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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
CASE DISMISSED

Charges against two negro
women, Estell Hicks and her
mother, Alberta Hicks, of as
sault and battery with a knife
with a knife with intent to kill
and murder Charles Wicker, col
ored, were dismissed in Fridays
session of police court upon the
request of Wicker. who was
stabbed near the heart on the
night of Friday, April %, in the
200 block of Krebs avenue. Wick
er was in serious condition in
a hospital for several days fol-
lowing the stabbing. but was
sufficiently recovered to be pres
ent in court on Monday to with
draw the charges against his at
tackers.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
Surplus Moteriols
Bring S4.227 In
Sale Here Friday

The government realized a to-
tai of $4,227 on the sale of sur
plus roofing and furniture held
at the PHA office on 10th street
Friday of last week.
Purchaser of the materials was
B. L. Rozier, Jr.. of jackson, who
paid S3.7l4 for the roofing and
S513 for the furniture. Nc veteran
bids were placed on this material.
However. three surplus type
writers were sold to local vet
Grams. Twelve applications for
the machines were received from
veterans and they were sold 10
those whose names were drawn
~ lot.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
RECIPE VACATION

Most cooks get a vacation
once a year. Even hard-worked
Mother gets a rest from the
stove when she is invited out
to dinner or gets TO take a trip.
And the Chronicle Star and Ad-
vertiser believes u judges
who have labored so faithfully
for more than a year are no
exception Therefore the recipe
contest will be discontinued
for the summer months. But
keep your eyes open for super
duper recipes to build up a back
LOO fer the winter contest for
well be back to give you a
chance TO swap recipes with
your neighbors and win some
money. toe.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
Saturday Set For
Annudl Poppy Sole
Of VIEW Auditory


Saturday is the date for the
annual sale of peoples by the
Woman's Auxiliary to the Elmer
Joseph Grant post of Veterans
of Foreign Wars and preparations
r now complete for the event,
according to Mrs. Hurley Gull
lotte, president of the organiza-
ton.
The sale is to take place in
both Moss Point and Pascagoula
and committees will be on the
streets at an early hour.
Funds will be used by the auxil-
larry for rehabilitation and well
fare work in the county.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
Small Attendance Marks Precinct
Conventions; County Meeting SET

Delegates to attend the county
Democratic convention Tuesday
of next week were named at
meetings held in each Of the
county's % precincts this week.
The precinct conventions, highly
pulblieized as a grass roots" ex-
preston of the voters on the pro-
posed revolt against the policies
Of the national party, drew only
a scattered handful of voters in
Jackson county. II was estimat-
ed that not more than 100 voters
attended the % meetings, which
represented less than one per-
cent of the county's more than
1000 qualified voters.
The county convention will
open at the courthouse at 10 a. m,
next Tuesday with Harold w,
Gautier, county Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee chairman, pre-
siding. Delegates to the state con-
ed, and a new 15-man county
vention on June 81 will be ma
executive committee elected.
Tuesdays precinct meetings
were held simultaneously
throughout the state, and lead
ers of the revolt issue had pre-
dicted a heavy turnout because
of the uniform meetings and the
publicity given the precinct con-
ventions a a means of democrat.
ic' expression on the revolt is
sues. Revolt leaders had urged
the naming of anti-Truman dele
gates at the conventions.
At the South Pascagoula pre-
cinct Tuesday, where Approximate.
ly 500 voters r registered, {
total of five attended the conven-
ton, At the court house, the coun.
TVS largest voting precinct, il
was necessary to draft voter:
from the courtroom, where cir.
cult court was in session, in or
der to obtain four votes to hole
the convention.
Other precinct meetings for
the most part drew from two tc
a half dozen voters. They were
marked by the lack of speeche:
and, both in the numbers attend
ing and actions taken, were virtu.
ally the same as they have beer
for years past.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
'Dauy...er OF
ingalls, President
To Chrisfen Ship

