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VOLUME 99 . **?**. . PASCAGOULA AND MOSS POINT. MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1944 _ „ , . , NO. 22
Tha AnaociaJad Praa« ’ National Editorial
Grant Funds
For Sewer
Extensions
One Mile Of New
Line Scheduled For
Market Street
The Federal Works Agency has
made an additional grant of $124,
000 and a loan of $10,000 to Pas
cagoula for the construction of
additional sewer lines and en
largement of the disposal plan)
Mayor Walter R. Gulley said
this week on his return from
Washington where he conferred
with federal officials. He was
accompanied on the trip by Don
aid Simmons, city engineer.
According to Mayor Gulley, the
funds will be used for the con
struction of one-mile of addi
tional sewer line along Market
Street, which will eliminate the
practice of dumping raw sewage
in the drainage canal in the Mar
itime Housing project, which has
drawn a storm of protest from
civic organizations and citizens
Enlarge Disposal Plant
The funds will also be used for
the enlargement of the present
disposal plant, which is not yet
in operation, in order to take
care of the additional load oc
cationed by the new sewer con
struction.
A contract for the work was
scheduled to he let this week
"Due to the urgent need foi
the correction of the practice of
dumping sewage of the Maritime
Housing project into the shal
low canal leading to the beach,"
Mayor Gulley said, “it was
agreed to negotiate the contract
immediately, thus pieventing (he
advertising for three or four
weak*, and other delay - W<> . x
pect a contractor to have a work
order some time this week."
H. A Kroeze, chief of sanita
tion for the state board of health,
also accompanied the mayor dur
ing the Washington conferences j
The practice of dumping raw !
sewage in the Maritime project
drainage canal has existed for a
long period of time, and is one
of the chief factors in the placing
of signs along the beach front
last week by the county health
department warning that the
beach waters are unfit for bath
ing.
Dr. Henry Hoff, head of the
health department, said that the
signs would remain until the dis
posal plant is in operation, and
this condition is eliminated.
Under the, present plans sew
age received at the disposal
plan! will be given primary treat
ment only, which is expected to
meet health standard*.
Seniors Of Moss
Point High Get
Diplomas Monday
Forty-six seniors marched to
the stage at the Moss Point High
school auditorium Monday night
and were presented diplomas in
recognition for completion of
their high school training and
a service flag with 15 stars bore
mute testimony for the boys who
would have stod with their class
mates had they not been called
into the service.
' Dfessed in gray caps and
(fewna, the graduating class took
tneir places on a stage decorated
■^ith the purple and white class
members had chosen as their col
ers.
Baskets of flowers flanked the
stage and purple letters on white
satin plaques proclaimed that this
was the class of 1944.
The Rev i. P. Payne, pastor of
the Kreole Methodist church,
gave the invocation, after which
the jutaior class, formally dressed
marched down the aisle and laid j
bouquets of hydrangea under th« !
service flag. Mary Louise Gunn
as the student with the highest j
average for the high school years j
gave the valedictory address and
Kenneth Lindner, second highest,
was valedictorian. “Youth Speaks
For His Future,” was the title of
a talk by William L. Spruell,
class president and winner of the
declamation award for the Gulf
Coast for two years.
A quartet comprised of Donald
Coleman, Raymond Tipton, Don
Blanchard and Felix Cirlot sang
"A Song of Peace."
Diplomas were presented bv
(Continued on Page 8)
G*n. Alphonse Juln
THE SPEED and daring now being
displayed by French troops in
pushing the Germans back in Italy
hes been compared by their com
mander, Gen. Alphonse Juin, to
the enthusiasm of the untrained
French soldiers who drove the en
emy from France in the days of the
Revolution at the battle of Valmy
In September, 1792. That encounter
is famed ns one of the most decisive
in history. (International)
Mayor Gulley To
Be Candidate
For Re-election
Mayor Waiter R Gulley this
week announced that he will be
a candidate for re-election in the
Democratic primary July 18 for
the election of city officials.
Mr Gulley, who is completing
his first term as Mayor of Pasca
goula, said that he will make his
formal announcement in the near
future.
