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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
HOTEL SITE
FALLS THROUGH

Definite decision not to pur-
chase the proposed hotel site at
Canty street and Watts avenue
was the result of a meeting of
members of the hotel commit
tee and board OF directors of the
Chamber of Commerce and all
contributors to the fund for the
purchase held Thursday night at
the c OF c offices. A committee
composed of J, |. Ford, f. II. Ba-
cot ard T.. A. Talbot was APP
pointed to draw up an agreement
TO raise money foi a hotel, efforts
for the construction OF which will
be contraed, C of c officers said.
The see 900 which had been con-
tributed toward the $23 5000. pur-
chase price was returned to con-
tribufors by the chairman of the
hotel committee. w. Ed Virgins.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

A successful development cor
porat.on in a northern Alaba-
ma town that lost its biggest
industry. with the shutdown
of wal plants was studied in the
Nov. 90 Monthly Review of the
Federal Reserve Bank of At
lanta
The town - Huntsville = was
chosen for the study by the
bank monthly because the cor
poration-the Huntsville In
dustrial Expansion Committee
has brought in 10 new indus
tries during its two years of
operation to offset the peace
time 'oss of Huntsville's two
army arsenals, which together
once enployed 1900 workers
in making war gases and 9TH
er chemical products.
The article suggested that
other towns left with unem-
p'oyment problems and vacant
factory buildings by business
failures during the 1930s or by
recent removals of war plants
and military camps would do
well to follow Huntsville's ex-
ample IN setting up such a
committee.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Panel Discussion
On Problems At
Teachers Meeting

Pascagoula teachers discussed
the responsibilities OF local teach
T in promoting the welfare Of
the profession at a meeting
Thursday night, Approximately
1870 members of the organization
or virtually every teacher in the
local system, attended.
The panel discussion was led
BY V. c. Gill, principal of the
high school. Thomas r. Wells,
city superintendent of schools
made n talk on what the MiSsis-
sippi Educational Association has
done for the profession, pointing
out that the work done by this
group is largely responsible Tor
the improvement IN the profess
sion in recent years. James Lee,
members OF the high school fac.
ulty, declared taat MEA has done
remarkable work with funds
available
Mrs. d. c. Carpenter of Cen
trail elementary school discuss
ed ways and means of informing
the pubic on teacher problems
and Miss Virginia Hildebrand of
Junior High school presented
types Of information to be pass
ed ON to the public Miss Irene
Denny principal IF Lake school.
took as her subject "The SUI
iering Teacher and Suffrage"
s~tressiag the duty of the teacher.
10 be a qualified voter.
The high school glee club gave
two musical numbers under the
direction of Mrs K. A. Heritage
and the high school quartet also
sang.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Psychologist On
Moss Point PTA
Program Dec. 10

An outstanding feature of the
1946-47 program schedule of the
Moss Point Parent-Teacher AS
ISOLATION will be the presentation
of DR.. S T Robbins, psychologist
Of the Mississippi State Board of
Health as speaker Tuesday, De-
cember 10 at 8 p. m. at the Moss
Point Community House.
Dr.. Robbins has taught psy4
chologv in high schools and col
leges for 20 years and is out
standing in his line. The pro-
gram is designed to give enlight-
eminent on Education for Respon
sible Parenthooa', by providing
parents and youths correct in
formation on the emotional ma
turity and social maturity funda-
mental to responsible parenthood.
P-TA Officers said. The goal Of
the pr09ram is to enable more
parents and future parents to
build stronger homes, deepen
family living, attain higher
ideals, face problems and temp
tatione intelligently, it was ex-
planned
The meeting IS open to the pub
lie.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

Queen Of the Pecan Bowl was
underway in the Pascagoula and
Biloxi High Schools. The queen
will have eight attendants, who
VIII be chosen in a like manner.
Tickets On Sale
Members of the Elks and Kay
Gees have tickets for sale at low
advance prices. The tickets are
also available at the b & II Cafe.
Triple-X Cafe. Virgins Drug
Store No. 1, Annex Cafe, and the
Beach Park Grill.
All tickets sold at the gate
viii be priced At Sl.50. officials
said, but the advance-sale tick
cts Will. go at S1.00 for adults
and seventy-five cents for school
students and service men. All
are tax included.
Extra seating viii be arrang-
"a az the athletic field where
a sellout crowd IS expected for
the big event.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Local Employment
Office Now Under
State Operation

