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Evening star., 1947-08-11
HyattsviIIe Woman Hurt
In Jump From 0yerpass

A 42-year-old Hyattsville woman
was injured this morning when she
jumped from the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad overpass in Hyattsville.
Miss Marian M. Hankey, 5703
Thirty-ninth avenue, Hyattsvi1le,
suffered a broken hip and head in
juries in the fall. She was taken
to the Prince Georges General Hos
+pital, Cheverly, by the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad. Her condition was
reported not serious.
Prince Georges County police said
she told them she had been in Ill
health.
Miss Hankey is employed as a
secretary by John v. Hackett,
Hyattsville attorney.
The overpass, used by traffic on
the Washington Baltimore boule-
ward, is about 80 feet high.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Employees Vote on Union
Al Woodward & Lofhrop

Employees of the Woodward &
Lothrop Department Store were
voting today on whether they want
ed either of two unions as their
representative in collective bar
gaining.
The unions are the Union of
Woodward g. Lothrop Employees
independently and the Department
Store Employees Council (AFD.
officials of the National Labor
Relations Board were supervising
the election. It was scheduled as a
result of a consent agreement
entered into by the two unions and
the store management.
An NLRB spokesman said count
ing of ballots would begin when
the polls were closed late today.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Employees of BusIine
Vote to Join AFL Union

Maintenance employees of the
Alexandria, Bancroft & Washington
Transit Co. have voted to become
a part Of Division 1131, Amalgamat-
ed Association of Street, Electric
Railway & Motor Coach Employees
Of America, AFL, it was announced
today.
The election, which was super
vised by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, resulted in a 68-to-49
vote in favor of the AFL unit.
Evening star., 1947-08-11

HELD IN KILLING-Walter
Ray Mathis Qeft) starts back
to Essex, Md, to face a charge
of numbering his former wife's
husband. 1t. R. A. Merson of
Baltimore County police ac-
companies him.
Star Staff Photo.
police. 1t. Merson said Mathis
would be arraigned at Essex before
Magistrate T. Frank Martin this
afternoon. The magistrate has
issued a first-degree murder warrant
in the shooting.
The woman Mathis told police he
loved and lost to Mr.. Colbert is
Mrs. Ruby Bondurant Mathis Col
bert, 30-year-old former Alexandria
telephone operator.
"I Just couldn't stay away from
her." Mathis told Alexandria police.
Even after what she had done to
me, I couldn't help myself"
1t. Halves said Mathis had given
this account of the events leading
up to the shooting:
Mathis divorced his first wife in
1886 to marry the present Mrs.
Colbert, by whom he had one son,
now years old.
When the war came, Mathis went
into the Air Transport Command
and served in the China-Burma-
India theater, flying cargo planes
over the hump" He was master
sergeant, but was loaned to Chinese
National Airways as pilot.
After he got out of the service, he
came back to his second wife. They
had lived together only a few weeks
when she told him she had become
interested in Mr.. Colbert, Mathis
. said.
Mathis went to Florida where he
and his wife were divorced in May,
1916. Mathis was given custody of
their son.
Then he remarked his first wife,
Pearl, mother of his two older chill
dren-a 17-year-old married daugh-
ter and a 14-year-old son.
Three months ago, the family re-
turned to Alexandria from Florida
and Mathis told police 1t was then
he began seeing Mrs. Colbert.
On Saturday night, Mathis said
he went to Essex to keep a date he
had made with Mrs. Colbert. They
were to meet in a drug store but she
didn't appear.
Mathis went to the Colbert apart
ment to look for her. She wasn't
there but her husband was.
ct didn't intend to kill him." 1t
Hawes quoted Mathis as saying
HE rushed at me and I pulled Out
my gun "a As caliber automatic)
IT had it in my mind to fire te
scare him. For a minute it looked
like he was going to take the gun
away from me.
Noticed Blood on Clothes.
IT didn't know I had hit him until
I noticed blood on my clothes.
felt him get weak. kept repeating
II don't want to kill you"
Mathis said he fired two shots
according to 1t. Hawes. One bulle
entered Mr.. Colbert's right thigf
and severed an artery. DR.. Melvin
Davis, assistant Baltimore Count.
medical examiner, said Mr.. Colber
died from loss of blood.
After the shooting Mathis drov'
away. A neighbor, Neil M. Bolton
told police he heard the shots ans
chased a car with Florida hcens.
plates. He failed to catch Mathis
but he got the license number.
While the license tag was being
traced Maryland police found Mrs
Colbert in q tavern with her 4.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Foshion Expert Named
Counsellor to Store

