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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Call Election On
Salary Raise For
City Officials

A proposal to raise the salary
of the mayor to $500 monthly and
that of the councilmen to $500
monthly each will be submitted
to the voters of Pascagoula at an
election set for Tuesday, August
3rd, as the result of a meeting
held Thursday morning at City
Hall attended by approximately
40 citizens. e,,i.
The proposal was brought be-
fore a recessed meeting of the
board of mayor and councilmen
by the group, who unanimously
adopted a resolution requesting
that an election be called on rails
ing the salaries of the city Of
ficials to the above figures.
The present salary of the
mayor of $147.50 monthly and
that of the councilmen $3.50
monthly.
Considerable discussion was
devoted to the proposal at the
meeting Thursday morning, with
all those present in favor of the
proposed hike on the grounds that,
if granted, both the mayors of
flee and that of the councilmen
would be given the full time Of
the elected officials.
Councilman v. P. DeJean was
absent from the meeting, having
left Wednesday On a vacation
trip. However, at a meeting We'd
nesday afternoon he had favored
a similar proposal but that meet
ing was recessed in order to dis
cuss the matter at the meeting
called Thursday morning.
The new salary schedule would
60 into effect from and after Its
approval by the voters at the
August 3rd election. Passage OF
the ordinance carrying the pro-
posed raise requires favorable ac-
ton by only a majority of those
voting.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
4-H Club Boys
To Attend School
On Conservation

Four All club boys from jack
son county will attend the Mis-
sissippi Forestry and Chemurgic
Conservation school for south
Mississippi at the Percy Quinn
State Park from July 26 through
so.
The boys selected to attend and
their sponsors are: Billy Martin
of Three Rivers sponsored by the
Pascagoula-M Moss Point Bank;
Bill Wilson of Big Point sponsor
ed by the Merchants and Marine
Bank; Kenneth Wilson Of Van
%cleave sponsored by the Interna-
tional Paper company; and Ju-
nior Broadnax of st. Martin spon-
sored by the Dantzler Lumber
company.
While in camp the boys will
study Forestry Practices, Timber
Estimation, Proper Thinning and
Selective Cutting, Tree Identifi-
cation. Wildlife Conservation and
related subjects.
Accompanied by A. w. Maui
din, assistant county agent, the
boys will make the trip by bus,
leaving Moss Point on Monday
morning and stopping at Gulf
port, Virgins, Poplarville, Pur-
Wis, Hattiesburg, Columbia and
Tylertown to pick up the repre-
s~entatives from each of these
places.
The sponsor Of each Of the local
boys will pay his expenses while
in camp and transportation will
be furnished by Wallace Garfield
of Escatawpa who is furnishing
the bus.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
New u. S. Division
Engineer Inspects
Port Facilities

Pascagoula port facilities and
the proposed port development
were the subject of an inspection
and study Wednesday afternoon
by Col. Mason j. Young of Allan
ia, new division engineer, U. S.
Corps of Engineers.
Col. Young was accompanied by
Col. Joseph ]. Twitty of Mobile,
district u. S. Engineer, other rep.
resentatives of the Mobile and
Atlanta offices and a group of
city officials and citizens.
The party boarded the U. S. En-
gineer vessel Marques at the
reservation on the west bank OF
the Pascagoula river and inspect
ed the river front and traversed
the ship channel leading to Horn
Island pass while development
plans were explained to Col,
Young by Col. Twitty and local
officials.
Accompanying the engineer
party were Dupree Hays of the
Mobile office, and C. P. Lindner'
chief engineer at the Atlanta Of
flee. Officials taking part in the
inspection were A. P Moran,
president of the board of super
v%isors; Capt. H. H. Collie, presi-
dent of the Port Commission; Joe
v. Krebs and E. A. Khayat, mem
bers of the board of supervisors
w. Ed Virgins, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, Mayor:
J. R. Watts and F. w. Cirlot Of
Pascagoula and Moss Point, E. H
Bacot and Easton King, members
of the Port Commission ano
Verne Barnes, secretary of the
chamber of commerce.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Charges Filed In
Pistol Shooting AT
Gautier Tuesday

