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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Rev. Q. C. Roberts
Assumes Duties As
Associate Pustor

The Rev. @. c. Roberts, j.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. @. c. Roberts
of V~ancleave, has recently as
sumed his duties as the new as
sociate pastor of the Wesley
Foundation of the Centenary
Methodist church of Terre Haute,
Ind, according to announcement
by the Rev. Samuel Carruth,
pastor of the church.
Mr.. Roberts, who spent four
years as a missionary in Central
and South Africa, is a graduate
of the Mississippi State Teachers
college where he received the
degree of Bachelor of Science.
He is also a graduate of the Theo-
logical school at Emory Univer-
sity at Atlanta. Following his
graduation from Emory he went
to Africa.
He went to Terre Haute from
Drew University, N. j., where he
had a semester's work following
his return from Africa.
Mrs. Roberts was formerly Miss
Martha Goodwin, daughter of
the Rev. T. G. Goodwin, a retired
Methodist minister who lives in
Brazil. Mrs. Roberts before her
marriage lived in Terre Haute
for a while.
Mr.. Roberts in an interview
told the reporter that he enjoyed
his four years work in Africa and
told of how the life there was
changed by the war. He said
that the soldiers from South At
RIGA who were sent to Palestine
and other countries to fight with
the Allies in World WarrII learn
ed of a new kind Of life and
brought new ideas back to their
home people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts are ex-
pected to be in Vancleave in
June when they will visit his
parents, as they plan to come
south to attend the annual con-
ference to be held in Gulfport.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Here's Opportunity

Young man, that pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow is not
so hard to get when you're
trained to get ahead. You can
get this training and education
without costing you a penny
The story is this: Find your
places in the new U. S. Army
or u. S. All Force, where limit
less opportunities abound for
ambitious men. For women,
too, the WAC and WAF organ
izations hold promise of a
bright future. See your re-
cruiter today. He's at the U. S.
Army and u. S. Air Force Re-
cruiting Station. It's at the
Palace Pharmacy Bldg, Pas
cagoula. There's opportunity in
a wide range of professional,
technical and administrative
duties. Enlistment will mean a
place for you to get education
al benefits offered nowhere
else. Get full facts today and
plan yourself a real future.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25

been making a tour of Texas has
returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Hamilton
and son, James, left Saturday
morning for Chattanooga, Tenn,
for a weeks visit with relatives.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Yocom were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Give of Mobile, Mr..
and Mrs. Chester Yocom of BIZ
loxi and Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Yocom
Of Gautier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Morgan
and daughter, Diane, spent the
weekend in Mobile visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs,
Eddie Ladnier were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Register and Mr.. and
Mrs. Laurence Ladnier, all of
Mobile.
Mrs. Martin Honored
Mrs. Vera Allemond honored
her mother, Mrs. Ernest Martin
Sunday afternoon with a birth
day party for a few friends and
relatives. Refreshments of birth
day cake and coffee were served
to the following guests; her broth
ers, Luther and c. D.. Wilkerson,
Mrs. Byron Broadus, Mrs. Byron
Bilbo, Mrs. Donald Martin, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Roberts, Mr..
and Mrs. H. B. Rollins, and Mrs.
Della Martin.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25

ed Monday morning at the Fails
Funeral Home Chapel in Moss
Point by the Rev. E. w. Scott and
interment was in Machpelah
cemetery. Pail bearers were t.
c. Benefited. J. E. Clark, H. M.
Dickens, D. f. Hill. j. j. White
head and r. N. Roberts. Honor
airy pail bearers were N. c. Sud-
duth, Jim Miller, f. v. Coleman,
w. H. Harris, E, B. Long, Leo
Webb, Ralph Hill, L. o. Graft,
c, A. Green and L. F. Roberts.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
NEWS FROM
Mount Pleasant

