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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
Women Not Guilty
In Mates Deaths;
Yates Sentenced

Two women were found not
guilty of murder and manslaugh-
ter and three men were given
penitentiary sentences in circuit
court this week. Court is sched-
uled to adjourn this weekend,
ending the regular fall term.
A directed verdict of not guilty
was ordered bv Judge l.. c. Cor
ban for Pearl Eliizy. charged with
the shotgun murder Of her hus-
band, Delimus Ellizy, in their
Carver Village apartment last
August.
Scuffie Over Gun
Evidence indicated that in a
scuffle over the gun, apparently
the safety was snapped and as
Ellizy attempted to leave TIL @
apartment. holding the gun by
the barrel, the gun went off, in
flicting fatal wounds.
Fannie NetfIes Lewis was
cleared of q charge of msnslsugh-
ter in the death OF her husband.
Harold Lewis. who bled TO death
after he was stabbed in the leg
by his wife during a struggle.
The wound penetrated the big
artery in his leg. according to
testimony. The jury returned a
verdict of not guilty.
Wilbert Griffin pleaded guilty
to burglarizing a residence in
Ocean Srpings and was given a
five-year prison sentence. Jack
Edwards was sentenced TO three
years after pleading guilty to
grand larceny in connection with
the theft of an automobile.
Yates Pleads Guilty
Fred Yates changed a not guilty
plea to guilty in answer to in
dictment on a charge of grand
larceny in the theft of a hog. He
was sentenced to serve two years
to run c~oncurrently with a six
year sentence previously imposed
on a charge of escaping Jail.
On motion Of the district at
tornYe. . charge = assault and
battery with intent 10 kill and
murder against Clinton Lewis
was nolle pressed and a charge
of assault and battery entered.
He pleaded guilty and was fined
sz2s.
The case of Freddie M. Patrick
against John F. Walker for dam
ages connected with alienation of
affections of the formers wife
was continued until the spring
term.
A suit flied by Eley T. Bishop.
Mrs. Edna Pittman Bishop and
James Martin Bishop against Troy
Tillman. asking $4,000 in the
death of their daughter and sis
ter. Carol Ann Bishop. 3 years
old. who died after being struck
by an automobile operated by
Tillman. was settled this week
when the plaintiffs were allowed
$500.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
Plaque For SofetY
VIII Be Presented
To City Wednesday,

Pascsqoula will be presented
a plaque by the state highway
safety patrol for the ciiy's ls43
pedestrian protection program
at ceremonies in the high school
auditorium Wednesday at 4
pm.
Announcement was made
Thursday by acting mayor II.
c. Ezell. Presentation will be
made by T. B. Birdsong. state
commissioner of public safety.
Al the same time. the COM
missioner will give the city its
annual overall report. Present
will be city and school officials
and E. E. BlakeneY. chief of
police.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
Huttiesburg College
Numes Thomus Wells
Associate Professor

Thomas r. Wells, superintend-
ent of Pascagoula schools, has
been named part-time associate
professor for Mississippi South
crn, DR.. r. c. Cook, president,
announced this week.
Mr.. Wells will teach an extern
sion curse on educational admin
istration in Biloxi each quarter,
First course will begin Tuesday
at Biloxi high school at 6 pm.
Il will be entitled "'The School
Principal"
Mr.. Wells succeeds DR.. John
Napier, who died in October.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
Syivonious Harris Drives Is Years
Without Traffic Mishap Or Violation
who is in the service. shipped out
this week for overseas duty.

who is in the service. shipped Out
this week for overseas duty.
The three younger children are
still in school-one son in col
lege at Daytona Beach, Fla, and
the second at billiard, New Or
leans. His daughter, who has
graduated from Gilbert's acadenty
was studying music at billiard
when i'll health forced her to
withdraw.
Proud of Record. Wagon
Vanious, soft-spoken, quiet and
unassuming, goes about his du-
ties as company chauffeur but he
has two things he is proud of -
his record of 25 years of driving
without an accident or traffic
violation and the bright green
station wagon with the Interna-
tional Paper company emblazoned
on its side.
When presentation of the med
al and certificate were made TO
Vsnious. the company also rec
ognized truck drivers who have
unblemished records.
Following is a LIST and the num-
Der of years of safety driving they
have amassed: Nerus Martin, six;
William Walden, Jr. seven: Isa-
dore Dubose, three; Gilbert
Franklin. four; Irving Richard
son, seven; Richard Walden, sew.
en-; Jeff Richardson, two; Altar
Bradley, two; Earthly Riley, two
Ben Hammond. two; and Der
StallsWorth. one.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
Bishop Gerow To
Dedicate School