G.. b. Cameron, executive di-
rector o. the Mississippi Unem-
ployment Commission announces
the resumption of state operation
of the State Employment Service
effective from November l6, 1916.
This was made possible, said Mr..
Cameron, by congressional en-
actment returning the employ
ment service to the states after
nearly s.x years of wartime OPP
Grafton by the federal govern
ment.
Gwyn c. Golf, local office man.
ager of the State EMPLOYMENT
service and his staff, said Mr..
Cameron, will continue to offer
all the service and information
heretofore available to claimants,
to applicants to Jobs, and to EN-
powers. Itinerant service will
continue as in the past
The commission, said MI. Cam
eron, is engaged in recognizing
the administration of the State
Employment Service and intends
that a more effective community
service shall be rendered through
its 33 local employment offices.
The Local State Employment Ser
vice office located at 301 Delmas
avenue will be open, said Mr..
Cameron, daily Monday through
Friday from 8 a. m. to Ais p. m.
md on Saturday from 8 a. m. to
HAS a. m.
The commission cordially in
vites and urges the people to use
any or all the services offered
free by the State Employment
Service.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
New Season Will
Find Pogy Plant
AT New Location

When the Wallace Quinn Fish
cries resumes activities at the be-
ginning of the season next May
It will be in the new plant To-
Gated on Sioux BAYOU, about sew
en- miles northwest of Gautier.
The moving OF machinery from
tn present pogy plant is well IN
derwav, according to James Me
Grath, secretary and manager,
and the new plant should be
completed and outfitted and rea-
dy for the first catches of the
menhaden in plenty of time for
the l947 season.
All the buildings of the new
plant are new and some new ma
chinery will replace the old used
in the present plant, he said.
Quarters for employees are of con-
crete structure and of dormitory
type.
Only a construction crew is left
at the plant as with the cessation
of fishing about October Is the
boats were taken TO Apalachicola,
Fla, and to Patterson, La, and
most of the men went to North
Carolina where the company OPP
crates a similar Plant during the
winter.
The office will be open in the
pogie plant located on the Pasca-
goula river until the first of the
year with the exception of about
two weeks in December when it
will preoablv be closed due to the
absence Of Nh. McGrath
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Only Three Races
In Moss Point
City Election :

Moss Point voters will decide
only on a mayor and marshall in
the December 10th election, with
the exception of the Ward 2 cleo
tors who must choose between
two men for alderman.
The fact was established Mon
day of this week when the last
qualifying day passed without
more than one person offering
for each OF four alderman's posts,
or cit7 clerk and tax collector.
Considered elected are: Veter-
an CITY Clerk w. G. Stewart;
Ward } Alderman r. L. Head and
Ward 4 Alderman Frank G..
Spann, Jr., all of whom were UNI
opposed for reelection. S. A.
McInnis and t. K Moody, new
corners. are also unopposed for
alderman-at-large and alderman
of Ward /, respectively.
In the mayors race, voters will
choose between DR.. ]. F. Colley,
longtime alderman-at-large, and
F. W. Bob Cirlot. Moss Point
native and World War II vet
eran.
Marshall j. E. Thompson, Jr.,
is opposed by J. ". Collum, who
ANS been connected with the
Moss Point police department for
some wears, in the only other
city-wide contest
7. ] Dickson has announced
in opposition to W. L. Allen for
alderman of Ward 2.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Committee Quotas
Allotted In Chest
Drive For Funds

With the Community Chest
drive drawing to a close at the
Ingalls, Shipyard, after having
been extended, the campaign for
funds in the Pascagoula business
section continued this week with
no report on financial progress
availahe DR.. Thomas E. Stout,
campaign chairman, announced.
The quota was broken down
this week and sums amounting to
considerably more than the orig
inal figlre of $4,000 We're as
signed the various committees.
These are as follows, and total
$25, 100. industry and banking,
$4,000. government workers, $500;
retail and service employees, ST.
500; retail and service firms, &c.
500; professional services, ST 900;
schools, $3.50; miscellaneous, $3.50;
foods, 81 500; furniture and hard.
ware appliance, $1,000; lumber
and building trades, $3.50; drugs,
$500; autometive $1,000; insur-
ance, 5000; miscellaneous, $1,000;
restaurants and beer parlors, $3.50;
BARRIERS and beauty shops, 500;
dry goods, department stores and
ready to wear, $500.
Plans for pushing the drive as
rapidly and efficiently as pos
sible are being laid at frequent
meetings of workers. Donors are
reminded that one of the main
purposes of forming the Com
munitv Chest is to eliminate the
frequent solicitations of business
men for individual drives by
forming a fund from which to
answer requests by worthy groups
for financial aid.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
First Annual Pecan Bowl G a m e
Brings Greenville. Biloxi. Here

