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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
Defernnents In
War Service
More Difficult

He .ENA-tU.P)-Cof S. H. Mitch
ell. ST re Selective Service Director,
has advised all local boards in Mon
tana to Immediately review the files
of registrants ages 10 through 81
IN classes IA and 2-B in order to
meet the demands of the armed
forces and of the office of War Mo-
Utilization and Reconversion.
Such review Mitchell said
will be made in the light of a
rigid application of regulations
with particular stress upon employ
ment in war industries"
Until the present, local boards
have been instructed to review
files of registrants between rs and
81 with liberal Interpretation of
regulations resulting in many IA
classifications, the State Director
said, but that condition mo long
er exists and the deferment of reg
istrations on the basis of local cor,
munity needs is no longer war
ranted.
Present national directives indi-
cate registrants already employed
in war industries are TO remain IN
such employment, Mitchell added.
and mo consideration will be given
TO those who leave such work with
out the proper approval of their To-
cal boards and the War Manpower
Commission
Files of Ia to 25-year-old regis
trants in agriculture who are not
fathers will be carefully reviewed
for possibility of Reconsideration
where production does not merit
deferment or in case where there
is an available replacement" the
colonel said.
Present figures Indicate that il
will be necessary for local boards
to call upon IA registrants l8
through 81 in order to meet the
January call. since the excess pool
Of IA registrants was practically
exhausted IN meeting December al
lotments, he said.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
Libby Man Hos
Letter From Friend
In Pacific Fighting

Arthur B. Christie received a let
ter from his cousin, Eddie Shannon,
F. c. &c, who is on the u. S. S.
Mccall. He tells of the rescue of
Navy Radioman Tweed, who was in
the spotlight when he was rescued
from Guam before our men invaded
it. Parts of the letter follow:
AS you know the censorship is
very strict but here is a little some
thing for you that was released by
the Navy Department so | am able
to write of it. The destroyer | am
on was the one that rescued the
Navy Radioman Tweed from Guam
ten days before we landed troops
on the island. Tweed was on Guam
when the Japs captured it and spent
81 months hiding from them. We
had been bombarding the island
and were on our way out when we
spotted flashes from cliff which
we took to be gunfire. We trained
our guns out and were ready to fire
at once as we had been fired upon
before that day We then spotted a
man signaling us with a pair Of
crude flags He gave us his name,
rating and service number and told
us to please come back for him.
The captain thought it would be
better to pick him up right away SO
he sent a landing party composed
Of volunteers to get him. Later this
group of men all received the Navy
Marine rproc Modal
Il doubt if ] will ever see a
happier man than he was when we
get him aboard and | can't say that
| blame him after listening to some
of the stories he told of the Japs.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
WILL MOVE TO NEW QUARTERS

Walter E. PartloW has made ar
rangements to move his place Of
business across the street from its
present location into the Sleizer
building. As recently announced,
the postoffice will occupy the space
at the north end of the Sleizer
building and the Partlow Electric
Co. will occupy a room between
the Sleizer Grocery and the post
office. A partition is to be built di-
viding the present space into two
rooms.
The move will not be made for
some little time as. extensive re-
pairs are being made on the build
inc
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
"IMPATIENT YEARS" BRINGS
LAUGHTER

To the impatient girls and SOL
diers who rush into marriage, the
screen brings you for the first time,
a story of marriage before combat
and combat after marriage. It's Col
umbia's romantic comedy, 1.-The I'M
patient Years, starring Jean Ar
thur, Lee Bowman and Charles CO.
burn at the Kootenai Theatre Sun
day and Monday, Jan. 7-8. It's to-
morrow's love story as bright as the
daWning sun.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
ST. LUKE'S, LIBBY
(Episcopal)

lEplScopaIJ
Sunday, Jan. I
Church school GAS a. m.
Epiphany Candlelight service 7:3C
p. m.
1t is urged that all members and
friends Of ST. Luke's be present this
evening. Supper will be served at c
D. m. This will be followed by the
traditional and beautiful Feast Of
Lights" of the Epiphany season
Afterwards the annual parish meet
ing will be held.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
INTERESTING WEATHER
STATISTICS