Final plans for dedication of
the new st. AlphonsuS school in
Ocean Springs we're made at a
meeting of the st. Alphonsus Co
operative club Monday night.
The dedication will be conduct
ed Monday by Bishop r. o. Ge-
row. Natchez. Msgr. Conway,
Spring Hill college, will DE speak
er. Visiting clergy will also be
present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
Sitting And Voting
For Coll From Him
Says Mrs. Moody

Billy Frank Moody. the broad
casting con-, is coming home.
Moody, 28-year-old Kreole man
who has served 10 years in the
state penitentiary at Parchman.
was yesterday granted a six
month suspended sentence by
Gov. Fielding Wright.
From Jackson, Rep. Hermes
Gautier told the Chronicle-Sta
and Advertiser that Moody, a
three-time Closer, was not eli
gible for a parole, but that with
good behavior he will be eligible
for successive combinations of his
suspension.
Two Escapes Attempted
Two of Moody's offenses were
attempted escapes from Parch-
man. to which he was sent as a
youth of II to serve seven years
for the $35 robbery of a Wade
grocery.
In MIDI October, Moody received
worldwide publicity when he
was discovered operating an un-
licensed radio station in his cell.
The forced sensation made of
the story in the daily press wor-
ried local friends and relatives.
They feared il would hurt
MoodY's chances of getting the
suspension he was working for.
At the time, however, both
Gov. Wright and Warden Marvin
Virgins at Parchman told the
Chronicle that the so-called sex
pose" would be no hinderance to
Moody's case.
Virgins Praises Boy
Virgins had high praise for the
way in which Moody settled
down after his last attempt to es-
cape and applied himself success
fully to the study of radio. He
became the prisons most valu-
able handy-man with radio and
electricity.
MoodY's mother. Mrs. Geneva
Moody. who lives a short distance
west of the paper mill on High
way 80. said as the Chronicle
went to press that I'VE are just
sitting here waiting for a call
from Billy TO come pick him up.
HE has a truck-load of things
to bring home. OF course, we're
as happy as can be. First word
we had was when James Gautier
called last night"
James Gautier, whose wife is
Mrs. Moody's sister, was notified
of the suspension by Hermes
Gautier, his brother. Both the
men had long worked for Moody's
release.
Knew Six Days Ago
Hermes Gautier, now attending
the special legislative session in
Jackson, said Gov. Wright told
him of the Impending action six
days ago, but had asked him to
wait until it was officially an
nounced.
Meanwhile. Moody had written
this week that he had been grant
ed a Today suspension from the
prison beginning Dec. II. This
is the usual Christmas-time
leave" granted certain TRUSTEES.
It is not known here whether
or not the federal communica-
tons commission will press
charges on Moody's broadcasts,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
BANGKOK MAIL IN THE BAG

Bangkok = tAPl - At the post
office there are special boxes for
posting mail - marked Foreign.
Inland" and Air Mall.
Every few hours a poStman
comes with a huge bag. He emp
ties each box and drops all the
letters into the big bag.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
BY Alice colmer