Mrs. Joseph Dimmick Wilson,
daughter of Monro B. Lanier,
president of the ingalls, Shipbuild-
ing Corporation, will be the
sponsor for the fourth and last
vessel being built in the ingalls,
yard in Pascagoula for the Min
istry of Public Works of Argen-
tina. The twin-screw coastwise
cargo ship will be christened the
Motorship MOP 944 at ceremonies
Friday at 11:45 a. m.
Accompanying Mrs. Wilson,
who was invited to christen the
ship by Executive Vice President
w. R. Guest, will be her husband,
DR.. Wilson, their small son and
daughter, Joseph Dimmick Will
son, Jr., and Katherine Bever-
ly, and Mrs. Wilson's mother, Mrs.
Lanier.
The 106th launching will serve
10 fittingly mark Maritime Day,
occurring on Saturday, at the In
gals Shipyard which mas been of
front row prominence in building
up the nations fleet,
During the approximately ten
years the yard has been in oper-
alton here, ships of all kinds have
slid down the ways-some bound
for passenger assignment, others
for cargo duty and still others
for wartime duty. So outstanding
was the performance of this yard
in the wal effort that ingalls, was
awarded the Maritime E during
the war years.
A message in observance of
Maritime Day will be included as
a part of the launching program.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
r. B. Mohoffey,
Dies Suddenly;
Services Friday

Richard Bright Mahaffey, SIS
years old, well known newspaper
man throughout the South and a
resident of Pascagoula for the
past ten years, died suddenly ear
ly Wednesday morning of a heart
attack at his home, 1853 Grant
street.
Mr.. Mahaffey was born in
Hoschton, Ga, and he began his
newspaper career at the age of
10 when he went to work as a
carrier for the Atlanta Journal.
He was connected with that pa
per, in the circulation division,
for about Is years and later he
went into feature advertising,
putting out special editions for
scores of papers. He also worked
in the editorial department and
was managing editor for a num-
Der of papers. During his years
in newspaper and specially work
he was connected with papers in
nine Southern states-Tennessee,
Alabama, Mississippi, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, North
and South Carolina - some of
them daiIies and others week.-Mrs..
Funeral Today
MI. Mahaffey came to Pasca-
goula about ten years ago to take
over the JOB as business manager
Of the Chronicle Star, which po-
sition he held about a year and
a half before leaving to take up
other business interests. At the
time of his death he had only re-
Gently begun the operation of the
Coast Adjustment Company, a
credit and collection agency.
He was a past member of the
Masonic Order and of the Elks.
II was while he was working
on the Atlanta Journal that Nh.
Mahaffey married Miss Irene
Johnson of Atlanta about 40 years
ago. His widow survives him as
do two daughters, Mrs. John j.
Drohon of Brooklyn, N. Y, and
Miss Mary Mahaffey of Atlanta,
four sons, Marvin, chief petty Of
ficer with the U. S. Navy station
ed at Guam, Robert Bright and
Daniel Eugene of Atlanta and
Ensign John Jefferson Mahaffey,
U. S. ~, Washington, D. c., and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services, delayed to
await arrival of some of the FAM
lily, will be conducted today, FRI
day, at 10 a. M, at Stokes Funer-
al Chapel with Mrs. Maude Cal
lagher of Biloxi reading the
Christian Science service. Henry
Enrich will sing a solo. The body
will be sent to Buford, Ga, for
interment.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
Annual Vegetable
And Flower Show
Staged by Council

Quantity and quality of the ex-
hibits made the annual Vegeta-
BILE and Flower shop of the Jack
SON County Home Demonstration
Council held Tuesday at the 18th
street auditorium, a testimonial
10 the productiveness of Jackson
county and the industry of its
women.
Two hundred and forty-six veg
etable exhibits and II Individual
baskets of mixed vegetables, and
ITO flower arrangement exhibits,
in addition TO SO individual speci-
men bloom exhibits. made this
an outstanding show.
Arranged on tables the displays
of tomatoes, beans, squash, pep
pers. lettuce, radishes and mus
.tard made colorful arrays. In
some club displays, strawberries,
dewberries and huckleberries
were included. These are but a
few of the vegetables exhibited.
"a seed catalog would be more
nearly an index to the variety of
exhibits.
An Individual basket exhibit
sof vegetables was included in
the show this year for the first
time and the 12 entries made a
tempting display. The collection
of vegetables was limited to 10 in
number and had TO be from the
individuals own garden.
The color and the fragrance of
the entries made the flower ex-
,hibit a thing of beauty. Effective
arrangements displayed 4 pro-
fusion of flowers, both in wiFel
arrangements and arrangements OF
wild flowers and cultivated spe-
cies.
Judges scored the exhibits on
the following points: quality and
variety Of vegetables; perfection
and beauty of flowers. color and
harmony of bouquets and ar
rangement.
The list of winners had not
been released by the county
home demonstration agents office
in time for publication IN this
issue of the paper but will APP
pear in next weeks edition. Win
ners in each OF the classes were
awarded prizes contributed by
merchants and banks Of Pascs'
gouIa and Moss Point
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
SHOP CLOSED