Among those attending the
zone meeting at the Methodist
church in Moss Point last week
were Mesdames Ruth l.. Roberts,
Mark P. Davis, Ruble Roberts, ].
c. Harris, Ray Roberts, Quincy
Roberts and G.. A. Bro2dus.
The Woman's Home Demon
stration club will meet in TIL e
home of Mrs. r. j. Van Horn
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. c. NJ. Taylor mo-
tored to Mobile Sunday to visit
the formers sister, Mrs. Ida Nc
Alter, who is quite i'll.
MI. and Mrs. M. L. Davis and
daughter from Brooklyn and Mar
shall B. Roberts, who is employed
there, visited homefolks here Fri
day and they. with Mr.. Roberts
mother, Mrs. Ruth l.. Roberts,
were guests at supper of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark P. Davis.
Guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs
@. c. Roberts were Mr.. and Mrs.
Burton Roberts and daughter of
V~ancleave.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. A. Tootle of
Fontainebleau were guests Tues
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Taylor.
The Mems Brotherhood will
meet Saturday night at the
church. The Rev. Harlan Hilbun,
pastor of the First Methodist
church in Pascagoula will be the
guest speaker.
Guests at the Mt. Pleasant
church Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Deakles and daugh-
ter from Brooklyn and Mrs. Ber-
nice Hawks and G.. A. and Paul
inc Hawks from Ocean Springs.
Guests Sunday in the home of
Mrs. Ruth L. Roberts were Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Anderson and son
of Ocean Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Mays and
son and Claude Groves of Pasca-
goula were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. R. Ware Sunday and they,
with Mrs. Ware, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul A. Carter and MI. and
Mrs. Chester Smith while here
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Davis and
children of Hattiesburg were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark P. Davis.
Guests Wednesday of Mr.. and
Mrs. @. c. Roberts were Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton Capers of Gulfport.
Otis Taylor, who has been here
for sometime, has completed the
remodeling and r~enovating of his
old home, known as the H. S.
Taylor place and returned Sun
day to Mobile for a few days Wis
it with his mother. He will go
from there to California.
Mrs. Johnson Ware and daugh-
ter returned Friday to their home
in Virgins. They had spent some
time here with relatives while
the little girl was under treat
ment.
Many friends gathered Satur-
day evening and Sunday in the
home of Mrs. Laura and Miss An
ME L. Ware to welcome them
back home after residence in
~Pascagoula for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Roberts of
Gautier were guests of Mrs. Laura
Ware Sunday and while here
they also visited Mr.. and Mrs.
R. j. Van Horn.
The Dramatic club will present
the play. "Redheaded Stepchild"
at the Gautier school house Fri
day, March 4.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25

Oregon's Coos Bay leads all
ports in timber export. .
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Cherries w. Quick
Resident of Kreole.
Is Buried MonduY

Charles w. Quick of Kreole, an
employee of the Moss Point Mill
of the International Paper Com
pany for several years, died Sat
urday at the Jackson county hos
pital where he had been i'll for
several months. He was a native
of Madison County, Ohio.
Funeral services were conduct
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
LANHAM ACT MONEY

The Pascagoula school system
this week received an additional
$1,000 under the Lanham Act to
cover adjustments made in the
budget which were approved dur
ing the recent trip of Thomas r.
Wells, superintendent, to Wash
ington, Mr.. Wells announced.
This brings to $44,729 the total
amount received for this years
expenses under hat act.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
Weekly Meeting of
Junior Auditory
Held At Beech Park

The weekly meeting of the
Junior Auxiliary to st. Johns
Episcopal church of Pascagoula
was held in the Pavilion al
Beach Park Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. D.. A. Handby as lead
er in the absence of Mrs. c. j.
May from the city.
The meeting, which was direct
ed by the president, Danny Han
by, was opened with the .oli call
by Lila McIlwain, the secretary
who also read the minutes. Dues
were then collected by the, treas
urer, c. J. May, Jr.
After refreshments had been
served by Mesdames j. S. Hast
ing and R. j. Dempster, h~ostesses
for the afternoon, the members
liked to the end of the pier be-
fore returning home.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-02-25
SERVES ON
CARRIER

Xaxier F. Green, Jr., commits
saryman, third class, USN, son OF
Mrs. Cassie Mae Green of 7l2
Roosevelt ST., Pascagoula, recent
ly visited Athens, Greece, and
lstanbul, Turkey, while serving
aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Tarawa with the Eastern Atlantic
and Mediterranean forces, under
command of Admiral Richard L.
Connolly.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Firemen Pinch-ht for Santa
As Family Loses Home in Blaze

in the dining room while the par.
ents were Christmas shopping with
Robert and William. Soon the
flames were engulfing the walls
When Norma noticed the blaze
spreading fast. she shepherdeo
the younger children out.
All the youngsters were taken tc
the Bladensburg Fire Department
The six-foot Christmas tree at the
station was lit for their benefit
and cots were set up with the
Seat Pleasant, Tuxedo and Capt.
tol Heights Volunteer Fire Depart
ments assisting.
It was some time later before
the parents learned of the blaze
and realized they had no home
But as far as the volunteer fire.
men are concerned. the Sellners
can stay all week in the Bladens-
burg firehouse. BY that time. they
hope to have new quarters.
Patricia said she wanted a dress
As to her doll baby nobody seemed
to know what happened to it. And
that also goes for the bicycle
Dorothy had coming.
But according to the Bladens-
burg f1remen. whatever went UP
in flames more than likely will
be replaced and put under the
tree Sunday morning when Santa
Claus will have completed his
rounds
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Holiday
(Continued From First Page.)

