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will he a fatal blow to Jewish ambitions
 Arabs began an stisck on Mish- mar Haemak Apr with l,cg men.
 At Lake Success, N. Y, truce plan for Palestine was before the U. N. Security Council, with pros- poets good for early passage, but there was no indication that either Jews or Arabs would accept. The U. N. Assembly meets tomorrow in special session to reconsider the whole Palestine question.
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KODIAK NAVY BOXER
 OUT IN END ROUND

ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STA TON, April 15.-LR-Joe Quinlan, heavyweight representing Twelfth Naval District fSan Francisco, scored technical knockout over Robert Brown of the Seventeenth Naval District CKodiak, Alaska) last night in the feature bout of the Navy's Inter-District boxing tourney.
 Brown was forced to leave the ring in the second round.
 Winners of tonight's eight bouts will go to San Diego for the all- Navy boxing bouts at Balboa on May 2, 4, and 8.
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Two Joes
 Sign Up
 For Fighi

NEW YORK, April l5.--tR For malities moved out and training moved into the heavyweight title picture today.
 Champion Joe Louis was enroute to Michigan to open camp. Jersey Joe Walcott, the challenger, set up shop at Grenlock Park, N. J., near his Camden home.
 They signed the final papers yes terday for their return match in Yankee Stadium June 23.
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STREET WASH SUNDAY

City Street Department Fore man Bert Lybeck announced to- day that all streets will be wash ed at a. m. Sunday unless the temperatures have prevented an earlier street cleaning date.
 Lybeck also asked that the auto mobile owners keep their cars off tie streets during the washing period or leave keys in the car so that the Street Department can move them out of the way. He said that locked cars will be tow ed away.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS
FIGHT DOPE

Two outpointed fights took place last night as follows;
 At Oakland, Calf George "Su- gar" Costner, l47, Oakland, out pointed Jackie Wilson, l45, Los An geles, 12.
 At New Orleans-Pat Donahue, 151, New Orleans, outpointed Frank ie Abrams, 1481a, Detroit, 10.
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INTERIOR WEATHER

A low pressure center moved across central Alaska during the past 24 hours and is located this morning near Dawson. Temper atures are lower over in the inter for of Alaska. They range from II to 27 degrees this morning in the Panama Valley and from minus ' to plus ? degrees over the north ern portion of Alaska.
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BUILDING PERMITS

The following building permits have been issued during the past week by City Engineer James L.. McNamara:
 St. Ann's Hospital, install new elevator shaft, s12,000; Triplette and DaIziel, contractors.
 Peter Johnson, 2l4-A Gastineau Avenue, construct two car garage, $500.
 Karl Ashenhrenner 336 West Third Street, remodel apartment, $2.00O. H. P. Middleton, contract or.
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KILLEWICH RETURNS

Robert V. Kellewich, Highway Engineer for the Public Roads Ad- ministration, returned here yester- day from three months training course in the Canal Zone, He will leave here again next week for Turnagain Arm where he will be stationed for an indefinite per- iod.
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Hockey Games

VANCOUVER, B.C., April l5.-- -Vancouver's Canucks are within one game of the Pacific Coast ice hockey league championship.
 The Canucks inched by the San Diego Skyhawks 7-6 last night to move into a 3-1 lead in the best of-seyen playoff. Their big op- portunity comes in game here Friday.
 Deienseman Percy Nichols slap ped in the winning goal with a solo rush less than four minutes from the games end The veter- an Hermie Gruhn scored three Canuck tallies.
 DETROIT, April 15.-4R-Profes- sional Hockey's tarnished old Stan- ley Cup, emblem of National League playoff supremacy, remains right in Toronto for another year and nobody will question the fact that's where it belongs.
 The Toronto Maple Leafs settled the issue with complete finality here last night by crushing De- troit T to for a clean sweep of the four-game finals.
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FRANK HARRIS RETURNS

Frank Harris has returned from Sunny California where he has spent the winter months visiting friends and relative.
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CASE SET FOR TRIAL

The case of Carl F. Hagerup vs. Frank w. Harris and Leota Puzey has been set for trial in U. s. Dis trict Court here at 10 a. m, next Monday,
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BURDICK TO ANCHORAGE

Assistant Regional Forester Charles G. Burdick left here yes- terday for a 10 day trip to An- chorage.
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HOSPITAL NOTES