Miss Kay Sullivan, New York
fashion expert, has been named
fashion counsellor for the Julius
Garfnckel Co., it was announced to-
day.
Miss Sullivan was fashion editor
of Town and Country Magazine for
many years and heads her own
business in New York, the Kay Sui
livan Associates Fashion Co-ordina-
tor and Counsellors. She will par
ticipate in sales training at the
store. coordination of all fashion
departments and public relations
activities.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
friend Of NotabIes.
lin Aviation Indicted
On Check CHARGES

Bernard Brookes, SO, Army vet.
eran and self-styled friend" o.
many prominent men In aviation
today was indicted on charges O
causing $500 in worthless checks
to be transported in interstate
commerce.
Assistant United States ATTORNEY
Sylvan Schwartz, who presented the
case to the grand jury, said the
checks were passed here and were
drawn on a noneXiStent Hollywood
Calf, band.
The largest single amount in.
volved was for $1,000, passed to 8
local man as a down payment or
paper to be printed on aviation
Mr.. Schwartz said.
The charges accuse Brookes, who
lived in the 500 block B street NE.
of causing the checks to be brought
from the District of Columbia tc
California in violation of the Ma
tional Stolen Property Act.
Acquaintanceship in Doubt.
Mr.. Schwartz said he did not
know whether Brookes actually was
acquainted with the prominent
persons he claimed to know.
The Indictment was among Is re-
turned today by the grand jury be-
fore Justice Edward M. Curran OF
District Court.
Rudolph Valentino Vidi, 81, of the
200 block of E street NV. was in
dlcted on a charge of raping a IT.
year-old girl on July 81. The girl
accused him of attacking her in a
taxicab while the two were alone
police said.
In another indictment, Monte F.
Davis 81, colored, of the 600 block w
street NV. was indicted on a charge
Of attempted carnal knowledge of a
14-year-old girl.
Indicted for Gambling.
Several persons were named to-
day in the indictments on gambling
charges. Among them were Mar
shall A. Talley, 20, colored, of the
140O block of Bangor place Sc;
Barbara E. Quow, %, colored, of the
TOO block of Howard road Sc:
Georgia Gray, AZ, colored, and Paul
w. Gray, 48, colored, both of the
1900 block of Florida avenue NV;
Leonard Gravette, 80, colored, of
the 300 block of Sixth street NE;
Wilmore L. Stanard, 80, colored, of
the 1900 block of Twelfth street
NE; Rosalie Proctor, 50, colored, of
the 1700 block Bruce place Sc, and
Mary E. Gaskins, 26, colored, of the
HOO block Of Howard road Sc.
Charles H. Ash, "a, colored, whose
address was given as Nassau, the
Bahamas, was indicted on a charge
of falling to report for induction in
March, 1916, in violation of the Sc
lective Training and Service Act.
Francis M. Ball, As, of the 900
block of Alabama avenue Sc. was
indicted on a charge of assault
with dangerous weapon for al
legedly cutting a man.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Let The Stor Follow
You on Vacation!

Leave your subscription at
the Business Office Counter,
18th street and Pennsylvania
avenue, or mail your vacation
address. In all cases payment
must be made in advance.
RATES FOR MAILING
Daily and Daily Sunday
Sunday Only Only
/ month ---- 1.25 rs so
! week ----- 80 rs is
Remittance may be made by
check, cash, money order or
stamps.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
NIGHT DRIVING

Hartford, Conn-AP - A mo-
torist can see an unexpected OBJ
iect at night only half as far
ahead as an expected one.
Surprise is one of three main
factors which influence the safety
of night driving, according to a
booklet. Danger in the Dark,
publishes by Aetna Life Compan-
les.
The others are speed, which cuts
the stopping distance 20 feet for
each added 10 miles an hour, and
glare.
ssThe faster YOU drive AT night, :
"a the booklet. the more you
reduce the distance you can rec
ognize the danger ahead"
Tests show the color of road
surfaces seem to have little effect
on the distance at which a driver
can see an object ahead.
The conclusions are based on
tests conducted at General Elec-
tries Nela Park engineering de-
partment, Cleveland.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
One Hurt And Two
Arrested In Two
Weekend Accidents

