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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
Dog Bites Result
In Several Taking
Rabies Treatment

Eight persons started Pasteur
treatment at the Jackson County
Board of Health this week after
having been bitten by a dog af-
forwards found to be a rabies vic
tim. Health officials Thursday
got a positive report on the
animals head which had been
sent to Jackson Health Depart
ment for examination the pre-
vious day.
The head was brought to the
health office by Lynn Clark. 323
Pine street. who. with one of his
children and six neighbors. be-
gan taking the serum immediate
ly. The dog, which lived part OF
the time at his house and part OF
the time at a neighbours. began
biting and acting strangely a few
days before. ii was reported.
Also bitten by a stray dog were
r. c. browns and a Mcdaniel
child who have been taking
shots. health officials said. Mr..
browns kept this dog under OBJ
servation. however. and the dog
died in a short time. showing
without doubt that he had suf-
fered from rabies.
Isolated instances of persons
being bitten by dogs, many of
them stray animals roaming the
streets, were reported. Health Of
ficers stressed the importance of
either keeping the offending dog
under constant observation or
Immediately beginning the Pas
teur treatment.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
Worb .esunned AT ingalls, Shipyard
tn sdaY Morning After 5-DaY Strike
Decision To Return Follows Meeting Of
Metal Trodes Council Wednesday, With
NWLB Officials; Production Resumed

A five-day strike involving approximately 10000 workers
was ended at the ingalls, Shipyard Thursday morning when
a majority of the production employees on the day SHIFT re-
ported for work.
End of the strike followed an executive meeting of the
Metal Trades Council late Wednesday at which
the decision to return to work was reached, E. L. Mancil,
president, said. The announcement followed a lengthy meet
ing of War Labor Board, Maritime and Union officials
Wednesday afternoon.
Although a full quota of workers was not present
Thursday morning, absence of many was due to the inability
TO get notice to them and the lack of transportation, as buses
we're not operating. However, buses resumed operation
Thursday afternoon and a full crew was expected back by
Friday. Meanwhile work at the plant was almost back to
normal Thursday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
Arms Self With Hammer

a date.
Arms Self With Hammer
He went back TO the bus sta
ton bv cab, telling the driver he
wanted to pick up a girl They
went from the bus station to the
hotel where he secured a room.
After getting to the room, he said,
he asked the negro bell boy to
bring him something heavy 10
beat a tack down in my shoe
The bell boy first brought him
a screw driver, Bosarge said, and
he told him that il was too light,
get me something heavy The
bell boy then brought him a car
penter's hammer.
He and the Pierce girl had had
several arguments, he said, and
the reason he got the hammer
was that II thought Lillian and ]
would fight or argue and | would
have to use the hammer" which
he laid on the dresser.
An argument arose. he said,
and she asked him about a boy
that had been on the bus with
them. His temper got the best OF
him, he said, and II took the ham
mer from the dresser and walked
towards the bath room where she
was. She slapped me and struck
her with the hammer on the head.
She staggered from the bath
room TO the bed. | may have
struck her again"
The Pierce girl, according to
Coroner III. A. Fails, vas struck
twice ON the left side of the head.
Both blows crushed through the
skull. he said.
Bosarge continued his confess
sion by saying that after he came
to his senses he got a towel from
the bathroom to wipe the dead
girls head. He tried to revive
her. and seeing that she was dead,
he left, walking to the highway
and catching a bus back to Biloxi,
where he stayed at a cousins
house, visited other relatives
Wednesday morning and caught
a 1910 am. bus for Bayou La
Batre.
Police traced Bosarge from a
partial description given them by
the taxi driver.
Bosarge told reporters that he
had been drinking heavily Tues
day night and that he didn't
know the girl well and thought
she might try to rob him, as he
had about $500 in his pocket and
she knew it."
The Pierce girl had been mar
ried before, according to the tes-
timony of Sgt. Cole at the in
quest. and Bosarge has a wife and
child in Mobile from whom he is
separated,
Arresting officers were Chief of
Police Louis Anglado, Henry
Cook, Louis Rosetti of the Biloxi
police force; Marshall r. c. Biller
and Patrolman Eugene Rodri-
guez of Ocean Springs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
Junior Chamber
Commerce Hos
Annual Banquet

