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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-06
City Will Vote
On New Power
Franchise July !

Notice was given this week by
the Pascagoula city council TO the
qualified electors that an election
would he held July | for the pur-
pose of passing on an ordinance
granting the Mississippi Rover
Company a new 25-year franchise.
The present franchise under
which the company does BUSH
ness was also for a 25 year dura-
ton, and has about two more
years to run. Attorneys for the
power company. in submitting
the new Is year franchise, stated
as their reason that the company
desires to expand its facilities but
wants new long-term permits be-
fore investing large sums in new
equipment.
One feature of the new fran
chise, not present in the old is
the provision for a payment TO the
city treasury OF two percent OK
the gross sales of the company in
Pascagoula, which payment is es-
timated al present volume and
rates to run about $4,000 on a
yearly basis.
Protest Al Hearing
When a public hearing was held
by the city council several
months ago on the question of
granting a new franchise to the
company, a group of local citi-
zens and Users of electricity, rep
resented by Attorney Karl Wies-
enberg, protested against the new
franchise and asked that it not
be passed.
The petition, signed by Mr.. f. J.
Labbous and several others. stated
that the two percent payment by
the company TO the city would be
takers from electric users only.
and liz that respect would impose
an indirect, illegal sales tax on
a special group.
Mayor John r. Watts stated at
the hearing that the city was in
need of revenue and that the city
sesfrsrf{@asa moi feel there was any
fundamental reason not to nego-
tate a new franchise in return
for a new source of revenue. He
said the city was not getting any
payment under the old franchise.
Company attorneys stated later
that the new type of franchise has
been adopted in 81 of the AZ Mis-
sissippi cities where 1t has been
submitted. They stated they did
not wish to make any changes
suggested by the group represent
ed by MIR Wiesenberg, but would
rather submit their standard new
franchise to the electorate in the
form of an ordinance to be ac-
cepted or rejected.
The full text of the ordinance is
printed in the legal section of
this issue Of the Chronicle Star
in the formal advertisement of the
election July !.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-06
Seek so Percent FILA Guarantee In
Sale OF EaNlawn Housing Units
rrices Will Be
Set BY July /.
Officials Soy

Final tabulation of field work
and appraisal of the FPHA units
in Eastlawn, comprising the
Navy, Bruce and Green units
was completed this week and
sale price of the units will be set
by july list, FPHA Atlanta Of
ficisis said here this week.
More than 1000 one, two and
three bedroom units are involv-
ed in the sale.
The announcement came from
A. R. Hanson, assistant regional
director of real estate and dis
posal, and J. l.. Conyers, chief
of the appraisal section, both Of
Atlanta. and James Hundley, To-
cal FPHA manager.
However, it is still not known
when the units will be finally
offered for sale, Mr.. Hanson said,
as the FPHA is conducting ne
gotiations with the Federal Hous-
ing Authority in an effort to have
that agency give commitments
for underwriting 30 per cent of
the sale price.
Under this plan the purchaser
would have to pay only 20 per
cent of the sale price down, and
with FILA guarantee would be
enabled to finance the remainG-
or under regular FILA financing
over a period of years, provid-
ing, of course, that the purchas-
er met FILA credit standards.
Local banking officials have
previously indicated that under
this plan prospective tenants
would have little trouble financ-
ing the purchase.
Must Sell For Cash
Mr.. Hanson said that, under a
ruling df the congressional
House Banking Committee, FPIIA
is required to sell the housing
units for cash. The original plan
had been to sell through govern
ment-guaranteed financing and
long range credit terms. How
ever, the present plan, il it ma
terilizes, will serve essentially
the same purchase.
The plan would work as fol-
'ows:
Although no price has been set
on the units, say that the FPHA
sets a sale price of $4,000 on
them.
The purchaser would contract
with the government to paw cash.
However, with an FILA guaran-
tee of 80 per cent of the loan to
purchase, he would go to a bank
or other financial institution,
which would lend him the 30 per
cent, or $2,400. He would add
his cash down payment of $500
TO this, pay the government IN
full and then repay the loan over
a period of years. FILA loans of
this nature range up to 20 years.
However. the period of financ-
ing in this instance could be any
where between 10 and 20 years.
Mr.. Hanson emphasized the
fact that no commitments had
been made by FILA on the guar
antee of the loans, and ADDED
that he did not know how long
it would take to complete the
negotiations.
Priorities Same
Priorities for purchase of the
units have not been changed,
Mr.. Hanson said, and will be as
follows:
The present occupant will have
first priority: Veterans of World
War II will have second choice:
any prospective occupant will
have third choice, and the resi-
due will be sold on the open
market All sales will be on the
basis of occupancy by the pur-
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-06
LEAVES FOR NEW YORK

Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Graef are
leaving on Sunday to go to New
York to be present at the cele-
aration of his parents 50th wed.
ling anniversary. While in New
York they will be the guests o.
the Rev. Graefs parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alvin H. Graef.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-06
MRS. JOHNSON ELECTED TO
OFFICE

At a meeting of the Coast
Council of Garden Clubs at the
Markham hotel in Gulfport, Fri
day. May 30. Mrs. Walter John
son of Pascagoula was elected
treasurer. Mrs. Johnson is retir-
ing treasurer of the P~ascagoula
Club.
Mrs. T. {. Fullilove and Mrs.
Johnson of the Pascagoula club
attended the meeting which was
held at 1890 a. m.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-06
BANK EMPLOYEES PICNIC

A group of employees of the
Pascagouia-Moss Point Bank IN
Pascagoula took advantage of the
Holiday Tuesday, to picnic at
Jack Hudson's place above Es-
catawpa.
Those in the party were Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Grierson. Mrs
Jean Williams, Misses Rita John
son and Norma Lee Shaping ane
Arthur Spratlev and Hilbournt
Boutwell,.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-06-06
David Brumfield
Is Sentenced To
Life For Rape

David Brumfield, 32-vear-old
Negro charged with the rape of
a Young white woman last Janu-
ary in the woods near a Negro
church on Jackson avenue. was
convicted Wednesday by a jury
in the Jackson county court
house and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment.
The jury received the case,
which had been hard fought by
both the state and defense coun-
sci, at 3:45 p. m. and returned
its verdict alter approximately
IS minutes.
The state asked for the death
penalty asserting that Brumfield
had committed an assault on the
woman within the scope Of the full
legal definition "rapc" and as
serted that no element of CON
sent" had been given by the wo-
man. The states case was pre-
sented bv District Attorney Luz
Their Naples and County Attoy-
l.. K. Mcintosh.
Prosecution Witnesses
The young woman and her es-
cort on the night of the assault
then a soldier at Keesler Field
but now out of the Armv-tes-
titled that they had gone into
tie woods by the church and were
on the mans coat on the ground
when a Negro came upon them
with a flashlight and what seem
ed to be a nickel-plated pistol,
They said the Negro hit the man
on the head with a blackjack
knocking him unconscious. The
woman said tnat she attempted
to run away but tripped and
fell and that the Negro then as
saultcd her without consent.
Defense counsel argued that
specific details of the testimony
of the prosecuting witnesses and
of an oral confession which coun-
ty officers said Brumfield later
made to them, tended to prove
that an element of consent was
present in the attack. The defense
contended that the purportec
oral confession was made BY
Brumfield-who was then beinl
held as a suspect-under the feal
and threat of harm.
The defense challenged the
admissability of this purporteo
confession as reliable evidence
but said that if accepted, it shoulo
be accepted in full, including
that part of the confession deal,
ing with an alleged brief con,
versation between the accused
and the young woman in which
she was presented as having of
Continued On Page Severn
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-29
Labor Leaders Denounce Report Of Commission

SEATTLE, R)-Maritime labor leaders in Seattle yesterday de- nounced as "anti-labor propagan- da" a recommendation by a spe- cial shipping commission to ban strikes on Alaska ships.
 The recommendation was in- cluded Monday in a report by a three-man commission studying Alaska shipping to the House Mer- chant Marine subcommittee. It cited labor costs and disputes as the major deterrent in providing adequate service to the north.
 Ed Coester, Seattle business agent for the Sailors Union of the Pacific, AFL, charged the commits
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-29
CHAMBER LEGISLA- TIVE REPORT

