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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Answer To "a Bar Owner"

We received a letter this week that we are sorry we
cannot publish. 1t was signed "a bar owner" and dealt
with the operation of punch boards in Pascagoula. An
unbreakable rule of this newspaper is that no unsigned let
ter will be published, and the usual lot of such communica-
tons is the waste basket, no matter what the contents. How
ever, in this instance we would like to comment on a few
paragraphs from the unsigned missive.
Before doing so we quote a paragraph from it:
quite a bit of comment has been made in your edi-
torals about the existence of punch boards around the
community. These comments have been instrumental in
causing raids by various county peace officers on some of
these establishments. However, if a survey were made
found on the counters of various bars, the most fragrant
violators tc be + found in the heart of town."
Shortly after receiving the letter Wednesday we did
make a survey, and the writer of the unsigned missive is
exactly correct. The three places visited, all in or near
the main business district, did have punch boards openly
displayed and operated.
Now the facts in the situation are this.
Owners of three establishments in Pascagoula have
been arrested and fined for operating punch boards during
the past few weeks. The most recent arrest was last Fri
day. All of the arrests were made by Constable Emanuel
of Beat Three. Affdavits were filed in the Beat Three
justice of the peace court and the operators fined SIS and
costs.
In this instance we are not trying to debate the merits
or dement's of punch boards. They are probably no better
nor no worse than slot machines. Operation of the latter
is not allowed by the city, district or county officers. The
sheriff has also made several raids on punch boards operat-
ed in the county and, we believe, pretty well stopped their
use. City police have made no raids on punch boards
operated in Pascagoula.
Punch boards Wednesday were operating within a
couple of blocks of the justice of the peace court where
afhdavits were filed in the arrests that have been made.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Swimming Pool
Continued From Page y

with the pool before as a life
guard.
This above schedule of opera
ton becomes effective the first
of June when the pool and the
wading pool are operating on a
fulltime schedule. Until that
time beginning on Friday evening
both the pool and the wading
pool will be open on Saturdays
and Sunday afternoons.
Plans for a formal opening of
the pool are being arranged, MI.
Jones said, and the tentative plans
call for an exhibition swimming
meet. AS soon as details are
completed the date for the form
al ceremonies will be announced,
officials said.
The Moss Point Swimming Pool
and wading pool are owned
by local investors and are operat-
ed by the following officers rep
resenting the Moss Point SWIM
ming Pool association, Mr.. Kha-
vat, president; E. G. Wood, vice
president and l.. K. Mcintosh,
secretary and treasurer.
The board of trustees is COM
posed of Saul Peterzell, Harold
Monroe and A.. w. Head.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Either Close 1T Or Fix 1t!

jackson county's No. l killer, deteriorated, broken. hap
hazardly patched, substandard Highway 80, came close to
hitting the jackpot Tuesday night when a hole more than
five feet long and approximately two feet wide broke com
pletely through the paving and planking on bridge two
between Pascagoula and Gautier.
One man was hospitalized when be hit the hole on a
motor scooter. Several cars were badly damaged, with more
serious accidents averted only through the fortunes of
chance. r49
This section of the highway is SO badly deteriorated that
1t Ia nothing more than a death trap. An examination shows
the concrete broken and patched along the length of vr-
tually every one of the several bridges. Indications are.
unless immediate steps are taken to prevent it. that the
concrete will break completely through in several other
spots at almost any time.
The same condition prevails, and has prevailed for sew
eral years, along almost the entire stretch of the highway
through Jackson county from the Alabama line to the Har-
rison county line.
Another particular death trap is at nine-mile bridge
above Orange Grove. Here the concrete slab is also broken
and patched. 1t buckles and sways, with water squirting up
between cracks in the concrete when loaded trucks pass
over ii. 1t is dangerously narrow. The shoulders have eroded
away until the concrete slab is several inches above the
earth fill waiting to trip unwary automobiles like a
wire stretched across a busy sidewalk would trip pedes-
TRANS. ~.A - -%HG
This condition has not developed in the past year or
50. 1t has been getting steadily worse for the past seven or
eight years. The state highway department says that bring
ing the road up to standard would be a multi-million dol
lar undertaking. That may be true. but the fact neverthe-
less stands that. unless immediate measures are taken.
more lives will be lost. more damage done and. when one
of the bridges between Pascagoula and Gauiier collapses.
the highway will have to be closed for an indefinite period.
Last year five persons lost their lives and AZ were in
jured seriously in accidents along the Jackson county
stretch of the highway. That is a terrific toll, and it con-
tinues. 1t will also increase in exact proportion to the con-
tinued deterioration of the highway.
Highway Department figures show 90 to be the heav-
lest travelled through-highway in the state.
In the face of these facts there are two things that the
highway department should do without further delay.
Either close Highway 80 through Jackson county to traffic,
or start maintenance and repair of the highway so that
motorists, unfamiliar with it, would not be risking their
lives and their automobiles in travelling it.
The need is immediate. 1t is right now. 1t is today and
not some vague project connected with the relocation of
the highway several years in the future.
Continued neglect of this death trap constitutes moth
ing more nor less than criminal negligence.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Whitfield Recommendations

