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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
Trustees Told
Voncieuve School
Work To Begin

Trustees of the Vancleave
School entertained officials di-
rectly connected with their build.
ing program Tuesday night with
a banquet in the school cafeteria
and were informed by contractor
d. ID. Pittman that work on the
new school would begin within
a matter OF days.
A. +. Megehee acted as toast
master and short talks were
made by all of those present, in
Guiding Trustees Hubert Mallette,
B. E. Ellis, Howard Jennings,
and Carson Fletcher. Roscoe
Fletcher, the other trustee, and
II. w. Gautier, attorney for the
trustees, were not able to attend.
Besides Mr.. Pittman, other
guests included architect Carl l.,
Olschner and an associate, Prin-
cipal N. c. Everett, l.. A. Faulk,
who viii be superintendent of
the construction, Henry Davis,
T. l.. Murphy, Lee Sntrekin'
Clyde Cunningham, and the Rev.
Albert Miller.
The Rev. Miller pronounced
the invocation and the women
in charge of the lunch room,
headed by Mrs. l., A. Faulk, serv-
cd a delicious fried chicken sup
per
Final plans for breaking
ground for the building We're
laid at the meeting and the con-
tractor assured OF every cooper
alton. All of those present made
informal talks.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
EDISON CENTENNIAL

On Tuesday, February IL,
Thomas Edison's birthday, the
Science Club of the Moss Point
High school presented a program
for the student body, The pro-
gram, based on the life of the
inventor, consisted Of talks by
members of the student body and
taking part were Barbara Watts,
president of the Science club,
Norma Thomas, Shirley Elkin,
Clark Britton, Bob Head, Elmer
Clark, Bill Robinson, Donald
Lyle, and Elaine Wright The
Rev. f. w. Scott, pastor at Kre-
ole, opened the program with
prayer.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
Kiwanis Ladies Night Features
Fried Chicken. Fun Packed Program

The Paseagoula Kiwanis Clubs
Ladies Nights" have become well
known along the Gulf Coast as
Jolly affairs, and the one held
Wednesday night at the Pasea-
goula Country club was no eN-
eeption,
Delegations from the Mobile
and Gulfport clubs, together with
their wives, were on hand to en-
JOY fried chicken and a fun
packed program, under the diree.
ton of Thomas r. Swartwout
Clarence Nj. DoSsett, and Lester
L. Stig!er'
DR.. Thomas E. Stout presided
at the meeting, n feature of which
was the presentation of a hand
some travelling bag and past
presidents pin to Mr., Dossett,
The fast-moving program was
opened with an invocation by
Father j. j. Curley. a former
member, and was followed by 4
Bingo game conducted by w. r.
Guest. Jr., vice president. This
was followed by a Skit, ut Pays
to BE Stupid, given by Alhin
Krebs.
Following the Introduction Of
visitors. a series OF presentations
were given, including a Kiwanis-
composed quartet by MIR. DoSSett,
Mr.. Stigler, f. J. Jane Jr., and
the Rev. Frederick Graef. The
audience demanded an encore
Other features included a fish
ing contest by Father Curley and
W. r. Gulley, Jr., and a feat of
magic performed by Mr., Jane and
Mr.. Swartweut
Corsages were presented the
women guests when they arrived
and favors were bestowed on
them at the conclusion Of the pro-
gram,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
DAILY ATTENDANCE RECORD

The highest average daily at
tendance relative to enrolment
in the Paseagoula city school sys-
tenn in ten years is being re-
corded currently by school Of
fieials, according to Thomas r,
Wells, city superintendent. The
total enrolment in white and
negro schools totals 3,7g9 chill
dren and of this number average
daily attendance is $500. Mr..
Wells attributes this increase in
school attendance to a positive
effort on the part of the school
through visiting teacher service
and the school health program to
increase attendance and to the
enforcement of school attendance
laws, The population is more
stable than It has been since
1910, Mr.. Wells said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
Carnival Rulers
To Be Unmasked
AT Ball Tonight

