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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Essay Contest
On Americunisn1
Has New Entries

With April | as the deadline ir
the national essay contest being
conducted nationally by the Aux
iliary to the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and locally by the auxil-
larry under the sponsorship of the
Chronicle Star and Advertiser.
students in eight of the county's
high schools are preparing COM
positions on MY Part in Ameri-
cas- Future
This is the 14th annual national
high school contest and is being
conducted in this county under
the direction of Mrs. Crawford
Dees. junior activity chairman,
and Mrs. Richard Mahaffey, as
sistant activity chairman of tn e
auxiliary.
Local prizes include a first
award of two SOS wan bonds Civ
en- by the auxiliary and the
Chronicle Star for the winning
essay in the white schools and a
duplicate award of two bonds for
the winner in the negro schools,
The VFW Post 1878 will give a
prize of SIS for the second place
winner in the white and in the
colored schools and there will
also be third and fourth awards.
The winning essays will be sub
mitted in the national contest
where the prizes range from a
first place award of $1,000 to ten
awards of $40 and IS each for
honorable mentions.
Essays must be in the office
of the Chronicle Star by midnight
April l and they will be turned
over to the judges who are to be
announced later. No essay is to
exceed 1000 words.
Schools which have entered TO
date r the Pascagoula, Moss
Point, Our Lady of Victories
Vaneleave and st. Martin high
schools and the Pascagoula, Moss
Point and Ocean Springs colored
high schools.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
-Four Citizens
Buy Lunches For
Youngsters

Four Pascagoulans reached in
to their pockets and brought out
hot lunches for five school chill
dren this week.
Maybe they didn't actually have
the meat and potatoes squeezed
up into their pockets but it
amounted to the same thing to
the Jackson County Welfare De-
partment.
They are T. o. Green, who took
two children, j. H. Simpson and
James Moran, all Ingalls, Ship
yard officials, and Mrs. Margaret
Robinson, hostess at the Long
fellow House.
These children will be guests
at lunch at one of the schools in
Pascagoula, either white or me-
gro, for the rest of the year.
Along with a number of unions.
other organizations and individ-
uals, these people answered the
plea made by this newspaper aft
er it was learned several children
were going hungry at noon be-
cause of the financial inability of
their families to provide the 25
cents a day for lunch or even a
filled lunch box. To date more
than so children have been pro-
vided the noon meal, in most in
stances the only substantial meal
of the day for them.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
L. .. Howrl. Navy
Filler. Killed In
Crash Of Plune

1t. ig) L. o. Hawn, son of Mr..
and Mrs, R. w. Hawn of Grand
Bay, was killed on Wednesday.
March g, when a fighter plane
spun in, crashed and burned while
practieing carrier landings near
Cecil Field, Fla, according to an
Associated Press dispatch.
Memorial services were held on
Thursday at the Cecil Field Chap
ell and the body sent to Mobile
where funeral services will be
held on Saturday from the Hig-
gins Chapel with interment in
the Pineerest cemetery in Mobile.
Mr.. r. w. Hawn is well known
in Jackson county where he has
a salesman's route. In addition
to his parents, 1t. Hawn is sur
vived by his wife and small child
and a sister, Mrs. Marles Turner
of Grand Bay.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Return Escaped
Cattle Thieves for
Pen Sentence

Two confessed and sentenced
cattle thieves who escaped from
Jackson county in a Thanksgiving
Day jail break were returned to
the local Jail last weekend after
their capture in Galveston, Tex.
Sheriff j. Guy Krebs, County
Highway Patrolman A. o. Davis
and Special Deputy Louis McCaf-
frey drove to the Texas city for
the men.
They are George Sclater, 80
years old, and Wallace Clark, q,
both of Mobile county, who enter
ed a plea of guilty to the theft
OF a two-year-old bull from w. K.
Roberts and were sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary by
Judge L. c. Corban in the fall
term of circuit court.
The capture of the men follow
ed careful work since the escape
by Sheriff Krebs and Deputy Leo
Byrd who Friday furnished the
Galveston chief of detective with
the address where the men were
staying. Sclater and Clark had
hitchhiked to Galveston after flee
ing from the Jail they said, and
had, since that time been working
as lOnqshoreman
The men escaped from the
county Jail by saving the cell
window bars and lowering them
selves by a mattress ticking rope
behind the bill board set up be-
tween the Jail and Watts avenue.
Two weeks ago four other men
sawed their way out of the Jail
and escaped. Henry Golf and
Fred Yates of Lueedale. charged
with the theft of a COW, Richard
Swanwedal of New York and Ed
gar Price of Pascagoula, both fac
ing car theft charges, are still at
Sclater and Clark were taken to
Parehman to begin serving their
sentence by Sheriff Krebs and
Patrolman Davis Monday after
noon.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Loss In JeweIy
Robbery Set At
$1041 BY Company

