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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
News About Hurley -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Green Honored
AT Household Shower Saturday Night
rs About Hurley

Mrs. NJ C. Crawford and Mrs.
Mary G1ff honored Mr.. and Mrs.
Marvin Green Saturday night
with a household shower at their
new home. Beautiful arrange
ments OF fall flowers added charm
TO the receptions. MANY useful
gifts were shoWered upon the
couple and at the close Of the
evening the hostesses served a
salad course and cold drinks to
the honorees and guests. The
guest list included Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. NJ. Hamilton, M. and Mrs.
N. c. Hamilton, ST., Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack c. King. Mrs. j. B. Gibson,
ST., Mrs. Honor G. James, Fran
ces Jones, Mary Ruth Jones, Mr..
and Ms. Hilliard Jones and
daughters, all Of Hurley; Mr..
and Mrs. Eddie Martinez of Kre-
ole, Mr.. and Mrs. Hilrie Hami1-
ton of A gicOla, Mr.. and Mrs. N.
c. Hamilton, Jr., of Mobile, Mr..
and Mrs. WenGall Rogers of
Florida, Mr.. and Mrs. Lum Reev-
es and daughter and Mrs. Bill
Arden OF Moss Point.
The Rev. and Mrs. II. c. Over
street Of Wade are conducting a
series of services this week at
the Assembly of God tabernacle.
Mrs. billiard Jones was a bus
mess visitor to P%ascagoula Mon
day afternoon.
Frierds of Mr.. f. G.. Mizelle
are glad to learn that he is re-
covering from a serious illness.
Jesse Macdonald and family
of Agricola were visitors Thurs
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
PAscAeoULA CHRONICLE STAR and MOSS POINT ADVERTISER

Mrs. Horace Shumock and MIR.
and Mrs. Preston Dickens Sun
day.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Lvtle Brown and
children went to Lueedale on
Sunday.
Mr.. md Mrs. f. l.. Nelson and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Cochran and children and Mrs.
Edna Nelson we're Sunday af-
ternoon visitors to Mobile. They
visited in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. II. Nelson and Mrs. ]. l..
Young who is in the Providence
Infirrrary.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

Mr.. horace Shumock visited
relatives in DAVIS, Ala, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Dickens
and children visited relatives in
Moss Point Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnie Nelson
and children Of Pascagoula were
guests IN the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Cochran Sunday
morning.
Mrs w. T. Golf and Mrs. Ho-
mer Cochran spent the day Mon
dav with their mother, Mrs.
Edna Nelson.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Big Point

The Big Point Women's Socie-
ty of Christian Service met at
the ho.Ge OF Mrs. f. l.. Nelson.
Following the program refresh
ments we're served by the hos
tess. assisted by Mrs. Carrie Bag
gett, to Mesdames Florence Golf,
Waite Robinson, Hardy, Dan
Golf, Dwight Broadus. Carrie
Baggett and Minnie Smell.
MI. and Mrs. Woodrow Shu-
mock of Agricola visited Mr.. and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
THOMAS GILBERT GASKIN

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G.. Gas
kin, TIT S. Pascagoula street, Pas
cagoula are parents of a son,
Thomas Gilbert, who was born at
a hospital in Mobile, Thursday,
Nov. q. 1t is expected that he
and his mother will arrive home
sometime during the weekend.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
DIV SENIORS GIVE HAYRIDE

On Thursday, Nov. 81, Miss
Winnie Dick was given a hayride
in honor of her birthday by the
seniors of Our Lady of Victories
school. The party rode to the
beach where refreshments were
served
Besides the honoree the party
consisted of: Misses Jean GAMER,
Marguerite Brondum, Rosemary
Krebs. Nettie Mansfield, Shirley
Richards, Mary Elizabeth Cocker,
Cliftine Locke, and Paymes
Brown Jack Delmas, Sherry
Richards and Lynn Clark.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
MR.. AND MRS. HERRING
HAVE

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs, T. j.
Herring will be interested in the
news of the birth of a five pound,
twelve ounce daughter TO them at
Wilmington, N. c. Mrs. Herring
is the forlner Shirley Butler. Her
mother, Mrs. r. G. Butler, of Pas
cagoula, is with her at Whining
ton.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