One man was injured and two
others arrested in two weekend
automobile accidents in Jack
sol county.
Lamar Monday, a Negro, 1872
Carver Village, was in serious
condition at the Jackson Coun-
ty hospital late this week from
injuries suffered when he was
struck by an automobile near
Kreole after he had descended
from a bus Friday afternoon.
His left leg was broken and he
had not regained consciousness
late Thursday. The q was oper-
ated by D. Martin Zimmerman,
East Earl. Penn, who stopped inn
mediately after he struck the man
who came into the highway from
behind the bus, according to in
vestigating officer, State Highway
Patrolman w G.. Gray. No
charges were filed against Zim-
norman.
An automobile driven by Albert
Simmons and occupied by J. E.
Avera, owner of the car, of Moss
Point, struck a truck of the jun
DO Shrimp Co, Of Morgan City,
La, owned and driven by w. E.
Henon, at an early hour Sunday
morning. In an effort to avoid
being struck by the a Henon
drove onto the shoulder of the
road but the car hit the front
left wheel of the truck, turning
the vehicle over and almost de
molishing the car, Officer Gray
said. Avera and Simmons were
arrested and at a hearing before
Judge Kate Denny Monday
Avera was fined SIS and costs for
being drunk in public and Sim
mons was fined Sos. 85 for driving
while drunk and having no dri-
ver's license.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
Moss Point Has
G. ofC Offices
On Each Thursday

Each Thursday has been de-
signated as Moss Point Day by
the Pascagoula Moss Point Cham
Der of Commerce when the sec
rotary Of the Chamber will be
in office At the City Hall, accord
ing to decision made at the meet
ing of the Board of Directors
held Monday.
Efforts of the organization
should be concentrated on a few
civicly important projects dur
ing this year rather than spread
over a larger number Of under
takings, directors advised.
In a special recommendation
to the Board of Supervisors the
directing body of the c of c
asked that plans for public rest
rooms to be located in the new
court house building be expand
ed to include full time attend
ants in the white and colored
facilities.
Last years budget has been
submitted to directors for study
and the new budget and plan
ming program will be submitted
for adoption at the meeting Tues
day, February IL, members of
the group said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
Bicycle Tags
Go On Sale
Monday Feb. ;

Bicycle tags, which will be re-
quired n the city of Pascagoula
after this month, have arrived
and will be placed on sale at
the City Hall on Monday, Febru-
airy 3, Chief of Police j. E. Shif-
ley announced this week.
Applicants should bring their
names, addresses. serial number
and make of vehicle in writing
when making application for the
tags. The tags will cost fifty
cents each and are required by a
recently passed city ordinance.
All persons owning bicycles
must purchase the tags on or be-
fore the last day of February,
Chief Shirley said, or they will
be subject to having their We
.hicle i%mpounded
At the same time, Chief Shir-
ley warned cyclists that they are
subject to the same traffic reg
ulations as other vehicles and
announced a general tightening
in traffic regulations in the
city.
Motorists were particularly re-
.quested TO observe the 20-mile-
an-hour limit in the business
district and IS mile-an-hour limit
in the residential sections.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
VETERANS WARNED

Harold w. Gautier, chairman of the Jackson county
Democratic Executive Committee, this week warned
World War II veterans that they must have paid their
1916 poll taxes to eligible to vote in the primaries this
summer.
Referring to Chapter AL of the Mississippi Laws of
1916. Mr.. Gautier stated: This law permitted a veteran
to vote in primaries held in the year l946, if he otherwise
qualified, on presentation of a Veterans Exemption Ger
tificate issued by the Circuit Clerk exemptina him from
payment of poll taxes for the years 1914 and ls45 by rea-
son of his military service.
The law further provides that a veteran to vote in
primaries held in the year l947, may present an ex-
emption certificate for the year l945. but must have paid
his poll tax for the year l946. This tax may be paid on or
before February /, l947."
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
c OF C MENU

The menu for the annual
meeting of the Pascagoula-Moss
Point Chamber Of Commerce has
been announced BY c of C off
Gals. The meeting will take the
form of a 6-course banquet a.
18th Street Auditorium the night
of Thursday, February ID. Fea-
lures of the meal will be soupe
aux huitres a la Creole, chicken
breast and frog legs and peach
Melba as featured by the Aston
Hotel in New York. The price
will be $4 a plate with % percent
deducted from the price of each
ticket purchased before Satur-
day, February 8. No tickets will
be sold the day before the ban
quet. Every effort is expended
to make this the outstanding food
event Of the year, officers Of the
Chamber said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
Man Fatally Hurt
By Train While
Lying On Tracks