Mrs. Inez Hubbard, operator of
the Ideal Sandwich Shop in the
400 block of w. Lincoln avenue.
was fined SIS in Pascagoula Po-
lice court on Wednesday on
charges of violating sections of
the Mississippi Board of Health
sanitary regulations. The SIS was
suspended, pending Mrs. Hub
bard's keeping her shop closed.
r. ]. Farrell of the State Board
Of Health made out the affida-
VT.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
City Proposes
Amendment To
Zone Ordinance

An amendment to the compre-
hensive zoning ordinance which
would require building permits
and certificates of use and occu-
pancy for the construction of
wharves and docks or mooring
places over any water within the
corporate limits of Pascagoula
has been introduced and is being
considered by the mayor and
board of councilmen, with a pub
lie hearing on the proposed
amendment set for June IL. The
hearing will be held at 3 p. m.
at city hall,
The proposed amendment pro-
vides that no dock or connection
serving any vessel shall be built,
altered or repaired before a per-
NIT is obtained. Application would
have to be made to the zoning
enforcement officer in writing
setting out the use to which the
structure would be put. II fur
Their provides that a permit shall
not be issued for a structure to
be used in connection with any
trade or use" prohibited in such
zoning district by the comprehen-
sive ordinance.
Bans Certain Industries
This ordinance, adopted in
1916, bans permits for the oper-
alton of certain types of indus
tries in business and industrial
zones, including the manufacture
or storage of explosives and GER
tain types of chemicals; distilla-
ton of bones, coal, tar and other
products: manufacture of fertiliz-
er, or reduction of fish or dead
animals, or the manufacture of
gelatin or other products from
them.
The list excluded in the bus
mess district includes the above,
and a number of Others.
The proposed amendment also
provides that no vessel or barge
connected with any of the pro-
,esses banned shall be served by
/ wharf IN the zoning district in
It is banned. In addition
t also bans the gcenstruction of
my "barfacks, dormitories, bunk
houses, cabins or other buildings
used to house workers engaged
in trade excluded from a zoning
district.
The proposed amendment is
the outgrowth of the city officers
official objection to the proposed
construction of an anchorage
basin and wharf in the Lake i've
nue. section of the city for use by
menhaden fishing vessels. II is
carried in full on page seven,
section one of this issue of the
Chronicles Star.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
RAIDED

Moore's Place, West Lincoln ave-
nue., was raided by Chief of Police
J. E. Shirley and the night police
force after considerable disturb
ance had been reported in the es-
Enlistment and E. B. Moore,
owner and operator. was charged
with having whiskey in his pos
session. The place was closed
because the license had expired,
Chief Shirley said. and the 500
cash bond was forfeited when
Moore failed to appear at a hear
ing set for city court Wednesday
afternoon.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
RETURN TO U

Mrs. Ferdinand Frey and small
son. Godfrey, are leaving today.
Friday, to return to their home
in Aruba, Netherlands, w. l.,
after a visit of several weeks in
the home of Mrs. Frey's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin C. Lennep.
She will be accompanied to
Miami by Mrs. Lennep, Miss Betty
James of Gulfport and Edwin
Lennep, Jr. From there she and
her son will fly to Aruba on Sum
day morning.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
MODEL AERoPLANE CLUB

The Model Aeroplane Club spon-
sored by the Kiwanis club will
have an important meeting on
Monday, May 81, at the Caver-
Tucker Sporting Goods store.
The club is preparing for the
state meet and various other
meets in this section.
The club is being aided finan-
cially by the Kiwanians from
their Youth Fund. part of which
is the revenue from the Kiwanis
sponsored gum ball machines.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
LITTLE THEATER DIRECTORS