Mary Rielly was admitted to St. Ann's yesterday for medical treat ment. Johnny Wilson was dis charged yesterday.
 At the Government Hospital, Katherine Miller and Albert Rog- CTS were admitted yesterday. Walt ter Simion was discharged to the Winfield Home. and. Peter Berlin was discharged.
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GAME OFFICIALS RETURN

Jack O'Connor and Douglas Gray
 of the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Service, returned here yesterday from a three weeks trip to the Interior. They reported extreme ly unpleasant weather in that area.
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PITCHERS LINED UP,
 1ST GAMES

WINSTON SALEM, N. C., April 15.-lR-There was a big smile on Manager Ben Chapman's face yes terday after his Philadelphia Phil lies had whipped the Washington Senators, 7-l, Mo-, 1 was the pitch ing of Schoolboy Rowe, slated to hurl the second game against the Boston Braves next week after Dutch Leonard goes in the seasons opener
 Rowe blanked the Senators on five hits for seven innings. < EVANSVILLE, Ind.,-Bob Teller takes his final t,ine-up today be- fore the Cleveland Indians open CT next Thursday when he starts against the New York Giants, The Tribe Fireballer will hurl no more than eight innings against the Giants.
 Pat Seery, who slammed another home yesterday, has practically as- sured himself of starting out field job in the opening game.
 NASHVILLE, Tenn Hal New houser, star lefthander already named by Manager Steve O'Neill to pitch Tuesdays American League opener for the Detroit Tigers at Chicago, is ready Hal .worked five innings here yesterday and although the Tigers lost, to to the Vols, none of the runs were scored off Newhouser, who scat tered three hits.
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About three miles or rope are carried as equipment of modern ocean freighter.
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Genuine Le.s's, now available at Casters. $40 tt
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CALVERT RESERVE Blended Whiskey ---86. 8 Proof Grain Neutral Spirits.
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ROBERT ". MARSHALL
 Has Switched to Calvert

ROSLINDALE. MASS. Robert w. Marshall, credit manager, of 594 Beech St., Roslindale, Mass, has switched to Calvert becatise he has found that Calvert Reserve really IS smoother and better tasting.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10
Panthers Christen Memorial Stadium
In Tilt September II With Jackson

dition considering the fact that
it is only a few months DID,. Of
ficials stated. The soft drink con-
cessions, later to be housed I'M
derneath the stadium, will be set
up near the south end and the
rest room facilities of the Mar
ket Street Recreation building
will be available for this game.
Dedication ceremonies pre-
viously planned for the jackson
game will be postponed until all
work is completed at which time
various servicemen's organiza-
tions of Pascagoula will be in
vited to take a leading part in
the program.
This game will be of particular
interest as last year the capitol
team gave the Pascagoula Big
Eight champions a real fight with
the champs winning by a close
margin.
The Panthers are shaping up
nicely for this season although
many of their stars from last
year graduated. With a spicy
schedule in the offing, PascagouIa
fans are promised an exciting
season, according to sports prog
nostieators.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10
Farmers Asked To
Indicate Interest
In Use

Farmers and livestock owners
of Jackson county will be asked
to indicate their interest in the
use of a bulldozer which the
County Board of Supervisors has
offered to buy to further the pas
ture program in this section at a
series of meetings scheduled for
next week by the county agent.
A. j. Franklin, agent, an
nouneed that he is conducting a
survey to determine the number
Of persons who would like to
participate in this program and
the acreage which they would
like cleared at a reasonable cost.
This cost would cover only the
depreciation of the machinery,
cost of fuel and an operator.
The meetings will be conduct
ed Monday, September ID, at the
Hurley school; Tuesday at the
Wade school; Wednesday at the
Vancleave school and Monday
September 20. at the Latimer
Community House. All meetings
will be at 7;30 p. m. Interested
persons are urged to attend and
be prepared TO state the number
of acres owned, the number oil
acres at present under cultiva-
ton and the number of acres de-
sired to be cleared. Persons who
are not able to attend n OF
these meetings are requested tc
contact Mr.. Franklin during the
month of September.
Mr.. Franklin. explained that
the Board of Supervisors will
purchase the bulldozer only il
sufficient interest is manifested
by county farmers.
information will also be given
at the meetings concerning tenn
porary winter pasture and per
manent pasture.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10