The alleged emptying of his
pistol at Earl Bonds place near
Gautier Tuesday night brought
charges against c. F. Steagle, Me-
ridian policeman, by both city and
county officials. His companion,
Dave Pahneeno, a Keesler Field
soldier, was charged with him by
city police for being drunk.
The two men were arrested in
Steagle's car near the railroad
station by Pascagoula Police Muir
ray, Broadus and Ferrer on
drunkenness charges. Later
charges of shooting in public were
filed by Sheriff Guy Krebs against
Steagle in connection with the
firing of a pistol from an automo-
bile parked at Bonds place.
Sheriff Krebs said Mr.. Bnod
told him the two men had come
into his establishment and one
of the men had overturned his
bottle of beer and had ordered
another which he was refused be-
cause "he'd had enough. The two
men went to the al and it was
then that the picstol was fired, he
said. When Sheriff Krebs reached
the scene the two men had left.
When they were taken into GUS
tody in Pascagoula, a pistol was
in the glove compartment of the
car, local officers said.
AT a hearing at city court the
two men were fined $40 and
costs on drunkenness charges and
Steagle was released on 500 bond
in connection with the shooting
charge.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Delmas Bayou Closing Taken Under
Amusement After Public Hearing

The United States District En-
gineers at Mobile took under adj
visement this week an applica-
tion by the Pascagoula Port Com
mission for permission to close
Delmas Bayou in connection with
port Development plans following
a public hearing on the matter
Tuesday morning at the 18th
street activities building.
The hearing was conducted by
Col. Joseph j. Twitty, district en-
gineer, assisted by Dupree Hays
and w. w. Porter of the Mobile
office.
A decision on the matter will
be reached by the Mobile en-
gineers this week, Col. Twitty
said following the hearing and
the findings of the district Of
flee will then be forwarded to
Washington for final action.
The Port Commission made APP
plication to close the bayou in
connection with the reclaiming
of approximately $50 acres Of
land on the west bank of the
river through spoils from the
deepening of the river channel
through dredging. The Seafood
Commission also requested the
closing of the bayou to prevent
the pollution of proposed oyster
beds in the sound off the west
mouth of the bayou.
Closin1 Protested
Closing of the bayou was pro.
tested by a petition signed by APP.
proximately 160 names, and sew.
eral letters, which resulted in the
hearing.
Col. Twitty opened the hear.
ing by the reading of the peti.
ton and letters of protest, aftel
pointing out on a map prepared
by the U. S. Engineers that tht
controlling depth of the bayot
was only 18 inches because o
several shallow bars.
The petition asked that The
closing be denied on the grounds
that the bayou has been used a,
a navigable waterway for more
than 100 years; that it afforded al
inland and protected route fol
small boats going west to reach
shrimping and grabbing grounds
that proposed harbor development
plans are in a purely Theoretical
stage; that bridges and trestle.
could be built when the improve
ment is undertaken; and that pol
luton of oyster beds to the ives
would not be prevented by TIL
closing as sewage from the i'm
properly operated city dispose
plant would be diverted from TIL
bayou to the river, and woult
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23

spread from its mouth to the east
or west, resulting in continued
pollution of the proposed oyster
beds or the beach front.
Letters asking that the request
for closing be granted were SUBJ
mitted at the hearing from the
Port Commission, the county
board of supervisors; the Central
Trades Council of the American
Federation of Labor, the Chamber
of Commerce, the City of Moss
Point and Optimists, Internal
ional.
Development Plans Vital
The letters for the most part
pointed out that the development
plans on the west bank were
vital to the progress of the city,
and that some inconvenience to
a few persons would be the ex-
tent of damage done by closing
the stream.
Oral testimony opposed to the
closing was given~by James A.
Pelham and j. 1. Ford. Mr.. Pei
ham said that he was not opposed
to plans for development and
progress in Pascagoula, but that
such plans lay far in the future,
Col. Twitty pointed out that the
Port Commission planned to let a
dredging contract in the very
near future, and that even a tenn
, porary opening through the route
of the bayou would be costly.
Mr.. Ford said that his chief con-
Germ was pollution and asked that
the Engineers if they granted
permission for the closing OF
the bayou, to grant such permit
on the condition that any possible
pollution resulting would be rec
titled.
Harold w. Gautier appeared or
behalf of the Port Commission
and submitted testimony to show
that the bayou is little used now
MI. Gautier also submitted tes-
timony to show that the bayou
carried a comparatively small
amount of pollution and that the
river itself is heavily polluted
both above and below the mouth
of the bayou.
Continued on Page y
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23