Mrs. Lytles Brown and two
small daughters spent the day
Tuesday in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Barnie Nelson of Pasca-
goula.
The annual Thanksgiving sup
per will be held at the Com
munity House Thursday night.
The community is invited.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Jack Wilmington
are the proud parents of a fine
baby boy born at the Jackson
County hospital November 10.
Bananas account for 81 per
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

Bananas account for 81 per
cent of the exports of Honduras.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Veteran Training
Stressed In Talk

Members of the Key West Ro-
tary Club at their regular week
ly meeting held today at St
PauPs. Parish Hall on Bahama St
heard Mr.. Reece, veterans rep
resentative, speak on the advan-
tages of the present program for
veteran training.
In his talk Mr.. Reece stressed
the Importance of ION the job
training" now being given veter-
ans, and outlined procedures to
be followed by employers and
veterans interested in taking part
in the work-educational program
now being offered by the govern
ment.
He urged local employers to
give every consideration to lie
employment of veterans. Deserv-
ing ex-servicemen need all the
encouragement they can get in
reestablishing themselves il civ
ilian life, he said.
Joe Pearlman led the singing
at today's meeting.
The Rev. Millstead, of Holy
Cross Episcopal Church, Miami,
was the guest of Jeff Knight, di
rector of the local u. S. Employ
ment Service, at the meeting,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Communists
Admit Killing
u. S. Marines
az Aassrlatra PressJ

CINJNGKING. Aug. 1. = T h e
CeBauunist news agency admit
iea today that Communist troops
ef1aeked a contingent of United
Slelsz marines Monday, killing
tlsse and wounding 10.
Bat an agency spokesman add
"a thc marines were killed
whiie attempting to raid a village
aefupied by Communists.
Lieutenant Charles Kennedy,
uSA. said that survivors among
flle marines told him that they
aid not know by whom they
we're attacked. and that they
were not engaged in making a
raid when they were fired upon.
Dc adced that a jeep, in which
ha was riding two days ago in the
viesnity a the place where the
uanrines were killed and wound
Cd was fired on by Chinese in
emsisush. but that his chinese
aflVef lowered his head, stepped
90 the gas" and escaped before
ans Body in the jeep was hit. A
feN miles further along the same
reai. Lieutenant Kennedy stated,
thfv had 10 stop because the
Foad was blocked.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
British Cabinet
Talks On Proposal
For Palestine
tBy Associated Pressl

LONDON, Aug. Prime Min
lister Clement Attiee did not at
tend the conference of the 81 ma
tions held today in the Luxem-
bourg Palace.
He flew here from Paris to at
tend a British cabinet meeting at
which the proposal to divide Pal
estine into four zones was dis
cussed
While nothing officially was
said about President Truman's
statement regarding the sending
of more Jewish immigrants to
Palestine, it was limited that he
does not favor the proposal to
create the four zones in. that
country.
A dispatch was received to-
day from Jerusalem in which it
was said that, besides the NUM-
tions found yesterday under a
Jewish synagogue, another cache
was discovered today by British
troops. 1t was said that today's
cache was larger than the one
found yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Pioneer Key West Airplane
Pilot Suicides In Havana

Augustin Parla, who flew by
hydroplane from Key West to
Mariel Bay, near Havana, in 1913,
committed suicide in this city
yesterday.
While he vas preparing to make
the flight from Key West, he
threatened to take his life. He
was infuriated over the delay in
making the trip, SO on windy
day.. when his relatives and
friends would not let him begin
his flight, he swore he would
take his life. Friends stayed
with him till the following day,
by which ii m the wind had
abated, and his plane, referred to
as crate" TAXED in the. water
along South Beach, for half a
mile and then took to the air.
Yves Forced Down
Government ships, including a
lighthouse tender, took UP posi-
tionS from 10 to Is miles apart
between here and Havana to
keep a lookout for him and to
go to his rescue should he be
forced into the sea.
He succeeded in crossing the
Gulf Stream and, as he explained
later, had expected to reach Ha-
vana harbor, but was forced
down in Mariel Bay because of
lack of gasoline.
Information from Havana was
that Parla drank poison at $50
o'clock yesterday morning and
died 20 minutes later. Cause for
his committing suicide has not
been determined.
Born In Key West
For many years Parla had been
an instructor in aviation and a
conSultant in the construction of
airplanes in Havana, positions he
still held up to the time he took
his life
Parla was born in Key West
and resided here until 1915, two
years after he had made : his
flight. Since that time he had
made several visits to Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Senate Committee Reveals
Instance Of Faulty Shells
Killing American Soldiers
MORTAR SHELL EX-'
FLOODED PREMATURE
II AND KILLED TWO
And WOUNDED FOUR
MEN