Arthur Allen Is
Candidate For
Commissioner
Arthur Allen, well known Pas
cagoula business man, this week
announced that he wiii be a can
didate for city commissioner,
subject to the will of the voters
in the Democratic primary July
18, for the election of city offi
cials.
Mr. Allen has been a resident
of Pascagoula for the past forty
years, and built and managed the
U. S. Engineers yard when he
first came to Pascagoula.
Hi; is widely known in civic
and fraternal circles, in addition
to his business background, and
at present is grand secretary of
1 O.O.F. for the Slate of Missis
sippi.
In making his announcement as
a candidate, Mr. Allen said that
he feels his long business back
ground and interest in the wel
are of Pascagoula, gives him the
qualifications to ably fill the po
rtion of a city commissioner.
Lt, Commander
Baranowski Goes
To Washington
Mhv 5 has been set as the date
•if the departure of Lt. Comman
lor Walter Baranowski for Wash
ngton where he has been as
igned to the Bureau of Shipping.
Commander Baranowski has
l>een supervisor of shipbuilding
it the Navy Department at In
galls for the past ten months.
He and Mrs. Baranowski will
••'part, for Washington at an ear
y date
Among the social affairs that
iave been given in compliment
0 Commander Baranowski was
1 stag dinner at which he was
enor guest at Longfellow House
Sunday evening which was giv
■n by the officers in the super
using department at Ingalls.
Mrs. Baranowski was compli
senied with a luncheon at Long
ellow House Monday noon when
. he was honor guest of wives of
he officers at the Navy yard.
Delcomyn To Be
Candidate For
Commissioner
J Carl Delcomyn this week
announced that he will be a can
didate for city commissioner,
subject to the will of the voters,
in the Democratic primary for
the election of city officials on
July 18.
Mr. Delcomyn said that he
would make his formal an
nouncement, setting forth his
qualifications for the office, in
Richardson Given
Change Ot Venue,
Trial Set June 14
Change of venue to Harrison
County was granted Johnny
Richardson, negro, tried and con
victed in circuit court during the
last term of raping a white wo
man, by Judge L. C. Corban
through Richardson’s attorney, T.
J White. A new trial had been
granted Richardson by the state
supreme court and the date was
set by Judge Corban for June 14.
In granting change of court for
the trial, Judge Corban said that,
alihough he was convinced a fair
and impartial jury could be found
in Jackson County, the fact that
the case had previously come to
trial here and was widely discuss
ed this would be a difficult job.
Harrison Wilcox,
Bombardier, Is
Killed In Action
Second Lieutenant Harrison
Wilcox, bombardier in the Air
Corps and son of Harry Wilcox
of Moss Point, has been killed in
action, according lo notification
received by his father Thursday.
According to the telegram, Lt.
Wilcox was killed May 15, over
the Island of Corsica.
A native of Moss Point, he
graduated from the Moss Point
High school and attended Missis
sippi State College in Clinton.
He was prominent in the bands
at both schools. Lt. Wilcox was
a member of the Mississippi Na
aional Guard and only a few
weeks before he would have re
ceived his college diploma the
guard was called out and a short
lime after that he transferred in
to the air corps, June, 1942. He
was 25 years old.
His mother, Mrs. Fannie Wright
Wilcox, died a little more than
a year ago. He is survived by his
**lher, Harry Wikox,. two sit
ters, Mrs. Frances Wilcox of
Moss Point, and Mrs. Nell Man
guin of Magee, Miss.; two aunts,
Mrs. May Garner of Gulfport,
and Mrs Clyde Mclnnis of Daph
ne, Ala.; and one uncle, Lester
Wilcox of Moss Point.
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Thirteen To Get
Diplomas At OLV
High On Sunday
I
Thirteen students will he
awarded high school diplomas
at graduation exercises of Our
Lady of Victories school sched
uled for Sunday at 8 pm. at
the chufch.
At grammar school exercises
which will be held Friday, today,
in connection with class night
ceremonies, 25 boys and girls will
receive diplomas.
In the high school department.