Last week Sylvanious Harris.
chauffeur at the Moss Point mill
of the International Paper com
pany, received a gold medal and
a certificate for rs years of con-
tinuous driving without an acct
dent.
Presentation of the medal was
delayed several months, for the
American Mutual Insurance COM
pany, which awarded the medal.
had to have a special one made.
They had never before given one
for Is years of safe driving-the
highest previous record being 20
years.
Medal And Certificate
AT a special ceremony Van
ious' as Harris is known to all
his friends. was presented the
medal which he proudly wears
and the certificate by Everett
Long, safety director at the mil.
Harris is a member of the en-
ploye's rs year club but he has
been with the company since con-
struction began on the mill.
Known as Jack Rabbit"
In 1912, Vanious operated a
dinkey. as he called it, between
Moss Point and the mill carrying
the workers back and forth. He
said his friends used to call him
Jack Rabbit then. Later he was
promoted to porter and when the
late Ed Mayo became superin-
tendent of the mill he began car
rying the mail and driving.
One of his duties was to go Ia
Pascagoula every morning to
drive the late M. L. Scrivens. Sec
rotary of the company. TO the
mill. Members of the office force
who lived in P~ascagoula began
catching a ride with vanious and
this regular run continued daily
until the wal with gas and tire
rationing put an end TO il.
Mayo adopted Vanious as his
personal driver and when the
company gave him a new Cadil-
lac as a bonus one year he took
Vanious with him to drive the
family on a tour of the east and
Canada. The late Mrs. Mayo was
also partial to Vanious as a driv-
ell and Vanious said he was the
one who taught Lawrence Mayo
to drive.
In his capacity as company
chauffeur. Vanious has driven for
practically all company officials
and remembers driving Sir Ar
thur Ben. England, whose family
was among the original promot-
ers of the mill. Oldtimers will re-
member him from the days of the
Hunter-Ben Lumber company.
Dorothy Dix, who was the guest
of Mrs. Mayo, was another of his
famous passengers, however, Van
ious diselaims that he reads her
column.
Another of Vanious' chores was
TO meet the train when the late
]. Lewis Danizler came over from
New Orleans every week and
among other commuters that he
remembers are the late w. S.
Hofstra and Edgar r. DuMont.
Vanious is a native of Pasca-
goula and married Ella Norvel,
daughter of Frank Norvel. Pasca-
goula. They live in an attractive,
we'll kept home which they own.
on the cutoff between the Kre-
ole station and the highway.
Just Knows How
Here VaniouS raises turkeys
and chickens as a lucrative hobby.
This year he had 81 turkeys in
his flock and when asked if they
were not difficult to raise. re-
piled: I Just reckon I know how.
He gets up early to tend to his
chickens and turkeys and the
strawberry patch which is his
other hobby.
He also has a family to be
proud of. His oldest son. follow
ing in his fathers footsteps. was
chauffeur for years. and later his
employer helped him establish
his business as an inteYior deco
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
Mrs. Suthoff's Fother
Dies In Jackson At 81

F. M. Davis, 81, died in Jack
son early Sunday morning of in
juries received in a fall about
three weeks ago. He was the ia
Their of Mrs. w. II. Suthoff of
Moss Point.
Funeral services were held in
PrentiSs Monday afternoon.
Among those attending were Mr..
and Mrs. Suthoff and Misses Peg
gy and Barbara and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wannon Suthoff.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02
Firemen Answer
Cross Fire AIurms

Since last Sunday. the Pascn-
goula fire department has an
swered nine alarms for grass
fires. Although no damage has
been reported. Chief Jimmy Hud-
son SAID the extreme dryness and
danger of the fires spreading
keeps firemen on the constant
alert.
Thursday morning about 3,l5
a. m. the department answered
an alarm at the Paseagoula De
coy plant where a saw dust pile
was afife. From there they went
to Kreole to assist the Moss Point
firemen at the blaze which de-
stroyed the house and trailer.
Two-thirds of Indonesia's 70
odd million people live on the
lush. voleano-studded island OF
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-02

Tiny green plants grow inside
some one-celled animals, using up
the waste gas produced by the
animals. The plant, in turn, pro-
duceS oxygen and sugar for the
animal.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Farm
Continued From First Page)

contend this would make the
farmers depend on Government
subsidies for their income. Some
critics argue it is equivalent to
telling labor to work for what
ever an employer would pay, with
the Government later making cash
payments to bring the workers
incomes to a predetermined level.
Others contend trial run would
drag down the prices of other
commodities not among the three
listed for subsidy payments.
Mr.. Cooley issued a statement
announcing the willingness to
compromise by putting restric-
tions around the trial run. He
said this was no retreat but an
effort to quash misinformation
about the administration bill.
Mr.. Gore retorted by calling the
offer an admission of weakness
Taking up eggs, he said: 1.-THE
subsidy payments on eggs are even
more impractical and unavoidable
than on hogs. To make SUBJ
sidy payment to every woman who
sells a dozen eggs would require
the winding and rewinding of a
million miles of red tape"
He previously had issued q
statement saying that, If the
Brannan plan we're tried out on
pork, consumers would eat more
of it due to the lower price. and
this would cause collapse of beef
and other prices.
Evening star., 1949-07-19