Jewelry stolen in a bold pre-
midnight, main street robbery of
johnson Brothers Jewelry Com
pany, was estimated this week
by store officials at $104I.2O
The loot included about SIS
rings, one ring set, a watch chair
and two ring mountings. The ring
types included dinner, diamond,
cameo, pearl and birthstone rings.
Chief of Police E. f. Blakeney
said investigation of the robbery
IS continuing but as yet the case
is unsolved.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
DOUBLE BIRTHDAYS
CELEBRATED

The birthdays of both Mr.. and
Mrs. p. w. Cox fall on March 8
and this year the date was made
the occasion for a double cele-
bration in the form of a surprise
party when members of the two
families and other relatives gath
cred at the Cox home at 7:3O p.
m. laden with gifts and refresh
ments. The evening was spent in
conversation and other amuse-
ments.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Urge Joining OF
Local Coop For
Project Purchase

A total of $50 persons had tax
en- membership in the proposed
Pascaport Homes cooperative
through noon Thursday of this
week. The cooperative is being
organized for the purpose of pur-
chasing the 700 permanent Navy
houses in the Eastlawn govern
ment project for resale on a non
profit basis. Plans for the Coop
erative were launched at a mass
meeting held last week which was
attended by more than 500 per-
sons.
Applications for membership in
the cooperative are being ac-
cepted for a 30-day period, which
ends April 9TH, and ineorporators
warned that a total of $50 mem
beers must be obtained by that
time in order to GO ahead with
the organization plans. Member
ship is $40. which must be paid
with the application.
II is necessary for the coop
erative TO obtain a membership
totalling 81 per cent of the mum
Der Of families residing in the
Eastlawn project in order for il
to deal with the Public Housing
Authority, which is handling TIE
sale of the federally owned units.
which necessitates a member
ship Of approximately 450, Karl
Wiesenburg, one of the incorpora-
tors, said.
Onos 30 Ill
The following points were
stressed.
/. The proposed cooperative Is
COMMUNICATIVE and ~member-
ship is open to anyone. veteran
or non-veteran. or whether or not
a prospective member resides in
a Navy-type house.
2. Memberships are being ac-
cepted during the regular office
hours of the PHA at the housing
office on 10th street.
3. II sufficient members are OBJ
tanned during the present 30-day
membership period, an organiza-
ton meeting will be called at the
end of that time and permanent
officers of the cooperative will
be elected from among the MEM
bers.
4. II the cooperative is not
successfully organized, and does
not succeed in completing the
purchase from PHA, possibilities
are that the 700 houses will be
sold in a block sale to the highest
bidder.
The Public Housing Authority
has already indicated its willing
ness to deal with the Pascaport
Homes, incorporators said. Plans
call for the purchase of the entire
project which. incorporators said,
car be accomplished at a much
cheaper price per unit than pres
ent individual prices established
by the PHA. The advantage of
the reduced price would then
be passed on to the individual
purchasers by the non-profit CO.
operative.
Miss Adeline Daggett is repre-
senting the cooperative at the
PHA offices on 10th street and is
accepting applications for MEM
bership every day except Satur-
day and Sunday from $3.50 a. IN.
to noon and from | p. M. TO 5 p. m.
Further information can be OBJ
tanned from the incorporators
who are j. T. Hill, Louis Frederic,
o. L. Mcleod. w. r. Guest, Jr.
and Mr. Wiesenburg.
WalruSes normally reach n
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Red Cross Drive Gets Underway In
County AS Choirmen Name Helpers

