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Smyrna times., 1949-08-04

prosperity of the farmers is shown
by the fact that of these long term
debts, there were only $685., 900
outstanding at the beginning of
this year. This was an advance of
about $1,500,O00 in farm mort
cages over the previous year. The
total of all bank-held farm debt on
January 1, 1949, was $8,173, 900.
''The farm mortgage debt in Della
ware remains only about one-half
of what it was in a comparable
period after World Oar T., Mr.. Nc
Faul pointed out. Mr.. McFaur
stated that farm borrowings are
usually a reliable indicator of the
economic position of agriculture
and that one of the brightest as
poets of the present situation is
the fact that the average loan per
borrower during 1948 for produc-
tion purposes was only $1,S96, and
the average loan made on farm
real estate was only $4,000. "Cash
reserves held by Delaware farmers,
which are being consistently in
creased, are estimated to be Suffi-
cient to retire all farm debt, Mr..
McFaul said. However, the farm
ers are wisely holding the reserves
as a safeguard against emergen-
cies and to enable them to buy new
equipment and make farm i'm
provements. The big demand for
new equipment to replace that
worn out during war years ap-
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sity of Minnesota concert circuit.
On August Is she will be piano
soloist with the Minneapolis SYM
phony Orchestra. One section of
her Newark program will be de-
voted to the works of classic COM
posers, and the second section to
Smyrna times., 1949-08-04

near the turn of the century he has
appeared in scores of plays and
with all the great names of the
theatre. He has also been seen in
over two hundred motion pictures
and on many television programs.
Other roles in Jenny Kissed
Me" will be played by Lorraine
Browning, John Drew Devereaux,
Mildred Haitsch, Maxine Rystrom,
Laura Mcclure, and M. o. Bader.
Jenny Kissed Me" continues
through Saturday at the Robin
Hood with the curtain each even
ing at $50. The phone number is
Holly Oak 1886 and the theatre mas
advised that early reservations will
secure the best selection of seats.
Benjamin Franklin was one of
Smyrna times., 1949-08-04
PIANO RECITAL TONIGHT
Miss Lii Mkt To Present Recital
At University OF Delaware


Miss Lii Mkt, young concert
pianist, will present a recital at the
University of Delaware's Mitchell
Hall tonight, Thursday, August 4.
Presented as part of the Summer
Session recreation program, her re-
cital will be open to the public, as
well as to students and faculty,
without charge. Miss Mkt, who
studied at the Julliard School of
Music in New York City, has been
piano solist with the Chautauqua
Symphony, made a European tour,
and has been heard in more than
100 concerts in this country, in
cluding many made on the Univer-
Smyrna times., 1949-08-04

the works of the romantic and inn
pressionist schools. Her program
win start at s:15 pm.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-04

Ten inches of snow equals in
water content, on the average,
about one inch of rain.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-04

Benjamin Franklin was one of
first Chess players.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Form Organization TO Push Building of
4-Lune-AtIuntic- GuIf-Pocific Hiwoy

Organizational sctup of the At
lantie-G Gulf and Pacific 4-Lane
Highway Association was COM
pleted at a meeting held Satur-
day afternoon at the Edgewater
Beach hotel which was presided
over by Gov. Fuller Warren of
Florida.
Purpose of the association is to
promote and push the construc-
ton of a ~four-lane highway from
Jacksonville. Fla, to Los Angeles,
Calf. The proposed highway
would largely follow the present
route of Highway 90.
Edward Ball of Jacksonville,
trustee for the Alfred |. Dupont
estate, was named president of
the association. Reece o. Bick-
erstaff was elected viee-president
for Mississippi and county repre-
sentatives for the state were
elected as follows: Jackson eoun-
ty, W. B. Herring and Hermes F.
Gautier; Harrison, Cooper J. OAR
BY and E. P. Wilkes; Hancock, Ed
Ortte and Dan Russell, Jr.
Organizational plans call for a
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Report Streets
In Bad Need OF
Repair Program

The Pascagoula city street de-
partment is handicapped by not
having proper equipment and ma
terials to effectively handle a
program of badly needed street
repairs, II. c. Ezell, commissioner
of public works, said in his
monthly report to the mayor and
board of commissioners.
Commissioner Ezell said that
virtually every street in the city
needs general repairs and proper
drainage, which is a large but
very necessary job.
The city gas department has
extended gas lines to Macarthur
and Railroad streets. using 1402
feet of pipe. During the month of
February 36 gas disconnections
were made, while So customers
were added for a net gain of II
customers. The water department
also added Is new customers dur
ing the month, and the several
leaks in the city water mains are
being taken care of as fast as pos
sible, the report said.
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Cleanup Pldns For
Garden Pilgrimage
Told BY Garden Club

