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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14
Accrediiing Commission R u e S
Units For Veteran Undergraduates

How high school students who
left their studies to serve in the
armed forces prior to graduation
NAV receive additional units to-
ward receiving diplomas from
their military experience is out
lined in. a ruling handed down
recently by the Mississippi High
School Accrediting Commission.
AT least one Jackson County
student, Robert Quinton Freder-
ic, has been authorized a diplo-
ma under one of the four Sec
tions of the regulations. Frederic,
who was a senior in the Pasca-
goula High School at the time
he entered the service, was dis
charged recently with the rank
Of captain from the u. S. Army
Air Corps. He qualified for his
diploma as. the result of tests on
General Educational Develop
ment. Credit is allowed when the
test Is given under the direction
OF authorized officials and when
the grades in the five-battery
seven-and-one-half hour test are
satisfactory.
Other methods of obtaining
credit include an automatic
credit of two units for completion
OF basic training in any branch
of the armed forces or in the
Merchant Marines, and superip-
tendents of schools are authoriz-
ed to assume that basic training
has been completed by the prima
facie evidence of continuous SER
vice.
Service School Credit
Units will also be allowed for
service schools attended on a
basis of one unit for each 1870
hours or five weeks of study
successfully completed provided
the official transcript of the work
done by the student becomes a
permanent part of the students
high school record.
The Armed Forces Institute at
Madison, Wise, offers 81 courses
on the high school level which
may, upon satisfactory compile
ton, be counted toward gradua-
ton. A catalog of courses and in
structions concerning enrolment
procedure, submitting prepared
lesson assignments, reporting re-
suits of end-of-eeurse eXamina-
ton, etc, can be secured by writ
ing directly to the Commandant,
United States Armed Forces In
stitute, Madison, Wise.
A book entitled Guide to the
Evaluation of Education Expert
ences in the Armed Services
can be obtained by order to the
American Council on Education,
1863 Administration Building,
Urbana, H., for $500. the Com
mission reports, and urges schools
to obtain a set of guides as an
aid to evaluating the work COM
pleted in service schools.
A diploma granted on the
basis of any military experience
must be granted by the school
in which the student last earned
credit.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14
WIDE OPEN SPACES

New York, AP.-There's room
in New York's committing area
FOR Is, 500.000 people in addition
to the l2,330,000 now resident
there. according to the Regional
Plan Association. The area ex-
tends from 30 TO 40 miles from
Times Square and covers 1850
square niles.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14
Continue Signing
Of Pledges To
Finance Program

The board of directors Of the
Pascagoula Community Chest al
a meeting Wednesday afternoon
at the U.S.O. voted to divide
the funds collected in the re.
cent combined National Wa
Fund-C Community Chest drive
equally between the War Fune
and the Community Chest, ano
to continue the drive until Jan
uary |.
A total of $1,000 .35 was col.
lected during the drive and or
the basis of the division eacf
agency will receive 1882. Quot
for the drive in Pascagoula was
$4,000 for the War Fund anc
$4,000 for the Community Chest
1t was pointed out by mem
bers that many persons Wers
missed during the drive, and soil
citations will be renewed in ar
effort to reach the full quota.
Other business included: the
withdrawal of the Recreation
Commissions request for $4,000.
application for $4,000 BY the
Community League to purchase
U.S.O. furnishing in the Mag
nolia street Community Build
ing now occupied by the U.S.O.
application for $500 for the Pas
cagoula Welfare Office; and the
referring to, committee for con
sideration of requests by the Boy
Scouts for $1,700 and the pro
posed Y.M.C.A. for $4,000.
Requests For Sl4.2S0
The board at the last meeting
allocated $3.50 to the Pascagoul
schools for the Crippled Chill
dren's Fund, and including TIL
figure, total requests for fund
amount to $14,250.
George B. Field, chairman of
the Recreation Commission, APP
peared before the board with
the request that the $4,000 ask
ed at the last meeting for the
be considered with
drawn in the interests of har-
mony and cooperation. Plans for
raising the necessary funds to
get the Community Building on
Market street in operation are
progressing successfully, he said,
and the Commission felt that it
should withdraw the requests foI
the funds.
Considerable discussion on the
division OF the combined funds
followed.
E. A. Khayat, chairman Oh the
county War Fund Drive, said
that an equal division would BIZ
acceptable to state officials OF
the drive, inasmuch as such &
division would give Pascagoula
approximately IS per cent of its
quota, which would be well a.
bove the state average.
M. L. Funkhouser offered a
motion that the War Fund be
given its full $4,000 quota from
the fund, but the motion dice
for lack of a second.
A new motion followed order
ing an equal division of the
which was passed. 1t was
believed, directors said, that b.
seeing the MANY persons who
were missed during the drive
the full quota FOR both agencies
could be raised.
The discussion then turned to
on the various requests
for funds and following consid-
cradle discussion the board vot-
ed to back the Community Lea
que to a reasonable" amount
for purchase of the U.S.O. furni-
ture and equipment. Action on
requests of the Bov Scouts ans
was referred to a COM
composed o. R. B. Nc
j. F. Velcich and j. E.
GALLOWAY for study with recon-
nendations to be made at the
lext meeting of the board.
The Community League, head
d by John r. Watts, holds SUI
Dervision of the Community
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