The identity of the tenth King
and Queen of Joy will be re-
vealed Friday night at corona
ton and unmasking ceremonies
to be staged at 3 p. m. at the
Market Street Recreation build
ing as the highlight of the an
nual Carnival ball given by the
Young Mems Business Club of
Moss Point.
The ball will be officially open
ed with the browning of the
king and queen and the presen-
tation OF the kings gift to his
queen will follow, d. o, Newman,
sheriff Of Jackson County will
present the key to the county to
the royal couple who will then
lead the grand march Of the royal
party. A formal court dance will
precede general dancing.
The court will be composed of
Is dukes and Is ducheSSes choS-
en- by a secret committee from
Moss Point and paSeagoula and
there will be two trainbearerS
and two crownhearerS TO attend
the king and queen
T. q. Green of PaScagoula has
been designated arch duke and
Mrs. James T. Thompson of Moss
Point has been named arch dGeh-
esS for the occasion.
The ball room will be decor
ated in a promotion Of peace
theme and the thrones for the
rulers win be on a raised diaS.
The doors of the center will
be opened at : p. m. TO allow
spectators 10 secure seats.
Admission prices viii be 81
for non-daneers, So for stays Snd
for couples.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
TRUCK HIT BY TRAIN

A large freight transfer truck
was struck ana overturned by
an l. and n freight train at the
Frederic street crossing about
7:45 a. m, Tuesday. The driver
was uniniured.
The truck trailer, which was
loaded with thousands of pounds
Of fresh meat, steel. bags and
other items, was unloaded Tues
day afternoon and Wednesday
and the load transferred for de
livery.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14

he upsets so prevalent in bas-
ketball tournaments. The Green
les seemed still in good form
Tuesday night when they wal
loped the Moss Point Tigers and
the TigeretteS remain undefeat-
ed.
In the grammar school bracket,
Il seems a tnSs up in both the
bows and girls divisions.
Sessions IN the tournament are
slated for Thursday afternoon,
and three sessions in the morn
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
Leaf River Navigation Committee
To Visit Port OF Pascagoula Soon

The Lions committee is head
ed by Alexander Currie, who
originally proposed the devel-
opment of the river as a navi-
gable waterway
Interest in the project is
high here, as such a program
would have given definite C
celebration to the development
of the Pascagoula port.
II is believed that the open
ing of the Pascagoula and Leaf
River systems to traffic would
have an enormous develop
ment of this entire section OF
Mississippi.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
Annual County Basketball Tournament
Beqins In Moss Point Next Weekend

ing, afternoon and night Friday
and Saturday with the finals IN
the high school division Satur-
day night.
Moss Point, PaScagoula. Wade,
Vancleave, DIV, and St Mar
tin will enter teams in all four
brackets, and Orange Lake. eau
tier, Eseatawpa. and Hurley viii
enter teams in the grammar
school divisions only.
Details of the bracket will be
published in next Fridays issue
of this newspaper.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
Matt Delmus. Sr.
Injured When Auto
Strikes Power Pole

Matt DelmaS. Sr., was hospital
ICED last Friday when the auto.
mobile in which he was riding
struck a power line pole ON U. S,
Highway 90, neat the city limits
of paseagoula.
Mrs. DalmaS and q, V. Streed,
pasSengers in the automobile,
were not injured. according to
investigating officers.
Police Officers G, L, Ferrer
and Claude Groves investigated.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14

Leaders in Hattiesburg's
move to make the Leaf River
and Pascagoula River system
navigahle to the Hub City have
accepted an invitation of the
Pascagoula-M Moss Point Cham
Der OF Commerce to visit the
port Of pascagoula and to par
ticipafe in a conference here
on the project.
The Leaf River Navigation
committee of the Hattiesburg
Lions Club and other interested
persons will come here at an
early date, to be decided next
week.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
VERNON CRANBERRY DIES

Mr.. and Mrs. W. :, Cranberry
were called 10 New Orleans by
the death Tuesday night of MIR.
Granberry's brother, Vernon c.
Cranberry. at his home, 725 Ma.
varre street. He had been IN for
about two weeks. Funeral Serv-
ices were held Thursday at Ii
a. m n the funeral home Of
Tharp Sontheimer Tharp. in New
Orleans. Mr., Cranberry had
made his home in that city for
about twelve years.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
MEETING OF GIRLS
AUXILIARY

