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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
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 New York, oct. 2--(UP)-Major league baseball, which started the season hesitantly with 4-r's and oldsters on the rosters and then provided exciting pennant races down to the last day, set a new at- tendance mark In io45 = approxi- mately li,l4l,ei paid admissions.
 Both leagues went over the i've million mark for new records. The American league drew 6,e6b, $50 and the National 5,276,e6S. Bad weather prevented the Detroit Tig-' CTS from setting new single club season mark. The American league champions played before l,2s0, ,S9l, some 5000 under the 1920 Yankee record of l,2eo, ,422. Rain washed out 6 game with Cleveland Sept 25, and had that game been played Q new record would have been set
 N. Y. Clubs Over Million
 The New York Giants went over Q million for the first time, draw. ing l,03e,l95. The Tanks played before i,0i4,03e and the Brooklyn Dodgers before l,O60,856, making New York the best baseball city in the nation. The Dodger figure was 6 jump of some 100000 over last year, and the Giant attendance was up almost 300,0O0 from l044.
 The end of the war played a large part in setting the record. Fans wrapped up in the close races then were able to take time of to see a ball game without feeling guilty about being of the job.
 The pennant contending teams, of course, were the ones to benefit, The National league champion Cubs were l3s,O00 over lo44, and Detroit Tigers were 360,000 above last year. washington jumped ib0,- 900, The st. Louis Cards were 100,- 900 better than in l044,
 Four teams - Cincinnati, Pitts. burgh, the Philadelphia Phlls and the St. Louis Browns--went down from lo44 marks. However, Cincin- natgs was the only drop of serious proportions, going from 43l,2e7 to 2o4, 4,7s7.
 Bod weather in the eraly spring and on many Sundays hurt atten- dance. The Yankees lost an esti- mated 260,000 through poor weather on Sunday doubleheaders, so the new record might have been much higher.
 Here are the figures for each team: Some 10 them unofficial: NATIONAL LEAGUE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
ComDo. WnIkar
 Head Areno Cord

New Haven, Oct. 2.--Sailor Billy Walker, the adopted son of say- brook who is earning quite a repu- tation as a knockout artist, has been signed by Matchmaker George Sheppard to fight Billy Johnson New York middleweifht, in the so- feature to the Eddie Compo-Tony Yashiro tilt at the Arena next Mon- day night.
 Walker, who first broke into Nut meg fight circles while an enlisted man at the New London Sub Base. turned in a workmanlike job when he knocked out Gus Vargo of Nsw York in the second round at the Arena a week ago on the Mann- Blunt card.
 Vargo started out as though he was going to end 1t all quickly, but before the round was half oyer Walker had everything under con- trol and then it was just a Qtaes- tion of time. He made the time short by catching Vargo with 6 solid right hand punch to the jaw in the second heat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
Donbury Auto Races

Connecticut speed xanS Wlli knoW definitely Saturday night, if the Van Wart Offy has passed its peak as a race car or if 1t still retains its power of old, when National Midget Gar Champion Joe Carson drives this former championship racer at the panbury Speedway.
 Carson, competing recently over the Indiana midget tracks, won 80 much of the feature event monies, that the local car owners and driv- CTS, all members of the Mutual Auto Racing Association, held meeting regarding Carson. The decision was that Carson could not continue to race over the MARA circuit. The trumped up reason given that only those who were residents of the state of Indiana for a specific pert- cd of time would be permitted Co compete in this clubs circuit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
HoI Gregg Faces SuVift Gems

Hartford, Oct. 2 - Hal Gregg ol the Brooklyn Dodgers, who pitched two of six one-hit games in the National Leauge this season and who has won IS games and lost lS, will be with the National League AAHii-sSttars Ali Stars who face the Savitt Gems here Thursday night in game under lights at Bulkeley Stadium. Goody Rosen, Dodgers outfielder, and "Whitey" Kurowski, Cards third-sacker, who hit 1925 and .32S respectively to be third and fourth ranking circuit clouters, are also listed in the Stars lineup.
 Ed Stanky of the Dodgers, who tied Tommy Holmes for runs scored with l27, Is also on the visiting teams lineup.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
Standing
.eshon NEAAU Boss