In summing up our editorial comments on the report
of the legislative investigating committee concerning con-
ditionS at Whitfield mental hospital two facts stand out
like a sore thumb:
Administrative and supervision at the hospital have
been h%aphazard, inefficient and incompetent.
2-Despite increased appropriations, the institution
does not have sufficient funds to hire the type of personnel
needed for supervision of the mentally sick persons.
The board of trustees of mental institutions can rectify
the first by facing facts. The state legislature can rectify
the second by a thorough study of the financial needs of
the institution and making an appropriation in proportion
to these needs.
AS the legislative committee report said, the mentally
sick are "the first wards of the state" The Whitfield sit
uation has been periodically kicked around for many years.
1t is high time that we have more action in ~rectifying the
maadministration and abuses, and less words about them.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
BY Clarke Beach

WASHINGTON What do
Congressman think about when
they cast their votes in the
House Of Representatives?
Many Of them have thinking
apparatuses with a kind of high
and low gear. This was clearly
demonstrated when two votes
were taken on a motion to kill
the veterans pension bill. On
the first vote the majority of
Congressman decided to kill
the bill. On the second vote,
taken within an hour, the ma
jority decided not to kill it.
On the first vote the House
was sitting as a COMMITTEE of
the whole" when an individu-
ais vote is not recorded. On the
second test the body was sit
ting as the House of Represen-
tatives, and a record was kept
of how each member voted.
When the vote was taken in
committee status, 1853 members
voted to kill the measure. When
they voted in House status,
only 100 voted to kill. Thus at
least 43 Congressman either
switched sides or failed to vote
when the roll was called.
Il voted on principle when
my vote wasn't on the record"
one well-known legislator jov-
tally explained. when | was on
the record, / rose above princi-
pie and voted politically" An
other member, one of the 100
who stuck by his original vote,
got a good natured slap on the
back from a colleague after the
balloting was over.
well, guess we won't be see
ing you around here any more
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Anti Trust Laws Siymie
Defense Industry Plans
Special 10 Central Press

WASHINGTON - The Ma
tional Security Resources Board
has run into trouble of such
gravity, il threatens the nations
planning for coordination of
industry with the requirements
of the armed services in event
of a third world war.
Antitrust laws are at the
root of the trouble.
The board has been quietly
calling various industries in for
conferences to outline what
might be expected of them in
event of an emergency. In turn,
the industries have been asked
just what could be produced
with the various machines, tools
and equipment on hand in each
particular field.
However, the program has
gone sour because the firms
fear that If they get together to
plan for any industry-wide pro-
gram, the Justice Department
will step in and start antitrust
proceedings against them.
The industrialists have now
proposed to Washington that
the board grant them immunity
from such prosecution.
This, however, is out of the
hands of the board. 1t can't Of
fer the immunity and the JUS
tice Department will not - at
least, it has refused so far.
Net results is no planning for
defense is going on in some of
the nations largest and most
vital industries.
The crucial test of President
Truman's ability to obtain sub
stantial enactment of his legis-
lative program in the 8lst Con-
gress will come when the House
takes up the Taft-H Hartley re-
peal bill.
Spokesman for the admins
tration say they have sufficient
votes to hold the line against
gripping amendments. Offset
ting this optimistic forecast,
however, is the prediction of
key Republicans and southern
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
A Congressman's Decision

