q |
This will make meat billion-dollar en-
terprise, ranking with steel and automo-
biles in the number of people employed.
1t will mean myriads of new jobs on the
country's 100000 ranches and farms
growing meat, in the 1000 packing plants,
and on the sales staffs serving these plants.
1t viii mean more jobs in the country's
100000 retail outlets selling meat-and
it will mean new jobs in the factories and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Strike Vote Called Al
Lima Westinghouse

Preparations were being made for
an NLRB-conducted vote at the
Westinghouse Electric Corp. plant at
Lima December 13. Twenty-nine
hundred employees will join $4,000
others in Westinghouse plants
throughout the nation in balloting on
strike of United Electrical and
Machine Workers Union members
following denial by the company of
81 a day wage increase on a
nationwide basis.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
afternoon on Mrs. George Myers and

afternoon on Mrs. George Myers and
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Schaublin
and family of Col. Grove were Sun
day dinner guests at the w. c.
Schaublin home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and sons We're Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Badertscher.
Afternoon callers were Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Zimmerman and family.
Evening callers were Mr.. and Mrs
Cal Burkholder and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Stettler
called Friday evening with Mrs.
George Myers and son and Mrs.
Lenore Myers and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rusmisel spent
Sunday evening at Francis Basinger
home.
Mrs. Eli Amstutz and daughters,
Nose Amstutz and Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Bixel were Sunday dinner
guests at the Otto Amstutz home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Cupples We're
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Miller and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quintin Burkholder
and daughter Dorothy spent Sunday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Zimmerman and daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merl Miller and
daughter Nancy spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. George Myers and
son and Mrs. Lenore Myers and son.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13

HOW many jobs will there be as this
L i country returns to peacetime pro-
duction? Will there be enough jobs for
veterans, for former war workers?
No one can say, exactly. But this much
we know: Many industries along our
routes offer amazing possibilities for jobs
in the immediate future-thousands of
new jobs that have never existed be-
fore, These jobs are going to grow out of
the gigantic demand for goods and services
that exists in this country - and from
production that will satisfy that demand.
Consider the meat-packing industry.
Meat suffered the greatest shortage and
was missed more than any other food
during the war. Moreover, meat has be-
come greater item in our diets-botfl
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Named Champion Ohio
Gardener

Title of Champion Adult Gardener
of Ohio has been bestowed upon
Mrs. Paul L. Hughes of Lima Route
l by the National Victory Garden
Institute, it was announced by
Andrew S. Wing, secretary-manager
of the organization.
This honor came as a complete
surprise to Mrs. Hughes who ex-
planned she submitted her 1945
gardening record book to the in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Loan Income Cut By
Farmers Prosperity

Prosperity of the farmer is reflect
ed in lower annual earnings of the
Black Swamp Production Credit As
sociation, A. J. Day, Bowling Green,
president, told meeting of Hancock
County stockholders at Findlay.
Promptness of borrowers in re-
paying the loans caused reduced
earnings, Day said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Find Findlay Mans
Body After Fire

Tie body of James Kelly, rs, was
found in his cottage at Findlay
where Coroner H. o. Crosby said Of
fcers found the bed and walls dam
aged by flames.
DR.. Crosby said Kelly's body was
found huddled in a corner where he
may have died while fighting the
flames. The body was not burned,
he said.
The man, who lived alone, may
have been smoking in bed, causing
the flames, the corner said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Area Quarry Workers
Vote Against Strike

Employees of the National Lime
and Stone Co. at Findlay, Carey and
Spore, o., and the Ohio Blue Lime
stone Co. at Marion, O., have voted
against strike action, the Cleveland
regional office of the National Labor
Relations board stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Find Weather Balloon
Caught In Tree

A weather observers balloon is
caught in large hickory tree on the
NJ. F. Kistler farm north on the
Bethlehem road near Findlay, it was
reported to Sheriff Orla A. Cooper
by Ralph Johnston a neighbor.
The balloon and parachute has a
rope perhaps 80 feet long attached
the sheriff said. The apparatus is
caught in the top of the tree.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Kenton Airport Sold
To E. C. Aviator

Ed Nelson, manager Of the Kenton
airport since August, 1914, an
nounced ne has sold his equipment
to Robert Lape, Bowling Green, and
that Lape has signed lease for the
airport property, effective Dec. 10.
Lape has been a fiier for 20 years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13

of undetermined origin which
destroyed two-story frame dwelling
at Findlay early Sunday morning.
The dead are Jesse David Honse
about 60; his wife, Nellie Kirby
Honse, about 81, and a grandson,
John (Jackie) Markins, s.
The fourth occupant of the house,
a daughter, Miss Lucille Honse, %,
escaped unscathed.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
NEWS NOTES FROM FOUR COUNTIES

stitute for competition in its national
Green Thumb Contest at the in
sistence of friends. Wing has in
formed her she will receive an en-
graved silver medal in recognition
of her choice as champion.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
HARDIN COUNTY
Hardin County Fetes
Ex-Prisoners OF War

