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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Walter Roberts
Released Under
$1,000 Bond

Walter Roberts, who allegedly
shot his brother-in-law, Chris
to Ivey, in the stomach with a
l6-gage shotgun February %, was
released from Jail last week
under $1,000 bond, according to
Deputy Sheriff Leo Byrd. Rob-
erts has been charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill.
Ivey, who has been in the
Jackson County hospital since
the shooting, is reported to be
improving and is expected to re-
cover, but he probably will not
be able to leave the hospital for
the hearing that is set for next
Monday. If that is the case, the
hearing will be postponed until
a later date.
The shooting happened when
Ivey, after struggling with his
estranged wife. Roberts sister,
advanced on Roberts, and APP
peared to be reaching in his
pocket for a pistol or some other
weapon, according to Roberts.
Ivey had attacked his wife with
a table fork, Roberts said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
.Neqro Woman
Drowned As Car
.Plunges In Wafer

High water resulting from
heavy rains last week claimed
the life of Lula Mae Long, 81
year-old negro, Ocean Springs,
who drowned when the automo-
bile In which she was riding near
Vancleave ran through n bridge
railing into the swollen Little
Bluff Creek early Sunday morn
ing.
-Four other persons in the auto
oiobile escaped from the Submerg-
ed car and were taken out of the
water by PERSONS living in that
vicinity who heard their cries
These were Sidney Saucier, driv-
er, Roscoe Thurman, Clarence
Newkirk and jamie Reese, all
negroes from Ocean Springs.
A verdict of accidental death
coroner's Jury at the inquest
held at the scene Immediately
following the recovery of the
woman's body. Coroner NJ. c..
Porter conducted the inquest,
Deputy Sheriff Leo Byrd served
as bailiff and members of the
jury were p. D. Murphy, Q. H.
Davis, Jesse Ravens, r. H Ware,
eleven Cochran and George A.
Tootle, Jr.
According to testimony given
at the inquest, the group left
Ocean Springs about $50 a. m.
Sunday to drive to Vanc1eave
where they were to have picked
up the sister of one of the party
for a planned trip As Saucer
was driving ON the bridge the
steering gear of the car broke and
the automobile ran through the
railing. Persons arriving on the
scene helped those who escaped
from the car and were c1inging
to bushes in the water
The car lay about three feet
under water and the current was
very swift at that spot, Mr. Por-
ter said, making any attempt at
rescue difficult The stream,
which is ordinarily about 20 feet
across had overf1owed its banks
to a width of about 200 feet The
body was recOVered after a
wrecker called from PaScagoula
had dragged the car from the
creek.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Week Long Celebration To Mark 5Oih
Birthday Of International Paper Co.

not only for looking back with
pride but also for looking ahead
with confidence to an exciting
future. I think it is becoming
increasingly apparent that the
future Of our company does not
lie in any narrow conception OF
the uses of wood, but in a full
realization that we ourselves are
professors of a crop from which
we can develop-alone or with
others-a great variety Of prod
ucts for the good of man
Fuller Use of Tree Crop
FULLER utilization Of the an
nual Southern tree crop for the
production Of many products 9TH
er than paper-including vegeta-
BILE fats, resins, and possibly even
edible foodstuffs waits Just
around the corner. A new ST.
100000 processing plant Is now
under construction at the Pana-
ms City Mill site and will pro-
duce vegetable fats and rosin
from crude tall-oil, a pulp mill
b~y-product now being recovered
at three Of the Southern mills.
Perhaps in the next hah-cen-
fury we will discover that rsaper
was only the first of many prod
ucts. More and more. wood pulp
and paper r being recognized.
not as ends in themselves but as
Continued on Page Four1
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
r. F. Chufin
Ndmed M0noGer
o. Local PHA

Robert H. Chain has been
named acting general manager
of the Public Housing Admin
istration in PascaGOu1a filling the
vacancy resulting from the resi-
gnation of James F. Hundley.
Mr.. Hundley came to Pasca-
goula in July 1912 as manager OF
the Housing Administrator,
which position he filled until
his resignation, with the excep-
ton Of two years spent in the
service.
Mr.. Chain is well known in
Pascagoula having served as as
sistant general housing manager
Of the local project until Septem'
Der OF last year when he was
transferred to the Atlanta Of
flee Of the PHA
MIR. Chain arrived in Pasca'
goula on Wednesday, to assume
his new duties
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Pecan Child Dies
OF Meningitis In
Mobile Hospital