Members of the Pascagoula
Chamber Of Commerce gathered
at the Pascagoula Country Club
Tuesday for their annual banquet.
Honor guest of the Jaycees was
E. E. Chick Tourney. national
vice president of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, of Jack
son. Miss. Other guests included
a number of members of the Gulf
port Junior Chamber of Com
meree and A. l.. Bresemann and
Verne Barnes of the Pascagoula-
Moss Point Chamber of Com
meree.
Fred Cook. president of the
Pascagoula Jayeees. acted as
POSTMASTER and introduced the
guests.
Wives of the Jaycees who pre-
pared and served the dinner were
Mesdames d. A Handy, ]. G. Nc
Twain. Wade Hilliard, l. w.
Browder. Jr.. J. E. Engel. H. A
Moss. and Monroe Esslinger.
.. A HANDY was in charge Of
arrangements for the banquet.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
Alfred Johnson
Mis- After
Combat Action

That Alfred c. johnson, pri-
vate first class in the United
Sattes Infantry, was among the
missing after combat action in
France. January 20, has been re-
ported to his grandmother, Mrs.
Fannie Johnson in Pascagoula,
by the Adjutant Generals office
in Washington.
Pvt. Johnson entered the Army
April %. 1914, and received his
basic training at Camp Blanding,
Fla.
The parents of the missing sol
dier are deceased and Private
johnson was reared by his grand
mother.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
Three Fined In
]. P. Court MondoY
On Liquor Charges

AT hearings before Justice O.
the Peace Kate Denny Monday
three persons were fined for hav-
ing intoxicating liquor in their
possession. They we're Andrew
5000; r. B. Bufkin,
500, and Buster Davis, 500.
These persons were arrested by
John r. McNeal, deputy sheriff.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
SKID MAKES

Salem.-About 75.600 eggs
went into a giant omelette on ice
here recently when a truck car
rying 210 cases skidded and
turned over. No one was injured
and the truck was not damaged.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02

The strike was ended on a sta
tus quo basis, with conditions TO
remain the same as they were be-
fore the strike was called Satur-
day by the Pascagoula Metal
Trades Council. and with men
discharged after the strike had
sarted eligible. under WLB di-
receives, to return to work. Seven
of nine union electricians dis
charged Tuesday returned to
work with the morning shift
Thursday, Monro B. Lanier, pres
ident of the company said.
A hearing by the Shipbuilding
Commission of the War Labor
Board had been set for Pasca-
goula on March 13 prior to the
start of the strike. This hearing
was to inquire into certain of the
union grievances on which a
strike vote was taken and passed
at the yard on February 7 at the
request of the Metal Trades Coun-
Gil.
Continued Over Protests
The strike was continued over
the five-day period in the face
of emphaticaIly worded tele-
grams from international union
and WLB officials ordering The
striking men to return to work
and the action of draft boards in
reclassifying of many striking
workers to la status.
Several union representatives
were also sent here by interna-
tional officers in an effort to
settle the strike and return the
men to work.
Picket lines were established at
the two plant gates Monday morn
ing by the Metal Trades Council.
withdrawn Monday afternoon, re-
placed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Union electricians, who, according
to Hugh Warren. business agent
for the IBEW local, were ready to
return to work but could not cross
the picket line.
However, many workers ig-
nored the picket line and compa-
ny officials estimated that ap-
proximately 1,500 workers report
ed for the day shift Wednesday
morning, the fifth day of the
strike.
Leo Seal, chairman of the Han
cock County draft board an
nounced Monday that all ingalls,
workers registered with the board
had been ~reclassified to Ia ana
Hermes F. Gautier, chairman of
the Jackson county board, said
that the names of approximately
ESQ workers we're in process of
being reclassified Wednesday.
Standby Crews
At the time the strike was
called standby crews were es-
tablished in the yard by the
unions, and standby boiler
watches set for the three ships
in the yard which have steam UP.
The scheduled trial trip of one
of the vessels Monday had to be
postponed because of the strike.
We + of course glad the men
have returned to work" Mr.. La
nier said Thursday. The strike
was useless, served absolutely no
purpose and was continued in the
face of repeated and emphatic
warnings from both information
al unions and WLB officials. who
represent our government. Much
valuable and irreplaceable time
has been lost to our nations war
effort through the actions of a
few irresponsible labor leaders
who called the strike
Company officials estimated
that approximately 100000 man
hours of work had been lost dur
ing the strike and more than
5000. 900 in payroll earnings to the
workers involved.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
Former Kreole Boy Held
On Murder Charge For
Hammer Staying OF Girl
Merchant Seumun. Confesses To Killing
AT Fashionable Gulf Coust Hotel.

