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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-25
Seal ol-Schillereff
Engagement Told BY
Mr.. ond Mrs. Seal

Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Seal an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Betty, to Ralph (Rudy)
Schillereff, motor machinist s
mate third class, U. S. Navy, son
of Mr.. and Mrs, John T. Schiller
ell also of Pascagoula
The wedding date will be an
nounced later.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-25
Kay Hollisfer Enters Merchant
Marine

Among the newest enlistees
from Pascagoula in the Merchant
Marine is Kay Hollister, son of
MIR. and Mrs. Ralph K. Hollister,
who departed Sunday for St. Pet
ersburg.
Kay did not wait to receive his
diploma in person from the Pas
cagoula High school but he is
among those graduating from that
school this term.
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Most Trained for Welding

Committee chairmen announc-
I'd at the meeting Wednesday
were r. A. Givens, chairman,
aims and objects; W. r. Guest,
elub service; A. F. Dantzler, COM
nunity service; p. A. Thompson,
programs; Verne Barnes, public
ity; Harrison Otis, fellowship;
]. w. Brumfield, Rotary infor-
nation, and Larry Lindhart,
songs and music.
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Square Dancing
And Talks Mark
ROiarySession

Talks on municipal recreation
and an exhibition Of square
dancing, complete with stringed
orchestra. marked the weekly
luncheon meeting OF the Pasca-
goula Rotary Club Wednesday at
the USO.
Warren McCleskey, chairman
Of he city Recreation Commit
tee, was in charge of the pro-
gram and after brief talk in
troduced G.. M. Matlaek, city
recreational director, who also
made a talk and then introduced
the group OF guests that took part
in the square dance.
Mr.. McCleskey told Of the i'm
portance of the recreation pro-
gram TO the city and the vital
necessity of support from the
citizens.
The recreation program has
asked for a budget Of 100000 for
the fiscal year beginning in July,
he said, based on a measure of
So per capita per year. OF this
the federal government is to
furnish rs per cent, he said, and
the city rs per cent. However, 1t
is possible that the program will
cost the city nothing, he added,
as credit will be given for reve-
nues from the program.
At present nine bowling alleys
are scheduled for the new recre-
alton building on Market street,
but a proposal has been made to
cut this amunot, he said. A rule
of thumb measure gives one
bowling alley for each 1000 of
population, he pointed out. and a
cut in the proposed number
would make the facilities COM
pletely inadequate for our pop
ulation.
Tells of Progress
Mr.. Matlack told of the strides
that have been made in the ex-
pansion of the program here dur
ing the year that it has been in
operation, and the continually
incleasing number Of persons,
but children and adults, that
are taking part.
A total of $50 children took
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Accountant Occupies New Office

r. M. Frellsen, Pascagoula ac-
countant, took possession of his
new offices Tuesday at 326 Krebs
avenue. Mr. Frellsen had oc-
cupied his former offices on Del
mas avenue since January of
1914.
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j. p. Lott VS.. birmingham
Building Company, damages, non
suit by pltf.; Plummer Balwin VS.
A. c.. Hit and Mrs A. G. Hit,
dfts., Badham Insulation Com
pany, garnishee, garnishment,
case dismissed, garnishee dis
missed, garnishee discharged;
Commercial Financing Company
VS.. Frank w. Smith, replevin, dis
missed, costs paid; Commercial
Financing Company VS.. William
B. Tull, replevin, dismissed, costs
paid; Joseph Berry Stone VS.. Mrs
Daisy Holder, replevin, dismissed,
costs paid; Joseph Berry Stone
VS.. Mrs. Daisy Holder, replevin,
dismissed, costs paid; United
States Hoffman Machinery Com
pany VS.. Nelson Cleaners and
Laundry. replevin. dismissed,
costs paid; Commercial Financing
Company VS. William Earl Ball,
replevin, dismissed, costs paid;
Commercial Financing Company
VS.. James F. Rayburn and Jesse
p. Lott, replevin, dismissed, costs
paid.
In a formal report made to
, Judge Corban, the Grand Jury,
at the end of its five-day session,
included in its recommendations
the establishment of the proper
border line between the states
of Mississippi and Alabama in
the area adjacent to the point
where United States Highway 80
crosses the lines, in order that
the jurisdiction OF the two states
may definitely be determined
for the guidance of all officials. I"
Members of the body pointed out
that this question has been un-
settled for many years.
The jury reported that during
the five-day session 80 witnesses
were examined and "a indict-
| mentS returned. Members re-
ported inspection of the Jail,
county poor house, and county
farm revealed to them to be in
good condition, suggesting only
that two additional bunk houses
be built at the county farm. The
jurors, however, recommended
that ceilings OF the court house
be repaired, electric water cool
erS installed. witness benches be
kept free Of boxes and other OBJ
jeets and efforts be made to im-
prove on the condition of the
building as to cleanliness. They
also recommended that the Board
of Supervisors install a new set
of index books and new assess
ment rolls,
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service, subject, Shining Against
the Future >
DR.. j. c. CRANE, DID,
Pastor.
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Open Hardware Store