Hazel Terreson will receive the
award for the highest average
during high school, the valedic
tory medal. Marie Krebs will re
ceive the salutatory medal and
also the typing medal. The short
hand certificate for 80 words re
corded and transcribed goes to
Miss Terreson. Joseph Westphal
will be presented the citizenship
medal and Donald Olsen and
Mary Ethel Green tied for the
American Legion medal with
Donald Olsen winning the draw
for its possession.
The class night program will
ipen with the processional after
which Miss Krebs will make the
salutatory address with Mary
Ethel Green making the response.
Herbert Krebs will give the class
vill and the eighth grade and
members of the Senior class will
sing the school song. Pauline Mc
Pherson will give the class
orophecv and Vera WiLson is on
the program to present the class
motto. A feature of the program
will be a solo, “We Pray For
Peace," by Mary Purdy. Miss
Terreson will give the valedictory
address, the seniors will sing the
class song and the principal ad
dress of the evening will be made
by Father P J Carey. Honors
will be awarded and the eighth
grade diplomas awarded.
High school graduates are Ha
zel Terreson, Marie Krebs, Pau
line McPherson, Catherine
Schank, Vera Stiglet, Vera Wil
son, Mary Purdy, Mary Agnes
O’Keefe, Joyce Velcich, Mae
Krebs, Billy McFaul, Herbert
Krebs and Paul Scarborough.
Graduating from the eighth
grade are Mary Ethel Green, Fay
Green, May Green, Pauline Bow
en, Joan McDonald, Evelyn Wag
ner. Kathleen Delmas. Kathryn
(Continued on Page 8)
Form Area
Groups For
5th War Loan
Plans Laid To Break
All War Bond Sales
Records In County
With one more week of prep
aration remaining Jackson Coun
ty was readying itself to break
all county War Bond sales rec
ords in the 5th War Loan Drive
scheduled to open June 12 and
continue through July 8.
With an overall quota of $1,
295,000, and of this $663,000 the
"E” Bond quota, plans call for
sending the county over the top
by a large margin, W. B. Herring,
county War Finance chairman,
said.
“Organization of area commit
tees is proceeding nicely." Mr.
Herring said, “but are not yet
complete. However, I believe
that the list will be completed
early next week and will be
available for publication"
District Meeting Held
District meetings are being
held throughout the county to
complete the area organizational
set-ups and lay plans for topping
area quotas which were assigned
at a county rally at the court
house last week.
At a meeting at Moss Point
this week called by T. L. De
Lashmet, chairman, a committed
to cover the entire area was
named and will be announced
along with other committees next
week.
“We are laying plans to top
our $115,000 “E" Bond quota qd
believe that we can do so,” Mr.
DeLashmet said. “Moss Po ut
has gone over the top in all
preceding drives «nri the 5th War
Loan will bo no exception.’’
The Ingalls Shipyard was set
a quota of $300 000 in "E’’ bonds,
but the iabor-managetnrn,! group
is laying plans for the most in
tentive drive ever held at the
yard with a total of $84(^000 as
the goal, well over the entire
quota. If this goal is realised,
it is certain that Jackson County
will be in line for the j bronze
plaque to be awarded by the
state committee to the-county
that sells the largest percentage
ovei its "K" Bonci quota. '
Commencement
Exercises Held At
Pascagoula High
Marking the close of the high
school career for 45 boys and
girls, graduation exercises were
conducted Monday night at the
Pascagoula High school. Three
of the boys who would have ap
peared in caps and gowns for
their diplomas are now in the
service. Their diplomas either
have been or will be received by
then parents.
Decorations on the stage for
the occasion were simple but
effective, consisting of several
baskets of gladioli and fern, and
the seniors were clad in gray caps
and gowns.
The principal speaker for the
evening was Lt. Charles E.
Haines, public relations officer
of Gulfport Field and former
mid-west college president Tak
ing as his subject, “Be Not
Afraid," Lt. Haines admonished
the graduates to keep their heads
and stand firmly on their feet
when thev emerge into this war
torn world
As the holder of the highest
scholastic average for three and
a half years of high school, Jane
Herring delivered the valedic
tory address and Perry Gautier,
second highest in scholastic rat
ing. made the stlutatory talk. The
program was preceded by a brief
concert by the Pascagoula High
school orchestra and Thomas R
Wells, superintendent of schools,
gave the diplomas to the 42 pres
ent and to Roy Voories, Ken
drick Seay and Lee Switter who
are in the service. Mrs. Harley
Seay took the diploma for her
son and those of the other two
graduates will be sent to their
parents.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached Sunday in the school
auditorium by the Rev. E. ^
Ulmer, pastor of the Methodist
Church. The awarding of hon
ors won by students during the
past vear was a feature of class
(Continued on Page 8)
SHOWN AT HfR DISK in a Newark.