The coming Gulf Coast Garden
Pilgrimage at which Pascagoula
and Moss Point are to be host
esses March 20 came up for dis
cussion at a meeting of the Pas
cagoula Garden club at the CEN
ter Wednesday at 2:30 p. m.
Mrs. J. w. Brumfield, who is
chairman of the committee in
charge of the cleanup campaign
announced that city administra-
ton is cooperating in every way
possible and will have trucks
pick up trash and trimmings of
shrubs, etc, March II, 10 and 10
and asked that householders as
sist in having such things in read
mess for the trucks.
Mrs. Robert c. Gulley showed
moving pictures of local gardens
of note and of scene taken in
visits to national parks when on
vacation last summer.
Door prizes were drawn by
Mesdames Brumfield, T. c. Full
love and Lewis Nichols.
The hostesses for the afternoon,
Mesdames ]. F. Colley, Maggie
Castanera, E. d. Wright, Louis
Frederic, Milton Brewer and E.
V. Springer served refreshments
at the conclusion of the program.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

vice-president from each state
crossed by the highway, and two
representatives from each coun-
ty traversed.
Many States Represented
II was brought out at the meet
ing that sections of the highway
had already been made four-lane.
These sections are in Florida from
Jacksonville Beach to Jackson
vile; in Mississippi, along parts
of the Coast; in Louisiana, east
of New Orleans; in Texas, east
and west of Houston, and blue
prints were shown at the meet
ing for a proposed four-lane high
way from Mobile to Theodore,
Ala, on which rights-of-way are
now being secured.
With representatives present
from Florida, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana. Texas and Ari-
iona, vice presidents for these
states were also elected, and
letters were received from Gov.
Earl Long of Louisiana. Gov.
Fielding Wright of Mississippi and
Gov. James Folsom of Alabama
promising their support.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
. 'unerul Services
ror 1t. Wilcox To
Be Held Saturday

The body of End 1t. Harry B.
Wilcox, Jr., U. S. Army Air Corps,
who was killed in action on the
Island of Corsica in May, 1914,
will arrive in Moss Point from
overseas Friday, today, for burial
in the family plot at Griffin GEM
etery. A prayer service will be
held Saturday at 10 a. m. at Fails
Funeral Home chapel in Moss
Point by the Rev. j. F. Brock and
the Rev. Walter Bader.
Pail bearers will be ]. E.
Thomson, Julius Virgins, John
Brock, Jr., Hartwell McCollum,
Donovan Gautier and Bert Wood.
1t. Wilcox was a native of Moss
Point and attended the Moss
Point high school and Mississippi
college at Clinton. Shortly before
his graduation from the latter
school ne joined the National
Guard and later went into the
Army. He was the son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry B. Wilcox,
both natives and lifelong resi-
dents Of Moss Point. His mother
was before her marriage Miss
Fannie Wright O'Neill.
He is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Frances Wilcox Voorhees,
of Moss Point and Mrs. Zeno L.
Mangum of Mcgee and a nephew,
Harry Kent Voorhees, of Moss
Point.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Four Saw Out OF
County Jail And
Make Getaway

Four men held in the Jackson
county jail to await action of the
grand jury sawed their way out
of their cells Friday night in the
second Jail break in three months.
They were Henry Golf and Fred
Yates, Lucedale, both charged
with grand larceny in connection
with the theft of a COW, and Ernest
Edgar Price of Pascagoula and
Robert Z. Swanwedele of New
York, each being held for car
thefts.
Lodged in two separate cells on
the front of the Jail, the four men
sawed out bars in their windows,
passing the saw and blade through
a hole dug out in the brick wall
between the two cells, according
to Sheriff J. Guy Krebs. The es-
cape was discovered at 1870 a. m.
when a member of the city police
force went to the Jail to lock up
a prisoner, he said. A fifth man,
Oliver Nolan, held in Jail on
charges of grand larceny, told
the sheriff he was asleep at the
time and knew nothing of the
departure of his cellmates.
Golf and Yates were arrested
about mid-February on charges
of stealing a COW from Levi Hin
ton of North Jackson county.
Bond was set at $4,000 each. Golf
was under. previous charge of
stealing q pig and bond in that
case had been set at $500.
Price was arrested for the theft
of a car belonging to Francis
Wagner in Pascagoula which was
recovered in Biloxi, Swan
wedel was arrested in Florida on
charges Of having stolen a car at
a Pascagoula tourist camp from a
traveller with whom he had hitch
liked a ride the previous day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Brazen Thief
Robs Main Street
Jewelry Store