Blades Brothers have taken
over the old Griffin Grocery
Store in Moss Point and will op-
crate a General Hardware Store.
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To kill 10000 japanese sol
diers on Saipan took 10000 tons
of high explosives, not counting
the weight of the shell
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prise offensive rolled on across
southern Alsace's snowfields, al
though the scope of its advance was
masked by censorship to make the
most of the surprise achieved
when the push opened Saturday.
The German drive was stemmed
at least momentarily nine miles
north of Strasbourg, where the en-
envy threw in crack troops and
tanks rushed down from the Bel
gian bulge. The Nazis had five or
six divisions massed on that front
and were attacking repeatedly.
The British Second Army stormed
ahead two more miles in its drive
across the Holland appendix and
the western German border north
of Aachen, biting deep into the en-
emy-held bulge between Geilenkir-
chen and Roermond despite a snow
storm and rising resistance.
Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny's
French First Army was fighting in
partial news blackout designed tc
exploit the surprise achieved wher
the drive opened Saturday ano
caught the enemy off guard.
1t was reported officially, how.
ever, that the French were push.
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GIhe' WMew Hanover
kNamedMdn WHe Year

gave c resume of the founding Of
the Chamber at St. Louis, Mo-, ir
1915, By Henry Geisenbier, and
said thai young men were at work
doing great things as far back as
1776. Washington, Jefferson, Ham
ilton and members of the first
Continental Congress had achieved
fame and Importance before they
had reached the age of IS.
I'VE IS young men owe a deep
debt TO those fellow brothers, sis.
tiers and Jaycees who are fighting
"a most gallant fight on all battle.
fronts he declared.
"Ale we. complaining about do
ing a little work? Will we be able
to show them that We prepared a
better community and State and
are preparing better Nation for
them?" he asked.
! THE Young men of America
should be represented at the peace
table because the ones of our age
limit (21-35 years. are the ones
that are bearing the brunt Of this
war;" he avowed.
/ Jack c. LeGrand, New Hanover
representative to the State Legisla-
ture spoke on some of the prof.
tects OF the current General AS
sembiy with particular emphasis
on a bill which he has introduced
Continued on Page Two;. Col. y
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SCI joe of New Hanover coun-
tv wac selected as Wilmington S
Outstanding Young Man of 1915,
acco1 ding to an announcement
Yesterday at a luncheon meeting
of Junior Chambers of Commerce
Of the Eastern District, at 1:3C
y. m at the Friendly banquet hall.
In announcing the award, Wal
tor ] Cartier, intermediary be.
twee1 the secret nominating com
niftee and the Jaycees, said that
"without doubt, the man of the
wear, as far as our community is
concerned, might be shuff1ed up
and called the men of the year
our boys in the armed services .
In mediately following the an.
nm,n cement, a moment of silent
prayer was held for all men and
women in service.
In. connection with the celebra.
ton of National Founders Week,
Bob .Abernethy, Of Gastonia, presi.
dent. of the North Carolina Junior
Chamber of Commerce, gave a
brief. ri: tory of the organization
and defined the Junior Chamber
as "a group of young men joined
together in friendly spirit to in.
c,1Icate civic consciousness by
means Of active participation in
constructive projects which will
improve the community, State and
Nation =,
In his review, Mr.. Abernethy
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Nazi Freight Yards
Blasted By Bombers
In Sub-Zero Weather

