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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Students Sing
In Giant Music
Festival Today

A program of mass singing will
be presented by students of the
music department of the Pasca-
goula school system as the sec
ond annual Spring Festival Fri
day, May 10, at 8 p. m, at the
high school athletic field. Approx
imatelv 1900 boys and girls will
participate in the largest musical
event to be presented by the
schools.
There will be choruses from
each of the elementary schools
made up of students in the fourth,
fifth and sixth grades, large cho-
ruses from the junior and senior
high schools with selections by
the senior and junior high bands.
The program last year was
beard by about 5000 persons
and even more are expected to at
tend this year. Additional seat
ing arrangements will be made at
the field in an effort to care for
the crowd. Two or three public
adde's, systems will be installed
SO that the program may be cas-
lily heard.
This event is the climax of the
years work in public school mu-
sic and is presented through the
combined efforts of Miss Kathryn
Maxwell as chairman, Mrs. r. A.
Heritage, Miss Katie Thompson,
Mrs. j. V. Ainsworth, Miss Eu-
genia Eason, w. H. Goodwin, Mrs.
P. J. Higginbotham and Mrs. Rob.
ert Farnsworth.
The program will be as follows:
prelude and professional, high
school band; welcome Sweet
Springtime", Rubinstein, combin-
ed chorus; Springs Coming, +,
Mozart, Lake school: ITO a Rob-
in. Mohr. Central school; Hymn
to JOY, Beethoven, Junior High
school; america the Beautiful i,
Ward, combined chorus; 'SThei
Flowers That Bloom in the
Spring, Gilbert and Sullivan,
Beach school: THE Daffodils," ;"
Humes, South school; Greetings
of Spring, tBlue Danube Waltz,
Strauss. high school glee club;
"The Star Spangled Banner, Key,
combined chorus; and recessional,
high school band.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Small Boy Dies
After Suffering
Cut Hand Sunday

William Patrick Bush, 8 years
old, died at a Mobile hospital
Sunday night while being treated
Tor a severe cut of the hand suf-
ferreo curing the afternoon when
he fell on a piece of glass while
playing at his home on the Old
Mobile Highway.
The child was rushed to a ply
sician and when the doctor advis-
eel the parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles l.. Bush, to take him to
a hospital they drove him to
Mobile. The little boy died while
under a general anesthetic adj
ministered so that the wound
could be sewed.
He was a student in the first
grade at the Lake avenue ele-
mentary school.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at the
Machpelah cemetery by DIR. L.
f. Green. pastor Of the First Bap-
tist church. Stokes Funeral home
was in charge.
Pail bearers were George. Andy
and Leo Scarborough and Julian
Johnson.
He is survived BY his parents,
six sisters, Dola May. Bessie
Marie. BERTHE Elizabeth, Ellna
Leona, Betty Lou and Ina Rae:
and one brother, Charles Leon
Bush.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Petition Results
In Election For
City Bond Issue

Moss Point will vote on two
$4,000 bond issues on Tuesday,
June Ii. as a result of a petition
presented at a meeting of the
mayor and city aldermen Tues
lay night at city hall over the
signatures of 1855 persons.
The two bonds issues were
voted by the mayor and aldermen
at a meeting on April Q. and
proceeds were to be used to inn
prove 20 of the city's streets. ex-
tend water mains to 13 streets
and install water meters to curb
waste and prevent what city Of
ficials termed possible SERIOUS
water shortage
According to the terms of the
resolution covering the proposed
issue, the bonds were to have
teen issued at the regularly
scheduled meeting of the mayor
and aldermen Tuesday night.
However, the petition was recog-
nized by the board as represent
ing 20 per cent of the cty's
qualified voters and the date of
the election set.
Voters will ballot separately
on the two proposed issues.
In a statement of explanation
carried in this weeks issue of
the Chronicle-Star and Advertis-
er over the signatures of the may
or and aldermen it was stated
that proceeds from the proposed
bond issues could be spent only
on those streets named in the
resolution adopted and publish
ed following the April 2 meet
ing and that reports that portions
of it would be used in the Perk~
ins subdivision were untrue.
No Tax Raise
1t was also said that passage
of the bond issue would not
raise the tax rate.
Installation of water meters
are necessary in order to prevent
waste and provide an adequate
supply, it was said. II waste is
not curbed city officials said they
see a necessary expenditure of
$4,000 for new wells.
The money from the street ina-
provement bonds will be used to
surface Beardslee, Wood, Ship
yard, Cedar, Castenera, Morris
Magnolia Ito Rhodes Bayou,
Short. Church, Denny, Old Stag
Road from Highway 80 to Gautier
Street,, three streets in the Mar
thaler Division, Second and
the street leading to Union Gene
terry.
Parts of Bay, Bellevue and
Dantzler streets will be resur-
faced, Main Street widened from
the Community House for 327
feet toward town, and Caster
nera widened from Arthur to
Main under the program.
The $4,000 issue for water
main extension will bring the
service to all residents of Ship
yard. NORRIS, Denny, Mcintosh,
Hodge, Magnolia. Barnett, Mey-
ers, East Bowen, Bayou, Church
and Couch streets.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Robert C. Gulley
Numed President
OF Country Club