Seven new members were named
to the Board of Directors at the
recent meeting of the Paspoint
Little Theater group. They were
T. S, Boswell, Charles Hightower,
Mrs. Charles Cornell, Jr., L. G.
Weber, Milton Peterzel. VIII
liam Kolb and Charles Weaver.
The past president, Mrs. Roy G.
Wingfield, and a former board
member, Earl Hammett. were re-
tanned on the board for next
year. The board will name the
officers at a later date. Mr. and
Mrs. J. f. Brent as hostess for
the evening served refreshments
following the meeting.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21
Grand Jury
Indicts Ten,
Holds Four
Court Disposes Of
TwentY-Six Cdses
In First Sessions

Faced with % cases for con-
~sideration, the grand jury i'm
panelled Monday adjourned
Thursday at noon after returning
ten indictments. Four cases were
continued to the next grand jury,
The court disposed of 26 cases
during these first days of the
spring session of the circuit court.
Judges L. c. Corban is presid-
ing judge.
Indictments were returned
against Bonnie R. Taylor, armed
robbery which under state law,
can be punishable by death; Nor
wood S. Graham, forgery; Ro-
land Hobson, burglary and lar
ceny; and Clarence Nelson, Ne
gro, attempted rape. The names
of the other six persons indicted
were not released pending their
being taken into custody. Dates
for the trials of those indicted
will be set after they are arrang-
ed in court.
In their formal report to the
court, the grand jury pointed
out that in certain cases defend
ants have been allowed to plead
guilty to misdemeanors while CO.
defendants, charged with the
same offense, have been ordered
held for the grand jury. In the
opinion of the grand jury, par
ties who participate in the same
offense be equally charged, and
not have some of the said par
ties disposed of on a misdemea-
nor while others are bound over
on a felony"
Continus Cases
TIE four cases were continued
for the next session of court due,
TO the necessity ofrnore eompietc
investigation, according to the re-
port.
Emphasis was placed on the
Importance of keeping the court
house, premises and Jail as clean
as possible with special atten-
ton to the outside toilet facili-
ties in the report which further
states that the condition of the
court house and Jail was found
to be fair considering the age
of the structures but hat both
needed repairs. An inspection was
also made of the county convict
camp which was found to be
'clean and well kept, however we
do recommend that the mess hall
and kitchens be repaired, and that
a new cover be installed on the
septic tank.
In closing, the jury recommend
ed that the Officers, fire chasers
and others be more diligent in
preventing forest fires which burn
our natural resources, and we
think those guilty of setting
woods on fire should be appre-
hended and punished to the full
est extent of the law"
Members of the grand jury
were Palmer G. Murphy of Van
cleave, foreman; Stewart E. Cum
best, J. r. Grierson, Jr., Joseph
G. Riley, H. W. Campbell. Cecil
S. Clifton. Walter Robinson, Bar
ney B. Livingston, Beajamin II. :
Pickett, Jr.. George E. Arndt, Jr,
W. T. Golf, Julius E. Graham, v.
L. NJ. DeJean, L. L. Slime. Earl
S. Davis. Howard L. Miller and
Herman B. Cole. B. H. Pickett
Of Pascagoula was sworn in as
bailiff
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21

U. s match users today get
free about two out Of every five
matches that are consumed.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21

Double base gunpowder is that
made from both nitroeellulose
and nitroElyeerin.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21

Saeeharin is several hundred
times sweeter than common cane
or beet sugar.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-21

IN l947. more than 10000 owls
were killed by farmers and hunt
ers
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-04
FARM POWER & EQUIPMENT

Consisting of Farmall M tractor. complete with
power lift starter lights and good rubber: Farmall
complete power lift starter lights and good rubber;
Farmal with power lift. starter, lights and good
rubber: Farmal F-20 rubber and in good
mechanical condition: international 52 combine
powered with international motor; model So In
good operating condition.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-04

the undersigned hreang housekeePing he VIII sell ~
wood the Tawa road.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-03-04
PUBLIC SALE

Due 10 leaving the farm will hold com ee
sale the McCarde located
81 AsburY road 62 miles nor OF
mi southeast of Broadway.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-04