after next year." said the col
league. "It's great to be a states
man. But I'd rather be a live
Congressman than a dead
statesman"
Rep. Javits (R-NY said on
the floor that he had made up
his mind after a sleepless night
to vote against the pension
measure. IF we are taken in
by this, we don't deserve to be
trusted with the destiny of
America, much less that of the
world" he remarked.
One congressman told this re-
porter that on every roll call
vote some member or other
risks his political future by vot-
ing in a way that he knows will
be unpopular among his con-
stituents. The folks back home
probably won't read the Con-
gressional record, and many of
them will not know at the time
how he voted. But there is al
ways someone back home wait
ing for him to make a slip.
That someone undoubtedly will
use the record against him when
campaign time comes.
If he is licked, he won't be in
the House to vote the right way
when some other measure
comes up which may be more
important. Thus runs the phil
osophy of many members, says
one seasoned Representative.
Many say that eventually they
want to do something good for
their country but that If they
don't stay in Congress they'll
never be able to do it.
The issues which can be poi
sonous generally concern the
constituents pocketbooks, one
Congressman unused. Their pen
sions, taxes, agricultural and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
THIS WEEK
in Other Years

FIVE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, Most meats were re-
moved from the ration list
Pulpwood was badly needed for
war supplies, according an an
nouncement by a paper mill
official The First Presbyte-
rian church of Pascagoula pur-
chased property for a manse on
the Beach front =. No editorial
carried.
FOUR YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, Citizens of Pascagoula
and Moss Point observed We
day with sobriety and prayers
-. Carl GARNER. noted author,
was here gathering material
for a book :. Chairmen were
named and plans were complet-
ed to start 7th War Loan drive;
Jackson county's quota was set
at $1,253,000 ;. Editorial: 7th
War Loan drive, urges buying
of bonds.
THREE YEARS AGO THIS
WEEK, 145 seniors in Moss
Point and Pascagoula were
slated for graduation at COM
mencement exercises The
Knights of Columbus moved
into their new home on N. Mag
nolia -. 1900 Pascagoula stu
dents sang in a music festival
sponsored by city schools
Editorial: Coal strike; major
blame for economic breakdown
occurring because of coal strike
lies at the door of President
Truman.
TWO YEARE AGO THIS
WEEK. Damage estimated at
$780, 900 was done by fire at the
Arnold V. Walker shipyard -.
The Board of Supervisors an
nouneed its decision to issue
$500, 900 in bonds for the new
courthouse =. Editorial: Farm
ers of the sea, future of oyster
industry, urges development.
=
A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK,
The building contract for a new
fire station on N. Market street
was let by Pascagoula Pas
cagoula hotel was closed after
continuous operation from 1921
-. Editorial: Catch the vandals:
dissertation of the beach front.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
VIZ w-Ev Tgzvu'~~E ~ - 81
Inside Washington
TIL Repeal Bill Test
Of Presidents Strength