Edward Sharp Bosarge, %
year-old former Kreole youth.
was being held on charges of
murder by Sheriff ID. o. New
man following his confession on
Thursday morning at Biloxi to
the Misunderstanding of Lillian
Pierce, 22-year-old Denver, Colo,
girl in the room of a resort hotel
nea Ocean Springs Tuesday
night.
The young girl, who had ar
rived in Biloxi Tuesday night to
visit a soldier sweetheart, was
slain when her head was crushed
from two heavy blows from a
claw hammer.
Bosarge was traced by Biloxi
and Ocean Springs police follow
ing the finding of the girls nude
body in the hotel room at | pm.
Wednesday, and was arrested late
Wednesday night at Bayou La
Batre where he had gone to the
home of his grandmother.
Bosarge made a complete con-
fession of the crime and readily
signed it before County Attorney
l.. X. Mcintosh Thursday morn
ing in the Biloxi Jail.
He had previously confessed to
Biloxi and Ocean Springs off
GERS, who took up a virtually clue
less trail Wednesday following
the inquest at Ocean Springs and
ended the case ten hours later by
having a Mobile county deputy
sheriff arrest Bosarge at Bayou
La Batre.
TO Visit Soldier
According to Bosarge, he was
serving in the Merchant Marine,
had arrived in New Orleans on a
ship last week and was en- route
to Biloxi Tuesday when he met
the Pierce girl at the bus station
in New Orleans.
According to letters found in
her effects and the testimony of
SISgt. Herman Cole, who is sta
toned at Keesler Field, she was
on her way from Denver to visit
him.
He had met her in Denver,
where he was previously station
ed, about six weeks before and
thought they might get mar
ried," he said. Delay in the re-
ceipt of two kilograms sent to
Cole by the Pierce girl, however,
prevented his knowing the time
of her arrival and he did not
meet her when she arrived at
Biloxi at ITO pm. Tuesday.
In his confession Bosarge tes-
titled that he struck UP an ac-
quaintance with the girl. and
they. with two other men on the
bus, played the guitar and sang
songs while on the way to Biloxi.
Following their arrival and the
failure of the soldier friend to
meet her. he said, she asked him
'how about spending the night
or getting a room for the
night" He told her. according
to his confession. that he would
be back at the bus station in an
hour or so. He then visited rela-
tives in Biloxi, talked with them
for awhile, had some drinks from
a bottle of whiskey he had with
him. and left, telling them he had
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02

For more than 30 years the
number of horses and mules in
the United States has steadily de-
clined.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02

Approximately q per cent of
the population Of the Philippines
knows some English.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02
Mayor John Volts
Takes Police Court
Iudeeship Morch l

Mayor John r. Watts has an
nouneed that he viii personally
take over the city police court
iudgeship temporarily to fill the
position left vacant by the resig-
nation Of Denis J. Maxted which
became effective Wednesday. Ae-
cording to the state law. either
an attorney or the mayor must
occupy this office.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02

The average time Tor building
a Liberty ship has been cut from
pa days to 80.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-03-02

Only 462 of the 1888 islands
that comprise the Philippines are
more than one mile square.
The maybe belongs to the
crow family and is scientifically
termed Plea Plea.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
French
Continued From First Page.)