THE accomplishment of this
purpose with speed viii depend
upon the character and vision OF
the seven members appointed to
the Committee ON Equality of
Treatment and Opportunity in the
armed services. The framework
of a democratic army has been
established by President Tru-
mans executive order.
Its realization depends upon
the people of America using their
power to secure the appointment
of and action by a committee that
recognizes the army as a living
symbol of democracy.
Il am convinced that the Pres
ident has as his purpose an army
representative of our great Ameri-
can heritage of equality, which
does not countenance segregation
in any form or manner"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-04
Birmingham to
Have Urban League

BIRMINGHAM lamp A To-
cal branch of the Urban league
will be established in Birmingham
soon, Nelson c. Jackson, southern
field director, National Urban
League, revealed this week.
Both prominent white and Ne
gro citizens are busy working to
raise $4,000 to carry out the first
years program. The new agency
will hire a professional social
worker as executive secretary.
The secretary will work to bring
greater opportunities to the city's
Negroes in opening new jobs,
health, housing, welfare and voca-
tional guidance. He will also try
to bring a better understanding be-
tween the colored and white citi-
zens of. Birmingham.
Officers of tn Birmingham
group are DIR Henry M. Edmonds,
chairman; DR.. w. A. Bell, vice
chairman; Robert Durr, secretary,
and G. w. Lee, treasurer.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-04
MRS. SADIE ALEXANDER PRAISES
PRESIDENTS FEPC EXECUTIVE ORDER

PHILADELPHIA (ANP) -
Mrs. Sadie 7. M. Alexander. prom
inent Philadelphia attorney. prais-
ed the recent executive order by
President Truman which estab-
lisnes a fair employment prao
tees policy in federal govern
ment agencies, last week.
She warned, however. that his
order must be carefully carried
out or the aims of the atcion will
not be realized. She said:
President Truman's executive
order directing equality of oppor-
tunity for all persons in the armed
forces is the first such directive
in time of peace or war of the
American concept of equality for
military personnel regardless of
race, religion or national origin
by president of the United
States.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-04
WALLACE LOSES
N. M. ANTI-REDS

ALBUSUERQUE An Anti
Communist revolt left Henry Wal
lace's progressive party last week
without it's five top leaders in New
Mexico.
Frank A. Minis of Albuquerque,
a member of the state executive
committee, and four other dele
gates to the Philadelphia conven-
ton withdrew upon their return
to home territory.
One of the states first third party
hackers, Alfred McRae, resigned.
Others included his wife, Camille
McRae, New Mexico national COM
mitteewoman; Rafael Alfau, party
state treasurer. and Pat Watkins,
publicity director.
They resigned Minis said, be-
cause national party officials OPP
posed New Mexico proposal to
''repudiate Communist support"
He referred, he said, to Sen.
Glen Taylor of Idaho. vice-presi-
dental candidate; C. B. Baldwin,
Wallace's campaign manager, and
John Art, party legal counsel.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-04
BOOK WEIGHS PROBLEM
OF BOY GANGS CRIMES

small four m apartment
housed three families. It's single
bathroom, without tub, was
shared by the occupants of three
other flats. Chambers young es-
cort explained that the landlord,
a white man, ''knows that us coli
ored can't move out of this neigh
borhood."
Denied the child's normal need
of family life and security, boys
join gangs as relief from the lone
illness of slum existence and as
protection from other gangs,
Chambers concludes. Only by
eliminating the living conditions
which breed the gang spirit, can
the gangs be dissipated. You
can't cure gangs by "brealxing
them up nor by sending individ-
ual boys to the reformatory. It's
no good trying to get rid of mos
quitos by swatting them; you've
got to drain the swamps in which
they breed"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-04
Harlem Leader Plans
To Raise 100000
To Support President

NEW YORK (ANP) = A local
political leader of Harlem, Herbert
l.. Bruce, said last week that he
planned to raise $1,OOO,OOO among
Negroes to support President Tru-
man in the 194S campaign for
President. He said this fund would
be "the Negroes contribution to
the fight to make the Truman
civil rights program a living real
ity.
1--WE intend to ask 100000 Ne
groes to give 81 each and demon
strate that we know how to re-
ward our friends. We will spend
the bulk of this money to educate
the 100000 potential Negro voters
through the press, radio and ma
gaines. We also expect to turn
over 100000 to the Democratic
National committee.