On Tuesday afternoon men,
hers of the Girls Auxiliary to
the First Baptist church of Moss
Point were entertained by Jackie
Nelson at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. II, Nelson,
Jr.. pol Morris street.
Small cakes and soft drinks
We're served by the hostess.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14

The annual jackson County
basketball tournament for gram
mar and high schools will be
PLAYED in Moss Point next week
end. with the opening session
slated Cor Thursday afternoon
when the DIV. and Wade ju-
Nor lasses will begin play at
las.
The Wade GreenieS and the
Moss Point Tigerettes seem Stat
cd for championships in the high
school divisions. bearing one of
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
o R DAY OF PRAYER

The PaSeagoula Council of
Church Women viii observe the
World Day Of Prayer at a meet.
ing At the First Presbyterian
church. Feb 81, at $50 p. m.
Plans for the observance were
completed during an executive
meeting of the council this week
and the program will be IN
nouneed later,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
MUSIC CLUB TO ENTERTAIN

At a recent executive session
Of the PsSeagoula Music Club At
the home Of Mrs. J. Y. Ainsworth
in Moss Point, 1t was planned
to entertain the Junior Music
club at the March meeting of
the senior organization.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14

The aneients made glass con-
tainers by wrapping molten glass
around a core of sand, later re-
moving the core. Later, man dis
covered the secret of producing
transparent rather than opaque
glass.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-02-14
City Purchases
Modern Garbage
Collie citing Vehicle

A modern garbage collector,
which cost approximately $500
complete, has been purchased by
the City of PaseSgoula and ar
rived here Saturday. II HaS STAN
dard equipment for such vehi-
eleS, including a compactor.
Mayor John r. Watts revealed
this week that the city plans to
purchase one or two more of the
vehicles, if this one proves sat
iSfactory in serving the needs of
the citizens here.
Railroads of the United States
issue and distribute 80-million
times. During the war years, the
number was much higher.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

plenty big. And that's what
their ad says, even though it
seems to say the opposite. When
they say, '"This ar-created alb
normal demand is being stead
lily met" they mean they're not
going to expand to meet it.
They're going to dole out steel
and you can wait in line.
That's why the Chicago Sun
and others are getting excited.
They know how to print an ad,
but they know better than to
believe what it says. They know
what goes on behind closed
doors at Congressional Commit
tee hearings and they know
Steel is fixing itself UP nice
and pretty to ride through
a depression - and come out
stronger than ever.
And United States News
echoes the sentiments of Big
Business when it tries to con-
vince us there's nothing we can
do about the coming bust: just
study it and hope to use those
facts to make the next bust
after this one a recession in
sead of depression. The wise
boys want to use the present
price investigations as a little
window dressing to take the
heat off; but the people could
upset all that shrewd thinking.
They could make these investi-
cations lead right to the heart
of American monopoly-United
States Steel.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
Want a hamburger heaven
for high income groups?

American people to reduce still
further living standards that
have already drastically cut
since the end of the war.
But voluntary rat ing
won't bring prices down in the
present situation. The food
trusts would keep on raising
prices and make even greater
profits on reduced domestic
sales because of their mono
polistic controls. And what
they don't sell here, they could
sell for whatever they wanted
to charge to the starving peo-
pies abroad.
Eating less is therefore
system of rationing by price.
The top income groups would
maintain their living standards
at the expense of those who
could not afford to pay in
flationary prices. Rationing by
price has already been tried
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
BY THE ECONOMIST

n UNAWAY food prices
N are shooting skyward.
Wholesale food prices are now
1779o above the prewar level
with no end in sight for the
inflationary spiral.
Both the administration and
Congress are doing nothing to
fight the initiation in food
prices. The administration has
launched grand jury investi-
cation of the meat packing in
dustry. Even if the case is
pushed it will take years to
settle and meanwhile ham,
burger keeps going ever higher.
The Joint Congressional Eco
nomic Committee is holding
hearings to find out what
everyone knows-that the high
cost of living is running stand
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