WASHINGTON, Aug. IL The
aenaae committee that is investi-
aaiamg war contracts of some
sumpsnics revealed a specific In
atanee today of faulty shells that
49, lssen supplied the army by
ii.H Carson Munitions combine.
a 50 inch mortar shell explod-
"a premaiurely and killed two
Ameftran artilleryme n and
&wanded four others after the
Ailaes had landed in France.
fAe committee said that the
American forces were preparing
to rfsHs the Mosselle, and that
usaazs had been given for the fir
80 80 mortar shells.
ne company in question was
. pa4f 81 General George Patton,
81 5 army. and the captain of the
rempany informed the committee
thas she shell put in a mortar ex-
pisNied prematurely, killing and
atMnding the men. He explained
tllei fe had heard of scores of
slmslar incidents during the fight
imN ~ France.
heWs ~ the premature explo-
siaAs spread. the captain stated,
an4 American artillerists, in
nay Instances. feared faulty
slefis more than they did enemy
ahs r.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Ships Collide;
One Sinks But
ALI Lives Saved
dRy Assncln,ea P-css,

NEW YORK Aug. 1.-The
American Farmer, a ship of g.
900 tons, and the William j.
Riddle, whose tonnage was not
given, collided today 400. miles
west of the English Channel, and
the, American Farmer sank in II
minutes.
But before she went down
everybody who had been aboard
her transferred to the William j.
Riddle. Later the survivors were
placed on other. ships
Cause of the collision was not
reveileds in. the dispatch. 1t said
that the damage done to the Rid
die had not yet been deter
mined.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
sFAVORS S MALL Ma
TIONS EXPRESSING
\ VIEWS, BUT NOT PER-
MTTTINC FULL-SCALE
VOTING
Obs Associated Pressl

PARIS. Aug. IL. Comissar
Molotov of Russia made an elo-
quent plea today, at the confer
ence of the 81 nations in the Lux
embourg Palace, for a full UNI
derstanding" of the questions
that are under considerations.
He pointed out that five, not
one or two treaties, are to be
drafted. and that it was right and
just for only those nations that.
had been at war with the former.
German saterlites to vote on the.
treaties. He cited the case of the.
United States, which would not
draft any of the provisions of
the treaty with Finland, because
those countries were not at war.
Molotov told the delegates of
the nations, other than the Big
Four, that they should have the
same right of being heard as any
other delegates, but that they
should not be permitted to par
ticipate in full-scale voting.
Despite the fact of the fight
made by the small nations, led
by Herbert V. Await, of Aus
tralia, Molotov was upheld by a
vote of II to nine when the full
scale question was put to a vote.
His proposal that delegates of
small nations be gi en- the priv-
ilege to express their views to
the same extent as the represen-
tatiVes of the Big Four, was car
ried unanimously.
REPRESENTATIVES of nations not
included in the 81 nations also
were given permission to. express
their views before the assembly.
Thus, Greek spokesman request
ed the assembly to include a
provision in the treaty with Bull
garia of $44,000,000 to be paid
by that nation as PREPARATIONS to
Greece.
A spokesman for Bulgaria said
that such a sum would ruin his
country. 1--WE are peasant ma
tion," he stated, land the amount
Greece asks of us is far more
than is asked of the other four
nations combined. Should we be
compelled to pay so large sum,
it would wreck the industries
in our country"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Labor Day Parade Planned
Last Night At Civic Meet