Democrats that the administra-
ton bill will be radically
changed"
Spokesman for the coalition
will attempt to retain in the
Taft Hartley law many of the
provisions to whose repeal the
Democratic party is committed.
If they succeed the coalition
will be well on the way to con-
troll of Congress. Some coalition
leaders contend that rs per cent
of the Taft-H Hartley act will be
retained in what is to be an
amended Wagner labor law.
.
The administration is more
worried than appears on the
surface about the continuing
signs of deflation.
The move to reduce cash pay
ments required on stock pur-
chases from rs to so per cent
of the security price was an
outward manifestation of con-
Germ among top economists.
This followed relaxation of
credit controls by the Federal
Reserve Board. Factors behind
current thinking:
1-Growing unemployment.
Industrial production
slightly down.
3-Declining department
store sales.
4-Continuing decline in liv-
ing costs.
Administration economists
now are watching April and its
pre-Easter shopping sprees.
April may tell the story.
Rep. Glare Hoffman (R),
Michigan, has gone to the trou-
BILE of figuring up how much
money has been distributed to
the states for foods, fires, hurri-
canes, general relief, veterans
benefits, highways, schools, etc,
during the past 16 years.
1t comes to AZ billion 953 mil
lion $40 thousand 445 dollars
for the period 1882 through
1948.
Hoffman says the greatest
amount, about 5 1i2 billion dol
lars, was spent in 1948. Next
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
MALAYS AT
POLICE STATION

SINGAPORE Jap A po-
lice station has become a 'kra-
mat. a holy place of worship for
the Malays of Singapore.
Their shrine had been located
some 100 yards from the Harbor
Division Police Station and hun
dreds of pigeons would hover
above the grave.
Then one night a. police SER
geant dreamed that a beautiful
lady came to him and said her
grave had been moved to the
tower of the nearby police sta
ton. When morning came the
pigeons had deserted the grave
and we're flying about the tower.
And now the Mohammeden
Malays of the area visit the po-
lice station to pray for favors.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06

other subsidies, the building Of
public works, the extension Of
government controls over bus
mess.
Some Of the poisonous issues,
he went on, carry their own
antidotes. II you cast a vote for
olemargarine, you antagonize
the dairymen but you gain the
support of the housewives. If
you cast a vote that angers la
Dor you gain the support of
management. If you back rent
control you make landlords
your enemy but gain friends
among tenants.
But when you cast a vote
that seems to be against veter-
ans" he continued, there's no
body to save you. Nobody is
opposed to veterans. Least of
all me-" (He is a veteran him.
SELF.
Another war veteran, who is
a freshman in the House, thus
analysed the frame of mind of
many of his colleagues:
"Their voting for pensions
isn't so much a matter of shrewd
political analysis. They are be-
ing controlled by their fears.
They don't know how good a
case there is against taking up
veterans pensions at this time
without thorough committee
spade-work on the thing.
81 think if the leadership of
the House had taken a stronger
position and had come up with
good strong arguments, their
courage could have been boil
stored. l don't think I've killed
myself politically by opposing
this bill. / believe the people
of my district will approve of
what I've done when they hear
what I have to say about it."
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Southern Kruft
Ldbor-M Management
Conference Tuesday

The annual wage and contract
negotiations between the Inter-
national Paper Company, South
ern division, and the local labor
units of the Moss Point mill and
the other seven mills in this di-
vision will begin Tuesday at the
Cawthorn hotel in Mobile, LLOYD
V. Oliver, of Moss Point, represen-
tative of the international Broth
erhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Pa
per Mill Workers, AF of L, an
nounced Thursday.
The conference will involve
$50 workers in the Moss Point
mill and approximately 5000 in
the entire division. According to
Mr.. Oliver, ITO delegates of labor
unions and about IL or Is repre-
sentatives of management are ex-
pected to assemble Monday pre-
paratory to the opening of the
sessions Tuesday.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Pospoint Players
Present "Rebeccu"
FriduY. May 6

The final play of the Paspoint
Little Theater season, "Rebeccan,
is scheduled for presentation at
the auditorium of the Moss Point
high school on Friday evening at
8 p. m.
"Rebecca" created a sensation
as a novel and had a successful
run both as a three-act drama on
broadway and as a movie. Little
Theater officials express them
selves as we'll pleased with the
Interpretation of their parts by
the cast of Paspoint Players.
Local theater-goers are antici-
pating the local presentation of
"Rebecca".
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Highway
Continued From Page y