spring, after the United Nations
conference in San Francisco.
A majority of the members of the
French Consultative Assembly in
private conversations opposed Gen.
de Gaulle's response to Mr.. Roose-
velt's invitation and said if the
French leader was determined not
to go to Algiers he should have re-
fused more politely.
The French population finally was
given both sides of the incident
when French newspapers published
the texts of the White House and
De Gaulle statements.
French Press Divided.
Some papers defended Gen. de
Gaulle's attitude as befitting
Frances position as a great power
and others criticized him for petit
ness
The newspaper Arore said that
France might envisage a completely
independent policy in world affairs,
but would have to weigh the risks
and accept the costs.
1t was announced officially last
night that the French government
is exchanging views with the Allied
governments on conclusions reached
at the Crimean conference.
French Foreign ONCE spokesmen
declared that France definitely in
tends to participate in the United
Nations conference at San Fran
cisco on April Is. ri 4-a
Last nights communique, giving
an official account of Mr.. Roosevelt S
invitation to Gen. de Gaulle for
meeting and its rejection. said
Mr.. Roosevelt expressed regret he
could not come to Paris as he had
been invited to do last November.
The Presidents message, delivered
by Ambassador Caffery, invited Gen.
de Gaulle to confer at Algiers at
a date to be set later. Gen. de Gaulle,
the communique added, told Mr..
Caffery the invitation came "un-
expectedly at a moment when many
pressing affairs demanded his Ode
Gaulle's) presence in Paris"
That the French had sought more
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Western Front.
Continued From First Page J

ing, Gros Bliederstron, Kleinblit-
tersdorf and Bliesguersbwiller. :.
In the southern outskirts of For
bach, Gen. Patchs Americans sur
rounded the medieval castle Of
Schlossberg and trapped the Ger
man garrison inside.
In their advance in the north. the
Scottish troops seized the marsh
land village Of Buchholt and pushed
on toward the German stronghold
Of Uedem, only 2ls miles to the
southeast.
The British I'd and American 1st
and 9th Armies stood in mighty
strength along the receding Roer
River between the Canadians and
Gen. Patton's Sd Army. The Ger
mans repeated that an offensive was
imminent across the Roer toward
the great cities of the Rhine and
the Ruhr Valleys.
Gen. Patton finally got his armor
clanking up the Moselle Valley to-
ward the Rhine after many days of
bitter fighting in the Siegfried Line
and in floods caused by thaws and
freshets.
The cath Armored Division which
broke across the Moselle pressed its
advance in the triangle formed by
the Saar and Moselle and captured
|Orscholz, Freudenburg and Kolles-
leucken. The same outfit cleared
Kelsen and Korrig, moving within
2 miles southwest of the fortified
road center of Saarburg.
In push miles to the north to
a point 3 miles from the confluence
of the Saar and Moselle, armored
units formed a junction with a cav
airy outfit which cleared Wincher-
ingen a mile inside Germany.
Tanks and self-propelled guns also
cleared Dittling, miles southwest
Iof Saarburg, and captured Thorn,
Kreuxwiller and Dilmar-all in the
area 7 miles Or SO southwest of
Saarburg.
Gen. Patton's men captured 200
prisoners In the Saar- -Moselle tri-
angle alone In fighting yesterday.
In half mile gain northeast. the
5th Division reached a point miles
northeast Of Echternach, occupying
a Smile stretch along the Pruem
River beyond the Siegfried Line.
On both the Canadian and Sd
Evening star., 1945-02-21

light on the Crimean meeting was
disclosed at the State Department
in Washington yesterday, concur
|rently with White House an
nouncement detailing President
Roosevelt's movements since the Big
Three parted.
Main French Questions.
The French raised two main ques-
tions: % We're any secret agree
ments made by the Big Three for
governing liberated countries in
Europe if that became necessary
and CD how should information be
exchanged among the governments
on problems of those countries.
The United States replied that
no secret agreements were made
and that information would be
exchanged through normal diplo-
matte channels. These answers are
interpreted as reassuring the
French that If they will join the
Big Three on policy for liberated
Europe, they will share in making
decisions as well as in carrying
them out.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Nazis Accuse Britain
And U. 5. Of Trying
10 Rule Arab States
b. the Associated Press.