Department of Public Welfare
Director Dwight Hunter called a
meeting at the City Hall yester-
day of representative citizens
from various organizations to
plan Labor Day celebration.
Tentative plans call for a par
sde at 10 am. Labor Day; a field
meet staged by the PALS (Police
Athletic League) which all boys
and girls are eligible to enter;
swim meet; a hobby show in
the evening in the Parish House
ON Duval st. with all organiza-
tions invited to present exhibits;
a double-header baseball game in
the, afternoon at the Stadium; a
softball game SaI rday and Mon
day evenings at Bayview Park;
tennis tournaments Sponsored by
the Jaycees; and golf tourna-.
rncnts sponsored by the Key West
Golf Club.
Among those present. at last
nights meeting were Mrs. Lee
Thompson and Mrs. Fernando
Camus of the Girl Scouts; Mrs.
John Saunders, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
+. HAIRY and Mrs. Ruth A. Higgs
from the Veterans of Foreign
Wars; Mrs. Gertrude Laubscher
and Miss Nancy Johnson from the
Hospital Association; Mrs. Betty
Whidden, Marceet Mazeau and
Charles Hicken from PALS; G..
B. Harvey from the American
Legion; Chaplain Raymond F.
McManus, USN; L. b. Miller and
Gerald Saunders of the Lions
Club; j. r. Marcclus, high school
band director; Father F. J. John
son, of ST. Mary's Star of the Sea
Convent; Capt. Willard Smith of
Fit. Taylor; Capt. Jack I. Kimsey
of the Army Barracks; Neil Saun-
ders of the Softball League; and
J. J. Sweeting of the Stadium
Committee; and jackson Square
USO director Frank Adams.
Mrs Ruth A. Higgs was APP
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01

pointed chairman of the Parade
Committee, J. j. Sweeting chair
man of the swimming events;
and Gerald Saunders, publicity
chairman.
Saunders appointed as his COM
mittee members III. l.. Curtis of
The Citizen; John Spottswood
and Earl Adams.
Another meeting will be held
Aug. in the City Hall to further
perfect plans for the various
events. All organizations are urg-
ed TO cooperate by having those
interested attend the next meet
ing All groups were further
urged to enter either floats on,
marching units in the parade 10
make it as large and pretentiouS
an affair as is possible.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Exams Are Set
For Key West
Postal Clerks

The U. S. Civil Service Com
mission, Atlanta, Ga, announced
today an open competitive exam
nation for probational (leading
to permanently appointments to
the positions of substitute clerk
and substitute carrier at the Key
West post office,
Applicants must actually reside
within the delivery of the post
office named or be bona fide pa
irons of such office. Persons en-
ployed in the post office will be
considered bona fide patrons OF
the office, the announcement
said.
For detailed information on
preference and other items, those
eligible should see Examination
Announcement No. 5-102, dated
August /, 1916, at the Key West
post office.
The basic rate of pay for sub
stitutes is $1.04 an hour. After
the performance of 2,024 hours OF
satisfactory service, including
time served as a special delivery
messenger, the basic rate of pay
is increased five cents an hour
each year thereafter until max
imurh pay of $1.54 an hour is
reached. All salaries are subject
to deducation, of five percent
for retiVement purposes.
Applicants must have reached
their eighteenth birthday but
must not have passed their fiji
tieth birthday on the closing date
for receipt of, applications. These
age limits do not apply to per-
sons entitled to veteran prefer.
ence.
In order to apply for one of the
positions application card Form
5O0O-AB, properly executed, must
be filed with the Fifth u. S. Civil
Service Regional Office, Atlanta
3, Georgia, not later than August
8, 1916. This form may be OBJ.
tanned from the Secretary, Board
of. u. S. Civil Service Examin-
erse, Post Office, Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Sailors Body In Rigor
Norris Stage When Found

Rigor mortis had already set
in the body of Seaman Second
Class Benjamin Hobbs when it
was found Thursday morning in
a gun tub aboard the destroyer
Stribbling, Naval officials an
nounced today.
The Office of Naval Intelli-
gence and FBI authorities are
continuing their investigation in
4 to the as yet unsolved Staying,
with members of the crew still
being interviewed, offic a l
spokesman added.
The body of young Hobbs will
arrive in Nebo, N. c., tomorrow
afternoon for burial services. 1t
is being accompanied by Charles
F. Adams, Jr., Seaman second
class, a close friend and shipmate,
as official escort.
1t was disclosed officially yes
terday that the death of the
nineteen year old seaman was
caused by SLOW strangulation."
Navy officials said that an au-
topsy revealed two injuries on
the sailors head that were minor
abrasions and did not contribute
to his death.
Pieces of evidence found
aboard the destroyer
have been forwarded to FBI
laboratories in Washington. Of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01