Noston. Oct. 1--(UP)--John J. E4n Sheehan of South Boston a6av held the presidency of the NsM England AAU after his elec- |6H last night.
 former member of the organ- InA.s boxing committee, Shee- afaseeda 3Nm Randy who held nnEt during iise past two years. H1n'u c1|lises e AeoloEd Ha a|4elod Tsees snsas 'd#ak and her- H1lm of Boston Nes re-eiecteu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
Holmes, Mayo Most VoIuobIe'
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 St. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 2-Tommy Holmes, outfielder of the Braves, and Eddie Mayo, second baseman of the Tigers, today were aTi- nounced as tho selections of The Sporting News as the most valuable players In the major leagues for ielS. Tn supplementary choices of outstanding pitchers, who are placed in . special merit class, apart from other regular players, Hal Newhouser of the Tigers, who was picked in i044, Is renamed Tor the American League and Hank Borowy of the Cubs Is awarded the distinction in the National.
 Discarded
 Mayo is acclaimed as the main cog in the Detroit machine, his hustle and efficiency in the infield and effective work at the bat be- ing credited for much of the suc- cess of the Tigers this season. A discard of the Giants and Braves as too slow for an infielder and of the Athletics because of defective vision, occasioned by being hit with 0 thrown ball, Mayo was rescued from the minors by the Tigers to develop into one of the outstanding stars of the year.
 Holmes won the accolade for his hitting and fielding with q team that was never in the pennant race. He was 0 contender for the National League batting honors throughout the season and finished far ahead of all other sluggers in home runs, while establishing a modern league record for hitting safely in consecutive games, 37 in a row from June 6 to July 8, during which period he made 66 hits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
Gus Is Out

Boston, oct. 1.-lUPJ-W0fIuS s light heavyweight boxing champion Gus Lesnevich arrived here today to be discharged from the U. s. Coast Guard afer three years service in the South Pacific.
 The former Jersey City, N. J.. ice- man, who served as Q carpenters mate first class during the past three years, was greeted by his wife on arrival. His last base was Leyte.
 Lesnevich said he had no plans for the immediate fut;sre but Hoped before many months to defend the crown that had been frozen for the duration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
FitzseroId Tops Chase Pin Busters

Maurice Fitzgerald rolled lSo m uass iast game, Including ar eight ssin handicap, to cop high single m isrt Week's competition in the Chase 6srsnd Street. once Bowling league, according to statistics released tnis alorning by Secretary Harola sPoughkeepSie' Hughes.
 The scores:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
Fights Lost Night

New. Yorlx-Freddle Schott, 2O9 N, Paterson. N. J.. knocked out Johnny Thomas, 1S2, ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (9l.
 Detroit-sgt. Jimmy Edgar, 1eO, Detroit, outpointed Ossie Harris. l66, Pittsburgh (10).
 Baltimore - Tiger Wade, 162 N |. Baltimore, outpointed Bert Lytell. f5S%, New York (10l. Newark, N J.--Aliie Sto1z. i33a& Newark. outpointed Jackie Leamus. fS4. New York (S).
 phf1ndelphfn Frankie Carto, 13l. PhiiHdcinhla. 0utpDiuted Jack fc Floyd, 1zeM Philadelphia (iQ1,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
Hub Ycnks Drill For Redskins

Boston, Oct. 2-(UP)-Pass de- fense was stressed today by Coach Herb Kopf as he readied his Boston Tanks for Sundays tilt with the Washington Redskins. The Tanks will concentrate on a defense to stop "elingin' Sammy" Baugh and ''Fllngin' Frankie" Filchok. the Redgkins' sharpshooting passers BilI de Courrevont. former Chicago schoolboy star and later northwest ern ace. will make his professional debut la the game following his Nay discharge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
Hayes Winner Of Sewage Fiqht

Boston, Oct. D. (UP) . Buddy Hayes of Boston had proved today that he is one of the ontstandine New England contenders for feath- erweight honors after coming off the canvas to knockout the tough Leo Macucci of Portland, Me, in eight rounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02

 This Sporting World
Whot's This? Lippy SfronoeIv Silent
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