The first annual Pecan Bowl
football game will bring together
the Biloxi Indians and the Green
vile Hornets of the Big Eight
in a nip and tuck battle for 4
special trophy and two worthy
charities.
The game will be played in
Pascagoula next Thursday night
Il 800 at the high school field
and may be the last big game in
the old stadium.
Revenue derived from the
game will be divided evenly be
tween the Elk's Crippled Chill
dren's Fund and the Knights of
Columbus Doll and Toy Funa
The game IS sponsored by the
kaycees who selected the two
evenly-matched teams from
among a dozen or more under
consideration.
Meanwhile a ticket selling cam
paign to determine the first
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
HOSPITALIZED

Willie Gassoway of V~anc'eave
was hospitalized late Monday af-
ternoou Tor decorations and bruis-
es suffered in a collision of his
trick and a gasoline truck driv-
en- by Pat o. Presswood of Gulf
port.
The accident occurred in Gau-
tie when Mr.. Gassoway's vehicle,
which was being driven by Cecil
Taylor, attempted to turn into
a side road on Highway 90, ac-
cording &c State Highway Pat
foiman Bud GRAY.
No charge were filed, Mr.. Gray
said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Fall Court Term
Adjourns After
l3-Day Session

The fall term of circuit court
adjourned Wednesday after a,
l3-day session. Approximately
100 cages were acted upon by
the court with Judge l.. c. Cor
ban on the bench.
OF those coming before the
court a number were continued,
some were dismissed and others
nolle pressed.
A sentence imposed on j. M.
Stone CT $500 fine and 80 days
in jai. on charges of having in
toxicating liquor in his posses
sion was later, after motion pre-
sented by his lawyer, changed
to $500 fine and Is days in jail
with the remainder of the Jail
sentence suspended during good
behavior or until further order
of the court.
George Bennett was sentenc-
ed to Is months IN the peniten-
tiary on charges of assault and
battery with intent to kill. Earl
Davis pleaded guilty to the
charge of having stolen goods in
his possession and was sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary.
James Cooley, according to court
order, serve three years in the
penitentiary on charges of false
pretenses to which he pleaded
guilty. Oliver Nolan was given
80 days in jail after he entered
a plea If guilty to assault and
battery.
Paying fines of Sl00 IN charg-
es of having liquor in their pos
session were Wilson Pierce, Will
lie Stallworth and Janett Hunt.
Handled BY Court
Other cases included: City of
Paseagoula VS.. Russell Golf, dis
missed with prccedendo OF re-
turned to the lower court; Elsie
Mae Chapman, a minor, VS.. Cy-
ril P. Hopkins, jury verdict and
judgment for plaintiff. $500; c.
T. Patterson Company, Inc, VS..
w. M. Bridges, owners Bridges
Plumbing Company, judgment
for plaintiff, $98.88; j. w. Purdy
Us. Harold Brook, settled and
dismissed, amount of Waterman
fee reduced from $48 to $l2;
Wade Hilton VS.. Percy w. Perk-
ms, judgment for plaintiff, $3.50;
Clovis F. Murphy VS.. the Animal
Trap Company, jury verdict for
defendant; H. r. Tillman VS.. E.
A.. Brown, jury verdict for plain
tiff, $3.50; State VS.. John Fore
Itch, dismissed with proceden-
do; State VS.. o. E. Atwell, OPP
Grating automobile while intoxi-
Gated, not guilty: State VS.. John
T. Butler, appeal dismissed; City
of Moss Point VS.. Malcolm Len
nep, appeal dismissed; State VS..
Rufus l.. James, judgment for
plaintiff; City of Pascagoula VS..
A. M. Fisher, violating coming
ordinance, not guilty.
C. F. Hudson, adultery, plea
of nolo contendere, SIS; Charles
w Moore, operating automobile
while intoxicated, not guilty;
Miss Adele Barrow VS.. City of
Pascagoula, damages for plain
tiff, $500: r. E. Ward VS.. Yves
lev Gcff, verdict FOR defendant.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Cyclist Injured
In Bridge Crash;
Dies AT Hospital