Continued from page three)
 some consideration when it comes to getting loan for various busi- ness purposes. Lately, however, much bitterness is being noted among veterans that mining and raising of reindeer herds are for all lntents and purposes excluded as business enterprises for which such loans could be procured. This IS regrettable, as a large number of deserving veterans with excel lent mining experience are not given the means to follow up the the only thing they know and wherein they could reasonably be expected to make good. It is in the nature of our country that one fol- lows that livelihood or enterprise which is the proven mainstay of our Northwestern Alaska ecOnO- my. To exclude the veteran to en- gage in these fields is economic folly. The veteran has to be reck- Oned with, and it can not g on that we have so many disgruntled men who served as they did and now find themselves rather disap- pointed when they want to get into field, the returns of which have made Alaska what it is to- day.
 The Alaska World War II Vet erans Act, as approved on April
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-29
sion spoke as mouthpiece for the

sion spoke as mouthpiece for the shipoWners."
 The union official declared the SUP. twill never stand for it's constitutional rights being taken away" He asserted:
 This so-called commission com posed of shipoWners' representa- tives and sympathizers, is merely attempting the old dodge of trying 10 make scapegoats out of the unions for a fouled up shipping mess caused by many other fac tors"
 A similar blast at the commis- Sion's report was fired by Edward Tangen, acting agent for the ma rine cooks and stewards union, CIO. Tangen charged the report was just part Of the overall big business drive against labor"
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-29
Forecast And
 eatIler Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. s. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday, January 29, l947


 Forecast Nome: Clear and con- tinued cold tonight and Thursday. Lowest temperature tonight 80, highest temperature Thursday 20.
 Nome data as of 7:30 am. today: Precipitation last "A hours none. Total precipitation this month 1.27 inches.
 Temperatures last "A hours highest -l2, lowest -28.
 Sunrise at 8:52 am, sunset at 3:36 pm.
 Comparative data: Tempera- lures on this day since 1907: low est -46 in 1919, highest 38 in l945. Data for other selected stations as of 7:30 pm. today:
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-29
No. 24-Re- establishment of Trade
 Relations With Siberia

IL appears as if the Federal gov ernment al Washington can be in- fluenced to renewing the trade with Siberia via the Nome sector. Dozens of small vessels once piled regularly between Nome and Si- berian ports. Unfortunately with the ascent of the SoViets this trade came to an end, but as there is a tendency to foster trade relations with the U. s. whenever the pres ent Russian government is con- vinced of the mutual benefits, it Is not unlikely that trade from Si- beria via Nome will be resumed.
 The sentiments for trading via Alaska are under way, and it IS for this reason that the United States Department of Commerce plans on opening a district office in Juneau shortly.
 The opening of Nome to the Si- berian trade would be an event of most beneficial consequences to our Second Division. The Legisla- ture itself should go on record with a petition to the Department of Commerce pointing out the vast possibilities of this Nome-Siberia trade.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-29

Tor Good Printing Call Main 125
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-29

3, l946, should be amended in such a way that the ex-soldier with the proper qualifications has access to the loan fund for use in the mining and reindeer industries.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-29

Poker is really Persian, with adaptations from French, English, and Italian games.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-13
Moores-Riddle
Rites Observed