You could have hearu Ilab WAAeSA trolley car in Flatbush, as far as noise was concerned in the Dodger dressing room inside Municipal Stadium last Saturday, after the world famous Durocher Dragons were shut out leo by the Fred Davi Brasscos, on four hits allowed their National league sluggers' Dixie walker, Lou Olmo, Mike Sandlock, Goody Rosen, ct al by one of their town" pitchers on the Brassco mound, Al shirer. Brooklyn owns Shirer'S contrac).
 So, as they babble in Brooklyn, I "ups" to Manager Lippy Leo Durocher, hurriedly dressing to shove of for Newark, where he watched the Brooklyn farm" team Montreal Royals Saturday night in their struggle with the Yankee farm club. tNswark lost 4-5 Sunday, but leads the best Of seven series 3 games to orle)
 Says I to the most famous urn. plre. batter this side of the Hima- iayas: "What did you think of the Waterbury club9" Ills answer: Pretty good' and that was all, brothers, that was all. Not an- other single syllable would Lippy Leo utter: knowing, of course that the same club, with different pitchers had blanked the Tanks only the day previous, and by the same score as the Dodgers went down, i-0 He also knew they had taken the Phillies 1893 on the previous Wednesday. But he was strangely silent. Couldn't get out of town fast enough, to get to Newark for that Montreal game.
 So, gets him on the fly with ont more S04 question: How did you like that Brooklyn pitcher, wh' moved your boys down with foul hits? And all he said was: Pretty good boy"-nothing more, nothint less.
 Umpire Pat slattery. who got thu thrill that comes once in Q life time to Q man in blue", hit thu BIG TIME last week, by umpirinl for three major league teams within four days. Tn addition to that, 1T the Brooklyn game, and with thu aforementioned world-famous um pire. .baiter, Durocheg, coaching of first base, THE LIP had not one single solitary criticism of Pat work to make throughout the game Slattery still can't believe that Du rooher would allow ANY umpire [, work a full game without rushinl at him at east once during tn contest, but that's the way 1t went so our ump is naturally forced l. the conclusion: Leo isn't such bad guy after all" Of course, 1 may have been the distance iron Ebbets Field that tongue-tied tn Lip, but he's OK in Slattery's book up to the present moment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
ST. PAUL Ys. HENRY

West Springfield, Mass. Oct. 2-- (UP)-Sasnt Paul of Springfield and George Henry of Slew Bedford will meet in a IC-round bout at the dog track here tonight. Their out door bout. scheduled to have been fought last night, was postponed because of rain
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02
Jokers Get
 Good Stort

The Jokers got of to e grand start in the Poker Pin League last evening ct the North End Y by win- ming three games from the JaclEs. the only team in the six-team cir- cult to win all opening games. The scores:
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02

ban win so Sunday ever Meridsn Royals at Hopevills Stadium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-02

ioonxrirht, lpAS, KIng Features syndIoatel
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-21
Worms School Bus
Drivers On Core In
Conveying Pupils

In 4 letter to transportation
cont actors of jackson County,
driver of all county school buses
were warned this week by A. F.
Megehes, county superintendent
of education, to exert every pre-
caution to insure safe transport
of all students.
Mr.. Megehee pointed out the
accident in Washington State
when a school bus plunged into a
lake browning a number Of chill
dren.
Buses that drive along water
shoutd low down to Is miles an
hour &n,eh is half the speed OF
the 20 miles an hour limit you
have ne wrote. when you ap-
proaeh a railroad crossing when
children are in the bus you should
stop the bus and have one of the
boys - out and look both ways
and then lag YOU across. feel
sure that every transportation
contractor in Jackson County will
observe these regulations
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-21
Baton Rouge Man
On Hunting Trip
browns In River