A main street robbery of a
lighted store show window in Pas
cagoula shortly after IL p. m.
Wednesday yielded what may
amount to several hundred dol
lars worth of jewelry to the
brazen bandits who broke into
Johnson Brothers Jewelry Com
pany, police declared.
The thieves escaped in a high
powered automobile with an out
of-state license after one of the
men was seen in the act of pock-
citing jewelry from the window
of the store by a young woman
passer-by who was on her way
homa after work. The door of the
store had been jimmied open
with a bar, police said.
Owners of the store were in
the process of taking inventory
at the store as this paper went
to press and no value could be
placed on the missing jewelry
until this was completed, it was
stated.
According to Chief of Police E.
E. Blakeney, he and Assistant
Chief c. F. Hudson missed driv-
ing into the middle of the rob-
berry by only a few minutes as
they returned from a trip to Gulf
port on official business between
the time the men made their get
away and the arrival of the wit
Continued on Page ~
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Building Trades
Council Is Set
For Local Area

The application of the Pasca-
goula Building and Construction
Trades Council has been accepted
and a charter will be issued with
in a short time, T. c. Steele, who
was named president at a recent
organization meeting, announced
this week.
Issuance of the charter by the
national body to the Pascagoula
local, which will represent Ameri-
can Federation of Labor build
ing crafts. eliminates several
years of effort.
In the past placing of union
men on private home and indus
trial building jobs has been under
the jurisdiction of Trades Coun-
ellis in Gulfport or Mobile. Lo-
cal building crafts were repre-
sented by the Metal Trades Coun-
ell and eligible only for ship
yard or other industrial work I'M
less they also held membership
in the Mobile or Gulfport Trades
Councils.
Organization of the Pascagoula
Council will bring this jurisdic-
ton here and union men assign
ed to construction work in this
area will be placed by the local
Council. The Pascagoula Coun-
ell has asked for jurisdiction in
Jackson, George and Greene
counties, Mr. Steele said.
o. o. Wyndham was named
secretary of the Council at the
organizational meeting and each
affiliated craft will be represent
ed by having one of their men,
bers serve as a vice-president,
trustee or on the executive board.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Workers Go Into
Action For Red
Cross Roll Call

Chairmen and workers alike
swung into action this week with
determination to put the annual
Red Cross roll call over the top
in the county, w. Ed Virgins,
county chairman declared. The
drive opened simultaneously
throughout the country March |.
Rural chairmen announced at
a meeting to formulate final
plans for the drive are George
Clark. Vancleave; Mrs. Axel Ped
ersen. Hurley; Ed Siurua. Orange
Grove and Pecan: Mrs. Tennan
Golf, Big Point; N. E. Taconi, st.
Martin; Mrs. Owen Allen, Esca-
tawpa; James Gautier, Kreole; w.
H. Harris, paper mill; Mrs. Norman
Rouse and H. P. Plateau, Fon-
tainebleau; Mrs. Marvin Yawn,
Portersville; Mrs. Ivey Emerson,
Harleston and Tanner Williams;
Mrs. George Hague. Bayou Ca
sotte; Mrs. Horace Roberts, Daisy
Vestry.
Speakers appearing at various
clubs to present an appeal for
the drive were G., r. Johnson,
w. Ed Virgins, Gus Burleson of
Mobile, Larry Lindhart and E. A.
Khayat.
William Hall, in charge of the
drive in the housing project in
Pascagoula gave a party for his
workers Monday night at the
housing office. Everett Harper. in
charge of small industries in the
county, led his committee into
action Thursday morning.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Small Boy Suffer.
Broken Legs In
Hiwoy Accident