A prisoner of war banquet was
held at McGuffey honoring Hardin
County men who had been in Ger
man or japanese prison camps. One
hundred persons attended the affair
State Representative Jean Simsoni
Forest, spoke.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
ALLEN COUNTY
Flu Hits Delphos
Schools

Delphos schools reported low at
tendance when approximately 500
students were absent because of a
flu epidemic. Basketball games were
Cancelled. Health Commissioner DR..
J. n. Sadler said a school closing
order may be given this week If
conditions grow worse.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13

A Findlay civic chorus of 100
voices, assisted by guest soloists,
will present Handel's Messiah" at
Findlay on Sunday evening. w.
Oscar Jones, director announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
To Remodel Court
house

Remodeling and redecoration of
the first two floors of the Hancock
County Courthouse will start soon,
Lloyd Bennett, chairman of the
county commissioners stated. Office
space for the recently appointed
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13
Richland Center

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Courtenay
and family of Lima were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. |.
Luginbuhl.
Mrs. Jerome Herr called Friday
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13

veterans service commission will be
provided.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-12-13

the service trades that supply or serve
people connected with raising, packing
and distributing meatl
Meat packing is only one of many in
dustries along the Chesapeake and Ohio,
the Nickel Plate, and the Pere Marquette,
that are going ahead with all possible
speed, now that Victory has been won.
A Report on the Prospects
for Postwar Employment
in the Industries Served by
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delegation would be headed by
the ambassador TO Washington, An
drei A. Gromyko.
All the other powers have an
nounced that their delegations
would be headed by their foreign
secretaries-among them Secretary
Stettinius for the United States and
Secretary Eden for Britain.
The appointment of Gromyko IN
stead of Foreign Commissar Mo-
lotov was, like the multlple-vote
proposition, unexplained. One sug-
gestion much discussed here was
that the appointment OF a man OF
anbassadoricl rank showed de-
clining Soviet interest in the con-
ference.
This came up when Gromyko
talked briefly with reporters fol-
lowing the Moscow announcement
THAT is a false conclusion, . ne
said fatty. He declared his gov
eminent unqualifiedly supports the
Dumbarton Oaks plan for world
security organization and also the
Yalta agreement on voting proce-
dure in the proposed World Securl-
ty Council.
At that time the Yalta agree
ment on assembly voting had not
been announced. This announce
ment came late in the day.
The world organization would
have three main bodies: The Sc
curity Council OF II nations, the
General Assembly of all member
nations and an economic and so
cial council. Virtually all the real
power for action would be vested
in the Security Council on which
Russia, the United States, Britain,
France and China would be per-
manant members.
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A real sreamlined favor
lite! 41-inch length
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ARMY MAY REDUCE
HOME FRONT RULE
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as in the military branches of the
government.
1t was learned that members of
the OWMR Advisory Committee
which is made up Of representa-
tives of management, labor, agri-
culture and the public-were in
formed of Clay's impending depar-
ture a few weeks ago.
Several members of the advis-
Dry group have privately told re-
porters that they felt Byrnes' staff,
including Clay, should give great
er attention to the needs Of the
civilian and transporting econo-
N.Y.. They have attributed some
recent drastic measures-such as
the race track shutdown and the
curfew - partly to the supposed
military ascendancy in Brynes' Of
flee
These complaints were noted
particularly early this month,
when the advisory board asked
Byrnes to consult with it in ad-
vance of decisions affecting mobil-
ization and reconversion. The COM
mittee chairman, O. Max Gardner,
former North Carolina Governor,
stated that the board had not been
consulted, for example, on the sus-
pension of racing.
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Associated Press correspondent
Don Whitehead declared in a dis
patch from the field that the point
near Paderborn was reached at
5:35 pm. European time) and
arnor was rolling on with nothing
in front to hold it.
German resistance collapsed in
front of this powerful sweep by
the one British and two American
armies. and a field dispatch said
the situation had become a rout
in front OF the U. S. First Army.
Other First Army columns reach
ed nearby Hallenberg and F-anken-
berg-the latter 200 miles south
west of the western limits Of Ber-
lin.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton's
Third Army, which had been NOV
ing north earlier in the day, sud-
denly turned east and spurted 20
miles across the Frankfurt plain
almost unopposed, entering Lauter-
bach, 1913 miles from Berlin.
This was the deepest officially
announced penetration from the
west. 1t placed the Fourth Armor-
ed "Breakthrough" Division 140
miles inside the Reich, IS miles
beyond the Rhine at Mainz, and
about 235 miles from the Russians
on the East Front.
The British b1eakthrough on the
Westphalian plain was scattering
before it German troops who were
trying to get away in any vehicle
available.
The U. S. Ninth Army on the
British south flank charged ahead
six miles through the Rukr under
another security blackout and was
reported to be in almost complete
possession of Duisburg, Europe's
greatest inland river port, after