Carl F.. jackson. Is years old.
died Monday morning at the
jackson County hospital Of in
iuries suffered Friday night when
the motorcycle on which he was
travelling to Mobile crashed into
4 piling on a bridge under re-
pair n the Pascagoula- Gautier
highway.
The cyclist sustained n broken
neck and a fractured skull in the
accident. He was en- route from
New Orleans where he was at
tending aeronautical school, to
spend the weekend with his wife
in MOBILE.
Mr.. jackson was in the air
corps for about two years and
served in the Pacific Theater.
He received his discharge eight
months ego.
Funeral servieee were conduct
ed Wednesday at 10 a. M, in Mo
bile with Higgins Funeral Home
in charge. The young mans body
was sent 10 the Mobile undertake
ing house from Fails Funeral
Home OF Paseagaula.
Sur givors are his widow, his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford
SWitzer of Pearson, Ga; two half
brothers, Dewey Switzer of Pear
son ano Pete Switzer of the u.
S. Marine Corps. one half sister.
Mrs. Maud Landrum of Mobile.
Among members of the family
who eished TO his bedside ut the
Jackson County hospital were his
uncles and aunts, MI. and Mrs.
j. f.. Sw.tzer and MIR. and Mrs
O. j. Lott Of Paseagoula, and Mr..
and Mrs, j. V. Swit2er of Hands.
boro.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Delinquent Cos
Customers Face
Service Cutoff

All city gas bills will be due
the first Of each month, become
delinquent the 10th OF the month
and win DE subject to cutoff,
Mayor John X. Watts announced
this week.
The new regulations will be-
come effective December lst.
No second notices will be sent
out on delinquent bills and no
collectors will call on customers.
When service has been cut off.
delinquent customers viii be
charged a one dollar cut-on
ehargf when service is resumed,
the announcement said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Officers Remind
Owners Of City Low
Against Loose Dogs

The cooperation of Pascagoula
dog owners is again being sought
by city officials who this week
reminded citizens that if they do
not corfine their animals they
will be picked up and impound-
ed by the city pound keeper.
The pound is located at the
Coast Guard base, Convent street
and the river. Dogs are kept for
five DAYS at the end of which
time if they are unclaimed they
r killed by gas. If the owner
claims the dog he is charged 81
pick up fee and rs cents a day
Officials pointed out that there
is a city ordinance prohibiting
the roaming of loose dogs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Alabama Town 0vercornes Loss Of M Mar
Major Industry With New Move AT Du.
ned Following
bile Collision
. And Comfy
Auto.
Du

Lester Z acct Route |, Pas
cagoula, Wa SSed $25 in city
court Mon' "a afternoon on
charges grow S4,ut of a COLI
sion with San zNner, negro, of
81 Carver Viii. 20
MI. Davis ws s2veling west
on Dupont Ave SSand struck
a taxi driven BY pU ner as it
travelled north on ty street.
Three negro accupa 5 of the cab
were given frs: aid treatment
at the jackson County Hospital.
The collision occurred Sunday
night about 700 o'clock.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
Coal Strike
Effects Not
Here Yet
Mojor Industries
Scheduled No
Inamediute Cuts

Wliile schools closed, major
layoffs began, and citizens shiys
cred in tl.eir homes in many parts
of the nation, the coal strike
would have no immediate gener-
al effect on the lives or the
economy of the people of Jackson
county, a pre- Thanksgiving sur
vey revealed.
Natural or artificial gas, oil
and VOID, are used almost ex-
clusively in the homes and in a
number of industries and spokes-
men for the county's major in
dustries indicated the strike
would have no effect unless 1t is
prolonged.
No regular trains passing
through Pascagoula had beenf
cancelled, Wednesday, L. & N.
officials revealed, and said that
some curtailment had occurred ON
branch lines. The daily commu-
ter trains between Ocean Springs
and New Orleans have been sus-
pended, however and the No. z
train to New Orleans now ar.
rives in Pascagoula about five
o'clock in. the morning. instead
of 1l:20.
Trains Are Key
The extent of the curtailment
of freight shipments by rail
seemed 10 be a major factor in
the local picture, although
spokesman for industry were OPP
timistic if the strike is short
lived.
]. Paul Keefe, director of pub
lie relations for the Ingalls, in
dustries, made the following
Statement. to the Chronicles Star
and Advertiser:
AT the present, the ingalls,
Shipbuilding Corporation Isl not
affected by the coal strike and we
do not anticipate any damaging
effect upon our operations here,
unless the strike continues for .
long time,
we estimate that we have suf-
ficient steel on hand to enable us
to continue IA ship construction
at Paseagoula without immediate
interruption.
"Of course, we expect that some
of our suppliers-such as in the
case of machinery, electrical
equipment, etc.-may be immedi-
ately effected which would mean
delays in shipments to us and, in
that way. we might be hurt"
Burn Gas
A spokesman for the Internat-
ional Paper Company mill at
Kreole said that the plant there
uses PAS and OF. in emergencies
and generates all of its own
power. The mill can be effected
only indirectly by the strike
through The railroads and adverse
effects on raw material suppliers,
if the strike is extended.
The Jackson County Mills has
a two-weeks supply of yarn on
hand, according TO an executive,
and the yarn is shipped here by
rail from New Hampshire. A rail-
road tie-np would be felt rapidly
and a steel shortage eventually
as it effects knitting needle e
placements.
But generally, the county sat
down to a Thanksgiving dinner
Yesterday with the added bless
ing OF being one of the least eff
tected sections of the country in
the coal strike crisis, for the time
being.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
VanCleave Man
Slain With Gun;
Hurley Man Held