ficials would not disclose con-
tents of the evidence.
The fact that rigor mortis had
already set in the body when dis
covered has led to the belief
that the Staying occurred even
earlier last Thursday morning
than at first believed, it was re-
ported.
During the period of the in
vestigation, the Stribbling, flag
ship of the Fleet Sonar School,
will remain in the Key West
area rather than continue its
routine training cruises.
The Navy said there was no
evidence that Hobbs had been
killed in some other part of the
ship and his body dragged to the
40 millimeter gun tub where it
was found. However, officials
added that this possibility was
still being studied.
Navy officials at press con-
ference yesterday declared that
daily reports on progress of the
investigation would be issued.
FBI and ON officials have
reported that ysung Hobbs played
miniature golf in Key West
Wednesday night and was de-
scribed by his shipmates as a
"clean thinking, clean living
boy"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01
Ford Declines
Invitation 10
Union Meeting
CBy Associated Press,

DETROIT, Aug. Nv a 1t e +
Reuther, president of the United
Automobile Workers of Amer
lea, today invited Henry Ford, II,
president of the Ford Motor Com
pany, to attend a conference, at
which will be discussed ways to
increase the production of auto
mobiles.
Ford, in declining to attend
the conference, told Reuther
that if strikes were discontinued
in small plants that supply auto
mobile manufacturers with parts,
the output of the automobile in
dustry would be greatly in
creased.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01

Civil Service Rules Will
Be Changed Declares Mayor

Civil Service regulations will
be studied and necessary correc-
tions will be made from time to
time, Mayor w. w. Demeritt said
today in reference to yesterdays
story in The Citizen pointing out
the conflict between civil serv-
ice regulations and the City
Charter on qualifications for the
Chief of Police.
''The City Charter is what we
base everything on the Mayor
declared. where errors in Civil
Service rules are found as they
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-08-01

affect the various departments
they will be changed according
ly."
The Civil Service rules now
posted in the City Hall declare
that the only persons eligible for
the post of Chief of Police are
those who have served two years
as a, Lieutenant of the Police
Force.
Newly appointed Chief Bien-
venido Perez was a patrolman
on the force until his recent APP
pointment.
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-18

BlockSOm $. no report; Middletord.
no reort; BridSevpille tc) 1910;
Trinity. $3.50 Greenwood (cD. 81
sc: Friendship. 74.4cc; Warwick.
No. 225. 9.4ct WilliamsVille tcb no
report; NanticOke. no report; Hol-
leyville. 1870 Nassau. 3lco.
Sussex County schools sold more
than the combined quotas assigned
TO Kent and New Castle counties
and the number of deCals To hc
awarded in Sussex County Outnum-
hers those which will be awarded
to schools in Wilmington.
Sergeant Lee Baer, son of MIR.
and Mrs. Howard Baer. received
his honorable discharge from the
Armed services at Fort Monmouth.
yesterday after nearly two years
service in Panama.
Mrs. James NJ. Tunnel. ST.. en-
tertained at tea in honor OF her
law. Mrs. Robert Tun-
nell. at her home on West Market
Street. last Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Irving Murray will enter
tain her bridge club on Thursday
! evening. January 10th. at her home
Oh East Market Street.
The Sunshine Class of Wesley
Methodist Church, held it's regular
meeting in the Jones Memorial
Hall. Wednesday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-18

Word has been received here. of
the arrival of Miss Eleanor f..
Townsend, daughter of Mr.. and
AIRS. Julian T.. Townsend, in the
Philippines. TO serve the Armed
Forces as an American Red Cross
staff assistant. Before her Red
cross appointment. Miss Townsend
was employed by Pierce. Ware
house and COmpany New York
itY and previously was Il volun-
teer worker at Childrens Island
Sanatarium. She attended the
Georgetown High School and is A
graduate Of Penn Hall Chambers
lurS, Pa. and connecticut Colle@e,
New London. connecticut.
With the local Boy Scouts and
civic organizations coopcratinG.
under the Craftsmanship of Norman
{. Pratt, the used clothing drive
got under way in this vicinity on
Monday. Boxes to receive contribtl-
tions OF clothing have been placed
in the Post Office. Brauns' Mems
and WOmen's Stores. Bill Dennis
Store. II. W. T. Purnel Store. Eco.
homy Auto Supply Store. James A
West Store and the Wagamoi
Building. all in the town limits
Outside the town limits boxes have
been placed at the stores of y. W
Prettyman, at StOcklcy; Iloyt