Robert c. Gulley was named
president of the Pascagoula
Country Club at the annual
meeting Tuesday night, succeed
ing C. M. Dossett, J. A. Furr was
named vice president, a post
which was held last year by Mr..
Gulley, and P. G. Derby was
elected secretary and treasurer.
Saul Peterzell and Hermes
Gautier were reelected to the
board of directors and Carl
Brinkman, H. L. Perry, w. C.
Gulley, Jr., and r. B. McIlwain
were named directors.
The progress made during the
last year was told by MFR. Dos
sett, who also gave a financial
report.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
TRI.coUNTY MEETING

The Tri-County Zone meeting of
the Methodist Womsn's Society
of Christian Service will be held
in Lucedale Tuesday, May Fl,
beginning at ten o'clock. Plans are
being made to secure a bus for the
trip.
An interesting program has
been arranged and it is hoped
there viii be representatives from
I'll the societies in the zone Lunch
will be served by the hostess So
.eiety.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

continuation of the hard SUI
ing now underway and two miles
on the Elico Tower Road north
of Vancleave, beginning at State
Highway So.
The contract was let to Russell
and Blain of MCGEE, Miss, at
the same price as the nine and
one-half miles contracted last
month in Districts 4 and 5. The
cost of the five miles will be
about S27 500.
The continuation of paving on
the River Road will bring the
hard surface to point just
south of Brewton and the Elico
tower paving will extend ap-
proximately to the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Havens from
Highway SO.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
WANTED. BABooN SPONSOR

Baltimore, AP.-The sandwich
men are in for some tough COM
petition from the animal king
dom. says Felix A. Lester, new
director of the Druid Hill Park
Zoo. who is busy telling adver.
tisers that there is nothing like
an endowed cage of lemurs for.
sales promotion. 0verstocked ON
lions, Lester is determined TO get
greater variety of animals. All
the businessmen has to do is pre-
sent the 700 with pair of kinka.s
jous End their cage win bear a
plaque inscribed with whatever
superior brand he sells. A dozen
swans are being ordered BY one
comnany already, Lester reports.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Elks Will Present
Certificates To
World War II Vets

A gala ceremony at the Pasca-
goula Elks Home Thursday night
of next week will find the local
lodge presenting certificates OF
appreciation to members who
served in World War II and in
addition group of 20 new mem
bers will be initiated, E. A. Ell
iiott. grand exalted ruler. an
nounced this week.
The certificates will be pre-
sented to between 30 and 35
members who served in the arm
ed forces of World War II. All
veteran members are urged to At
tend. Mr.. Elliott said.
A special dinner viii be serv-
ed to members and guests.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
ONE ALLIGATOR LESS

There is one alligator less in
the eulvert hideaway on South
PaSeagoula street this week for
bullet from the gun of City
Policeman Herman Murray ae-
counted for a four-footer whose
skin is now fast turning into
pocket books. The alligator shot
BY the policeman was not as
large as the one which has been
seen summing itself almost daily,
police said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
REPRESENTS ROTARY

W. Ed Virgins. president-eleet
Of the Paseagoula Rotary Club,
represented that organization at
the district conference in Biloxi
this week Raymond G. Butler
Of Gelfport was elected district
governor at the conference.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
First District
State Women S
Clubs Meets Here