could take as long as he wanted
with each visitor as only seven or
eight children waited In line. 1t
was believed to be typical Of the
situation at stores throughout the
area.
For the entire shopping period,
however, figures mounted in cash
registers throughout the Ma
ton. The Federal Reserve Board
announced that department store
sales last week were l per cent
ahead of the corresponding week
in 1948. An eleventh hour buying
wave was expected to send total
Christmas sales above last years
record.
The Veterans Administration
sent out 100000 pounds Of turkey
for Christmas dinners at its hos
pitals and servicemen and women
throughout the world also will
have turkey as their main dish In
feasts tomorrow. ..
National weather forecasters
predicted a white Christmas foI
the central part of the country
with extreme cold expected in
most other areas. The whita
Christmas area may extend SOUTH
ward through the central plant
States and possibly as far east ~
Indiana or Ohio.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Alexandra Family Loses
Presents in Tree Fire

A Christmas tree and garden
caught afire at the Alexandria
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George M.
Waldrep today, destroying the
Christmas presents. -4
Mrs. Waldrep said she was sit
ting at q telephone stand beside
the lighted tree when she saw the
trimmings begin to shoulder.
In the next second the tree
went up in fames," she said.
Her husband managed to get
their two children. John 8, and
Diane, II, out Of the house. Mrs.
Waldrep said smoke was too thick
| for her to reach the front door
50 she ran to the back Of the
house and climbed out q bedroom
window.
Neighbors called the Alexandria
Fire Department, which extin-
guished the flames before they
spread beyond one corner Of the
living room of the house, at 1905
Scroggin road
Firemen believed the blaze was
caused by a short circuit in the
tree lights or the electric train
beneath the tree.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

The Bladensburg. md. Volun-
teer Fire Department today has
taken over the Christmas prob
llems of seven children and their
parents, who were burned out Of
their five-room bungalow yester-
day.
The ffremen have turned their
station into a temporary home for
the family, complete with a
Christmas tree. and they are plan
ming to play Santa Claus. This
will especially interest little Doro-
thy Sellner, 8, the blond daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L.
Sellner. who lost their home. The
father works for the Engineering
and Research Corp, Riverdale,
Md.
Dorothy had her heart set on
a stuffed panda. Her parents
knew it, but the panda now is in
the wreckage Of the bungalow
home at Columbia Park near
Landover, Md.
All the presents went up in
smoke or were ruined by smoke
and water. but the Bladensburg
firemen intend to substitute for
the children. They are Norma, 10,
Robert, IT; William. Is; Ed
ward, IA; Richard. IL: Patricia, 8,
and Dorothy. None Of them was
injured In the blaze.
The fire started behind a stove
Evening star., 1949-12-24
|Conner Will Be Given
Sanity Hearing in
Staying Of Children

A commission Of two doctors
and a Judge will hold a sanity
hearing for John 8. Conner Janu-
ary 80 in Alexandria Corporation
Court for the murders Of his three
young children.
Hearing arrangements were
made yesterday after Conner
pleaded not guilty to the shotgun
slayings Of Michael, Stephanie
and Cecilia Conner In the kitchen
of the Cameron Valley home on
December 7.
The Fort Belvoir engineer re-
piled mot guilty" in soft. delib-
crate tones after each murder in
dictment was read by Court Clerk
Elliott Hoffman.
Defense Attorney T. Brooke
Howard told Judge William P.
Woods the pleas were based on in
sanity. The court granted Mr..
Howard's request for hearing by
the commission.
Mr.. Howard explained that the
commission may md Conner sane
at the time Of The shooting; or,
md him insane at that time but
sane now, or, find him insane at
that time and still insane.
In the event Of the first finding,
Conners would face trial by regu-
lar court. If the commission f1nds
him insane at the time but sane
now, he would be freed and not
subject to trial. If the commis-
sion determines Corners was and
still is insane, it can order him
committed to a mental institu-
ton.
At the time of his arrest. police
quoted Conner as saying he also
had planned to kill his wife and
himself, but changed his mind.
He said he killed the children be-
cause he feared they would inherit
q mental condition from him, po-
lice reported. Conner, 80, is a
West Point graduate.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Plot for Revolt Uncovered Il,
Bolivian Government SAYS
BY the Assecioisd Pres.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 24.-The
Bolivian government has uncov-
cred a revolutionary plot in La
Paz and in Eastern Bolivia. the
Minister of Government Qnterior)
announced last night.
The plotters had planned re-
volutionary outbreak for today,
the announcement said.
Police officials said the plotters
were headed by elements Of the
National Revolutionary Movement
(MNR) an dthe military secret
society Radepa. The MNR and
Radepa led revolutionary move
ment last August which was put
down after weeks of ciivl war.
A government statement said:
"The authorities are prepared to
defend public tranquility and pub
lie order"
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Mcclellan Predicts Cul
In Spending Next Year
by the Assoeiofsd Prsss