Stay Elamon Rogers, % year
old resident OF Vancleave, was
killed Saturday night near eau
tier with a pistol allegedly fir
ed by ]. M. Stone, Jra of Hun
ley.
Stone 81, is held in the Jack
son County jail on a murder
charge and his brother. Charles,
10, has been released on q $500
bond on charges of being al ac-
cessory TO the crime.
No date has been set for a pre-
liminary hearing. according to
County Attorney L. X. Mcintosh.
Mr., Mcintosh said investiga-
tors hal not been able TO estab-
lish n motive for the Staying and
the Stone boys professed to re-
member nothing of the occur
renee when they were interview
ed in jail.
Mr.. Rogers, member Of a large
Jackson County family, had a
four-year-old son and a two
year-old daughter at the time
Of his death.
Many Witnesses
The shooting occurred at "Pur-
tells Place" a beer parlor oper-
ated by Mrs. j. II Taylor, ac-
cofding to Mr.. Mcintosh, who
said there were about a dozen
witnesses to the shooting.
The county attorney quoted
witnesses as te%stifying that the
slain man and three of his broth
ers we've drinking in the estab-
lishmert when they became bois-
ferrous and were asked To leave
by Mrs Taylor.
They remained on the outside
of the establishment, however,
and the slain man began a scuf-
file with another patron, the wit
nesses said, near the door of the
building.
The accused man was not in
volved IN the argument, accord
ing To- The county attorney, but
danced hy the door and pulled
a As calibre pistol from his coat
and fired, The outlet struck Mr..
Rogers in the bBek and he died
almost instantly
The Stone boys were arrested
al their home in Hurley on Sun
day and the weapon believed to
have been used in the shooting
was recovered.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services for Mr.. Rog-
ers were held Monday afternoon
at 200 o'clock from the Latter
Day SENT Church near Van
cleave and interment was in the
Evergreen Cemetery with the
Fails Funeral Heme in charge,
The Rev. A. G. Miller conduct
ed the services and four broth
ers-in-laW of the slain man were
among the pallbearers together
with Jchn Tillman and Albert
Golf. close neighbors. The broth
ers-in-law were Billy Graham,
Ernes. Golf, Hyman Argo, and
b. c. Rogers.
Besides his widow, Mrs, Hazel
Rogers, and son and daughter,
Ronnie and Jeanette, Mr. Rog-
ers is Survived by six sisters and
and four brothers. He was the son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Simon
Rogers of Vancleave.
Surviving sisters are: Mrs,
Clydia Platts, Chicago, Mrs, Es-
ter Taylor, Los Angeles; Mrs.
Ruby Golf, Vancleave; Mrs.
Fredia Rogers, Mrs. Odessa Ora
ham, ard Miss Lille MAY Rog-
ers. all of Escatawpa. The broth
ers are Norman, of Woolmarket,
and Carmel, A. L. and Ford of
XanclenNe.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Thanksgiving holidays for the
PascsgouIa schools started Thurs
day. V c. Gill, principal of the
High School. announced to the
student padv in an assembly Mon
day that the Christmas holidays
would begin on December 20
and GO through January 6.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

Warsaw-AP-The first post
war Polish-American Society Of
Friendship has been organized
in Warsaw. Its president is Mi.
ehal P~anEieWicz, who is the faith
er-in-law of Premier Edward Os-
~ubka-MoraWski.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

Showing methods of smuggling
precious stones or other articles
into a country are prohibited in
movies ny the Johnson Hays
office.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

More tnan one-half of the u. S.
hospital beds are in mental in
stitutIons.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-29

Among birds the mating season
may cause changes in eye color.