LONDON Jan. 21.-UP)- At.
lacking in temperatures of 81 de-
grees below zero, more than 900
Britain-based bombers escorted by
500 fighters today blasted freight
yards at Hebron, Mannheim and
Aschaffenburg for the second con-
secutive day.
The Luftwaffe failed to oppose
the attacks, according to prelimin-
airy reports, but anti-aircraft bat
teries at Mannheim mounted an
intense flax barrage through COM
plete cloud cover TO drive Oft the
attack
TT was 50 cold the neadle on the
temperature gauge ran right Oft
the dial at 81 degrees below Zero"
said Capt. Regory Good. Kansas
City, Mo-, pilot of Fortress that
bl@ted Aschaffenburg.
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Sailors Three Children
Die In Fire Started By
Their Own Carelessness

80, si'osToN, Jan. 2l. -UP>- A
40 (. 5 three children were burn
49,. ~ 10 death in their bedroom today
op OWEN ., nre' resulting from their
ib "t careless use of matches, swept
'- Tbo Roxoury tenement.
4 ' p;, dead are Edward Adams
dre nc n 3, and judith. 2, chill
WIEN Of Fireman &c John Adams
n mime nov is at sea. His wife and
u u4le,n1onth-old daughter, Janet,
o ntIe noSpitalized With burns. An.
tba son was visiting relatives al
Nc N. 'lne of the fire.
,,f Sie'snoors reported taat a ter.
Fi Fire explosion preceded the blaze
bb 5bsi carried Mrs. Adams and
,b1 ny :. 1an.t to safety, but were I'M
cbi' s 10 force their way into the
nf.llofen's room because of the
tba rd0s A score of residents of the
cd :. i wooden block were fore
ss * No flee, and damage was set al
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KOISO SAYS JAPS
ON LINE BETWEEN
SURVIVAL, DEATH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-(UP)-

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-(UP)-
Japan announced drastic man.
power mobilization law today as
Premier Kuniaki Koiso told a crit
ical parliament that, with the
American forces on Luzon and
aerial attacks on the japanese
homeland intensifying, the country
was on the dividing line between
survival and death.
Kolso asked for unity so that
Japan might be better able to
fight mo matter when or where
the enemy may attempt to invade
our land"
Tokyo radio, announcing the new
law, said that all classes of labor,
including students, unemployed
men and women and older persons
who had retired, would be mobiliz-
ed and that all unemployed per-
sons, male and female, would be
registered and would be liable to
a labor draft.
In cor nection with the law, Tokyo
said, travel facilities would be linn
tied, school entrance requirements
would Re frightened and large
groups Ct labor would be trans
ferred.
A hint that slave labor might
be sent to Japan from occupied
counties seemed implied by no.
tation that the government had
"taken general steps to abolish
any bar, iers' between the home
land and occupied territories.
Employers must apply for la
Dor quota and the government will
/Cou%;p,,oc ~, M m Three. fol q |
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Russians TakezT annenberg In New Offensive
American A zd]lery Raking German Retreat
Yanks Capture Tarlac, IS Miles From Manila
Belgian BulgeShrink
To Area Of15OMles
French Roll Across Southern AIsace A.
Enemy Threat TO Strasbourg stemmed
for Time; British Advance in Holland