Chairman Mcclellan of the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee
predicted today that Congress will
cut Government spending sharply
next year.
"The tax burden is too heavy
on our people to keep up this
rate of spending" Senator Nc
Keller told a reporter. II believe
Congress will cut the fiscal 1851
spending substantially below the
1850 total"
The veteran Tennesseean has
called the 81 members of the Ap-
propriations Committee to meet
on January +the second day OF
the next session to plan the
moves ahead.
b. He said he hopes not only to
find ways to economic, but also
to speed up Senate action on
money bills.
Thi syear the Senate did not
wind up its work on major ap-
preparation bills until mid -Octo-
Der, or about six months after
it got the last one from the House.
Senator McKellar said he hopes
this time to get all money bills
through the Senate by July l, the
start Of the new fiscal year. But
he expressed fear that his COM
mittee may be slowed up by a
change in House procedure on
money bills.
Chairman Cannon of the House
Appropriations Committee favors
wrapping up all money bills In
one package. In the past. Con-
gress has voted on individual
money bills for each Government
agency or department-not on
lump sum appropriation.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Veteran Police Officer to Retire
From Ar|inqton Force Jan.
Copt. Ernest Miller
Joined Department
As Privute in 1880

Capt. Ernest H. Miller, veteran
Arlington police officer, will re-
tire January /. w..
Capt. Miller, in charge Of the
Traffic Division and all uniformed
officers since 1945. has been 9
member of the department for Is
years. He became eligible for re-
tirement last year but remained
at the request of Police Chief
Harry woodward.
"The department is losing one
Of its most valuable employees
Chief woodward said.
A native Of Washington, Capt
Miller was an ironworker before
joining the police force. He start
ed as a private and worked ur
to his present rank.
Capt. Miller said he plans te
rest" for two months at his home
on Columbia pike. near Bailey's
Crossroads. and then take q trir
to Florida for some deep sea fish
ing.
Chief woodward said the va.
cancy will be filled when a pro-
posed reorganization Of the de-
partment blsomes effective next
Evening star., 1949-12-24
NationaIists Reported
Beaten Back al Running
By The Assoeiafed Press

HONG KONG, Dec. 24.-Press
reports today said Chinese Ma
tionalists attempts to recapture
RUNNING were falling apart. The
former capital Of Chengtu was ex-
pected to fall to the Communists
any moment.
Quoting leftist sources, the
Hong Kong Standard said Ma
tionalist Gen. Ii Mis- attack was
being beaten back on the fringes
of Running. capital Of Yunnan
Province In China's far southwest.
Opposing the Nationalists were
troops of Gen. Lu Han, Yunnan's
Governor, who went over to the
Communists December .. The
Standards sources said her guer-
rillas were sweeping southwark in
an attempt to outflank the Ma
tionalists.
These sources also said the Ma
tionalist 10Th Army Group of
80, 900 men under Gen. Wong Po-
shun on the Yunnan-Kweichow
border had Joined the Com
mIniStS-
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Hungary Says Voge|er
Directed Ring Of Tin
Sabotage, Spying
By the Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. "A.
The Hungarian government
charged today that Robert Vogel-
er, jailed American businessman,
headed an espionage ring Of II
Hungarians. 1t accused the group
Of continuous widespread spy
ing and sabotage activities" and
said all had confessed.
The Communicated government
at the same time accused the
United States of "rudely insulting
the sovereignty" of Hungary by
demanding Vogeler's release in a
note and by it's action in ban
ming all travel by private Amer
lean citizens to this country.
"The government of the Hun
garian Peoples Republic rejects
the note emphatically. considering
1t new attack and new attempt
at rude interference into the in
ternal affairs of the peoples re-
public" the Hungarian note said.
( The Hungarian Interior Min
istry charged Mr.. Vogeler. as
sistant vice president of the
International Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., was aided in spying
by Edgar Sanders. his British as
sistant of the telegraph company,
and by 1mre Geiger, Hungarian.
The State Department recently
banned all private travel by Amer
lean citizens to Hungary because
Of Mr.. Vogeler's arrest and the
later arrest of Israel Jacobson, di-
rector in Hungary of Jewish vel
fare agency, the American Joint
Distribution Committe.
: The Government announced yes
terday that Mr.. Jacobson was held
on suspicion of spying against the
Hungarian state"
Mr.. Vogeler, SO. Is the son Of
Robert A. Vogeler of Jackson
Heights, Long Island, N. Y.
The interior Ministry said he
with Mr.. Sanders and Mr.. Geiger
FUSED the International Standard
Electric Works Corp. in Hungary
and various persons who worked
only as spies and were in no way
connected with Standard" Stand
ard is subsidiary of I. T. T.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
First Quantity Of Oil Made
By Hydrogen Process
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