Wilma Jean Ledlow, one-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilborn Ledlow of Pecan, died
Monday at the Mobile City hos
pital of spinal meningitis. The
girls three -year-old brother,
Leonard Darnell. is also i'll with
meningitis in the isolation ward
Of the Mobile hospital. There is a
third child in the family, James
Allan. who is only a few months
old.
The child was taken sick sew
eral days ago but was not adj
mitted to the hospital until l3
hours before its death. Both child
rem were taken to the hospital al
the same time by Fails ambulance.
DR.. Andrew Hedmeg, director
of the Health Departments OF
! Harrison and Jackson counties,
was not available for comment
but attaches of the department
said they had received no notifi-
cation that the cause of death
was meningococeic meningitis,
a very contagious form of men,
nights.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Fails Funeral Chapel in
Moss Point Thursday morning
by the Rev. E. w. Scott of the
Kreole Methodist church. In
torment was in Orange Grove
cemetery.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12

manufacturing paper products in
Guiding boxes, paper bags and
milk containers, will be hosts to
employees, their families, and in
vited guests.
The IA installations of the
Southern Kraft Division of the
company. which will hold COM
munity-wide open house cele-
brations are as follows:
The Mobile Mill and Grocery
Bag Plant, Mobile, Ala; the Bas-
trop and Louisiana Mills. as well
as the multiwall bag and milk
container plants, at Bastrop, La;
the Camden Mill and Multiwall
Bag Plant, Camden, Ark; the
Moss Point Mill, Moss Point,
Miss; the Panama City Mill, Pam
anna City, Fla; the Springhill
Mill and Container Plant, Spring
hill, La; and the Georgetown
Mill and Container Plant, George
town, S. c.
Further details of Moss Points
part in this nationwide Golden
Jubilee party will be announced
within a few weeks.
With regard to Mr. Humans
statement concerning the future
of international Paper Company.
Mr.. Mixson and Mr.. Moore-in
quoting Mr.. Hinman-said:
The occasion of our 50th an
~niversary celebration IS a time
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Rurul Schools
Nome New Trustee
AT Election Saturday

Although at least two of the
schools which had scheduled
trustee elections were unable to
hold the election due to bad
weather. the majority of the
rural schools named an addition
al trustee Saturday.
Those were: Gautier. Houston
c. Penton; Hurley. Homer Coch-
ran; Orange Lake. John J. Clark;
Lockard Brown. st. Martin:
Wade. Curtis Holifield; Live
Oak Pond, Creole. Joshua Bony;
Bluff Greek, negro, Cornelius
Wells ana Escatawpa. negro.
Lloyd Reeves, reelected.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12

A spontaneous welcoming
committee made UP of hundr-
eds of men, women and child
rem from Pascagoula and vi
cinity thronged to the beach
front Monday to witness the
majestic arrival Of the S. S.
Richardson bound for Ingalls,
Shipyard where she will be
converted into a round the
world" liner. Automobiles and
bicycles were lined on both
sides of Beach boulevard
choking traffic from Market
street west to the end of the
street.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Legion Elects
New Officers
Monday Night

George Lowell was elected as
post commander of the American
Legion Post 100 of Pascagoula
on Monday night at a regular
meeting of the Legion at the
Old Spanish Fort.
Z. A. Talbot was elected as
first vice commander and ]. T.
Hill as second vice commander,
with Carl L. Jacobson as adj
jutant, Arthur Smith as finance
officer. L. A. Watts as historian,
and Calvin Bolding. ST., chap
lain.
Those elected for the execu-
tive committee were Joe Cole,
BARLEY German, Karl Wiesen-
burg. M. L. Hatten, and Allan
Richard.
The new officers will take Of
flee at the next regular meeting
Of the Legion and will serve until
the last meeting before the Ma
tional Encampment, which is to
be held in July.
The Post, which had been op-
Grating without bylaws for the
past four months. adopted q new
set of bylaws during the bust
ness session.
The members also voted to
sponsor a Bingo game 81 = Pas
cagoula restaurant.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Channel Biz Is
Before Serzs E
Finance Group