~ tAse nssoCidteQ FIesS.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-The German
news agency DNB accused Britain
and the United States today of
attempting to merge Arab states
into dominion in which England
will execute her political power
while the United States will exploit
these countries economically.
The Nazi agency, quoting "Wil-
helmStrasse circles" maintained the
conferences of President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill with
Middle East rulers were motivated
by an effort to stem Russian ac-
tivities-for instance, Russias pres
sure in the Aegean Sea and the So
Wet demand for opening the Dar-
danelles." The talks also were aimed
at maintaining Britain's position in
the Middle East, the Germans said.
Tt remains to be seen," said the
broadcast, another Nazi propaganda
attempt to divide the Allies, "wheth-
er Roosevelt supported Churchill's
theses in return for his promise to
support America in the war against
Japan or whether he put forward
his request for establishing a firm
American position in the Near East"
Speculation in London on the
conferences has centered on the
possible military role of the region
as vast staging area in an acceler-
ated drive from the west against
Japan.
London discussion also touched on
the progress toward pan-Arab
league and Palestines relation to
such setup; on the French gov
ernment's plan to insure retention
of prewar privileges in Syria and
Lebanon; on the question of estab-
fishing British American treaties
when and if the pan-Arab league is
formed, and on the possibility of
establishing air, naval and military
bases throughout this strategic area
There were rumors in London that
one Of the topics might have been
the formation of a separate Jewish
state comprising most of Palestine |
However, there. had been no Of
flcial hint of the exact nature of
the talks.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Gen. de GouIIe Accused
OF Snubbino House Group

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Feb. 81 LP,
Gen. Charles de Gaulle's refusal
of an invitation to meet with Pres
ident Roosevelt in Algiers recalled
to Representative Price, Democrat
Of Florida today that the French
general snubbed him and other
rhembersSof Congress last October
at an airfield near Paris.
"Of course, we were a little ex-
cited and were desirous of meet
ing with the French general" Rep-
resentative Price said Congress
man Henry D. Larcade. jr., of Louis
lana, who speaks French f1uently
sent word to De Gaulle by a French
soldier that he would like to meet
him. Then we waited for an an
Swer.
DE Gaule, surrounded by his
aides, without smile on his face,
approached within Is feet of where
we were standing. He told an In
terpreter to inform us If we wanted
Evening star., 1945-02-21

Army fronts. clearing skies allowed
planes to take Oh early to smash
at the Nazis. Tactical planes with
Gen. Patton's command struck al
most from dawn lat motor vehicles
heading toward the east and the
Rhine.
British planes in the north few
toward the teeming Rui1r Valley 16
miles from the front. The Ruhr Is
the basing point for the nine Ger
man divisions now attempting des-
perately to stem the steady ground
gains toward that arsenal. British
intelligence established that SO bat
talions were opposing the Canadian
LIST Army offensive.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Sixth Pygmy Hippopotamus
Born at WASHINGTON Zoo

A baby pygmy hippopotanus was
born at the Zoo today, DR.. William
M. Mann, director, announced with
custodial pride.
Looks just like his daddy" said
DR.. Mann. Infant hippos have no
baby features"
Dr. Mann said the daddy was
given President Coolidge by Harvey
Frestone in 1927. 1t came from
Africa. Mr.. Coolidge sent 1t out to
the Zoo
The Zoo has now broken all rec
Evening star., 1945-02-21

to see him. We would have to make
an appointment to see him at his
Paris ofilce--l5 miles away"
Representative Price said the
members Of Congress boarded q
plane and did not try for q formal
appointment.
Evening star., 1945-02-21

ords In breeditag pygu,y hippos, Or.
Mann said. There are six Of them.
One was born at the Zoe last year.
They are about the size Of I large
hog.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Limited Drinking

PITTSBURGH lF1. - Drinking
| members Of the Williamsburg Elks'
Lodge are going to have to watch
their step. The clubhouse Is located
Ion the city line, part in wet. Pitts
Evening star., 1945-02-21

burgh and part In dry" wilkins
burg. Judge 1. Kenneth Haridns has
granted license which permits the
lodge to sell liquor only in that por-
ton Of the building which lies In
Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1945-02-21

Security investment-War Savings
Bonds, Secure the four freedoms
buy one today.lA
Evening star., 1945-02-21

More power TO you"-yes, I'll buy
that extra War Bond today.