O'Neal, J. /. Parker, Abe Gill,
j. c. Yocum, E. r. Welborn, Mrs.
w. M. Hall, Mrs. r. L. Lou" Rob-
erts. Mrs. w. M. Monroe, Misses
Susie and Fannie Vaughan, Mrs.
Marc Kean. F. G.. Gill, Miss
Schneider, Mrs. Evelyn Ruble,
and Mrs. w. H. Westfall.
Lunch for the honor guests
was served at special tables while
the other guests at the reunion
were served cafeteria style in the
school lunch room.
A reception committee greeted
all of the old settlers and the
guests for the reunion and Roscoe
Fletcher made the welcome adj
dress following an invocation
voiced by the Rev. W. J. Walters
of MoSelle, a former pastor.
Out of Town Guests
The guest speaker for the &C.
casion was Frank Ellis of Jack
son whose mother was the former
Cornelia Havens of Vancleave.
Music for the morning program
was furnished by Red Kelly and
his Rambling Buckaroos. A mus
zeal highlight was the group of
old songs sung by a mixed quar-
tet composed of L. E. Ravens,
N. M. Carter, Mrs. w. E. Glenn
ents and Maurice Taylor.
During the afternoon the
awarding of the prizes was fea-
tured followed by a brief talk by
Posey Howell, Jr. of Howison in
Continued on Page n
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
Frank S. Canty MaYor-Elect In
Runoff; Ezell Is Named Councilman
Second Primary
Is Marked BY
HedvY Voting

Frank S. Canty was named
Pascagoula m%ayor-elect in the
second primary election Tues
day of this week when he polled
1893 votes to 852 for his oppo-
nent Wilbur G.. Dees.
Harold c. Shorty Ezell also
defeated the incumbent, Lee G.
Beckham, for city commissioner
when he polled 998 votes against
936 for Mr.. Beckham.
Mr.. Canty and Mr.. Ezell, with
Valsin p. DeJean, incumbent
commissioner of finance who was
reelected in the first primary,
will take over as the new mayor
and board of commissioners at the
first meeting in January 1949.
The vote in Tuesdays runoff
fell just nine short of that in the
first primary. In the first pri-
mary the total cast in the may
or's race was 1.949 and Tuesday
1910 votes were polled.
Returns of the election were
certified and the nominations de-
clared official at a meeting of the
city Democratic Election Commit
tee Wednesday morning at City
Hall.
Protest Lodged
A protest against the counting
of absentee ballots cast in the
second primary was made be-
fore the committee by o. L. Nc
Leod. MI. Mcleod made his
challenge on the grounds that the
absentee ballots wer irregular in
that they did not conform to cleo
ton laws by having a notarial
seal on the lips of the sealed en-
velope in addition to the other
two notarial seals required. OPP
posing attorneys objected to the
! challenge on the grounds that
the absentee ballots should be
counted if there was no evidence
that the envelopes containing the
ballots had been tempered with
Mr.. Mcleod maintained, how
ever, that the law specifically
required the third seal on the
envelope and that the absentee
ballots should not be counted
even if they made no difference
in the final election results.
After considerable discussion
his challenge was overruled by &
unanimous vote of the election
commission, as was a second OBJ.
lection on his part on the grounds
that the absentee voter list hao
not been certified to by the city
clerk.
Winners Gain
Twenty-six absentee ballot.
were then counted in the NORTH
Pascagoula box which resulted If
a gain of four for Mr.. Canty ane
six for Mr.. Ezell. In the City
Hall box the absentee ballots to-
tailed SO and resulted in a gair
of 10 for MI. Canty and one fol-
Mr.. Ezell. Twenty-one were
counted in the South Pascagoul;
box and gave Mr.. Canty a gair
of Is and Mr.. Ezell a gain o.
seven.
The absentee ballots, combinee
with the protested ballots allowed
by the committee, accounted fol
112 votes being added to the to
tai tally at Wednesdays meeting
Of the total Mr.. Cantv received
70 against Al for Mr.. Dees for
gain of 80 votes, and Mr.. Eel
81 against so for Mr.. Beckhan
for a gain of IA.
Mr.. Canty formerly served on,
term as Pascagoula mayor, having
been elected in 1887 and serving
until 1941.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23
NEW CITY c~HLoRINAToR