The Senate finance committee
Thursday afternoon was consid-
ering a bill introduced in that
body by State Senator G.. L.
Beavers which would allow the
state to advance Jackson county
$750,000 for deepening the Pas
cagoula ship channel to 30 feet.
The bill previously was intro
duced in the House by Represen-
tative Hermes F. Gautier, and
another bill has been introduced
in the national House of Repre-
sentatives which would allow the
Federal government to reim-
burse the state under certain
conditions.
Both Senator Beavers and
Representative Gautier appeared
before the Senate finance COM
mittee to testify in behalf of the
bill, but up until late Thursday
it was still under consideration.
Meanwhile, it was announced
this week that the visit of a joint
legislative group to Pascagoula
in connection with the $750.000
ship channel bill has been post
poned until the weekend of March
18th.
The group was originally sched-
uled to come to P~ascagoula last
weekend but because of bad
weather and the flooded condi-
tons of many of the states high
ways the visit was postponed.
Three members of the Senator
ial group made the trip anyway,
They were Senator'S John Farese
of Ashland, Decatur P. Butler OF
Meadville and Carl NJ. Johnson
of Calhoun City.
The group arrived in Pascagou-
la Friday night and toured the
Ingalls, Shipyard Saturday. Sat
urday night they were guests al
a dinner at the LingfelloW House
and expressed themselves as be-
ing deeply impressed with the
Ingalls, yard, and the merits Of
the bill which would give the
county funds to deepen the ship
channel to. 30 feet.
Hermes r Gautier said Thurs
day morning that a representa-
tive group Of the House and Sen
ate were planning the trip here
for the weekend of March 10th.
He also said that he was sched-
uled to appear before the Senate
finance committee Thursday to
testify at the hearing on the chan
mel bill.
An analyzation of data submit
ted in connection with the bill has
been made by the Agriculture and
Industrial Board at, Jackson, he
said. The board, in a report of
its findings, estimated that wages
paid here by the Ingalls, yard has
resulted in $5,000,000 being
paid into the states general
fund through the two-percent
sales tax alone.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12

Jackson County will participate,
during the week of June 14-19,
in what will probably be the larg-
est corporate birthday party ever
held in the United States.
Frank Mixson and r. A. Moore,
manager and agent of the Moss
Point Mill Of the Southern Kraft
Division of the international Pa
per Company, announced today,
that occasion for this event will
be the celebration throughout the
country by a total Of 81 mills
and plants Of the international
Paper family of the company's
50th anniversary.
At the same time, Mr.. Mixson
and Mr.. Moore made public a
special statement by John H. Hin
man, president of the company,
which disclosed that economic
forces are now at work which
may revolutionize the paper in
dustry.
Referring to Jackson County's
part in the company's Golden Ju-
bilee celebration, Mr.. Mixson and
Mr.. Moore said that parties would
be held by mills and plants Of
the International family from
south to Florida and west
to California.
Eight Mills In South
IN the South alone, they point
ed out, eight mills and six plants
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Legislature
Passes Big
Money Bills
Lawmakers Talk of
Another Month"
To End of Session
BY The Associated Press

Jackson, Miss, March 11-Mis-
sissippi legislators are beginning
to harmonize-in song, that is
and therefore are beginning to
think of winding up their work.
Traditionally, the Mississippi
lawmakers blend their voices in
spirituals and hymns when they
gather informally toward the end
Of a session.
The first rendition by an inn
promptu choral group was
heard in the House this week
before the body was convened.
This is the tenth week of the cur
rent session. Now the lawmakers
are talking about another
MONTH.
Perhaps a more positive sign
looking toward adjournment was
action this week on major ap-
preparation bills. Both houses
pushed through a number Of larg-
er money bills.
They exceeded the recommen-
dations by the governor and bud
get commission by more than ST.
100000.
Major appropriations passed by
the House included:
100000 for homestead ex-
emption tax refunds to political
subdivisions.
Those by the Senate included:
$10,000.000 for the aid Of needy
aged.
$430,000 for the feebleminded
school at Ellisville.
$4,000 for the aid of unem-
playable needy.
100000 for the East Mississip-
pi hospital at Meridian.
$2,954,000 for the mental hos
pital at Whitfield.
Passed Despite Warning
The passage of bills specifying
amounts greater than the gov
ernor's recommendations was in
the face of a warning the law
makers received at the end Of
last week.
Governor Fielding L. Wright
told both houses that expendi-
lures must be held to the expect
ed $111,000,0 900 revenue Of the
next biennium.
He said bills now under con-
sideration total SIG, 000, 900 more
than the amount of expected
revenue. He warned he would
use his veto axe if necessary to
cut out the bills that go beyond
the recommended budget,
Besides the money matters, the
Legislature was occupied with:
Refusing in the House to STAN
dardize teachers pay. The House
was warned a bill it was consid-
ering might force equalization OF
pay for negro and white teach
ers.
Introduction in the House Of a
Continued on Page Four
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Hundreds Line Beech To Greet
Richardson On Arrival Monday