Although the masonry work
underneath the stadium has not
been completed, the new War
Memorial Stadium will be ready
for the opening game with Jack
son next Friday night, school Of
ficials announced this week. The
top part of the stadium includ-
ing seat boards, concrete walk
way in front of the stadium and
the exit and entrance ramps will
have been finished by that time.
The underneath part of the struc-
ture houses the dressing rooms,
and public rest rooms. The con-
crete sidewalks will not have
been finished, either.
The laying of the seat boards
on top of the stadium will make
available 1915 reserved seats of
the most modern type which,
combined with 1900 wooden
bleacher seats on the east side
will provide a seating capacity
of 54l6.
The lighting system, public ad-
dress system and electric score
board will all be available for
this first game of the season for
the Pascagoula Panthers. The
turf is in very satisfactory con-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10
Gray and Jones
Keys In Capture
OF Wanted Trio

State Highway Patrolman w.
G.. BUD Gray and Harold Jones
started out after one set Of des-
peradoes Monday night and end
ed with another - three wanted
for Jail breaking and armed rob-
berry, among other law infrac-
tions
In a road blockade for the
killer of a New Orleans detective
and his companion, Officers Gray
and Jones found themselves CIV
ing chase to two young men and
a 15-year-old girl at daybreak
Tuesday after the two former
had held up two college boys at
the point of a gun. The chase led
to a dirt road through the woods
near Pearl River where Officer
Gray said he drove 95 miles an
hour on what was little more
than a TRAIL
AS the police car drew in sight
of the car in which Charles Kim
cry of Martinsville, Ind, 81 years
old, Ricardo Montey, q, Pitts
burgh, Pa, and Lois Catterson.
Is, Clinton, Ind, were fleeing
the pursued car stopped and the
two young men ran into a house.
Gray and Jones took the girl into
custody as she attempted to
leave the car and in a few min
utes caught Kimery in a corn
field behind the house and
placed him handcuffed, in the
car.
That left Montey, the only one
who was armed, in the house
with the woman and three-year-
old girl who lived there Officer
Gray said. Radio calls brought
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VIM Reach 60 Miles An Hour Here;
Blow Down Part OF Large Pecan Crop
Fisherman Missing For Hours In
Hurricane After Boots Engine Quits

will long make MIR. Broome ap-
preciate dry land, began when
the engine of the "Flapper' stop
pedd off Round Island, he ex-
planned, on his return. Unable
to start the motor in the rough
seas, he dropped anchor and pre-
pared to ride ont the storm. For
awhile he was shut out on deck
as in the darkness he was unable
to find the cabin door. His water
keg overturned and he had prsc-
tically no food. he said.
Members of Mr.. Broome's fami-
ly reported him missing about
4 am. Saturday, Chief Lamb said,
and at daybreak the cutter went
out to look for him but failed to
locate the shrimper. ms
Bruised and battered in the
tossing boat, MFR. Broome, how
ever, suffered no serious injuries.
81 was sure glad to see dirt"
he said.
Members of his family waited
in fearful suspense all day Sat
urday, not knowing what might
have happened to him.
But all our friends and even
people we didn't even know knew
him kept phoning and coming by
to see what they could do" they
said. ut surely made us feel
grateful"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10
Final Details Of
Dredging Work
Are Completed

Final details concerning the
dredging Of the ~Pascagoula ship
channel were completed at a
meeting Friday of last week be-
tween the Pascagoula Port Com
mission and the United States
Engineers from the Mobile office,
Under the agreement worked
out at fridays meeting the Mo-
bile District Engineers will take
over full supervision of the dredg-
inc work which will include all
estimates of work done and dis
bursements for it.
According to ]. U. Perry, chief
of operations for the Mobile dis
tr;ct, the contract has been for
warded to the Chief of Engineers
office at Washington. 1t will
take approximately 10 days, he
said. for the contract to obtain the
necessary approval there and a
work order will then be issued BY
the Mobile office of the U. 5.
Engineers.
The Standard Dredging Cor
poration, which was low bidder
for the work, will then have 20
days in which to get work under
way. First work will probably
be on the retaining levees on the
West bank of the river, behind
which spoils from the river dredg-
ing will be pumped in order to
reclaim a large acreage OF land
on the West bank. This land was
purchased by the City of Pas
cagoula through the Port Com
mission.
The Standard Dredging Corpor-
alton won the contract with a low
bid of $5i6,100 for the work.
which was approximately eight
per cent below the estimates Of
the u. S. Engineers.
The widening and deepening of
Horn Island pass will be done by
the Engineers with their own
equipment at an estimated cost OF
$3.50, 400. Work is sheduled to
START on tne Pass on or about
Ottober Isl.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10
Farmers Market
Opens For Trade
On Saturday