G. Spears, Negro. was fatally
injured early Saturday when
the L and Ms northbound Cres-
cent Limited struck him as he lay
on the tracks, according to po-
lice.
The accident occurred at lao
a. m. Saturday just after the
train had left the Pascagoula sta
ton. The engineer, II. c. De
Loach, saw the man and applied
brakes but was unable to avoid
striking the man although the
train had not regained full
speed after stopping at the sta
ton. Investigating officers were
City Police j. A. Patterson and
N. w. Golf.
The man was rushed to the
hospital where he died about
$3.50 Sunday morning, His left
hand was severed and he re-
ceived sevedal decorations about
the head and body.
The man, who was IS years
old, was said to have been as
leep on the tracks.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
Bond Students
To Attend State
Music Clinic

A group of high ranking mu-
sicians from the Pascagoula and
Moss Point high school bands
will attend the State Music elm
&c at Gulfport February 6-8.
This is to be n of the out
standing musical events of the
year in the state.It will be fit
tinglv celebrated. Arrangements
include a band parade Feb. g..
Nationally prominent direc-
tors Of high school bands will
conduct the concerts.
Every student who will at
tend have scored high honors in
previous clinics both in concert
and ensemble playing.
Those from the Pascagoula
high school band to attend are
Frances Cudabac, flute and pic
colo; frankie Trest, B flat clar-
met; Helen Wood, bass violin;
Everett Stone, tenor saxophone,
and Jimmy Campbell, baritone
saXophone. All will play in the
concert band.
The Moss Point students will
be Donald Lyle, baritone horn;
Shannon Slyfield, clarinet; Joan
Nelson. French horn, David Og-
born. trombone, and Edre Mayes.
All were superior in solo and
ensemble playing at the clinic
last year.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
State Patrolman,
Hitch Shot
By Texas Bandit

Two victims of a vicious gun
bandit from Texas remained in
critical condition at the Charity
hospital in New Orleans late
Thursday as a result of multiple
bullet wounds suffered Monday.
They are Charles McSorley. 81
~year-old Detroit, Mich, paratroop
veteran who was shot by Davis
after he bad been picked up by
the gunman, and State Highway
patrolman Cyril j. .Reichert of
Gulfport who was shot six times
when he attempted to arrest Da-
Wis.
The Texan, Robert Davis, %
years old, was being held in New
Orleans following his arrest by
No charges had been filed by
Louisiana state highway patrol
men. No charges had been giled
by Mississippi authorities pending
the outcome of the condition of
the two wounded men, according
to Police Captain Hart of Gulf
port.
After Davis had picked up Me
Sorlev on the New Orleans Gulf
Coast highway, he drove off the
road, ordered McSorley to strip
and hand over his money, about
$40. He then told McSorlev to
walk ahead and shot him from
behind. striking him in the arm.
As MeSorley Law on the ground
he shot him in the back and left
him for dead. The paratrooper
told police he made his wav to the
highway where he was picked
up by Robert Meyer and Frank
lin Parks of New Orleans who
we're driving toward the city.
They reported the shooting to
Reichert. whom they stopped as
he passed, and as they we're pre-
ceeded by the patrolman, McSor-
ley recognized Davis as driver Of
a car they passed, Reichert
sirened Davis to stop but the
guhman sped ahead, stopping
Lenly after Reiehert had fred at
the ca. As Davis got out and
came around his automobile he
opened fire on Reichert, empty
ing his own gun and Selling the
officers piston for the final shot.
Meyer and Parks seized Davis,
kicked him into uneonsCiouSness
and handcuffed him with Reich
ert's handouts and then took the
three men to Charity hospital
where Davis was arrested.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
Three Men Arrested Here By FBi And
Indicted For Theft Of FPHA Property

the thefts started approximately
seven months ago and eliminated
IN the arrest of the three mQn.I
Several hundred dollars worth Of
stolen equipment, including cook
stoves. heaters and furnishings,
were recovered. A part of the
loot, however, had been sold.
Most Of the stolen property was
taken from the government trail
ers in Carver Village.
Looting has been taking place
in other vacant government units
IN process of termination. Mr..
Hundley said, particularly in the
apartments where a large mum
Der of electrical fixtures have
been stolen. The FBI is contin-
uing It's investigation into these
thefts, he said, and more arrests
may follow.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
Royal Court Of
Carnival Boil
To Be Announced