Leslie Leigh Of the forest service
was this week running through a
sheet of weather records prepared
and sent out by the forest service
and found some interesting Stats
tics concerning Libby weather The
records for Libby ran back 40 years
and disclosed that the coolest day
of record in Libby was on Jan. 2,
1924, when the mercury dropped
to 46 below zero The hottest day
was on July 5, 1896, with a temporal
ture Of 109 degrees.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
Baby Your
Buggy
Good Advise

HELENA. Baby your buggy
through weather like this for your
c antry's sake as we'll as your own,
Highway Patrol Supervisor Charles
l. Sheridan, advised today as snow
blanketed considerable area of
Montana.
Even if you don't consider your
self vital to this country's early and
complete victory, said Chief Sheri-
dan. you may smash into someone
who is.
Traffic accidents are a tremend.
GUS, avoidable. disgraceful waste st
all times, he said, and more than
ever at time like this, when ev-
cry traffic accident may remove an
other irreplaceable automobile
from the country's dwindhng supply
Of essential civilian transportation,
He gave a brief check list for
motorists intending to drive during
this weather, and suggested that
motorists who couldn't check all
five items should leave their cars
in the garages.
Do your brakes grip evenly2
Are. your chains on2
Do your windshield Wipers and
defroster Work2
Are your lights aligned and do
they work on the low beam?
Does your motor have sufficient
anti-freeze2
Answering Yes" to all five does
not end the safe drivers response
bility, said Chief Sheridan. He must
still remember to reduce speed in
bad weather, watch for pedestrians
and children on sleds, leave plenty
of space between himself and the
car ahead, and go slow on icy
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04

Did you say. Il saw your ad. in
The Western News tf
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04

Paul Stamschror left Sunday ev-
ening on business trip to Spo-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
HERE FOR MONTH

Mrs. Honora McComas is here to
operate the Fashion Beauty Salon
during the absence Of Mrs. Alice
Lintner. She returned from Car
mel, Calf, Monday and will stay
for the month Of January
Mrs. McComas and her sister
Mrs. Geraldine McComas, who is
nursing in a hospital at that place
have purchased home there
Darrell, after being given a spe-
cial examination, was put up to the
eighth grade, he being the only one
taking the exam who was able tc
pass it.
Friends will wish them every
success in their new location
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
Foreign LanYuages

Among the languages being taught
on college campuses to prepare men
for military or civilian duties in for
eign countries are Annoy. Annamese,
Fanti, Haussa, Kurdish, Mandarin,
Panjabi, PHshtH, Swahili, and Thai
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04

It's one soldiers love story in
a million. It's a million soldiers
love stories in one. They met !.
married in four days then
separated for Is months. It's tender
laughing u. timely. Audiences
will love every precious moment in
this romantic picture which shows
all the answers to the millions of
impatient brides worrying about
being strangers when their CT Joes
come marching home
Also showing at this time is the
current March of Time"-Inside
China Today.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04

Bargains for you. Lots OF them in
the advertisements in this news
paper. You are losing money if you
DO not read them. II
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-01-04
News From Those
In The Armed Forces

Mrs. ], E. Strange has letter
from her son, Roy A. Conlev. who
is serving in the Merchant Marine
He wrote that he had been around
the world one and a half times.
While at first he did not care much
for the work he now thinks much
differently about it and plans to
follow the sea as a permanent oc-
cupation He is 10 years old and
holds first mates ticket.
S/Sgt. Verle Olson arrived horne
last Thursday night for visit with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs L. j.
Olson, and with his sisters living
here. He recently returned from
serving three years in the South Pa
cific where he had part in three
Of the major engagements. He was
in the taking of Maxim and Sainan
and was slightly wounded at Sal
pan.
Wilfred Becker, S &c, has writ
ten his parents, sMr. and Mrs AL
Becker, that he is hospitalized at
Long Island but has hopes of being
transferred closer to home soon.
Seaman Becker has been in Eng
land.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
Fishing Extended
Off Chandelier
Island Six Weeks