N. J. grammar school is 69-year-old
Mrs. Joseph Montone. She will re
ceive her diploma on May 24. Mrs.
Montone says she decided to at
tend school after a driver asked her.
"Whatsa matter, can’tcha read”?
She plans to go to high school if
hubby will permit. (International)
YMBC Favors
Swimming Pool
For Moss Point
The Moss Point YMBC in its
regular meeting held Monday
night discussed the revival of
interest, in a public swimming
pool. Comments were made on
the fact that there are few places
in this area suitable for swim
ming. Several members told of
instances where they had wit
nessed boys and girls swimming
in dangerous places. The group
felt that sufficient interest was
shown by the club to work with
the city administration in lay
ing plana in the future for a
fKrol. •••.■>
Some four years ago YMBC
completed a survey of ten cities
in Mississippi the same size as
Moss Point which had public
swimming pools. Sufficient data
was assembled to show that a
public swimming pool in Moss
Point could be constructed and
paid for by public snbscription
with a combination • of govern
ment funds. It was deemed ad
visable, however, at that time, af
ter serious consideration with the
city administration, to lay aside
the project due to the fact that
plans were being set for a new
high school.
Due to the fact that much in
terest has been shown by the
public in the present, recreation
program the club is planning to
go on record as being in full sup
port of the city administration
when and if they set up any
plans for a municipal swimming
pool.
Plans for the annual Business
Men’s banquet are rapidly being
completed. The committee con
sisling of E. A. Khayat, A. L.
Breseman, and T. K. Swayze
have been instructed to carry out
the program. A temporary date
has been set for Monday June 12.
Invitations will be extended to
all business men in the city of
Moss Point. T«c exact nature of
the program will be announced
in detail later.
Ezell Announces
Candidacy For
Commissioner
• j
A W Ezell this week formally
announced that he will be a can
didate for city commissioner sub
pert to the will of the voters in
the Democratic primary July 18,
for the purpose of electing city
officials.
Mr Ezell has tendered his res
ign ition as chief of the Pasca
goula police department, effec
five June 15, in order to enter
ihi race for city commissioner.
Hi- announcement follows:
I am a candidate for the office
of Commissioner for the City of
Pascagoula, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary to be
held on July 18th. ,
I was not “brought out” by
anybody, because I feel that I
am capable of making my own
decisions, estimating the number
of citizens who believe me capa
bh ii( nandling the job, who are
fammar with my record and who
hav. faith in me.
Fm practically 25 years I have
been a law enforcement officer
for city of Pascagoula and
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. 1)
Navy Deserter Draws Life Sentence For
Williamson Murder; Recalls Grand Jury
Grand Jury Called
Back And Returns
Five Indictments.
Reconvened by Judge L. C.
Corban to act on matters which
had come up since its adjourn
ment last Thursday, the grand
jury returned five indictments
during a three-hour session Wed
nesday morning.
Those which could be made
public were against William E.
Ewing, 45-year-old Coast Guards
man charged with incest; Mrs.
Evelyn Sing and G. M. Meacham,
charged on separate affidavit;*
with having stolen $60 from Oli
ver Nolan; and Roy Lee Duke,
charged with theft of $86 from
Beatrice Smith.
Ewing plead guilty to the
charge of incest and was sen
tenced to serve four years in the
state penitentiary. Duke entered
a plea of guilty and was sen
tenced to a year in the peniten
tiary. Mrs. Sing and Meacham
plead not guilty and were tried
Wednesday afternoon. The jury
found them guilty of the charge
and sentence was set at 18 months
in the penitentiary.
In a suit entered by the Sing
ing River Tire Shop against A.