Oscar Orr Phillips. 80 years old,
of Baton Rouge, was drowned
early Friday morning when the
motor boat in which he and his
cousin, 7. o. Mabry, Jr., of Moss
Point, had started duck hunting
sWamped in the West Pascagoula
river.
The body Of the drowned man
had not been recovered late
Thursday despite exhaustive
searching by a Coast Guard boat
and plane from the Biloxi base
and by individuals, many OF
whom are residents Of Gautier.
Mr.. Phillips was a salesman for
a cement company and he had
arrived in Moss Point Thursday
night on his regular route. He
and Nh. Mabry decided to go on
a short duck hunt and were pro-
ceeding down the river to the
blinds when the boat was swamp
ed in the current and eddies an
der the river bridge. MI. Mabry
grabbed a bridge piling and
climbed to the bridge. He said
Mr.. Phillips was caught in the
current as he attempted to swim
to safety. Both men wore heavy
hunting clothing. A dog in the
boat with the men swan to
shore. The accident occurred at 5
a. m. and investigating officer
was County Highway Patrolman
Fenimore Hudson.
A native of Tupelo, he is sur
vived BY his widow, Mrs. There
sa Phillips and a daughter, Jane,
both of Baton Rouge; his mother,
Mrs. l.. L. Phillips, two sisters,
Mrs. Rov Knight and Mrs. Joe
King, and two brothers, Charles
and John Hoyle Phillips, all Of
Tupelo.
Funeral services will be held
in Leesville, La, with Fails Fun
eral Home making the arrange
mentS.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-21
Coolest Wedther OF
Season Recorded
Here This Week

An ley North wind blowing
steadily through the week
brought the coolest weather Of
the wear to Pascagoula, and sent
thermometers tumbling to 10 de
grees.
Waterpipes froze and burst n
many homes, causing widespread
inconvenience throughout the
city. The Chronicle-Star Their
mometer registered a low Of %
degrees on Thursday morning
and did not rise above 40 during
the daY. There were reports
that some thermometers in ex-
posed places had dropped to 10
degrees.
The cold wave which has set
tied on the Eastern half OF the
country was due to break to-
day, with rising temperatures
predicted for late Friday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-21
Fourteen Essays
Sent To Judges
In Jaycee Finals

Fourteen ESSAYS on citizenship
by Pascagoula High school stu
dents will go to the judges this
week in the Junior Chamber of
Commerce contest instead of the
ten originally scheduled because
of the unexpected high quality
of the compositions. The school
faculty, preliminary judges, were
unable to agree on the merits of
several of the papers and deeid-
ed to pass fourteen to the final
board which is composed of May
or John r. Watts, Comptroller
Earl r. Hammett of the ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation, and
Editor Easton King of the Chron-
icle-Star and Advertiser.
The essays will be numbered
at the time they are judged and
the judges themselves will not
know the name Of the winning
writer until they have selected
the best essay for value and orig
inality of subject.
The three winners will be
awarded a $50 Victory Bond, a
S25 Victory Bond and $40 in Vic
tory Stamps. The students were
allowed to write from 300 to
500 words on any subject dealing
with community citizenship.
Javcee officials also announced
they were resuming the drive to
persuade new citizens to register
as voters and urged those who
registered in the recent drive 10
paw their poll taxes and become
eligible TO vote. Poll and other
taxes are now being collected at
the office of the county sheriff
and tax collector on the first
floor al the court house.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-21
Loot Extensive
In Virgins Theft
Little Lost In Two

A thief who boldly walked in
to the front door of Virgins
Drug Store No 5, South Pasca.
goula street and Lincoln ave-
nue., sometime between midnight
Monday and opening hour Tues
1av escaped with jewelry, cash
and checks amounting to a large
sum OF money after opening the
safe.
A detailed estimate had not
been completed, according to w
e. Virgins, but among the items
stolen were wrist watches, cleo
trio razors, rings and an Ever
sharp pen and pencil set and
cash.
investigating officers c. G..
Groves and w. A. McRae said a
part of the lock on the front
door was broken to gain admit
lance. Both the outer and in
ner safe doors had been opened
in what Chief of Police j. E.
Shirley described as a 'profes-
sional'' wav. Apparently , some
sort of pulley system had been
used to pull off the safe dial
and tine inner door was pried
open.
Police were puzzled this week
over two robberies in Pascagoula
over the weekend in which a
bakery, barber shop and drug
store were entered but practi-
cally nothing was stolen.
Saturday night an unidentified
thief ripped screening from the
rear tranSom of the Pascagoula
Bakery and then forced the door
to the adjacent Frederic's Bar
Der. Shop where a pair of cleo
trio clippers, a pair OF shears and
a comb yer taken. Money in
the register was not touched nor
We're money and a gun in the I'M
locked safe of the bakery shop
stolen, police reported. The thief
exited through the transom by
which he had gained entry.
This followed by two DAYS the
entering of the Palace Pharmacy
when the thief used a brace and
bit to make a hole in the rear
door large enough to put his hand
through and open two barrel
bolts. The cash register in the
druggists department was opened
and S1.75 of the $500 in change in
the register was taken. Other
registers in the pharmacy were
not touched nor were any mer-
ehandise ncr drugs missing, ac-
eofding TO police. According to
Chief of Police J. E. Shirley, nc
lingerprints were found.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-21
Youths Charged
With Forging
Federal Check