With the assurance by Off
GERS of the Third Airforce Tacti-
cal Command at Gulfport Field
that bombing on Chandelier Is
land has been temporarily sus-
pended, fishermen of this section
have been notified that fishing
privileges off this island have
been extended for at least six
weeks.
Officials of the Pascagoula-
Moss Point Chamber of Com
merce formed a delegation to call
on the airforce officers to present
complaints by fishermen that
bombing on the island banks is
running some of the best fishing
waters in the area. They pointed
out that fish caught there include
red fish, mullet, trout, and Sleeps
head and that the Is or Is boats
which normally fish in these wa
tiers bring in from one to six tons
OF fish on each trip. In the face
of meat scarcity this is an impor-
tant contribution to the food sup
ply, they declared.
Airforce officers explained that
new targets are being construct
ed on the keys off the island and
that this work will take at least
30 days and that during that time
fishermen will be free to cast
their nets and lines in these wa
tiers. The Chamber of Commerce
will be given notice five days be
fore bombing is resumed and the
fishermen will be notified
through this channel. Patrol boats
which operate off the island will
also cooperate in warning the
fishermen of the resumption o.
bombing. officers said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
State Faces Refund Or Millions In
Sales Tax AS Result OF Local Suit

The state tax commission is
faced with the possible refund of
several million dollars paid in
sales tax on professional services
where tangible properly was in
volved as a result of a decision
handed down by the state su-
preme court this week in a suit
that originated in the Jackson
county circuit court in May Of
last year.
The suit was filed by Weaver
Gore of Jackson on behalf of the
Singing River Tire Shop of Pas
eagoula seeking a refund of
S348.99 paid under protest as
iales tax on tire recapping ser
vice.
The suit was filed on May 8,
1914. and heard al the Nav term
IF circuit court before Circuit
Judge L. {. Corban. Judge Cor
ian upheld the states demurrer
n the case. and the decision was
appealed to the slate supreme
.ourt.
The high court recently re-
versed the decision of the lower
court and IN a majority opinion
written BY Associate Justice
Virgil A Griffith held that the
two per cent statewide sales tax
could not be applied to tire re-
Gaping business on the ground
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
Kathleen Holmes
To Be Honored AT
Launching Today

The SIS. Kathleen Holmes, an
l8,0O0-ton ship built for the us.
Maritime Commission, will be
launched today at 11:45 am. at
the ingalls, shipyard.
The vessel is named in honor
of the late Kathleen Sexton
Holmes, a native Mississippian
who for more than a decade was
one Of the best known and loved
newspaper women in Washing
ton where she was serving at the
time of her death as correspen-
dent for the Jackson Daily News.
Mrs. Holmes only daughter,
Mrs. Kathleen ellis, wife of
1t. James Ernest ellis of the
Chemical Warfare Service, will
sponsor the ship.
A cousin of Mrs. ellis, Miss
Elizabeth Wise of Hazelhurst,
Miss, will serve as maid of honor.
Other members of the sponsors
party will be George S. Holmes,
husband of the late Kathleen
Holmes, and Miss Edith Gaylord
of Washington; Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Suliens of Jackson,
Miss, Mr. and Mrs. ]. D. Wise.
and MI. and Mrs. Robert Wise of
Hazelhurst; 1t. and Mrs. Sher-
wood Wise of New Orleans; Mrs.
Pat Harrison Of Gulfport and
Mayor and Mrs. j. r. Watts of
Pascagoula.
The Kathleen Holmes is a car
go type ship and a sister ship of
the S. s. Marguerite LELAND.
named IN honor of the woman
who for many years was secre-
tary to the late President Roose-
Welt, which was launched at In
gals on March %.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
Youth Week To Be
Observed By Moss
Point, Pascagoula