tIOIlClIlueU rTOIN T1TSC HdgeD
dollars have gone for the products
Of American agriculture.
"One of our troubles in the bal
ance Of payments is the fact that
the United States in carrying out
its development as welfare state,
has given basic prices to its agri-
culture" Mr.. Bevin said.
The debate in Commons followed
q meeting of Finance Ministers of
the eight British Commonwealths
looking toward a common solution
Of their dollar problem.
Sir Stafford Cripps, British eco
nomic boss. will carry the final
proposals to Washington in Sep
tember after his return from a
colitis cure in q Swiss hospital.
There were indications that
these proposals would consist of
either new American credits for
the sterling lpourd area. or rails
ing of the price the United States
now pays for gold ($35 an ounce). g..
Most of the worlds gold is mined
In the British Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth nations
Britain, Australia, New Zealand,
India. South Africa. Pakistan,
Ceylon and Canada-agreed to cut
their purchases from the dollar
area by Is per cent. They agreed,
however. that this would only be
q temporary expedient.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Alexandra Man Stabbed
In Dispute With Boarder

Emmit MaWyer. 54, Of the 1900
block of Prince street. Alexandria,
was stabbed with butcher knife
today during an argument with a
boarder at his house.
Mr.. Mawyer was taken to Alex
andria Hospital with wounds in
the stomach and chest.
Police arrested Philip Martin,
10, the boarder. Martin, accord
ing to police. stabbed Mr.. Mawyer
when the latter reprimanded him
for drinking.
After stabbing Mr. Mawyer. ac-
cording to police, Martin headed
for Mrs. MaWyer. He was inter-
rupted by Mr.. Mawyer's 15-year-
old son. James. who struck Martin
in the head with a glass ashtray.
The wound required six stitches.
Martin was charged with felon-
ious assault on Mr.. MaWyer, at
tempted felonious assault on Mrs.
Mawyer, and carrying a concealed
weapon. His case was continued
until Thursday in Alexandria
Civil and Police Court.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Churches Wrecking Selves,
Mrs. Meyer Says in Article
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 19.-"Or-
ganlzed religion in America today
is headed toward self -destruc-
tion,' Mrs. Eugene Meyer says.
She adds that never before have
religious tensions been more acute.
Writing in the current issue of
Look Magazine, Mrs. Meyer, au-
thor and wife of Eugene Meyer.
board chairman of the Washing
ton Post, said that as more and
more people are turning to the
Protestant churches for guidance,
many of the clergy are making
themselves and religion ridicul-
GUS"
They are undertaking pro-
grams of self-aggrandizement and
launching violent attacks upon
each others institutions, upon the
Constitution the Supreme Court
and our public schools" she said.
They are resorting to the most
undignif1ed competition for con-
verts. They publish the results in
the daily press the way rival auto
mobile companies advertise their
production rates"
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Recreation
Continued From First Page)

nothing would actually be settled
until those agreements are made.
Questions concerning segre-
gated operations apply chiefly to
the six swimming pools which
Interior has here and which have
been operated technically on a
nonsegregated basis although seq
regation was practiced. Mr..
Krug said in a statement issued
after Interior said it would relin-
quish control that there would be
no backward step in segregation.
Board Reply Prompt.
This attracted the immediate
attention of the board which in
dicated that if it took over the
six pools it would operate four
of them for white swimmers ard
two-Francis and Banneker-for
colored.
OF the four pools. Mckinley has
recently been used mainly by
colored swimmers and Anaoostia
was closed June 80 after a near
riot between white and colored
swimmers.
Mr.. Schwab said the Secretary's
letter still leaves confusion as to
how the pools should be operated.
He said the only thing settled by
the Secretary's statement today is
that the Interior Department has
no further objections as to what
the board has in its bylaws, rules
and regulations.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Opera Directors Insist
On F|agstad Appearance
By the Associoted Press


SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-
Kristen Flagstad will sing or San
Francisco will have no 1949 opera
season.
This Is the decision Of the di-
rectors of the San Francisco Opera
Association. They met yesterday
after the trustees of the War Me-
mortal Opera House mad banned
the scheduled four appearances OF
the Wagnerian soprano in the
opera house his fall.
The trustees voted against lIer
appearances on grounds that dem
onstrations because of her war
time activities might result.
In 1941 Miss Flagstad flew via
Germany to Norway to be with her
husband, Henry Johansen. wealthy
Ilumberman accused of being as
sociated with Quislings. After the
war, her activities were cleared by
Norway, Britain and the State
Department.
Directors of the opera associa-
ton issued a statement saying
they voted unanimously that the
1949 season must proceed as
planned"
It said, "The opera board hopes
that the trustees of the War Me-
mortal Opera House, on review OF
all the evidence. will make this
possible by reversing its decision
of Thursday, July IA.
"The relations of the opera as
sociation with the artists make ii
imperative that a final decision
be reached by Monday, July 25.'
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Atomic
Continued From First Page.