PARIS, Jan. 21.-(P)-The Ger.
mans were retreating to the Sieg.
fried Line tonight from the shat.
tered stump of their Ardennes sal
lent in a storm of artillery fire as
the U. S. Third Army surged ahead
nearly five miles and Allied armies
struck along 300 miles of the west
ern Front.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton was
battering from the west and south
against what once was the Belgian
bulge-now shrunk to $50 of its
once 1000 square miles-and rak.
ing with shell fire the fleeing troops
and vehicles trying to get back into
Germany from northern Luxem-
bourg at Vianden.
1t. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
First Army some % miles north had
closed from north and west te
within three miles of St. With
without whose excellent roads and
railways many Germans might be
trapped.
Nowhere did the Germans hole
positions more than ten miles wes'
of the Siegfried Line along thu
Axis of their deepest penetration
which had carried almost As mile.
west toward the Mouse.
The French First Army'x sur
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WAR PRODUCTION
GAINS SLIGHTLY
Six Major Categories Re.
port Shortage Despite
Increase

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-(UP)-
December production of civilian
munitions calmly slightly over No
vember but fell short of schedule
in six major categories, the War
Production Board reported tonight
in survey emphasizing that man.
power problems are acute.
Underscoring the Government S
argument for National Service
Legislation, the WPB warned that
January schedules call for ire
mendous increases in sucn vital
battle equipment as aircraft. ar
tillery ammunition, Navy rockets,
heavy truck tires, and communi-
cations wire.
Although December production
showed an aggregate gain Of one
per cent over November, it missed
schedule in the output of aircraft
by two per cent; ships, including
maintenance, four per cent; COM
munications and electronic equip
ment, four; ammunition, one; CON-
bat and motor vehicles, one, and
miscellaneous equipment and sup
plies, two.
The survey, prepared by Hiland
C Batcheller, WPB chief of op-
erations, predicted that even the
nigh rate of January production
will be boosted later in the year.
Even the latest schedules
shown are frequently tentative"
it said. Many of the programs
call for production rises through
the first half of 1915 and then for
slumping off. While this could
mean that needs will decrease af-
ter mid-year, it means more often
only that rock-bottom minimums
have been set for the more distant
months, with the schedules to be
increased as soon as needs can be
more accurately determined. -
The WPB listed the following
December gains over November
which it said ARE scarcely cause
for cheering: artillery ammuni-
ton, per cent; critical aircraft,
80; heavy field artillery, IL; so
nm and 81 nm mortars, 81; tanks,
IL; heavy duty trucks, IL; COM
wire, 6; truck and
bus tires, 10, and cotton duck, 6.
Discussing the components of
the survey said that
lConisnued on mage Three: Col. II
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British Invade Ramree
Island On Burma Coast
NEW DELHI, JAM 21.-(AP)-British amphibious troops
successfully invaded Ramree Island today the third of
series of leap frog advances this month down the

burma west coast which have
carried a total of more thar
80 miles.
Landing troops went in on the
northern and northwestern beaches
of the 50-mile long island after
Royal Navy guns and heavy con-
centration of Allied aircraft blast
ed the shore detenses.
This latest jump Of so miles and
the successful seizure of the
northern areas of the island
gave the Allies a base thanking
south Burma and created major
threat to the Japanese, already on
the defensive and in serious plight
in northern and central Burma.
Kyaukpyu, on the northern tip
OF the island and the chief center
of population, was occupied by the
India jungle fighters and veteran
commands under command of 1t.
Gen. Sir Philip Christison. Some
opposition was encountered on the
ridge between Gonchwein and
Ondae west of Kyaukpyu but this
area was being mop2ed up.
Meanwhile, in northern Burma
the battle to reopen an overland
supply route to China was all but
concluded. Having broken the
back of the japanese defenses in
that area, converging Chinese
forces were driving for a junction
at the Burmese village of Mongyu
where the Ledo road joins the
old Burma road.
Only small Japanese elements
of below company size remained
to be mopped up by Chinese troops
which nave fought across Burma
and another powerful Chinese
force pushing west from the Sal
ween front.
Gin Chunking the Chinese High
Command confirmed that Chinese
troops had recaptured Wanting,
inc last major obstacle to the re-
opening OF the overland supply |
.oute. 1t was announced the Chi
1ese also retook Kiuku in Burma.
The area north of the Wanting
liver inside the Chinese border
has been cleared Of Japanese
Ramree island, 10 miles wide
1t the maximum, lies close to the
Burma coast. The terrain north
If line from the mouth Of the
Yandauk Chaung northeast to
kyaukyu is the most suitable for
lirfields and this area was the
irst objective of the landing
orces.
Seventh Bombardment Group
Eers returning from the opera
ion said British Navy and landing
raft dominated the beach areas.
llied aircraft flying through
antiaircraft fire secured
xcellent bombing xesults. No en-
my fighters engaged them.
The whole operation moved with
recession. One minute after the
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FDR HELD WARY
OF SECRET PACT
President Desires To Avoid
Charges OF Sub-Rosa
Agreements
By JOHN M. HrGHTuWER