National Youth Week, April %
through May 5, will claim the at
tention of students of the Pas
cagoula and Moss Point schools
with special programs and other
observances.
A full slate of officials, duly
elected by ballot. will take owe
the reins of city government in
Pascagoula Friday. The mayor
and the superintendent of schools
will be selected from the senior
class, the principal of the high
school will be a Junior and the Of
fices of fire chief, city commits
sioner of public works, secre-
tary of the Chamber of Com
merce, city recreation director,
and park commissioner will be
filled by juniors and seniors,
Members of the regular faculty
of the school will appoint stu
dents to teach their respective
classes during the day.
No elaborate plans have been
made for observing this week at
the Moss Point High school. A. l..
Monroe, superintendent of schools
said. A program will be put on
in regular assembly during the
week, he said.
Other plans for feature events
at the Pascagoula school include
the presentation of 1.-The Gentle
men Talk of Peace" in assembly
by an American history class. On
Wednesday, a selected group. of
juniors and seniors will hold a
forum at the regular Rotary Club
luncheon at which time the prob
leTns-of the youth Of Pascagoula
during the years following World
War II will be discussed. The
juniors and seniors will submit
their own questions for the dis
cussion.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
YMCA formation
Is Considered By
P~ascagoula Men

A meeting TO discuss possibili-
ties of forming a Young Mems
christian Association in Paca-
goula was held at the USO build
ing Wednesday with w. r. Guest
ST., chairman of the board of di-
rectors.
A 25-man board had been pre-
viously named and consists Of A.
f. Megehee, Henry Gautier, Ar
thur Smith, George Field, w. c.
Ravens, ]. w. Brumfield, Earl
Hammet, DR.. j. c. Crane, John
r. Watts, Leo Rosenblum, ]. E.
Stone, Dobie Holden, Moneer
Kihyet, Cooper Roberts, Ben Ca
yer. DR.. p. A. Thompson, ]. O.
Cole, Row Givens. Homer Miller,
]. l.. Velcich, W. j. Cranberry,
v. c. Gill and DR.. j. N. Lockard.
A. P. May is ex-officio member
and general secretary.
At the meeting Wednesday a
committee with Easton King as
chairman and James Velcich, w.
j. Cranberry and John Watts,
as members, was appointed to in
vestigate a possible location of a
building to be used for this asso-
citation in the event the formation
of the YMCA becomes a reality.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
Damages OF $4,000
Asked Against City
For Sidewalk Foil

A suit for S25,0 900 against the
City of Pascagoula has been filed
by attorneys for Adele Barrow,
for alleged injuries suffered in a
sidewalk fall on March IL, 1943.
The suit is scheduled to be heard
at the coming term of Circuit
Court.
According to the bill of COM
plants, Miss Barrow was return
ing to her home on Delmas ave-
nue. on the evening of the above
date when she stumbled over a
hole in the paving at the corner
Of the Alley building ON Delmas
avenue, and her foot caught in a
steel reinforcing band along the
euroing at that point.
She was thrown as a result suf-
fered a d%isloeation of the sacroil-
lac joint Since that time. it is
alleged, she has been under the
care of several doctors, forced tc
undergo an operation and leave
q position paying her Sf50 per
month.
The complaint alleges that the
hole IN the curling at this point
constituted a hazard and the city
was negligent in not repairing il.
Attorneys for the plaintiff are
Mize' Thompson and Mize. of
Gulfport
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
c OF c Secretary
Speaks AT Meeting
Of Mobile Rotdry

What Mobile Can Do To Rem
der A Better Service To Smaller
Cities and Towns In Its Area
was the subject of an address by
Verne Barnes, secretary of the
Paseagoula-Mos Point Chamber
of Commerce, before members of
the Mobile Rotary club at their
regular meeting last Thursday
In citing examples Of Mobiles
good naaghhor policy, Mr.. Barnes
discussed the cultural. recrea-
tional and other facilities afford
ed BY a larger city 70 the smaller
towns in its area and the WAYS n
which these facilities may Be
made Of greater advantage 70
residents of neighboring commu-
mites.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
Capt. II. Fl. Cole Is
Numed President Of
Port Commission