For the first time in the United
States Substantial quantities" OF
oil have been made from tar oil
and coal by the addition Of hydro
gen. Secretary of the Interior
Chapman said today
Mr.. Chapman said up to 276
barrels day of gasoline and other
fuels were produced in a seven
week "break-in" run recently
completed at the Bureau Of Mines
coal hydrogenation demonstra-
ton plant at Louisiana, Mo.
with minor changes and ad-
justments. the plant will be a
useful toel in the development and
study Of the processes for the con-
version of coal to liquid fuel" Mr..
Chapman said. 1T is contem-
plated that a wide variety of other
Goals will be tested later"
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Ship Line and Union
Challenge u. 5. Over
China Blockade RuIinc
Dy me Assoeiotsd Press

The State Department was un-
der fire on legal grounds today
for its warning that any Amer
lean skipper who takes his ship
into Nationalist -blockaded Shang-
hal waters may lose his license.
The Isbrandtsen Steamship Co.
Only United States line operat-
ing IN the area-joined with the
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots
Union in challenging the warn
ing.
Hens j. Isbrandtsen, president
Of the steamship company, said In
New York he doubts that the Gov
ernment has any right under law
to take license action against a
shipmaster.
Union Protests.
He pointed out the State De-
partment has neither recognized
the Nationalist governments
blockade Of the Communicated
Chinese coast nor barred Ameri-
can ships from entering Shanghai.
Capt. William c. Ash, vice
president Of the AFL union, said
he had wired q protest to Secre-
tary of State Acheson.
"As long as the masters are not
violating existing neutrality or
other congressional law" Capt.
Ash wired, I'VE protest your
threats and coercion"
He also demanded that the
Navy protect our vessels sailing
into any port. particularly where
United States Government has
not recognized any blockade"
Warning Made Public.
The State Department made
the warning public yesterday, say
ing it was directed specifically at
an 1sbrandtsen ship. The vessel
was one Of two heavily shelled
recently by Nationalist blockading
vessels.
The department earlier had is
sued q general warning that
Shanghai waters were hazard
GUS" to shipping and full Of risks
to which American lives and
property should not be exposed" "
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Reds Warn Hong Kong
On ChennauIf Plane Deal
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

TOKYO, Dec. 24.-The Chinese
Communists today warned Hong
Kong against turning over to
Claire L. Chennault the planes of
two Chinese aviation corporations
he recently said he had purchased.
The Peiping radio in a broad
cast heard here said Chung Chin
ping, head Of the Communist Civil
Aviation Bureau, had repeated
Red Premier Chou En-lai's warn
ing Of December 8 to the Hong
Kong government.
At that time Chou declared the
British crown colony would have
to bear full responsibility" if any
Of the air line properties "are Il
legally encroached upon, moved
or damaged"
The two companies are the
China National Aviation Corp.
and the Central Air Transport
Corp, whose employees recently
went over to the Communists.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
.Scotswomon Withdrows
Money to Keep 1t Safe

The manager of q bank in the
West of Scotland was amazed the
other day, when an elderly
woman called to draw out all her
money-over $2o,000-Glasgow
reports. But you can't keep all
that money in your house-it
would not be safe" the manager
exclaimed. "It1l be safer In my
house than 1t will be in the
bank" insisted the woman.
She was adamant. II may de-
posit the money again after ]
hear the Prime Minister'S speech
next Monday night" !" she said. So