Liberties 0 m m iffee. The
welI-heeled Guxiks can hire
top legal talent but the poor
cannot. CCLC resources are
limited. When they are used
TO help those who don't really
need help. the others go un-
aided.
1t is also no secret that no.
torious criminals are often SO
glorified by the daily press that
they become heroes to some
sections of the population.
When they get support from
a civil rights group that has
won some prestige, this auto
matically makes them loom
even larger in the eyes of the
weak and could be a deciding
factor in the launching of new
criminal careers.
Guzik has his rights-but I
did not join the CCLC to help
a notorious law-breaker make
policy obey the law" joined
in order to help the hundreds
of John Does who are railroad
ed to prison simply because
they have neither funds nor
friends to fight their battles.
That's what the Chicago
Civil Liberties Committee is
for anyway.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
BY HERMAN scHENDEL

Somebody ought to give
course on how to read an ad.
Especially the kind of ad the
steel industry ran the other day.
You glance at its bold headline
More Steel for YOU than
ever Beforehand you begin
to wonder whether you've been
reading the wrong reports.
After all, government reports
in recent years have made it
plenty clear. that Big Steel has
been doing pretty much what
it wanted to do-just because
it is big. you'll find U. S.
Steel sitting right up there
Number One of the $50 biggest
corporations in this land0
But when you READ the ad,
you see the score right away.
The men who wrote that ad are
clever, but the men who told
them to write it have even more
on the ball.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
-FPANK-LY SPEAKING -
Guzik's civil liberties
Frank |}3'|:|1 Wis

be carried out in a strictly legal
If laws are cockeyed,
fight to change them. Where
no adequate statutes exist, bat
tie for their passage.
Also I realize that gang
sters and the underworld are
products of the society in
which. we live. To destroy
the vice sYndicates. we must
get rid of the conditions
which breed them. Further
more. the Capone-Guzik-
Levin mobsters are small
potatoes compared with the
Wall Street gang which robs
me every time I enter a
grocery store.
Just the same, this is in
sufficient justification for de-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

Gated. It includes price con-
troll, rationing of scarce foods,
consumer subsidies SO that
prices can be rolled back, and
a system of ALLEGATIONS to pre-
vent basic foodstuffs from be-
ing diverted into profitable
but non-essential channels.
Neither Congress nor the adj
ministration will accept the
required anti-inflation program
unless they are forced to do
SO by the pressure of the peo-
pie. The administration drop
ped rationing while acute scar
cities still existed, thereby
paving the way for Congress
to destroy price control which
would have prevented the
present initiation.
1t is therefore up to the peo-
pie to force this anti-inflation
program upon the administra-
ton and Congress. Nothing
short of this program will stop
initiation. The only other alter
native is to accept runaway
prices, to eat less and to wait
for the economy to explode as
it did in-1920 and 1929.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

in the case of shoes and milk.
Shoe sales have dropped be-
tween 20 and 25% but prices
are still rising. Milk consump-
ton is down 1919 but milk
prices are rising again.
EATING LESS and living less
is the solution of the monop-
olies for the inflationary crisis.
They prefer an economy of
scarcity where they can run up
prices to any level they want,
whether it is steel or food.
If the American people do
not want TO accept lower
living standards accompan-
led by mass unemployment
and restricted production.
they must defeat this callous
proposal of the monopolies
and their spokesman. They
must demand and fight for
a program that will bring
prices down and assure
everybody a fair share of
what is available. including
relief for the hunger areas
in Europe and Asia.
This program is not compli-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

than a week now they've asked
me the embarrassing question
of how it is that a notorious
law-breaker is using the COM
mittee to make policy obey
the law" as one daily head
lined it.
Although in complete dis
agreement with CCLC action
in the Guzik case, / had not
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
SekendeI asks:
What about these steel company ads?