British Guinea vas first settled
by the Dutch West India com
pany about 1920.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-12-14

The last known passenger pig.
con died in captivity in 1914.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

Pfc. Brondel Shilling, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford R. Shilling, 1886
Summit avenue, who is with the
112th Cavalry in the Philippines,
has been promoted to staff ser
geant and awarded the Good Con-
duct medal.
The staff sergeant, who will
have rounded out three years of
overseas service on July 10, writes
his parents from Luzon, as follows:
I'VE are doing a hopping up job
here now. We get plenty to eat,
having a field kitchen right with us,
and get some kind of fresh meat
every day. Am getting little
tired of sleeping on the ground, but
after 21a years you get used to any
thing. Hope to get home on furlough
in August or September"
Staff Sergeant Shilling has birth
day coming up on July 30, SO why
not send him a birthday greeting?
His mother will be glad to furnish
the address. Just phone 3668-M.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
Business In School Supplies

Business In School Supplies
Seig led the Marines back to the
store, opened it and displayed his
wares with apologies. Business, he
said, was not so good. He had little
to offer because nothing had come
to the island from Japan for many
months. The Okinawans had no
money, anyway, and his only bust
ness had been trading them school
supplies needed by their children.
These he had some of and since
nobody was going to school any
more he would be happy to sell
them.
While the purchases were being
made a crowd of Okinawans gath
cred around the store They spoke
excitedly among themselves and
obviously failed to comprehend
why the soldiers" wanted crayons
and paints and moreover why they
hadn't just stormed in and taken
them.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
were seen through a side window.
Native Catches On

were seen through side window.
Native Catches On
One resident of Miyagusuku
finally caught on to what the Ma
rines wanted.
He pointed to red :ile-roofe d
house behind a wall of stones.
There, sitting cross-legged on the
floor of his front room, was Seig
himself, eating sweet potatoes for
his MONDAY meal.
The native made them under
stand he spoke Spanish and he
was surprised when one of the Me-
rines, standing on his doorstep,
greeted him with a "Buenos dias,
senior"
The storekeeper returned the sal
utation to Staff Sgt. Paul Peters,
Marine Corps combat photogra-
pher of Houston, Tex, except for
whose presence and knowledge of
Spanish the deal might not have
been made that day.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
WITH THE ATLANTIC FLEET

With The ATLANTIC FLEET
Robert Lee Mckinley, II, second
class, USNR, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph L. Mckinley, 223 East ave,
Hagerstown, Md, who has completed
a course of instruction at the mine
craft training center, Little Creek,
Va, has been assigned to duty
aboard minesweeper.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
HERE ARE SOME FACTS
ON THE B-29 PLANE

Here are some facts about the
B-29 bomber which were just re-
leased recently by the Army's Air
Technical Command at Wright
Field, Ohio.
The plane has a speed rate of
more than $50 miles an hour, range
of 5000 miles, gross weight of 1885,
900 pounds, has bomb capacity of
10 tons, carries IL men and contains
$4,000 pounds of aluminium and 5000
pounds of rubber.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

in action in Belgium on January
Is, 1945, has arrived back in the
States and is now at the Arny's
General Hospital at Camp Butner,
North Carolina Pfc. Munday wrote
his parents as soon as he arrived at
the hospital, telling them that he
was feeling fine and expected to be
home soon on furlough.
He has been az years in the
Service and spent seven months
overseas before he was wounded.
He wears the Purple Heart, Com
bat Infantry Badge and Good Con-
duct ribbon.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