Plans for the theme and deco
rations for the annual Young
Mems Business club carnival ball
were complete this week, and the
dukes and duehesses, train and
crown bearers will be announced
next week, Frank Spann chair
man of the carnival committee
announced.
The Valentine motif will be fea-
tured in the decorations and the
International peace theme en-
ployed, Mr.. Spann said.
Although the identity of the
royal court will be made public
before the ball, King JOY X and
Queen Joy x will remain I'm
known until they make a dramat-
ic appearance the night of the
ball. This is the tenth year the
Y. NJ. b. e. has staged this out
standing social event. Each year
the members of the court are
chosen from Moss Point and Pas
pagoula citizens prominent in
civic and social circles. The king
and queen n a~lternated between
the two towns. This year the king
will be chosen from Moss Point
and The queen from Pascagoula.
Considerable thought is eX-
pended in the development OF
the decorations and theme and
this year the shape of the world
silhouetted against the back
ground of a broken heart being
mended by international peace
viii furnish the backdrcp for the
rulers and their attendants.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
March Of Dimes
Slated To Close
On february l

The 1947 March of Dimes con-
Quoted annually for the fight
against infantile paralysis off
cially closes Saturday, February
/, DR.. p. A. Thompson, drive
chairman announced this week.
Contributions are accepted dur
ing the entire year, however, he
said.
There will be no reports on
amounts raised for several days
after the close of the drive, DR..
Thompson said. A special drive
IS being planned in the ingalls,
Shipyard for a whirlWind finish
to the county campaign and APP
peals are being made through
the schools and organizations.
A dance under the auspices
Of the Jaycees honoring the birth
day of the late President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, himself a suf-
ferer from polio, was scheduled
for last night with the proceeds
unmarked for the l947 fund.
Cover charge at the Tip Top
Inn on Friday night will also be
contributed to the fund.
Every indication is that the
drive has been a big success
Dir. Thompson said "The e
quests for contributions have
been met with enthusiasm and
interest"
Through a change in function,
the polio fund this year viii pro-
vide aid only for victims of in
fantile paralysis, he explained.
Heretofore the funds were avail
able to any needy children and
a good part of the money was
administered through the Grip
Piled Children's Service. This ser
vice is now able to finance it
self, he said.
OF the $3,O06.30 collected last
year $1,000 was sent to the ma
tional foundation, $1,257.89 was
disbursed through the Crippled
Childcen's Service, 500 was
spent for ambulance service and
$51.l4 went for supplies and eX-
penses attendant on the 1916
campaign.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31
Judge Corban
Father And Son
Rotary Speaker

Circuit Judge l.. c. Corban
delivered an excellent address
yesterday before the Moss Point
Rotary Club on the subject, "A
Community's Greatest Asset
It's Citizens" The occasion mark
ed the father and son day at
the Rotary Club with a one hun
dred per cent attendance of the
members.
Julian Rivers introduced the
speaker who addressed the Ro-
tarians and their sons or foster
sons for the meeting.
Moss Point has an enviable
record in citizenship, the speak
er declared, but warned that con
tinued work is necessary and
that the youth Of the communi-
ty deserved the greatest care as
the eity's most valuable asset.
Il say to you young men," the
speaker said, THAT it is better
to have your arm cut off than
to have your mind warped"
Judge Corban declared tha9
the men and the boys in a com
munity should be good friends,
adding that it is impossible to
say exactly when a boy becomes
q man.
Most of us are poys and old
er boys" he declared.
A leader in Boy Scout work
and a recognized authority on
juvenile questions. Judge Cor
ban advised the assembled
youngsters to identify themselv-
es with the Bow Scout movement
and declared that participants in
competitive sports seldom end
up as violators of the law.
President Edward A. Khayat
presided committee headed by
A. l.. Bressemann was in charge
of the program.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-01-31

Three men have been arrested
and indicted by a federal grand
jury at Jackson, Miss, for theft
of government property follow
ing an investigation during the
past several months here into the
theft of equipment and furnish
ing from government trailers.
James HundleV, FPHA manager,
announced this week.
Those arrested and indicted are
Robert Roy Denney, 10. George
Leon Versiga, 10; and James Lun-
dy, 81, all of P%ascagoula.
The trio will stand trial on the
charge at the February term of
Federal Court at Biloxi. which
is scheduled to start February Is.
According to Mr.. Hundley and
FBI agents, the investigation into