Announcement has been re-
ceived of the marriage of T/a
Marjorie Moores, daughter of Mrs
Bert Moores on Feb. % at Camp
Stoneman near San Francisco. The
date was also the birthday of the
brides grandmother Mrs. Robert
Gilchrist, well known in this city
The following is in part as APP
peared in the Camp paper:
T/3 Marjorie Moores and
T/Sgt Rhea w. Riddle, a well
known couple in camp circles
were married at 1900 by Chaplain
Harrison G. Walker at Chapel No
2. The best man and maid OF
honor were respectively T/Sgt
Robert Gordon and T/3 Evelyn
Jensen, the latter, like the bride
Of the 10th Wac Detachment.
sgt. Moores, who entered the
WAC in September, 1914, has
spent all but two months Of her
military career at this station.
After serving as the mail clerk OF
the now-defunct 1O9th WAC
Medical Detachment, she was
transferred to payroll duties with
the former Embarkee Personnel
Center. Last fall, the native OF
Kennewick, WASH, was assigned
to the Staging Section Command
Headquarters in area I'll" and has
been there since.
"Sgt. Riddle was drafted into
the army in Jan. 1941. After a
year with the Seventh Infantry
Division at Fort Ord he was sent
overseas. Some "A months the
section chief of the CSORD Serv-
ice Record unit was in charge
of a gun crew; he and his men
carried equipment and troops to
ports in the Pacific. It was dur
ing the campaign there that Sgt.
Riddles outfit received the unit
citation for work in the Papuan
campaign. He also wears four
battle stars and the Combat In
fantry Badge"
The couple plan to establish
residence in Bayo Vista.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-13
Ski ans To See
Big Competition

A real treat will be served uu
to skiing enthusiasts of this ares
on March % and % when the best
performers in the United States
as well as representatives of other
countries will compete at Sno-
qua1mie Bowl.
First in importance in the meet
will be competition to select the
outstanding stars who will COM
pete in the 1913 Olympic Games
in Switzerland.
In addition teams from Norway,
Canada, Switzerland and possibly
France will also engage in COM
petition with American skiers.
Non-skiers will find numerous
attractions at the Bowl, too. Sew
eral lifts and the "Ski-Boggan'
make this area a paradise fol
sightseers and camera fans. Served
by the Milwaukee railroad as well
as highways, the Milwaukee Bowl
is credited with being one of the
first jumping courses in the world
Meals and accommodations are
available and spectators need only
walk a short distance to see the
thrilling events of the big meet
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-13
Chamber 0K's
Power Plan
Continued From Page ID

(CO0t10Ue0 from p09e -
the seat of their operations. The
perosnnel of the freight lines, all
young veterans, were at Vista
Field to carry passengers for
flights over the Tri Cities area last
Saturday and Sunday. The COM
pany is now conducting its opera
tons with three twin engined
Douglas DC 8 cargo ships. Their
local agent is Tommy Thompson
of the Vista Parachute Company
Speaking to the chamber today
was G.. S. Cleveland, representa-
tive of the western division of the
National Federation of Small
Business, Inc, with headquarters
at San Mateo, California.
Promising that he would make
individual calls on Kennewick
business people to explain the OBJ
jectives of the federation in full,
Cleveland briefly outlined the pro-
gram as an effort to promote and
protect the American system OF
private business, with equal rights
for all.
big business" said Cleveland,
"does not necessarily mean the
size of business. Instead, only
those who are unfair and selfishly
damage our system of real free en-.
terprise. Big government comes
within the same category"
The membership of the feder.
alton, he explained, is made up OF
small business men throughout
the nation.
Reporting on the joint Wash.
lington- Oregon convention of the
Chambers of Commerce, held last
weekend in Portland, Frank
Tuve and j. C. Pratt urged cham.
Der members to extend their mem.
bership drive to the entire sur.
rounding locality, and to extend
the present committee structure
until all detectives of community
development are receiving atten-
ton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-13
ORDINANCE NO. 4ss