On Saturday morning, Septem-
Der II, at 7 a. m. the Jackson
County Farmers Market will be
open to the public with a display
of vegetables and farm produce
raised by the farmers OF the
county which will be for sale, A.
c. Petersen, chairman OF tn e
Farmers Market committee, an
nouneed.
A formal program marking the
opening will be held at 8 a. m.
and at the conclusion of the pro-
gram two baskets of fresh vege-
tables will be given as door
prizes.
Everyone attending is asked to
register and to win the door prize
one must be present when the
name are announced.
Members of the Board OF Su-
p~ervisors and members OF the
Farmers Market committee VIII
participate in the program winch
marks the opening of the build
ing located on the old Jackson
County Fair Grounds.
Built by the county, the taelll-
ties of the building r available
to any farmer in the county Tor
the payment of a slight rental
fee on the display stalls.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10

The hurricane which swept in
out of the Gulf Saturday morning
may not have been as strong as
the one of last September but
there's one man in Pascagoula
who won't bubble over a few
miles an hour difference in We
locity.
He is Clyde Broome, 731 Grant
Circle, who rode out the hurri-
cane aboard his shrimper, FLAP
per-, two miles west of Round
Island. During the height of the
storm the waves reached Is and
20 feet, he said, bouncing his
boat around like a rubber ball."
And sometimes in the trough
the boat hit bottom, l know" he
said.
He was reported missing in the
early morning hours Saturday
when he failed to return from
Biloxi where he had gone late
Friday afternoon to bring the
"Flapper' to Pascagoula port and
was not sighted until midafter-
noon Saturday when the Coast
Guard boat went to his aid. AS
the cutter reached him, however,
he started up under his own pow
er and was followed in by the
Coast Guard Chief Boatswain's
Mate A. c. Lamb said.
The whole experience which
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10
Law-Abiding
Celebrants Mark
Labor Day Here

Jackson county citizens paid
tibute to labor with a holiday
celebration - and to the police
with a law-abiding weekend.
Highlights of the weekend
we're the three day Aluogacsap
Elks club picnic for the benefit
of the Crippled Children's and
the Christmas basket funds and
a 100-car parade Monday morn
ing staged by the labor unions
of the county. Labor also spon-
sored a speaking program at
Beach Park following the parade
and a free dance in the pavilion
during the afternoon.
The hurricane Saturday caused
a decrease in the number of per-
sons usually gathering for the
three-day Elks' festivity, James
F. Velcich, general manager, said,
but the crowds during the picnic
days were estimated at between
1900 and 1000.
City police of Pascagoula and
Moss Point and officials of the
sheriff's office reported a quiet
Labor Day with only four DRINKS
and a few fighters being arrest
ed in Pascagoula and no arrests
reported in Moss Point or by the
sheriff.
Speakers at the program at
Beach Park we're Wilbur G. Dees
who as commanding officer Of
the local National Guard led the
parade; Denver Lambert, inter
national organizer for Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Papermak-
ers, of Monroe, La; John l. Smith,
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Moss Point Tigers To Sharpen Claws
On, Semmes For Seasons Opener