Two seven-year-old school boys
were knocked down and one was
badly injured Monday at Kreole
when they ran into the side of an
automobile on the highway, State
Highway Patrolman Cecil Byrd
reported.
Scotty Watius, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Watius. suffered two
broken legs and abrasions of the
face and head. His companion,
Phillip Sudduth, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Shine Sudduth, escaped
with minor bruises.
The accident occurred when the
little boys, on their way home
from school for dinner, ran from
behind a West-bound car on High
way 80 into the side of a car
driven by w. T. Craven of Pen
der, Neh., Patrolman Byrd said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Craven, who have
been vacationing at a coast hotel
for the past two months, and a
friend we're en- route to Bellin-
grath Gardens when the children
a into the car.
The Watjus child was taken to
the Jackson County hospital
where he is under treatment but
the Sudduth child did not require
any medical attention.
Officer Byrd said S. Sgt. Ever
EFT V. Williams of Seahring, Fla,
who was driving the car just be-
hind Mr.. Craven, and Mrs. S. AL
lemond, who lives near the scene
of the accident. both estimated
Mr.. Craven's speed at about 80
miles an hour. The accident was
unavoidable, the officer said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Five-Day Police
Training School
To Open Monday

A five day police training school
will be conducted at Pascagoula
police headquarters starting Mon
Gay, Mayor Frank S. Canty and
Police Chief E. E. Blakeney an
nounced this week. The school
will be conducted by agents of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton headed by Percy WHY II,
of New Orleans, special agent in
charge of Louisiana and South
ern Mississippi.
At the same time Mayor Canty
announced that the police de-
partment is taking over the re-
naming half of the building they
occupy on S. Magnolia street.
For the past four years the po-
lice department has occupied the
north half of this building. Plans
call for the use of the south half
as a courtroom, and for other po-
lice functions.
The police training school will
open at 2 p. m. Monday with a
short talk by Mayor Canty. He
will be followed by Mr.. Wyly
who will speak on Law Enforce
msnt as a Profession" The Mon
day session will be concluded by
a talk on Mississippi laws of ar
rest, searches and seizures by
Karl Wiesenburg. city attorney.
FBI Agents Preside
Zaek ]. Van Landingham, FBI
special agent, will conduct Tues
days session with two subjects.
interviews, note taking and court
room demeanor, and juvenile
control. FBI Agent James NJ.
Stockton will head Wednesdays
session and will use as his topics
burglary and homicide investi-
cations.
On Thursday FBI Agent George
A. Gunter will talk on disarming
tactics and defensive methods,
and FBl Agent Martin w. Cliff
on collection and preservation of
evidence. Agent Cliff will also
head a two-hour session on Fri
day on crime scene, practical
work.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
Electricians Threaten
Work Sioppage Al Yard
Deudline Set
For Midnight
Sunday. Nor. 5

Possibility OF a work stoppage
by electricians at the Ingalls,
Shipyard doomed this week, aft
er the local Union postponed a
stoppage scheduled from mid
night last Sunday to the same
hour this coming Sunday.
Negotiations have been under
way for some time between In
gals management and Local 1888,
international Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, A. F. of L. to
reach an agreement on a contract
to replace that under which the
Union worked with Eel, which
formerly handled the yard cleo
trical work as sub-contractors.
Approximately 1870 electricians
at the yard are involved in the
dispute.
Union officials Thursday MORN
ing declined to make any COM
ment concerning the situation,
adding that a full and complete
statement would be issued fol-
lowing developments Of this week.
Ingalls, Statement
The management at ingalls,
Shipyard issued the following
statement Thursday in connec-
ton with the threatened stop
page.
Local Union No. 1888 of the
international Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, A. F. of l..
has notified us that they will stop
work at the ingalls, Shipbuilding
Yard as of midnight, Sunday,
March s, l949 unless we meet
their demands for
Il. A Union Shop, (under which
a man must be a member of the
Union or join in a specified time
e be eligible for employment).
70. A basic hourly wage rate OF
ITO per hour.
I'VE have been negotiating with
the Union Committee for the past
several months attempting to ar
rive at a contract. All terms of
the contract have been agreed to
with the exception of wages and
Union security.
I'VE have offered the Union a
Maintenance of Membership and
checkoff. This is the form of I'm
ion Security recently agreed to
by all other Unions in our Ship
yard.
I'VE have offered a five cent
per hour increase in wages. That
is what the other unions in the
Shipyard received. This increase
would bring the hourly rate for
Production Electricians to les
per hour. This is the highest
hourly rate paid electricians in
any major shipyard in the Unit
ed States.
THE rate in other major ship
yards on the Gulf Coast is l.55
per hour for Electricians.
These demands of the Union
and the threat of a work stoppage
when the utmost efforts of all
the personnel of our company are
exerted towards meeting the
deadline for completion of the
U. S. LAGUARDIA formerly the
GEN. RICHARDSON causes a
very %preearious situation.
THE Maritime Commission is
faced with the prospect of hav-
ing the American Export Lines
refuse to charter the vessel un-
less it is delivered in New York
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Organize Coop
For Purchase OF
Eastlawn Homes