An Ordinance Changing the CLASH
fication of Certain Property, as
Originally Classified by Ordin-
ance No. 383.
The City Council of the City of
Kennewick Does Ordain as Fol
lows:
Section l. That the classified
ton under Ordinance No. 383, the
zoning Ordinance of the City of
Kennewick, and the Use District
Map accompanying and being a
part of said Ordinance, of the 0l-
lowing described real property,
situate in the City of Kennewick,
County of Benton and State of
Washington, to-Wit:
Beginning at the Southwest
corner of Tract III" in North
ern Pacific Irrigation Com
pany's Amended Plat of the
town of Kennewick, thence
North Two Hundred Five Feet
(2O5O; thence East Two Hun
dred Twelve feet (212o
tllC11CC OOuIL wv xxul1OA GU
Five feet (2O5D; thence West
Two Hundred Twelve feet
(212D to point of beginning,
all according to the recorded
plat recorded in Volume of
plates page 20, records of
Benton County, Washington.
be and is hereby changed from a
Residential District R-2 to Com
mercial District CO.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall
be in full force and effect five
days after its approval, passage,
and legal publication as provided
by law in the official newspaper
of the City of Kennewick.
Passed by the City Council of
Kennewick this 18th day of March
1947.
Winifred Campbell, City Clerk.
Approved this 18th day of Mar,
1947.
J. C. Pratt, Mayor.
Approved as to form:
Kenneth E. Serier, City Attorney
Date of Publication March 18th,
3-13 3-27
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rants shall be payable out of the
special fund hereinbefore pro-
vided and shall be payable In cash.
The City Treasurer shall redeem
all said Warrants in cash out Of
said Construction Fund which
shall consist of the monies re-
ceived from the State of Wash
ington and from funds furnished
by the said City of Kennewick for
that purpose Of paying the costs
of said construction project.
Section 8. The Public Improve
ment Committee of the City of
Kennewick and the City Clerk are
hereby directed to advertise for
bids for making. said improve
ment, reServing to the City the
right to reject any and all bids
and to do the work under its own
supervision. 4.
In case a satisfactory bid is re-
ceived and accepted, the contract
for said Improvement shall pro-
vide that the same shall be COM
pleted in all things in accordance
with the plans and specifications
for said improvement as the same
have been approved by the Wash
ington State Development Board,
and as the said plans and specifi-
cations are now on file with the
City Clerk and the City Treasurer,
and shall also provide that the
contractor making the said inn
provement shall accept warrants
on the said fund described above
in payment for the contract price
of said work
In case no satisfactory bid is
received, said improvement shall
be made by the City by day labor,
unless otherwise ordered by the
City Council, and payment there
for shall be made by the issuance
of warrants out of the above
described WASHINGTON STATE
DEVELOPMENT BOARD PROF.
ECT KENNEWICK NO. 2 CON-
STRUCTION FUND.
Section 4. This Ordinance
shall take effect and be in full
force from and after five days
from its passage, approval and
publication in the official news
paper of the City of Kennewick.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUN-
GIL OF THE CITY OF KENNE-
WICK this 18th day of March,
1947.
WINIFRED CAMPBELL,
City Clerk.
APPROVED this 18th day of
March, 1947.
J. c. PRATT,
Mayor.
Approved as to form:
KENNETH E. SERIER,
City Attorney.
Date of Publication:
March Is, 1947. 3:13
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-13

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-03-13

PRE-scHooL PTA
The Pre-School PTA will meet
on Thursday, March 20. at 8 p.
m. at Park View Recreation Hall.
DR.. Thomas Atchesen of Richland
will speak on Religious Train
ing for the Child"
The future outlook., 1947-07-26

playboy who came over to
Greensboro for "a vacation and
good time,' and took and
carried away 35 new, crisp $40
bills.
Young has not opened his
mouth nor will he open it un-
til his attorney puts him on the
witness stand in Superior court,
if the judge does not throw the
matter out of the window before
it can go to the jury.
Stovall told all about his visit
to Greensboro, his drinking
binge, his experience with
feminine companion, and his
yelling when he discovered $500
of his $500 gone. His feminine
companion he described as
young, beautiful person with an
attractive personality and he said
that she could not have taken
the money. He further said that
he could not swear that Robert
Young, admittedly a drinking
companion of Stovall in the ho-
tel, took it. He said the money
was gone and he wanted it back.
Here is what happened:
Several Sundays ago Stovall,
who in years gone by has faced
the state and federal courts for
liquor law violations but since
that time has been all intrepid
worker, he testified, for the
American Tobacco company and,
has not dealt in whiskey, decid
ed to ride around a little, just
for the fun of it.
He said that he asked his wife
to accompany him, but that she
preferred to remain at home.
During the course of his rid
ing, he arrived in Greensboro.
He said he went to the bus
station where a friend, whom he
had never seen before, offered
him alcoholic refreshments and