A Jackson youth is lodged III
jail and two Paseagoula voungs-
ters are released on bond follow
ing their arrest here last week
on a federal charge of forging a
u. S. Government certificate.
They allegedly confessed to
County Highway Patrolman Fen
more Hudson and a Federal BIT
reau of Investigation agent that
they we're implicated in forging
and eashing an $50 allotment
check TO Mrs. Charline Booth
from her soldier husband.
Werner is also said to have
confessed to more than Is for
geries during the last year in
an aggregate of about $500 and he
is believed to be the bad check
artist that has plagued local
merchants for many months.
Implicated with Werner in the
government certificate forging
was Henry Walton Booth, IA
year-old juvenile delinquent who
was on parole from a burglary
charge at the time of his arrest.
and HOY Ray Warren. 10, Of
Pascagoula. Booth is a brother
in-law of Mrs. Charline Booth.
Booth and Warren posted $500
bonds pending appearance before
a grand jury and Werner is held
in the Kinds County Jail in Jack
son in lieu of a $3.50 bond.
Patrolman Hudson began an
investigation of the case after
Robert Warren of the Horn Is
land Sea Food Company reported
three checks forged on his ae-
count. Nj. Hudson called in the
FBI when his investigation re
vealed the government check
forgery.
Forging a GOV eminent certifi-
cate may result in 10 years inn
prisonmeht. a $4,000 fine, or
both
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-21
Contract Let For
Work On New Site
Animal Trop Co.

With the letting of contracts
for necessary construction and
installation work at the Old Jack
0 County airport completed,
work was begun Monday TO pre-
pare the site for the Animal Trap
Company, recent purchasers Of
the property.
According to d. M. Williams,
manager, moving from the old
to the new location will be begun
shortly after January | and it is
expected that the shift will be
completed early in February.
The major slice of the contracts,
the building of a 40 BY 80 loot
lrame structure, was let to Han
cock Construction Company OF
Mobile which company will also
build dry kilns and an incinerator
for burning sawdust. The new
building and the plane-storage
part of the present hangar will
be used as factory space and the
offices will be located at the two
sides of the hangar building, Mr..
Williams said. Conversion of
the hangar will call for compare
lively little work consisting main
II of door and window changes,
he explained.
The remainder Ct the work will
be sub-contracting jobs such as
electrical wiring to be handled by
the Pascagoula Electrical Com
pany; Sumedinger, plumbing;
and Left Engineering Conpanl
of Mobile, installation of a blower
system to remove wood waste to
the ineinerator.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-21
Seek Add Teeth
To Zoning Laws
With Ordinance

The Pascagoula Planning and
Zoning Commission moved Tues
day night to put teeth in the
city's inadequate building laws
with a new coming ordinance and
building code which they plan TO
submit to the Mayor and City
Commissioners with a recon-
mendation for adoption.
The Zoning Commission real
ICES that the work should have
begun two years ago, r. H. Macy,
chairman, reports, but adds that
they hope to eliminate undesira-
bic and dangerous buildings in
the future. A building code, ex-
tending the fire zone to the Lin
coln-Marke business district will
be submitted to the city off
Gals.
MI. Macy said that the coming
group will recommend that frame
building construction be pro-
hibited on Lincoln street from
the ingalls, Shipyard on the west
to Eleventh street on the east and
on Market street from a point
$50 feet north of Polk street. to
500 feet south of the Lincoln ave-
nue. intersection.
Adoptions of this program will
reduce fire hazards and result in
a lower insurance rate for bust
ness houses in this trade center.
A new map OF the city has
been drawn, Mr.. Macy said, show
ing the proposed coming and up to
date from the standpoint of
changed street names.