An organized setup for Pas
caport Homes, a non-profit COM
munity wide cooperative de-
signed to purchase the f~ederally
owned Eastlawn Navy houses
was explained at a meeting at the
18th street auditorium Wednes-
day night attended by more than
500 persons.
Proposed setup of the mutual
cooperative organization at We'd
nesday nights meeting was ex-
planned by Karl Wiesenburg, a
member of the incorporating
group and city attorney, which
was followed by a lengthy ques-
ton and answer session.
Meanwhile, the organization
moved off to a concrete start
Thursday morning with the ac-
ceptance of membership appli-
cations by a representative of
Pascaport Homes at the 10th
street offices of the Public Hous-
ing Administration. Up to noon
Thursday approximately rs mem
bership applications had been
made, and it was expected that
this figure would mount to ap-
proximately SO before the day
was over.
Explains Organization
AS explained at Wednesday
nights meeting by Mr.. Wiesen-
burg, Atlanta PHA officials have
already indicated that they will
deal with the proposed Pasca-
port cooperative. Physical setup
calls for the acceptance of appli-
cation for memberships for a 30
day period. Membership cost is
$40, which must be paid with the
application. Membership is open
to anyone in the community, vet
eran or non-Veteran and whether
or not an occupant of one East
lawn Homes.
At the end of the 30-day Pc
riod another meeting will be held
and permanent officers elected by
members of the proposed coop
erative.
Occupants will then be given
the opportunity to select tn
homes they desire for another
30-day period. 1t will be neces-
sary to make a $250.00 good-faith
payment at the time the selec-
ton is made, Mr.. Wiesenburg ex-
planned.
This will be all that is neces-
sary for the purchaser to put up,
with plans calling for the homes
to be financed on the basis of the
same rental as is now being paid.
AT the expiration of the 30-day
priority for occupants, veterans
will be given a 30-day priority
to select such homes as they
might desire among those left,
and the remainder will then be
offered to anyone desiring to
purchase a home.
Members of the cooperative
will own it. Mr.. WieSenburg en-
phasized, and the present in
eorporators T simply handling
it until the organization is COM
plete and members a name
their permanent officers.
Question. Answer Session
Various phases of the proposed
organization were brought out
during the question and answer
session and were as follows:
The $3.50 deposit to be made at
the time an individual selects a
home a be withdrawn at any
time the individual changes his
or her mind. The deposit is SIM
ply to show financial interest on
the part of the proposed pur-
Continued on Page Al
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04
DRUNK DRIVER

Marvin Buick, Keesler Field,
was fined 500 and costs in a
hearing before Justice of the
Peace Kate Denny Monday on
charges of drunk driving. He was
arrested Saturday by State High
way Patrolman Cecil Byrd.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

: Newborn blue whales are
larger than full grown elephants.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

The ski is believed to have
originated in Norway.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-04

Northern American Indians
were the first to use snowshoes.
, 1949-05-24
PUBLIC NOTICE

It is hereby brought to pub
lie that $50.40, representing in.
terest accrued on the invested
capital of Their Majesties
King Christian TX and Queen
Louise's Golden Wedding
Memorial Fund for the benefit
of INDECENT. persons in St.
Croix, will be available for
distribution on or about June
"a, 1949.
Those who would like to
share in this distribution
should submit their applica-
tons containing the requisite.
information and duly certifi-
edto the undersigned not lat,
er than June II, 1949. {,
Government of the Virgin
Islands of the United States
May Is, 1949
HARRY E.. TAYLOR
Administrator for ST. Croix.
, 1949-05-24
Municipal Property
FOR LEASE

Sealed bids are hereby in
vited for lease of the follow
Ing sections Of municipal own
ed land in Kings Quarter, st.
Croix, together with the struc-
lures thereon:
Section ga Estate Profit
Matr. No. 24b, 23b, 27c &
28a, containing $50 acres.
Section 6b Annaberg and
Shannon Grove
Matr. No. 27b and 28b,
containing 147.1 acres
:. Section 2 : Estate Spanish
;. Town
Matr. No. 20, containing
1903 acres
, Section 8 : Estate AnguiIla
Matr. No. 33a, ga, 32b,
containing 234.5 acres
Section 9 Annaberg- and
Shannon Grove
Matr. No. &c, containing
72.5 acres
All the above as delineated on
Public Works Map of Alexan-
der Hamilton Field, dated
81, 1949.
These sections will be leas-
for a period of five years
with option Of renewal for an