James Donald (Brick) McElwain,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Noel
vain, 2O4 East Irwin avenue, who
entered the Navy on June 20, 1945,
has arrived at the Great Lakes Naval
Station, Illinois, where he has been
assigned to the Radar Training
School.
Brick, captain of the 1914 football
team at St. James School and also
a member of the basketball and
baseball teams, was prominent in
Scouting in Hagerstown. He was ore
of the Oldest members of Troop S,
sponsored by the Presbyterian
Church and was a Junior Assistant
Scoutmaster, with the rank of Life
Scout, when he entered the Navy.
Pvt. Paul E. Meats, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Meats, Marbern
Road, who fought with Company
K, part of the 35th Infantry Division
in Germany, had the unpleasant
experience of being burned up, or
out, twice.
At Freyhouse, in France, Com
pany K broke through a line of ma
chine guns, capturing two nests.
Getting toe-hold on the first
house, they forced their way to
the second nest where flames has
tened speedy return to the fret
house, which the Germans sur
rounded with five machine guns and
three rocket launchers.
The K Company men held the
house all day and night, rejecting
surrender advances until they were
burned out, escaping seconds before
the house completely collapsed.
But, at the same time the men
were beating it out of the nest, a
Yank tank destroyer appeared and
got the Germans under control
and eventually, with the help
of Company K, drove them from
the town.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
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with the

IN THE ATLANTIC - James
Dunn Bowser, 81, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Bowser, Concococheague
St, Williamsport, Md, has advanced
to torpedoman's mate, second class,
USNR, on a destroyer of the Atlantic
Fleet.
He wears the American and Eu-
ropean-African-M Middle Eastern
Theater ribbons, with four combat
stars. He participated in the inva-
sions of Sicily and southern France.
He is a graduate of Williamsport
p High School.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
Occupational Currency Used by Leathernecks
First Purchases Made With Yen
and Sen
BY Sgt. Walter Wood
MARINE Corps Combat Correspon-
dent)

OKINAWA Delayed - First
sale of Japanese goods in exchange
for new American occupational yen
and sen notes was made by Seig, a
Spanish-speaking Okinawan store
keeper to two Marines, members
of the force which invaded and
captured Taxa Banare Island, six
miles off the Pacific coast of this
enemy base.
Seig, Sc, who said he worked Is
years in Peru, made the sale to
souvenir-seeking Pfc. George w.
Poppe of Shattuck, Okla, and Lit.
Carroll R. Wilson of Dubuque, Iowa.
Buy Sandals, CrayOns, Paint
The Marines bought several pairs
of straw sandals, at one yen Ga
dime) a pair; a dozen or more sets
of crayons, for SO sen "a nickelD a
box; and a number of water color
paints, for rs sen (71a cents) per
set.
With the United States military
currency in his pocket and good
will gift of package of American
cigarettes and a box of safety
matches, Seig was a big man in
Miyagusuku, his home town.
The transaction caused a stir in
Miyagusuku, where there had been
no fighting and where except for
the absence of the few Jap troops
who left when the Marines arrived
the villagers were going about
their lives as usual
When the Leathernecks came
upon Seig's street-corner store,
they found it closed and secured
with a crude iron lock. A clock
licked inside and a desk, Uttered
table and almost empty shelves
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
INT PLANTS SAFE

The U. S. Department of Labor
reports the explosive industry has
the second lowest accident fire.
quency rate among manufacturing
industries.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

Aboard An Aircraft Carrier in the
Pacific Robert Stonebraker
Schlosser, son of Mrs Isabella
Schafer Schlosser, Stoneleigh Man
or, Hagerstown, Md, who is now
serving in the Navy, has advanced
to aviation boatswain's mate, third
class.
He is now serving on board one
of the nations large aircraft carri-
ers helping to take the war direct
to Japan.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
Cerebral HemmOrhages

Cerebral hemmorhages, which
caused the death of the late presi-
dent of the United States, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, resulted in 127,-
800 deaths in the country in 1913,
according to figures just released
by the U. S. census bureau.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