The Moss Point Tigers will
start the ball rolling in Jackson
County tonight on one of the
toughest schedules in their three
years as a member of the Big
Eight.
The Raphael Semmes Tech
eleven of Mobile will come to
the local gridiron tonight at o
o. m. and this should prove to
be a battle from start to finish,
since both teams r closely
matched with the Tech team hav-
ing an average of 1850 lbs. per
man against an average for the
Tigers of ITO lbs.
Coach Dick Shields said this
week that he expects to have a
fine squad this year with the
holdovers from last years eleven
along with the other scrappy
players. The Tigers will work
from the "T" formation.
The opening whistle tonight
win probably find Bobby Rouse
at center tipping the scales at
1855, James A. Clark, left end at
100, Billy Howard, left tackle,
1870, the heaviest man on the
team; J. T. Shepherd, left guard
is a 1875 FOUNDER, and is a very
capable guard and according to
Coach Shields should be a strong
Big "8" team of the season; Gene
! Young, right guard, 100; c. E.
Roper. right tackle, 1870; Film
Colville, right end, l55, Norman
Wells, quarterback, las; Pat
Gardner, left half, $50; Son
Rhodes, right half, $50 and James
Myers, full back. las.
Others who will e plenty of
service include: backs, Danny
Hall, Bill Miles, Maurice Ham
mond and Pete Webb. Ends: Roy
Carter and Ed Wilkinson, who
has been taking it easy due to
an injury received in practice,
but will be able to play if called
on tonight. Tackles, Roy King,
Ted Provost and Dean Switzer.
Guards: Dave Mortensen, Jesse
Gum and Frank Laakso. Center
r. j. Murrah.
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John O. Grant, ST.,
Dies AiAge Of 81
After Long Illness

John o. Grant, ST., native and
lifelong resident of Pascagoula
died at the Jackson County hos
pital Saturday night. He vas 81
years old and had been i'll for
some time.
A member of two of the oldest
families in this section, Mr.. Grant
was the son of John Lafayette
Grant and Delphine Krebs Grant.
Although Mr.. Grant led a quiet
life, devoting most of his time
to his family, he was well known
here. He was a member of the
Maccabbees. He was employed
by the county for about 80 years
but he retired from active work
about six years ago.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the Fails Funeral Chap
ell in Pascagoula Monday at 10
a. m. and at Our Lady of Vic
tories Catholic church at 1918
a. m. by the Rev. ]. ]. Harmon.
Interment was in Greenwood
cemetery and pail bearers were
Stephen Grant, Howard Free
man, Robert Renfroe and Naldo
Saucier, his grand nephews, and
Edmond Krebs and Ivan Murray,
nephews.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lucretia Krebs Grant; four
daughters, Mesdames Delphine
Tomasello of San Francisco
Calf. James Senior, Florence
Sparkman and Cora Belle Nc
Grath of Paseagoula; two sons,
John o. Grant, Jr., and Hubert
F. Grant of Pascagoula; a broth
er. Edward F. Grant of Birming-
ham; 90 grandchildren and 10
great grandchildren.
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Funeral Services
For Pvt. r. c. Dry.
Overseas Casualty

The body of Pvt. Robert Car
Dry, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. l.
Dry of Moss Point, will arrive in
Pascagoula Monday, having been
returned from overseas.
Pvt. Dry was killed in action
in the European are Decembei
3, 1943. in the Battle of the Bulge
He had served in the Army four
years before going overseas.
He was a native of Moss Point
where he spent his boyhood.
He is survived by his parents
and his widow. Mrs. Ruby Mary
orv and n small son, r. c., Jr
He is also survived by three
brothers, Charles of Moss Point
Ernest of Maine and CASTOR OF
Mobile and two sisters, Mrs. Bes-
sic Redmond of Moss Point ane
Mrs. Bernadine DeAndrea OF
Mobile.
Funeral services will be on
Tuesday with Fails Funeral Home
of Moss Point in charge. Ar
rangements were not completed
on Thursday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-09-10
Naif Jordan Is
Named Seafood
Commission Head

Naif Jordan of Route One,
Ocean Springs, newly appointed
member. was named chairman
of the Seafood Commission at a
meeting Monday morning at BIZ
loxi to succeed Harold B. Wes-
ton of Bay st. Louis.
Mr.. Jordan was appointed to
the board September l by Gov
ernor Fielding L. Wright to sue
coed R. A. Roberts of Orange
Grove, whose term had expired.
He previously had served a five
year term on the Commission I'M
der the administration of Gov
ernor Paul B. Johnson. Mr.. Jor-
dan maintains his business at
Biloxi where he is owner and
operator of the Back Bay Lum-
Der and Box Factory.
Walter McVeay. of Gautier
was also recently appointed to
the Commission.
Other appointments made at
the meeting Monday were as fol
lows.
Meco Filipich. chief Inspector
Clarence Canaan. assistant in
spector. with other inspectors &c
be employed by MI. Filipieh with
the approval of the Commission
Clel Dildy was named secretary
to succeed the late F. W. Elmer.
with Mrs. F. W. Elmer named
assistant secretary.
AT a meeting Monday after
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