A new chlorinator has been
installed at the Communy street
pumping station. city officials an
nounced this week. and will be-
gin operations the latter part of
the week. The new installation
will be used for chlorinating the
entire city water supply, officials
said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23

Fables circulated in Athens in
the 5th century. B. c. were at
tributed to one Aesopus-who
probably merely circulated them.
The common collection of fables
bearing the name "Aesop" were
versions of a book made about
800 B. c. and centuries later
translated into latin.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-07-23

An important period in Italian
literature began around 1880 when
Sicilian poets gathered at the
court of Emperor Frederick III.
Included among them were Dante,
Petrarch and Boccaccio.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01
DRAFT:
Machinery

Peacetirne selective service actu-
ally had been all but a reality for
months before President Truman
put his signature to the draft bill.
The gears, wheels and levers Of
the draft machine needed but a
flick of the finger to start turning
out citizen-soldiers for the benefit
of the nation.
So much spadework has been done
that the office of selective service
records estimated that 1t could have
inductees on the way in 60 to 80
days after the law becomes effec--
tive.
Those 19-to-25 year olds eligible
for service can expect something
like this:
There will be no hoop-la or gold
fish bowl drawings. Instead Of
being determined by lottery the
order Of induction probably will be
figured out according to age groups
It is likely that 21-year-olds will
start the proceedings. After the
registration, ali men over 81 and
under 20 would be classified. Those
not exempt would be put into Class
Ia as eligible for immediate induc-
ton. Whether the first age group
selected would be exhausted before
another is called up had not yet
been decided.
Military authorities estimate that
about two out Of every three men
in the 19-through-25 bracket who
are single and non-veterans will
have to serve in the army, navy,
air force or marines, either as
draftees or volunteers. Roughly,
there are about 1890 single nom
veterans in that age group.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01
BREAK:
For DPS

Europe's d ispla C e d persons
caught a glinpse-and it was only
a glimpse-of the hope many of
them had been looking for when
the senate passed legislation to adj
NIT up to 100000 DPS into the U. S.
during the next two years.
Although the bill had been tagged
as "rnust" by both house and SEN
ate Republican leaders, there was a
big question whether the house, not
quite so international minded as
thu senate, would add it's approval
to the measure.
A bill, similar to the one passed
by the senate, previously had re-
ceived an OK from the house judi
ciary committee, however.
AS it was passed by the senate,
the bill is designed to admit war
refugees over and above the immi-
grafton quotas. But it provides that
at least one-half of the persons ad-
mitted must have followed agricul-
tura1 pursuits and must continue to
follow that vocation in this country.
It stipulates also that one-half Of
those admitted must come from
countries which have been annexed
by foreign power PRUSSIA, in this
easel. Those nations are Estonia,
Lithuania, Latvia and eastern Po-
land. whose people are predomin-
antly Protestant in religious faith.
And there were other restrictive
conditions that might operate to
reduce she senate DIP measure to
the leves Of farcical double talk.
For irRtance, only those who en-
tered Anled occupation zones by
December %, 1945, are eligible to
enter the U. S. under the DIP quota.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01
u. N. SITE:
ChangeabIe

Not that it's an original idea, but
another move is reported to be get
ting under way quietly to switch
the United Nations headquarters
from the U. S.
Geneva, Switzerland, is being
mentioned as the substitute site, al
though nations supporting the idea
are taking no open steps and are
combining their efforts currently to
laying groundwork for the real drive
which may be expected to emerge
this fall at the Paris assembly.
The whole plan might go down
the drain, however, if congress were
to approve the 65-million-dollar
loan to the U.N. for building the
projected skyscraper headquarters
in Manhattan.
AS usual, there is play of forces
behind the scenes on this question.
The Arab states favor moving the
U.N. to Europe. primarily because
they are bitter over the success
Zionist Jews have had in influenc-
ing the us.
Britain originally wanted Euro
pean site and might, under certain
conditions, revert to that stand.
Russia, another question mark. is
expected to grasp the opportunity
to attack the us. for failure TO
keep promises should congress fall
to approve the loan.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01