Continued From Page y
ii pm. and Immediately erected
barricades and set up smudge pots
and posted a man for tagging
duty for the remainder of the
night. In the meantime, Patrol
man Byrd and the maintenance
crew had put up temporary bar
riers and the officer was hand
ling traffic over the bridge .
Traffice travelling over the one
lane that was open across the
bridge threatened the remainder
of the roadway as the vibration
and weight caused the other half
of the road to give considerably,
observers said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06

was 1889 with almost 4 1I2 bill
lions. In 1882, federal expendi-
lures to states amounted to 269
millions. It rose to BAL millions
in 1888 and exceeded one bill
lion dollars for every year
thereafter.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
SEES so YEARS OF BRITISH
BUILDING

LONDON = (AP) -Britain's
building industry will have work
to do for so years to come.
n. Furneaux Jordan, principal
OF the school of architecture of
the architectural association, avs
at least 95 per cent of the ma
tons hospitals, theaters, hotels
ana railway stations will need re-
pudding when housing and fac
tories no longer can claim prior
ity.
The actual building program
Oh the next half century must be
enormous. comparable to that of
the 18th Century," he says.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06
Man Dies
Continued From Page y

McNair, Union, and A. T. Thrash,
Meridian; three brothers, S. B.
Reeves, Union, Doris Reeves, Co.
lumbia, and Melvin Reeves, u.
S. Navy.
The body was sent by Fails Fu-
neral Home of Pascagoula to I'm
ion Sunday afternoon where fu-
neral services were conducted at
2 p. m. Monday at the Mt. Zion
church with interment in the
church cemetery.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06

If some operators are going to operate the punch boards UNI
molested, then all should be allowed to. On the other hand,
if a raid is made on one operator for this offense, the raids
should be made on all operators. That is simple, element
al justice and peace officers should need no prodding to
adhere to it.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06

Delicious breakfast mullins may
be made by adding one-third cup
OF eoarsely chopped crisp bacon
TO the dry ingredients in a stand
ard muffin recipe.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-05-06

ness insurance, however, would
be included under the new bill.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-24
Miss Nellie G.. Long

Funeral services were held for
Miss Nellie G. Long at the Colonial
Funeral Home of Robert A. Pun
phrey on Saturday, March 10,
1949. Interment was in Rockville
Union Cemetery. Miss Long who
had been resident of Rockville
many years, died on Thursday,
March II. She lived at al West
wood Lane, Rockville.
The daughter of the late Eliza
beth l. and Robert Long of Moore
field, West Virginia, Miss Long,
who was 10, had been with the
family of the late Judge Robert
Peter for about 81 years. She had
lived, prior to that, in the home
Of the late DR.. Otis Linthicum, of
Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-24
r. Peter, Solicitor.
Order Nisi- 5wf
In the Matter of
George H. Ernest,
Non Compos Mentis.

Farmers Banking and Trust
Company of Montgomery
County, Committee.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 4,547 Equity.
ORDERED, this LIST day of
March A. D. 1949, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
as a Court of Equity, that the
Auditors Fifth Report filed in
the above entitled cause, be rati-
fled and confirmed, unless cause
to the contrary thereof be shown
on or before the 18th day of
March rext:. Provided a copy of
this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in said Mont
gomery County, once in each of
three successive weeks before the
said 2Sth day of March, 1949.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS.
Z552 Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-24

Volkman & Brault, Solicitors
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
AS A COURT OF EQUITY
No. 11,62S Equity
Order Nisi-
In The Matter OF
CATHERINE T. HIGGINS,
Incompetent
JOHN ]. HIGGINS,
Committee
ORDERED, this 14th day of
March A. D. 1949, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as
Court of Equity, that the Audi
tors First Report filed in the above
entitled cause, be ratified and con-
firmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the
18th day of April next: Provided a
copy of this order be inserted in
some newspaper published in said
Montgomery County, once in each
Of three successive weeks before
the said 18th day of April, 1919.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
1926 Clerk