WASHINGTON, Jan. O.. -(P)-
President Roosevelt IS expected to
take extraordinary precautions to
reassure Congress about the re-
suits of his protested conference
with Churchill and Stain
Even more this year than in
previous wartime sessions the chief
executive evidently desires to
avoid, or offset beforehand, any
possible charges of secret agree
lnents or special deals withheld
from the American people and
Congress.
After both the Moscow confer
ence in the fall of 1913 and the
subsequent Big Three meeting at
Tehran, Mr.. Roosevelt and for
1ner Secretary of State Hull went
to considerable lengths to empha-
size that there had been no secret
arrangements. But they failed to
stop all Congressional critics from
voicing suspicious that actually
there were unre2orted understand
ingS.
The problem is further sharpen
ed now by the task the President
faces in winning Senate acceptance
for a world security plan which
would carry wit: It full fledged
American participation in world
affairs.
Exactly what steps Mr.. Roose-
welt has planned as a means OF
reassuring Congress and the Ma
ton about what goes on at the
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agencies so they can be turned
over to Henry A. Wallace who
bowed out Saturday after one
term as Vice President.
He made public an exchange of
letters between Mr.. Roosevelt and
himself which disclosed that the
President, in requesting the resig-
nation, had hoped Jones would
consider a new Government post
and mentioned that several am
bassadccships were vacant.
Jones bluntly retorted that 81
can best be helpful in the line of
my LIES work-business and fl
nance-hut seek no job"
Mr.. Roosevelt's letter, dated Sat-
urday, said that his only reason
for requesting the resignation was
that Wallace had asked for the
Commerce Department post land
deserves almost any service which
he believes he can satisfactorily
perform.
II told him (Wallace) this at the
end OF the campaign in which he
displayed the utmost devotion to
our cause, travelling almost inces-
sanity and working for the success
of the ticket in great many parts
of the country" he wrote. Though
not or the ticket himself, he gave
of his Utmost toward the victory
which ensued.
"He has told me that he thought
he could do the greatest amount
of good il, the Department of Com
merce for which he is fully suited,
and l feel, therefore, that the Vice
President should have this post in
the new administration. F."
He conceded that his letter was
very difficult to write" be-
cause CT his long and splendid
friendship" with Jones and, the
excellent way in which the out
going Cabinet member carried out
many difficult tasks during his
years of Government service.
Jores said that with all due re-
spect, Mr.. President, while l must
accede to your decision, 1 cannot
agree with either of you"
"You refer very kindly 10 our
long friendship and our splendid
relations during all these years,
and you state that you appreciate
my splendid services to the Gov
eminent and the excellent way II
have carried out the many diff
cult. tasks during these years." he
wrote.
You are also good enough to say
that have your full confidence,
and that you are very proud of all
have done during these past
years. and that you hope l will
continue to be part of the Govern
ment, probably in diplomatic
post.
"I+ is difficult to reconcile these
encomiums with your avowed pur-
pose to replace me -. as Secre-
tary OF Commerce, which carries
with it the vast financial and war
production agencies within the Re-
construction Finance Corporation
and its subsidiaries, SO that you
can give the post to Henry Wal
lace as reward for his support
Of you IL the campaign"
Jones said that he had gotten
from his long service
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