Seaman Second Class James o.
Cottingham, son of Mr.. and Mrs w.
o. Cottingham, 808 Hamilton boule-
ward, having completed his training
at cambridge, has been transferred
to the Radar school at Fort Lauder
dale. His new address is: Naval
Training School, Fort Lauderdale
Hotel Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Seaman Cottingham has two
brothers in the Service-Lieut w.
o. Cottingham, Jr., and Ensign
David T. Cottingham.
Lieutenant Cottingham, Army Air
Forces, returned to this country after
active service in the Aleutians and
stationed for awhile at Greenville,
S. c., has now been transferred to
the Operations and Training Section
at Bluethenthal Field, Wilmington,
N. c., as a PAT instructor.
Ensign Cottingham is stationed at
the Naval station at Hollywood, Fla,
only five miles from Fort Lauder
dale where his brother James is
stationed.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

Jack Rudy Poffenberger, seaman
first class, USNR, son of Mrs. Doro-
thy Poffenberger, 521 Jefferson
street, Hagerstown, Md, arrived al
the Naval Training Station, Nor
folk, Va, on June 2 to train fo1
duties aboard a new destroyer Of
the Atlantic Fleet.
Poffenberger is a veteran of 81
months duty aboard a landing snip
(tank) in the Pacific. He wears
ribbons for the American Theater
the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with four
stars, and the Philippine Liberation
Before enlisting in the Navy, Sea-
man Poffenberger was employed by
the Station Furniture Co. He was
graduated from Woodland Way
Junior High School
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

Capt. S. H. White, only son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy H. White, 500
North Mulberry street, has been
promoted to major at his base at
Camp Fannin, Texas, where he is
attached to central headquarters.
Major White is married, his wife,
formerly of Winnipeg, Canada, be-
ing second lieutenant in the Army
Nurse Corps. He has been three
years in the Service.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

Pfc. John H. Munday, only son of
MIR. and Mrs John R. Munday, Hag-
erstown, Route l, who was wounded
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05

Richard Joseph Lowell, seaman
second class, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hazel c. Lowell, II Public Square,
Hagerstown, Md, has been gradu-
ated from the aviation ordnance
school at the Naval Air Technical
Training Center, Norman, Okla, and
will be transferred to a naval unit
afioat or to another shore station for
further instruction and work. He
was employed by the Fairchild Air
craft Co, prior to enlistment
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-29
Seattle Air Service To
 Be Resumed

EETCHINAN - Air service be- tween Ketchikan and Seattle will be resumed July l. according to an- nouucement this week by Pan American World Airways. There will be 16 flights norh and south each week by DC-3 Clippers land ing al Annette Island.
 PAA's traffic office in the Inger- soil hotel will be completed about July l. Passenger and personnel quarters al Annette Island are to be in operation July 15.
 The fare to Seattle, flying time 4la hours. is S75 one way, S135 round trip. The fare from Ketehi- kan to Juneau is $33, S59.40 round trip. PAA will provide transfers be tween Ketchi5an and Annette via Ellis Air Lines.
 PAA recently received Army En- gineers' okay to use Annette field and representatives of Customs and Service will be station ed there July 1 to clear aircraft and cargo.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-29
O.P.A. Sets Prices On
 Seine Fish

Apparently designed to direct all seine-caught salmon to eanneries, but in reality simply depriving seiners of the higher prices paid by fresh fish buyers and cold storage. a maximum price of Is cents has been placed by the OPA on seine caught chums for the 1945 season. il was learned this week.
 The new price schedule. which took effect yesterday also sets a ceiling price of IT cents on pinks and 19 cents on sockeyes These prices are regardless of size or style of dressing. landed eN-yessel at cannery or cold storage plant
 The 1945 prices are ali increase of 1 cent per fish over the 1922 prices for pinks and ehums and 1 cents for sockeyes. In 1g43 and 1944. the price was 2 per cent more than in 1942.
 Customarily. a number of seiners sell their bright chums to fresh fish buyers. Last year perhaps a greater amount of chums than normally was sold 10 fresh fish buyers at prices ranging up to 75 cents The new OPA order will simply have the. effect of preventing seiners from getting the higher prices from the fresh fish buyers and cold storages who can arrange to get trap-canght chums. No ceiling is set on trap caught fish.
 The new order also sets maxi mum prices for salmon taken in gill nets in the Sukine and Taku rivers. regardless of size except for a 14-pound split in red kings taken in the Stikine
 The gill net price in the round for pinks is r cents a fish, for chums IT cents and sockeyes S6 cents. It is 1O% for echoes in the round. 13 cents for echoes drawn
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-29
Seventh fleet
 Blasts Enemy