Calm seas and little or no
wind simplified the entrance
of the sea giant through the
shallow channel from Horn Is
land into the wet dock at In
gals. She came in at fair
speed, her plimsoll line sew
eral feet out of the water
following d%iscarding of all pos
sible ballast to make her jour-
ney through the channel pos
sible, and towed by four power
full little tugs, one at her bow
and on each side.
She was piloted by Captain
C.. T. T~orjusen who boarded
her just outside the pass.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Man Accused OF
Rope In Ocean
Springs Is Jailed

Harold pete" Madsen, 40 years
old, Ocean Springs, is being held
in the Pascagoula Jail on charges
of rape.
The affidavit, made out for
statutory rape, accuses Madsen
of raping a IA year old girl in
Ocean Springs on Wednesday
March 8. He was bound over by
Justice H. P. Beaugez to await
action of the grand jury.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
SorTBALL LEAGUE

T. N. Tucker has announced
that there will be a meeting of
managers Of all softball teams in
the PascagoulaIMoss Point-Gau-
tier area Sunday afternoon at 800
p. m. in the Caver-Tucker Sport
ing Goods store on Delmas ave-
nue..
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Dr.. Schmidt New
Head of Ocean
Springs c Of

DIR. Frank Schmidt was elected
president of the Ocean Springs
Chamber of Commerce at a meet
ing Monday night. Other offic-
r m Ed Lloyd, vice president;
Joe Butler, secretary; and Cor
don VanCleave treasurer. DR..
Schmidt succeeds A. P. Moran.
Directors who were previously
elected are A. P. Moran, Wendell
Palfrey, A. c. Gottsche, Champ
Gay, Harry Lee, and Les Wis
we'll.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
PLANS OBSERVATORY

New Delhi-AP-India plans
to build a high altitude observa-
tory in the Himalayas $4,000 feet
above sea level. This was re-
vealed by Dr.. S. K. Baneriee. di-
rector general of Meteorological
observatories az the Indian Sci.
ence Congress az Patna.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
IN RcE

Norwood Samuel Graham of
Walker. La, was arrested by
Pascagoula police Saturday and
charged with forgery.
Graham passed a check on
Joe Manuel in Moss Point last
week and was picked up by Chief
Shirley and Officer T. S. Parker
on Saturday afternoon after he
had attempted to cash another
check through Abe Feldman.
He was placed in the County
jail.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Market Street
Center Will
Reopen Monday

The Market Street recreation
center will resume its operations
on Monday under the supervis-
ion Of Community Recreation,
Inc, E. r. Hammett, president,
announced this week. The CEN
ter was turned back to Recrea-
ton. Inc, on March LIST after be-
ing operated for three months
by the Pascagoula American Lee
gion post.
Operations will be resumed
under the supervision Of Mrs.
Myrtle Fleharty, Mr.. Hammett
said, with a somewhat different
program in effect.
Bowling, basketball, softball
and outdoor activities win still be
carried on, but under the spon-
sorship Of some organization 9TH
er than Recreation, Inc. How
ever, these sports will be sched-
uled and handled by the recre-
alton director.
There will be no boxing or
wrestling, but the snack bar and
gymnasium will be open for use.
More space will also be made
available for meetings, social
gatherings and the like.
Mrs. Fleharty was formerly
, employed at the Ingalls, shipyard
as hostess and assistant to t. o.
Green as building supervisor. The
new director will see that the
building is kept clean at all
times, Mr.. Hammett said, and
will strictly supervise activities
Ask Bill Passage
Meanwhile, the mayor and city
council at a meeting Friday, in
dictated their favor of a legisla'
tive bill which would enable the
city government to reimburse
the Legion for debts accum'
ulated during the operation of the
building, and pay a maximum Of
5000 a month to a supervisor and
cost Of utilities in the operation
of the building.
The bill was drawn by Kari
Wiesenburg and submitted To the
mayor and council with the en-.
dorsement of a large group Of
citizens who crowded the meeting
room.
Following considerable discus
sion, during which it was pointed
out by MI. Hammett, Mr.. Vie
senburg and others, that the
building could not be successfully
operated unless a part of the
cost was paid by the city, the
mayor and council addressed a
letter to Hermes F. Gautier,
Jackson county representative,
urging that the bill be submitted
to and passed by the state leg
stature.
This bill was introduced Thurs
day in the House of Representa-
tives by Hermes F. Gautier.
The city council also ordered
that it be screened with hardware
cloth and barred to prevent flu
ture breakage.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
DeImus Avenue
Offices Entered
Over Weekend