Nearly 200 clubwomen in this
section of the state convened in
Pascagoula Tuesday for the 3lst
annual convention of the First
District of the Mississippi Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. Hermes Gautier of Pas
cagoula, president, presided over
the session which encompassed
the election of new officers, ac-
cording of special recognition
and awards, voting OF recon-
mendations and contributions and
featured talk by Mrs. ]. A.
Sproles of New Orleans.
The meeting opened at 9:15 a,
m. and continued through the
day in the main auditorium OF
the First Baptist church against
a background of massed Easter
lilies and Queen Anne's lace with
cluster of pink rambler roses
outlining the choir and organ
lofts. Luncheon was served al
noon in the church basement or
tables decorated with arrange
ments of pink climbing roses.
Mrs. P. Nj. Mcdonald of Lau-
rel was elected president for the
coming year and other officer.
named are Mrs. L. A. Taylor
Gulfport, first vice-president
Miss Caro- Louise Burke, Wayn
esboro, second vice-president
Mrs. Sydney Swan, Pascagoula
recording secretary, and Mrs
w. B. Donald, Waynesboro
Local Church Awarded
The Pascagoula Junior Wo.
mems Club received first award
for outstanding achievement dur.
ing the last year. The Picay-
une Woman's Club was second
and the Ellisville Study Club
ranked third with honorable
mention going to the Moss Point
Woman's Club, the Gulfpoht
Senior Woman's Club and the
Gulfport Junior Woman's Club
The winning year book was
that of the Gulfport Junior Wo.
mans Club. The Woman's Club
of Lucedale was second and the
Ellisville Study Club was third
Honorable mention was given the
Junior Woman's Club of Pasca-
goula and the Universal Club oi
Hattiesburg.
The cup for organizing the
most club members was won
by the Fine Arts Club of Wayn-
esboro and Miss Caro- Louise
Burke of that group accepted the
award and also introduced the
presidents of the Junior Fine
Arts Club who was Mrs. Tom
Day and of the Business Wo-
mans Club who is Mrs. Jimmy
Baker.
Biloxi has been chosen as the
site of the state Federation con-
vention next year it was an
nounced at the meeting. The
national federation will be held
this summer in Chicago.
Mrs. Sproles addressed the wo-
men in the main speech of the
day on Conservation of Youth
drawing pictures of the terrible
condition of the children in fore
ign countries who are dependent
on America for food and cloth
ing necessary to maintain the
spark of life.
But conservation of youth
does not apply only to war de-
vastated countries" she said. "In
our own country it was APPALLING
to learn that one of every four
young men drafted were reject
ed because of physical or mental
deficiencies. 1t has been fright
ening to read figures on the in
crease of juvenile delinquency
and illigitimate parenthood-for
there is no such thing as illigi-
innate children-during the war
years"
However, she continued, con-
servation of our own youth would
be almost impossible with the
Continued on Page Eight
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Women Bring Vegetables. Flowers,
Clothes From Over County For Show

child's dress, cotton material
(above six years., child's dress,
any other material, (above six
years.: boys suit q to 5 years..
boys spuit, above 5 years, play
suit.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
Five Additio :
Miles Of Paw !
Allotted Distrl

The Jackson County Be
Supervisors this week au
ed the paving of five add
miles of road in District
Western Jackson County,
miles ON the River Road
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
SHERIFF. BRINGS BACK
FUGITIVE

Shriff D. o. Newman and
County Highway Patrolman Fem
more Hudson this week went
to Cincinnati, O., to return Leon
ard Lock, Negro, TO Jackson
County TO face charges of MUIR
der before the grand Jury which
convenes the third Monday in
May. Locke, who on his arrest
al.egedly confessed to the crime,
is charged with having fatally
stabbed a Negro woman Just
outside pearl Harbor" beer
rsrlor IN December, 1914. He
~ss arrested by FBI agents.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

High frequency sound equip
ment mas now been developed 10
deteek flaws in thick sheets of
metal.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

Noah Webster, who assembled
the first Amermican dictionary,
was the master of 20 languages.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

Italy has an area less than that
of Mexico.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
)pen High Low Close
NEW SPOTs

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1922
Spot cotton closed steady rs cents
a bale higher. Sales 1886. Low
middling 31.40; middling 1855;
good middling 37.05. Receipts 288;
stocks 221, 1876.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 19.-P-
Cotton futures closing prices were
firm IS cents to 80 cents a bale
higher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
Stocks Plunge To New
Average Lou Thursday