--MANILA-The presence of the L.. s. Seventh Fleet in hostile waters in Che Makashar Straits between CeIebes and southeast Borneo was disclosed today as General MacAr- thur announced chat surface craft had downed three Japanese planes there Monday. There were no fur ther reports of the action and no confirmation of the persistent Tok- So reports that the Allied fleet had been bombarding Japanese positions on Borneo mad the southeast coast near Port Balibpapan since June 15.
 The Japanese contended that landing attempts had already made on the southeast coast and Mac Arthur disclosed ahe planes of the U. s. Firth and 13th Air Forces. with the RAAF. continued heavy neutralizing attacks on gun posi- lions and air dromes on the coast of Dutch Borneo while more than 90 Liberators with 40 Mitchell med ium bombers, escorted by Lightn- ing fighters, dropped 2S6 tons Of bombs on the Balikpapan Manghar airdrome F miles northeast of the Redeb sector.
 Seventy miles south the Austral- ians conquered Isw, Tarakan, and RAAF Kittyhawks hit north Bor- neo and the enemy based in Jessel- ton. Fifth AirfOrce Liberators bombed Kuching. capital of Sara walk. while 7th Fleet priyateers damaged three freighters near Pom tianak on Borneo's west coast
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-29
Wrangell To Observe 4th
 Holiday

Preparations are being made for grand and glorious celebration of the 4th of July in Wrangell next Wednesday, and with them go the annual prayers for fine weather.
 The American Legion will start the ball rolling with their annual kickoff dance to be held July 3, and the Elks will climax the day of Ithe 4th with another dance; both dances will have orchestras and be held in the A. N. B. Hall
 A program of races and other sports has been arranged for the children with prizes for all. Store, offices and business in general will close to observe the day.
 Races for the youngsters will be held on Front street and will start at Il a. III.
 Joe Weaver has been appointed by Police Chief James Lovett as marshal of the day.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-29
SUPERFORTS SPREAD FIRES
 OVER ENEMY TERRITORY

GUAM Marianas based AlneIl-l can superforts spread incendiary de- struction on four more Japanese cities today as between 450 and 500 planes rained more than 5000 tons of fire bombs on. sasebo Moh, No- beoka and s0kagama.. in predawn raids which brought to. IS the nunr- Der Of Japanese seities, hit in the superfort eampaign to burn Nip pon out of the war his4is the first large scale. incendiary mission since June 20, and was split four ways to hit Sasebo, Moki and Nobeoka, IIyushu Island ports, and the vital industries of 0kayama in the Hon. shu Islands. The blows were a com tinuation of the attacks on the in- dustrial areas on which Japan is more dependent than ever since the destruction of the great areas of Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka and Kobe. The most important sim gle target was the Sasebo Naval dockyard 5and other industries which include shipbuilding and re- pair yardsi .,i ,.e ' <,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-29
CANADIAN BOUNDARY
 CHANGES IN 0FFING !?

SPOKANE-Th Spokesman Re view said this week that Senator Magnuson had revealed that Ne gotiations are proceeding between the U. s. and Canada that may re suit in revision of their common boundaries"
 In a dispatch from Seattle, the paper said the State Department has started a survey of the entire boun- dary subject including possible changes, creation of custom-free highways, free ports, removal of irritations caused by regulation of international traffic and many re- lated subjects.
 The matter was brought to the attention of President Truman this week by Magnuson and oyernor Gruening of Alaska, the dispatch said
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-29
GOOD FISHING REPORTED
 IN STIKINE RIVER AREA

Gillnetting fort soekeyes began Monday, June 25, in the Stikine river area and thus far the run is reported to be excellent, according to c. IL Baltzo, local Fish Wndlfe Agent. So far 19,600 fish have been landed here, with 3,20O being brought in Monday, 5,2O0 Tuesday. 9,200 Wednesday and s. GOO Thursday. The fish are of large size. MT. Baltzo reported, with only nine or ten needed to fill a stand ard size case He said it is one of the best runs so far in this area, and mentioned that the trollers are doing well also around the Ele- plants Nose