Union is acting as an aggressor and
Instructor of world peace, and he
postulated the theory that there is
no likelihood of settling disputes be-
tween the two nations by negotia-
ton so long as Russia continues to
WELD international communism as
a weapon to influence the course Of
world events.
The American intent, he said, is
to deal with the East-West cleavage
by deeds, not propaganda.
"We shall judge the policy OF
every nation by whether it advances
or obstructs world progress toward
peace and we wish our own policy
to be Judged by the same standard"
AS measuring stick for that
principle Mr.. Truman suggested
that Russia begin the demonstra-
ton of her good intentions, if any,
by hating the perilous strife in
Greece and Korea.
He made it starkly clear that set
Element of issues by negotiation
alone is impossible at this stage of
world relations because of the basic
policies of the. Russians.
"There are certain types Of dis
putes in international affairs which
can and must be settled by negotia-
ton and agreement, but there are
others which are not susceptible to
negotiation"
Thus, both Americans and Rus
slams know where the US. stood.
And from this side of the ocean it
looked to be as good place as any.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01
Headliners

IN BUDAPEST Police broke up
a Roman Catholic procession on the
grounds that it had not been prop
erly authorized by the government.
IN FORT WORTH -. Mrs. Bob
McCarroll created sensation when
she appeared in public wearing a
bird cage hat complete with bird
her pet canary, Doodlum.
IN TOKYO japanese govern
ment officials, desperate for a new
source Of revenue, were thinking Of
taxing bachelors.
IN NEWARK. William R. Mes
tice lost a $4,000 damage suit. angri-
ly took up the study Of law, conf
IDENTIFY went back to court to ask
for retrial. was fined $1,000 for
contempt of court.
IN ROMFORD, England Lii
brarian G. II. Hurnbry, accustomed
to finding weird objects left in
books by readers, figured he had
seen everything when one tome
was returned with piece of bacon
in it for a bookmark.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01

If you haven't been on vacation
since 1910 and you are planning one
for this summer, you're probably in
for a shock-the kind that makes
the bankrou Jingle.
For depending on the kind OF va
cation you take and the brand OF
recreation you prefer. vacation
costs in 1948 have jumped from 20
to 100 per cent over comparable
prices in 1910, according to the fam
lily economics bureau of Northwest
ern National Life Insurance COM
pany.
For instance, a 12-day cruise from
New York City to Nassau, Havana
and Miami cost as little as $40 In
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01
IMITATION AND TAXES
Vacations Cost More This Year

1910. Today the same cruise is list
ed at a $218.50 minimum. an in
crease Of 81 per cent.
Railroad and airline tours reflect
similar increases. In both cases
higher transportation taxes are re-
sponsible for much Of the boost.
Although you escape the trans
portation tax when you use the fam
lily automobile, you run into other
price and tax increases. This year
a man and his wife can take an
average two-week vacation Of 2.40O
miles and get by comfortably on
about $235 for gasoline. oil, lodg-
ings and meals.
That is about ST per cent more
than the $50 outlay in 1910.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01
PRESIDENTS:
About Russia

Forsaking for the moment the po-
itical whiplash he has been using
on congress during his western tour,
President Truman issued q major
enunciation of us. foreign policy.
bounded on all sides by an indict-
ment of Russian tactics, in a speech
at Berkeley, Calf.
His address was the clearest cut
answer thus far made to the recent
spurious but widely publicized Sow
let offer to talk over Russian
American differences and the issues
of the cold war.
Although the Soviet overture pat
emily had been made as last-ditch
effort to derail the European re-
covery program and also slow down
fhe us. military preparedness pro-
gram, it undoubtedly carried
great propaganda impact abroad
and, to a smaller extent, inside the
US.
President Trurman's Berkeley
speech was q creditable reply.
His theme was that the Soviet
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-07-01
Space Noises

Mysterious noises" heard over
short-wave radios and apparently
emanating from outer space will be
studied by a group of Australian
scientists who are going to New
Zealand for Investigations.
The noises seem to come from
the Cygnus constellation In the
Milky Way. Possibility of normal
radio interference is ruled out be-
cause of the fixed position Of the
radiations.