Norfolk&Western, off s points al
1928: Eastman Kodak 67-8 at $685..
70, Santa Fe 5 ~ at $83, Allied
Chemical 5 at $157. U. S. Gypsum
5 at 500, Union Pacific 4 ~ at
500. so. Du Pont 4 at $40. U. S.
Rubber 4 at 52.75, Bethlehem 3 "a
at $89 and U. S. Steel 3 IA at
$66. IL.
On the offside were Youngstown
Sheet, General Motors, Chrysler,
Goodyear. Montgomery Ward, In
ternational Harvester, American
Telephone, Douglas Aircraft. North
American, Anacorda, Kennecott
American Can, General Electric.
Union Carbide. N. Y. Central,
Southern Pacific, Great Northern,
Baltimore S Ohio. Northern Pacific,
Cincinnati Gas & Electric, Standard
Oil NJ and Texas Co.
Among the scattered issues able
to breast the current were John
Manville, Up 1 IL at $500. so and
Caterpillar Tractor, up 1 IL at
SCI.
Bonds followed stocks. AtChi-
cago wheat was up ~ cent a
bushel. corn So to l IA. barley
- to 1 IA and oats off SO to
1 1-8. Cotton was ahead 81 a bale
to of Is cents.
Curb sliders Included Middle
West corp, American Cyanamid,
Cities Service. Pantepec. Textron
and Wennipeg Electric. Turnover
here was 800. 900 shares versus
600, 900 Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Sept. 19-(R)-Most OF
Thursdays cattle run was stock
and feed kinds consigned direct
to feeder dealers. Prices on this
class shifted Is to so cents lower
at $500 to $3.50, but the de.
mand was able to absorb all avail
able supplies.
Yearlings and steers for slaugh-
te~ were scarce and held to steady
prices at the ceiling of s2O.25 for
the best and 017.0O to $3.50 for
most. Vealers remained steady al
$1,000 for the choice and from
S17.00 down for the remainder.
Bulls likewise held steady, bracket
ing from $11.50 to $3.50 for the
most part, the outside pdice be.
ing the ceiling.
The practical outside on strictly
good range cows was $500, with
some slightly higher but no market
completely established on them.
Most beef cows were $40. so to S13.5 so
0fSO
showing S1.00 to $3.50 lower prices
for the week.
Shippers took 100 of the scarce
hog run, with everything above
pig weights going at the ceiling
price of $16.25.
Pronounced activity in slaughter
spring lambs held those fully
steady with all good and choice
native kinds at $3.50. Shorn
slaughter ewes were steady to Is
cents higher, with good and choice
meriting $3.50 to $9.75.
Total receipts ran to 1000 cat
tie, 500 calves, 1000 hogs, and
1000 sheep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
COTTON,
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-R-Cot.
ton futures were subjected to al
ternate influences of trade buying
and outside selling Thursday. New
Orleans and local traders were on
both sides of the market.
Mills continued to release a sub
stantial volume of accumulated
textiles to the trade which was &C
companied by good mill buying in
the futures market. This and COW
ering against export sales carried
values up to gains of 81. 20 a bale
in early dealings. Following a
sharp reaction extending to $1.1O
a bale the market moved irreg-
ularly higher. Final prices were
$1.00 a bale higher to Is cents a
bale lower.
The 1947 crop deliveries Jagged
behind the rest of the market OF
the possibility of a big cotton crop
next year. Spot cotton markets
were firm.
Cotton futures recovered a good
portion of the days losses on a
closing furry of trade buying and
short covering. The 1947 crop de-
liveries Jagged on the advance. re.
fleeing the possibility of a large
crop in 1947.
Futures closed 81 a bale higher
to Is cents lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 = () -
Closing foreign exchange rates fol-
low Great Britain in dollars,
others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 3 "a per cent dis
count or 1925 U. S. cents, up ~
IL of a cent.
EUROPE: Great Britain, uh-
changed. France Franc) "a IA,
unchanged: Sweden (Krona) IT.
%, up .O1 of a cent: Switzerland
(Franc) Comb %. 40. unchanged.
LATIN AMERICA: Argentina
Free 24.77, off .03 of a cent: Brazil
Free $50, unchanged, Mexico TO-
So, unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
Heavy Liquidation Drops
Leaders From One To
Eight Points