Capt. H. H. Cole was elected
president of the Pascagoula Port
Commission at a recent meeting
and was also named harbor mas
ter for the Port OF Pascagoula.
II was also voted on motion by
w. r. Guest that the two tennis
courts behind the commission
building on S. Frederic street be
turned over to the Young Wo
mems Business club for repair
and use.
The regular meeting date was
set for the first Monday of every
month at 3 pm.
James f. VeIcich and Mr.. Guest
were appointed by Captain Collie
to the property custodian COM
mittee of the Commission with
Capt. Cole to serve as ex-offocio
member. Easton King was elect
ed secretary.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27

, The War Production Board has
granted an AL priority on ma
terials for the construction OF the
locomotive and considerable ma
terials are already on hand, it was
said.
To Be l.500 Horsepower
The first locomotive will be of
1900 horsepower, 100 tons in
weight and will be a road-switch-
er, a type of locomotive capable of
a straight-run haul, or adaptable
to general switching purposes.
A number of new designs per-
fected by ingalls, engineers will
be Incorporated into the manu-
facture of the locomotive. The
fab shop at the yard will be used
for the production of the loco
motives and the yard has an esti-
mated capacity of $50 a year, it
was said.
According to r. /. ingalls,, ST.,
chairman of the board, a large de-
mand is expected for the locomo-
tives, both for domestic railroads
and export. He pointed out that
the Pascagoula plant has its own
deep sea loading facilities and ex-
poets to help meet the demand for
post war rehabilitation of foreign
railroads.
This new field of activity, when
expanded, will provide employ
ment for several thousands of en-
ployees above the number en-
gagged in the company's shipbuild-
ing program.
At the same time it was an
nounced that the United States
Engineers have taken an option
on construction of a fourth 252-
foot all-welded seagoing dredge.
in addition to the contract recent
ly let the Pascagoula yard for con-
struction of three of this type YES
sci. Cost of. these vessels, largest
all-welded dredges lever built,
is approximately $4,000, 10000 each,
and the keel of the first of them
is scheduled to be laid in Octo-
Der, it was said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-04-27
New District
Be Elected
Special Election
For Voters In End
District Tuesday,.

Voters of Jackson county will
join those Of four other counties
Tuesday in a special election to
name a successor to the late r. G.
Cowan as district attorney for the
Second District. comprised of
Jackson, Harrison. Hancock,
George and Stone counties.
The two candidates making the
race for the office are CASTOR II.
Hewes and Luther w. Naples,
both of Gulfport and both we'll
known South Mississippi attor-
neys.
Polls in Jackson county's 81
precincts will open at 3 am. and
close at 8 pm, W. c. Ravens,
circuit clerk, said.
Persons eligible to vote, Mr..
Ravens said. must have paid their
1e43 and 1914 poll taxes and reg
istered with the circuit clerk on
or before January LIST, l945. Those
persons who failed TO register on
or before the above date will not
be eligible to vote even if their
poll taxes are in proper order, Mr..
Ravens added.
Long Record of Service
MIR. Naples has a long record
OF public service. is a veteran of
the First World War. active in Lee
gion circles. having at different
times served as post commander.
State commander and State Judge
advocate. as well as other offices.
He represented George county
N the State Legislature at the
outbreak Of the First World War.
xeslgnedto enlistin the Army and |
following his return from over
seas in 1919 took up the practice
OF law in Gulfport where he has
resided since. He also served four
years as county prosecuting attor-
ney for Harrison county. He took
his law degree at the University
of Mississippi.
Mr.. Hewes is presently serving
his fourth term as Harrison q
ty prosecuting attorney. He is a
native of Gulfport, took his law
degree at the University of Mis-
sissippi, and began the practice of
law at Gulfport following his
graduation.
He has long been prominent in
civic and fraternal organizations
along the Gulf Coast.
The special election was called
by Governor Bailey following the
death of Mr.. Cowan at his home
IN Gulfport last February.
j. |. Ford of Paseagoula was APP
pointed to serve as district at
torney by Governor Bailey until
a successor could be named by the |
voters.