The wheels of the Red Cross
Roll Call began rolling smoothly
in Jackson county this week as
chairmen Of sections and divisions
named their sub-chairmen and
workers.
w. Ed Virgins, overall cam
paign chairman, said Thursday
some returns are already begin
ming to come in but not in suffi-
cient completeness for release at
this early date.
Leading the corps Of workers
in Moss Point are the following,
according to J. I, Harris, city
chairman: business district, F. w.
Cirlot. Pete Delashmet. residen-
tial, Mrs. Ralph Gfaef, F~ortnight
ly club. Mrs. Frank Spann, Jr.,
Women's club, Mrs. l.. X. Me-
Intosh, Civic League, Mrs. Albert
Simmons, Missionary Society of
East Moss Point Baptist church.
In the Pascagoula residential dis
trict Lawrence Lindhart, overall
city chairman, will be assisted by
Mrs. Winston Nolan, Anola club,
Mrs. E. l., Brantley, Arts and
Crafts club, Mrs. Frank Waters
and Mrs. Jerry Langley, VFW
Auxiliary, Mrs. j. N. Carson, Pas
cagoula Garden Club, Mrs. T. T.
Justice and Mrs. c. H. Gray, Lake
Garden club, Miss Amelia Pick
EFT, American Legion Auxiliary,
and Mrs. Henry Gautier, Pasca-
goula Women's club.
Wendell Palfrey.and Mrs. J. Fl.
Edwards are heading the drive in
Ocean Springs.
Responsible for the booths in
the Pascagoula, Moss Point and
Ocean Springs post offices, re-
spectively, are Mrs. Harold
Brock. Mrs. A. j. Sehatz and
Mrs. Ellis Handy.
Small Industries
As chairman of the committee
responsible for eanvassing small
industries, Everett Harper an
nouneed his 'sub-chairmen as
Vaughn Smith, Joe Moore, Tom
Thornhill. George Noe, Francis
Canty and j. c. Paul.
Project workers in Pascagoula
will be spearheaded by w. S. Hall
with sub-chairmen Mesdames w.
r. Joliff, c. W. Pope, Edwin Len
nep, JrY w. r. Guest, Jr., Tom
Sudduth, Halsey bod. ]. NJ. Hal
tom. Muldrew Parks. Willie Neal.
Continued on Page 81
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
Electrician Strike Still
Underway AT ingalls, Yard
Both Sides Issue
Statement: Other
Work Neur Normol

The strike OF 1870 electricians
members of Local 1893, Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, A. F. of L., entered its
fourth day at the ingalls, Ship
yard Thursday with no apparent
prospect of immediate settlement.
The electricians stopped work
at midnight Sunday after nego-
tiations between the Union and
Ingalls, management for a new
contract covering the electricians
were stalemated.
Meanwhile, w. r. Guest, exec
utive vice-president of the yard,
and James Moran, industrial re-
lations director, said that work
was continuing virtually at nor
NAL with, the exception of the
electrical work.
Other crafts in the yard, repre-
scented by the Paseagoula Metal
Trades Council, were for the
most part ignoring the picket line
established by the electrical UNI
ion. These crafts, through the
Metal Trades Council. recently
negotiated n new contract cover
ing wages and working condi-
tons al the ingalls, yard. How
ever, the electrical union was not
a party to these negotiations.
Issue Statements
Both officials of Local 733 and
ingalls, made separate statements
this Sseek covering their position
in the matter Of the work stop
page.
Work at the yard most affected
is that on the S. S. LaGuardia,
formerly the U. S. Army trans
port General Richardson, which
is being converted under a five
milton dollar cofrtracs with the
Maritime Commission,
The following statement on the
Unions position in Connection with
the strike at the ingalls, yard was
issued Thursday of this week by
J. c. Peevy, president, and ]. w.
Sumrall, assistant business agent,
Local 1893, international Brother
hood of Electrical Workers:
Taking into consideration the
opinions and beliefs of the many
people along the Coast area, we,,
speaking in behalf of 254 cleo
trieians, who are all good MEM
bers of the international Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers, Lo-
cal Union 1888. wish to make the
following statement, to clarity
other statements and messages
which have appeared in previous
newspapers.
We are at the present time
picketing the Ingalls, Shipbuild-
ing Corporation in Pascagoula,
because no agreement could be
reached with that Company on
several clauses in a contract,
with that Company. We re-
quested $1.70 per hour for our
workers and a Union shop agree
ment. which is the only insurance
for future work for the workers
in that yard. For the past four
months we have t~irelessly en-
deavored to negotiate a contract
with the ingalls, management in
a peaceful manner.
During the existence of this
Local Union in pascagoufa. of
almost ten years, we have main
tanned, in our opinion, one of
the smoothest running labor or
CARNATIONS in this part of the
country; and we firmly believe
that in the interest of the many
men who work daily in order to
bring home their meager pay
checks to maintain a good home
in this community, we + with
in u rights in making these two
slight demands.
GConfinaad IN papa a.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