mittee meeting was a follow up
to the Blair House conference
which also brought together State
Department. military and con-
gressional leaders.
Congress would have to act if
this country was to share its
atomic secrets with Britain Or
Canada.
stockpile in Britain Considered.
While the issue may not be
raised in Congress at this session,
there were authentic reports that
the question of giving the secret
of bomb production to Britain
had been discussed at the Blair
House conference.
There also were reports that
some of those connected with the
Nations atomic projects have been
exploring the possibility of send
ing abroad one or more bombs-in
American hands-if there should
be q sudden worsening of world
conditions.
1t was emphasized by those who
spoke of such move that the
need for stockpiling bombs abroad
seemed only a remote possibility
at this time.
Atomic Act Prohibits Export.
Study of the Atomic Energy Act
indicates that, short of war itself
it now is illegal to export ANY
equipment or device utilizing f1s-
sionable materials or atomic en-
ergy as a military weapon" In
layman's language. that could
mean an A-bomb.
Lawmakers generally agreed
that the law also bans an ex-
change of atomic weapons infor-
nation with other countries until
Congress declares by joint resolu-
ton that effective and enforce
able international safeguards
against the use of atomic energy
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Guatemala
Continued From First Page.)

the battle that may decide his po-
litical future ragged outside the
palace.
Both the President and the Con-
gress have decreed a state of emer-
gency suspending all constitu-
tional guarantees.
One rumor sweeping the city
said the assassination Of Col
Arana was brought on by split
in the armed forces over the week
end. It said the split was caused
when Col. Arana's supporters won
the elections for members of the
defense council late last week, de-
feating candidates backed by Mr.
Arbenz. Following the elections
Col. Francisco Cosenza, a close
friend of Mr.. ArbenZ, was fired as
chief Of the air force.
Long Trouble Spot.
Guatemala lies in the northern
part Of Central America and is
bounded on the north and west by
Mexico. It covers an area OF
some 45,452 square miles and has
an estimated population of g.
zoe. 900 persons.
The turbulent little country has
long been a trouble spot. Only
last April the government stamped
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Robbery
Continued From First Page.)

tCOuU1Ilucu UIIi T IL oG Z ago.
went downstairs without turning
on the lights. The Navy officer
said he crept out behind q hedge
and saw men moving the safe
from the store and also spotted
a man he later identified as
Byars, sitting in another car
across the street. He called State
police.
Postal Authorities Investigating.
Postal authorities entered the
case because the robbers had
broken through the post Office to
get to the Garners' private Of
flee in the rear of the building.
Preliminary examination failed to
show anything missing from the
post Office. although a safe there
had been moved about inches.
1t. Harvard recognized Byar's
picture from among those brought
to Tall Timbers by Postal 1nspec-
tor r. L. Terry.
Police found both stolen ears
about 80 feet OF the highway to
Piney Point and the safe. broken
open, was found on the ground
They posted lookouts on
all roads leading from st. Mary
County during the day and early
last night. At midnight they in
stalled red flares and stopped all
When they stopped the Byars-
Wickline group they drew their
guns and arrested them. The i've
did not offer resistance, but pQ-
lice said they found a .38-caliber
revolver and a .32-caliber auto
matte In the car. They were in a
car owned by Byars, police said,
leading to the belief they had
taken the two stolen cars to throw
pursuers off the track and then
switched to their own machine.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
June Retail Store Sales Fall
Below May and Year Ago
Nv the Assoeiotsd Press

Independent retail store sales
in June fell 2 per cent below May
and were down 4 per cent from
June last year. the Census Bureau
reported yesterday.
High sales by automobile deal
ers were heavy prop in the gen.
eral sales picture. Sales of these
dealers scared 26 per cent above
a year ago.
In marked contrast, sales Of
other lines of businesses were off
with the exception of filling sta
tions, whose sales increased l per
cent above June, 1948.
Declines ranged from l per cent
for food and drug stores to 81 per
cent for lumber and building ma
terials dealers comparing last
month with June, 1948.
Sales of clothing stores declined
10 per cent, furniture stores 8 per
cent, hardware stores 10 per cent
department stores per cent and
eating and drinking places 7 per
cent.