NEW YORK, Sept. 49, up -
Stocks plunged to a new average
low for more that 10 months In
thursdays market with heavy
liquidation dropping leaders l to .
noints and putting the high speed
ticker tape as much as seven
minutes behind for the first ume
sicne 1910.
Brokers', generally, ascribed the
extension of the retreat partly to
regarding labor problems, the
growing bearishness of customers
complex political situation both at
home and abroad and the belief
OF many that falling security prices
were forecasting business troubles
ahead. The fact that the market, in
the forenoon, broke its recent low,
It was said. touched of the dump
ing of numerous accounts. The ex-
pansion of manufacturing, whole.
sale and retail inventories to about
$50, 600, 600, 900, a new record
analysts suggested, also chilled
bulls. The plight of the railroads
as revealed in freight rate hearings
boardrooms thought, helped depress
sentiment.
The direction was moderately
downward from the start. A flood
Of offerings hit the list shortly
after midday and the recording
machinery was late for the greater
part of the hour. Flash" quota
tons were occasionally printed to
actual floor conditions. The pace
then slowed as some bidding ap-
peared and extreme setbacks were
reduced. There was another burst
of offerings near the close and
numerous r%ecoveries were elimi-
mated. Transfers totaled 1880, 600
shares compared with 2, 100, 600
Wednesday and we're the largest
since Sept, 10.
COMPOSITE OFF
The associated Press 60-stock was
off 1.3 points st COS, a bottom
since April 9, ls45. All groups
touched news for the move with
the rails the lowest since Dec. 10,
1914 The market remained broad,
l. 066 issues registering. Of these,
800 fell and only IS rose.
Conspicous casualties included
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
RAIL BONDS HIT
new 2-YEAR Low
Losses Run To An Extreme
OF IL Points During
Squally Session

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 G -
Rail bonds plunged to the lowest
average in nearly two years
Thursday. in the most violent break
in prices since December 1871
Other groups we're more stable.
Losses ran to an extreme OF IL
points as selling squalls at times
grew to gale proportion.
Hardest hit were defaulted rails
and lower priced issues of solvent
roads.
True to the form displayed since
the post-Labor Day bear push, the
market took its cue from the be-
havior of stocks.
Hardly encouraging to potential
buyers, however, was testimony
presented in Washington at the
ICC hearing on proposed higher
freight rates.
Vice Pre- sident Franklin of the
Pennsylvania railroad, for in
stance, told the commission his
line faces it's first deficit in lou
years of operation.
Industrial bonds made the best
showing while utilities skinned
the 1945 low.
Volume mounted rapidly as sell
ing pressure increased, with the
total for the session up to $10,-
o4o, 900 from S., $50, 900 Wednesday.
Among Losers
Prominent among the losers
were Baltimore and Ohio CONVEX
tibles at As, Central of Georgia
&C" SIS at II, Central of N. J.
IS at 80, Alton IS at IS, St. Paul
convertibles at 48 IL, Rock Island
refunding As at 80 IL. Florida
East Coast SIS at SO, international
Hydro Electric IS at IS, Lehigt
Valley stamped AS at IS, Missouri
Pacific general As at Is IA, N. Y.
Central ga" 4 1-2S at IS, Frisco
4 LIS at % IL, and Seaboard Air
line incomes at 81.
Issues of Chile and Peru backed
down in the foreign dollar list.
In the over-the-counter market
U. S. Government join
ed in the retreat with losses mount
ing to 9-32. The Victory Loan 2 LIS
of Dec. '67-'72 lost 6-62 at 101 21-32.
The same issue sold in the stock
at 101 1882, off 1892.
BOND AVERAGES
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
STOCK AVERAGES

Compiled by the Associated
Press Sept. 49,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
TREND OF STAPLE PRICES

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-The AS
soclated Press weighted wholesale
price index of IS commodities
Thursday advanced. to 142. 80.
Previous day 1927, week ago
1903, month ago 146. SO, year ago
108. SO.
1916 1945 1914 1913
High 149.47 1921 1887 107. 50
Low 1902 107. 80 1861 3 1O3. 43
r d926 average equals 1000,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
NEW ORLEANS MIDDLING

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 19.-P-
The average price of middling Is
16-inch cotton at ten southern spot
markets Thursday was 95 cents a
bale higher a 1911 cents a pound.
Average for the past 80 market
days was 1914 Middling 7-8-inch
average was $500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-20
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK
RICHMOND. Va Sent a.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 19.-F-
USDA)-Livestock:
Hogs-Receipts extremely light.
Market quotable steady and un-
changed. Good and choice hogs 12O
lbs up, including sows, $3.50 the
ceiling. 10o-120 lbs $14.80. Good
stays $11.80.
Cattle-Market slow, generally
steady on light run of cows. Most
tat dairy type cows $40. DOLL 90,
few good beef-type $12.0O-13. so;
Gamers and cutters mostly $7.c0-
800. Weaker tendency on under.
grade vealers and heavyweights,
but strictly good kinds steady.
around $500 top. Spring lambs
quotable $500 down, according tt
weight and quality.