Barbed wire as a defense against
attack was used extensively by
General Weyler against the Gu
bans and later against Americans
IN the Spanish American War.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

William the Conqueror built the
first castle on the site of present.
day Windsor Castle, from which
the British royal family takes it:
surname.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11
FATHERS NIGHT

The Lake School P-TA will
honor fathers at a special pro-
gram at the school Monday at
1880 p. m. to which members are
entitled to bring guests.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

One African crocodile is said TO
have killed and eaten between
40 and so people before If was
shot
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-11

WalruSes normally reach
weight of about 1000 pounds.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Chevy Chase

Kearney, Nebr. Other guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Loman. Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Holtsberg. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ebert Groud. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hoffman and Miss Ruth
OVERLY.
Mrs. William A. Duvau was
hostess at bridge luncheon
Thursday. Those invited were
Mrs. PRESLEY Reid Baldridge. Mrs
Donald Doyle, Mrs. William Wat
kins, Mrs. William Prescott, Mrs
Miles Meyers. Mrs. Harold Hedges
and Mrs. Maurice Dawson.
Mrs. Errna Rogers and Mrs
Marion Louise Risdon are spend
ing 10 days in Mexico and Aca-
pulco.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur ]. Richards
were hosts at dinner Friday, en-
tertaining at the Kenesaw. Guests
included Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Lacey, Mr.. and Mrs. William Bar
tel. Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Carver
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen S. Free, Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Gwynn, Mr.
and Mrs. Eber Woodruff, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Wermouth, DR.. and
Mrs. Raphael Sherry and Mrs
Howard Bollinger.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Wohl-
gemuth were hosts at dinner Tues
day. Later their guests played
bridge.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
R. J. Thomas AssaiIs
Bridges and Union
by the Assoeiossd Press

SAN FRANCISCO. April g.
Harry Bridges. president. and
other officers of the longsbore-
mems union were accused today
of "a deliberately planned attack
on the CO."
The accusation was made by r.
j. Thomas, assistant CIO director
for organization.
Before Mr.. Thomas left for Los
Angeles today he sent a telegram
to Mr.. Bridges declaring II was
deliberately misled by your OFF,
GERS" during the current HWU
convention.
He referred to assurances he
said he had from LWU executives
that he would be permitted to ad-
dress the convention before ac-
ton was taken on resolution
dealing with the World Federation
of Trade Unions. He said he was
told action on the resolution
would not be taken until he spoke.
He learned, his telegram said, that
a vote was taken the day before
he could appear.
His telegram to Mr.. Bridges and
to the convention declared II,
therefore, am taking this means Of
advising the convention that as a
personal representative Of CIO
President Murray, I am not dis
posed to again appear before your
convention and expose the CIO to
q continuance of the calculated
insults and vilifications that were
heaped upon CIO and its repre-
sentatives during the so-called
executive sessions Of your con-
vention on Tuesday and Vednes-
day."
The convention yesterday in
dorsed the WFTU by a vote Of
564 1T to 586i7.
The national CIO is expected to
Withdraw from the World Fedora
ton at its next executive board
meeting. 1t has charged the WFTU
is dominated by Russia.
Evening star., 1949-04-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Gumpert
will be hosts today at a cocktail
party in compliment to their
daughter, Mrs. Henry Allen. jr., of
Salt Lake City. who Is here with
her two sons. Frank and william
Allen. for a month.
Mrs. Norman Hough was host
sss at luncheon Wednesday. en-
pertaining at the Columbia Coun-
try Club in honor Of Mrs. John j.
Hasley Of Auburndale. Fla. who
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Addison Bowie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Strobe
have as week end guests Mrs.
Samuel Wolcott and her son. Mr..
Arthur Wolcott. of Elmira, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Miller
have as their guest Mrs. Miller's
sister. Mrs. Ella Passell Of DeS
Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald c. Kline
have as their guests Mrs. Kline's
parents, Col. and Mrs. c. H. Met
calf of Sarasota, Fla. Col. and
Mrs. Metcalf will sail this week
from New York to spend the sum-
mer in Europe. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kline also are entertaining over
the week end Mr.. and Mrs. II. f.
Gurley Of New York.
Mrs. Nathan B. Williams Is
spending two weeks as the guest
Of her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Tuttle VIII
liams, in Charlotte, N. c.
Mrs. Freeman Stricklin is visit
ing in Austin, Tex. as the guest OF
her -in-law and daughter,
Capt. and Mrs. Nathan Giles.
Mr.. and Mrs. George v. Graham
have as weekend guests the for
mer's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Van A. Portor OF
Beaufort, S. c.
Capt. and Mrs. c. A. Rumble
have as their guests their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph G.. Walsh, and grandson.
Michael Walsh, from Farmingdale,
Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert r. Jones
have as their guests the formers
mother, Mrs. Jenkin c. Jones, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lewis from
Lima. Ohio.
Mrs. Karl Pitt gave a luncheon
Thursday. entertaining for Mrs.
Courtney Young. Mrs. Elmer
Simpson, Mrs. Lew Mohler. Mrs.
Vaughn Bowley. Mrs. Donald
Pippenger, Mrs. Frances Cronin,
Mrs. Roy De Haven, Mrs. K.
Frederick Pitt. Mrs. Jenkin Jones
of Lima. Ohio. and Mrs. Robert
r. Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald A. Pip
penger were hosts at a buffet
dinner Wednesday in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh r. Brown, who are
leaving shortly for their home in
Evening star., 1949-04-10