The Southern Life Insurance
offices in the Bacot Building or
Delmas avenue were broken in
to over the weekend between
Saturday night and Monday
morning and 5000 was taken
from the cash box
Investigating officers believe
that the intruder. or intruders,
forced the lock on the door with
a serewdriver or some other sim
liar instrument.
The office of Lawyer J. T. Hill,
in the same building, was also
entered by the same means n
the desk drawer pried open, but
nothing was missing
Chief Shirley, deputy Byrd,
and Officer R. H BroaduS were
called to the scene OF the crime
early Monday morning
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
LENoRE PAscHAL SHIELDS

LENoRE PAscHAL SHIELDS
Mr.. and Mrs Richard V.
Shields, Jr, 1903 Dantz1er street.
announce the birth of = daughter
at the jackson County hospital
or Monday. March &
The baby has been given the
name. Lenore, for both Of her
grardmothers.
Two young brothers, Richard
and Jimmie, will welcome the
new sister upon her arrival 1t
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12

Much of Stockholm is built on
Is islands.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-03-12
Eight Mills In South

N the South alone, they point
ed out, eight mills and six plants
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-09-04
Scottish Rite
Masonic Meet
In Session

The Ancient and Accepted
scottish Rite 81 Free Masons
Inc Of America are holding
their annl,al convention Aug
81 10 s, D. 20. at $3.50 Oakland
Dr.. " J Fii1pstfick. National
DEPUTY Crane Master, amour
ees inai plans are set TO raise
$4,000 for the building Of {
Masonic Home IA Michigan
Al educational contest VIII
cc held al the Masonic Temple
on Lsoo Dsy nlght
On sunday Sept s the sn-
mall calade VIII begin al East
EN- Market az .. N and pro.
ceto West on Vernon Hignwa,
10 Brush and north on Brush
70 Kirby. east or KIRBY 10 s.
Antoine. north on ST. Antoine
"a Palmer. west on Palmer e.
s. Paul AME Zion Church
B>auolen az Palmes
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-09-04
Inkster Picnic Set
or Labor Day

-sanGs ATE expected q al
,af errUsl comec9m.nc le,.
e ,So DAYS Sept SO III
,er Mich az the lnkstei
farins ard rl1irc moe
.e ac.ng stunt .iaug dan.
ard a bathing heauty con-
ore planned 70 the t0o-day
af celebration
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-09-04
Youngblood's
Record Cited

Congressman HAROLD : Young
blood, Republican % N.chgsr 5
Z 9Th District was spotieHied -
staunch guardian % veterans
eltare N a recent survey ~ vet.
Grams legislation enacted oy tnc
50th Congress
a total of lS6 oils .rectly ben
efurg eN-GIs and Their .arilses
were made INTO law during ne
som Congressional session-msny
% them over protests az the Adj
ministrat!on ana all a them az
ter President Truman asserted ~
bis message l. Cons ess on jan
cary o 1871 that except Tor MN
or adjustments oeAere our pro-
groin for veterans IS now CON-
clctC
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Rev Allen J Z kotn OF Grand
Rapids and George c HARRISON.
Among the other Republican
,p,akels present Wcgl Chat ies
: lyes. chairman OF the 18Th
CONGRESSIONAL Glsu.Ot GOiuon
Walkel secretary, Wayne Coun-
t Republican Committee who
epresented the 10th district,
George ShafieT congress, onal
caarman OF the 18th district
John A. Wagner OF State Cen
trial Committee. Harold Love,
representing former governor
Wilbur Brucker OF the l4th dis
ulct Ben Buldick 18th, An
drew Sneed. and Walter Lawson
81 New York City representing
the national headquarters OF the
Dewey Warren slate
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-09-04
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