There's an old saying that
when the laws against you, talk
about the weather. Steel is
talking about the weather.
We're supposed to forget that
they had practically to be
bribed into expanding to win
the war. We're supposed to for
get how Congress amended the
laws to get them to produce.
IN ORDER to stimulate in
dustry into building and financ-
ing its own facilities for war
production" reported the Sem
ate Committee on Small Bust
ness, Congress made two inn
portant changes in the Nations
tax laws" And the Report
calmly relates how Big Busi-
ness was permitted to write
Off new equipment in five
years, and to have Garry
back" provisions on taxes.
With these concessions under
its belt, Steel found some rea-
son for viewing the war ex-
pansion with less alarm. The
"writing-off'' provision allowed
them to charge enough for war
products to get back their in
vestment in five years, instead
of 80. And the "carry-back"
provision took on a new light
when its possibilities for post
war strike-breaking came into
view.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

intended to comment publicly.
But the indignation resulting
from the wide publicity forces
me to make clear my attitude
for the sake of the record.
/ concede, in the first place,
that Guzik has certain rights
that should not be violated no
matter what his criminal rec
ord. 1t is a dangerous practice
to run roughshod over the legal
rights of even the most vicious
murderer merely. because pub
lie opinion will condone such
violations. Denial of civil rights
purely because it's okay with
the community permits lynch
ers to 60 unpublished in Dixie.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

MANY Lii
cagoans know
l am a mem
Der of t h e
CCLC board
of directors.
Through me
some h a v e
contributed to
t h e annual
flu n d drive.
F or m o r e
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
NEVER IN pEAcETIME

history nave American steel
workers and mills turned out
so much steel in so short
time" the ad proudly declares.
That sounds very good, taken
by itself. But when it is COM
pared with the facts of life it
doesn't stand up. So they're
turning out more than in 1889!
So what!
It's like killer pleading for
mercy because he killed only
one man instead of six.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

ards of millions of American
families.
Under popular pressure for
some action bipartisan pro-
posal is being pushed by the
Administration and leading Re-
publican spokesman as the
solution for the inflationary
crisis. This proposal, no matter
how it is put, involves in the
words of Sen. Robert A. Taft,
eating less and eating less ex-
travagantly."
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
By FRANK M. DAVIS
I WONDER how many

ordinary little people
went to Jail last week, because
they didn't have the money to
hire a lawyer to protect their
civil rights, while the Chicago
Civil Liberties Committee was
acting in behalf of Jack Guzik,
who does have enough money
and legal talent to protect his?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
I JOINED ccLc because, as

I JOINED ccLc because, as
Negro, / had seen my people
deprived too often of their
rights as American citizens.
Today it is not only Negroes
and similar minority groupings
but trade unionists, the for
eign born, liberals and pro-
gressives who are gradually
losing the rights to which they
are entitled under the federal
constitution.
1t is the poor. the friend
less. the apostles of causes
not currently popular with
the ruling class. who need the
helping hand of the Civil
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

THEY still like to charge
more and produce less. You
can do that when you're big,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27
THIS PROPOSAL D

blame for skyrocketing food
prices on the American people
and not on the profiteering
food trusts. 1t calls for volun-
tary rationing but actually
would impose involuntary ra-
tioning through inflationary
prices. It would force the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

don't intend to use this ex-
banded equipment to meet Am
erica's and the worlds needs.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

LET ALL arrests and trials
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

Tending the civil rights of
Guzik.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-27

Now the war is over and they
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-09
Miss Grace Satko to Become Bride Tonight.
 Of Kenneth R. Allen.

Miss Grace E. Satko, daughter Of MT. and Mrs. Paul Satko, former Juneau residents now residing in Richmond, Va, and Kenneth R. Allen, son of MT. and Mrs. Glenn Allen Of this city, will be united in marriage at 8 o'clock this evening m the Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert Tre,t.
 Mrs. William S. Brown, sister of the bride, will be matron-of- honor, and MT Denny Merritt will be best man. William s. Brown will give the bride in marriage.
 A reception will be given for the young couple immediately follow ing the wedding ceremony, at the home of MT. and Mrs. K. c. Mer- ritt, Sixth and Main Streets.
 All friends are cordially invited to attend both the wedding and the reception.
 The prospective bridegroom, a veteran of World War II, is at the present time employed by the Berg Construction Company.
 MT. and Mrs. Allen will be at home to their friends at 426 First Street.