Thursday. Police said ne came
TO Baltimore about q year age
from Boone County. W. Va.
Assistant State Attorney An
selm Sodaro said the case viii De
made a special" one and viii 90
before the grand jury Monday.
Police. sttriouting the murder 10
sex slayer. questioned dozens of
families in the neighborhood
where thu boy lived. They also
held a 49-year old colored jani,or
for questioning for two days, but
released him last night.
The child's body was found IN
a truck which had been in a
parking lot near his home. DR..
Earl Royer. medical examiner
said death was due TO strangula-
ton and reported there were
bruises about the throat.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Baltimore Junk Man
Held in Boys Staying
Dx the A,sox;assd pfssa

BALTIMORE. April Sunk
dealer Louie Elsner Barker was
charged today with strangling a
4-year -old boy to death.
The partially-clad body of the
boy, Lawrence Darrell. was found
in an empty furniture van
Wednesday. His mother. Mrs.
Pauline Eubanks. a restaurant
waitress, said he disappeared
Tuesday night after going to q
bible class.
The 35-year old junk dealer has
been held for questioning since
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Foirlineton PTA to Elee.

Once-s will be elected by ths
darlington Parent Teacher As
ISOLATION al 9 pm tomorrow Films
vii be shown atte. the business
Evening star., 1949-04-10
It's real looking glass. The New Plymout

is deliberately designed to make the best
possible use of its greatly increased glass
area. Blind spots are practically elimi-
mated. The new V-shaped windshield is
379o larger. The car has lower center
of gravity, hugs the road better. New
body construction makes 1t sturdier.
safer. Body and frame are 1870 more rigid.
Evening star., 1949-04-10

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Evening star., 1949-04-10
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Evening star., 1949-04-10

An Al-AS-s Youth Conference
vii Dc held in Delh! In October
Evening star., 1949-04-10

SESSION w.tn D.. Clare Crr.ssrnkc
county schoo! phrc.An- comment
tng.
Evening star., 1949-04-10

It's designed for greater comfort. The out.
side dimensions of the New Plymouth have
been reduced But, inside, the chair-height
seats are wider and deeper from front to
back. You relax on soft. buoyant cushions.
Long legs can stretch out and high hats
stay put. Diagonally mounted rear shock
absorbers give added stability to the "a.
nous Plymouth Air Pillow Ride!
Evening star., 1949-04-10
There's q more powerful engine. The New

Plymouth outperiorms all of the other
great performing Pl,mouths! There's a
new cylinder head in the engine. higher
7 to compression ratio, and a new intake
manifold. New oil control piston rings and
chrome compression ring give YOU impor.
tant savings on oil consumption and add
thousands OF miles to the life of the engine.
Evening star., 1949-04-10

II handles with amazins ease. Because of
less overhang, the New Plymouth is easy
to drive, easy to park, easy to put in the
garage. You can drive for hours and still
feel fresh. With all its brilliant new beauty,
it's a practical car. For example. tenders
blend beautifully into the body but they're
separate and detachable. This means
they're economical to repair.
Evening star., 1949-04-10
Magic sreets you right from the start. You

don't grope for a starter button or pedal.
You don't pull on choke. You simply
turn the ignition key-and the engine
starts! You have to see the sensational
new features of this great new car to
believe them :. for Plymouth engineers
have worked wonders to bring you
the biggest car value your money can buy!