J. Stone, chairman of the State
Tax Commission to collect sales
tax which the plaintiff charged
had been unlawfully collected
from the company, the defendant
filed a demurrer which was sus
tained by the court and the suit
was dismissed. The tire company
had contended that there was no
sale tax on recapping of tires.
Will Dickson, negro, was
awarded $1,000 by the jury for
personal injuries inflicted by J.
B. Allen and Mrs. Alice Powell
*% hcn an automobile struck him.
John R. Walls
To Be Candidate
In Mayor's Race
John R. Watts, well known
Pascagoula business man and
former mayor, this week formal
ly announced his intentions to be
a candidate for mayor in the
Democratic primary election set
for July 18.
Mr. Watts’ announcement fol
lows:
To the Citizens and Voters of
Pascagoula:
In announcing my candidacy
for the office of Mayor of our
City, I am fully aware of the re
sponsibility attached to this job
from my former experience in
it. The city is of course much
larger now, but the basic prin*
ciple of municipal government
is the same. I made some mis
takes during my administration
and if elected, I will probably
make sotne more, but I feel that
I can say without being unduly
boastful that I had a batting av
erage of at least 750.
My primary desire in seeking
this office is that I may assist in
making Pascagoula a bigger, bet
r ter, more beautiful and, by all
means, a more sanitary place in
which to live. I feel that we
should co-operate with out pres
ent industries and work with the
Chamber of Commerce in getting
additional payrolls, in order to
minimize the shock of unem
ployment brought about by the
adjustment to post-war condi
tions. As 1 see it, this war will
have been fought in vain if we
let those who are actually fight
ing come home and have to join
the army of unemployed.
I wish to enumerate a few, of
what in my opinion, were worth
while accomplishments that were
started and completed during my
time in office. In doing this I
want to acknowledge the impor
tant part played by my co-work
ers, Messrs. Higginbotham, De
Jean, Gautier and Hollister. They
were members of the City Coun
cil during that period, and we
worked together very harmoni
ously.
The present site of the largest
industry in Mississippi was
bought for about $1400.00, which
enabled a later administration to
bring the shipyard to this city.
During 1933 the Pascagoula
Port. Commission was created
which at present gives to the
Port of Pascagoula an approxi
mate income of $17,000.00 yearly.
This can be used for port im
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. 1)
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Two Contribute
To Treasury For
Excess Charges
Two restaurant operators in
Jackson County made contribu
tions to the U. S. Treasury in the
amount of $728.80 before the
price panel of the Jackson Coun
ty War Price and Rationing
Board for overcharges in viola
tion of OPA regulations.
They were Marshall Allen,
owner of Indian Viilage, who
paid $240 for overcharging 25
cents on a half of fried chicken,
10 cents on bacon and tomato
sandwiches, 5 cents on cheese
sandwiches and 25 cents on
steaks.
The second was Valeo Huff,
negro, owner of Royal Cafe,
whose overcharges on pork chop
sandwiches fish sandwiches and
plate lunches were computed at
$488.80.
Members of the panel present
for the hearing were L. C. Wis
well, E. L. Mancil, Z. L. Man
gum, field price officer, W. L.
Wilcox and Mrs. Ada G. Schae
fer.
Prices in Pascagoula, Miss., for
a long time the topic of conver
sation in South Mississippi, now
are well in line with the national
average, an OPA District Repre
sentative stated today to L. C.
Wiswell, acting chairman and
other membets of the local price
panel.
All food stores in Jackson
County have been checked dur
ing the past four weeks. Of the
118 stores selling foods a total of
993 food items were checked and
it was found that 712 were priced
at ceiling, 248 were selling beiow
ceiling and only 33 were priced
above ceiling. Those priced
above ceiling were from 1 cent
to 4 cents in excess.
Now that food prices are in
line more emphasis will be
placed on clothing as numerous
complaints have been received
about ladies’ and children’s wear
ing apparel.
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Plans Afoot To Name
The Hydrangea As
Moss Point's Flower
A movement is on foot among
gardeners of Moss Point to desig
nate the hydrangea as the city’s
particular flower.
This idea has root in the ease
with which this handsome plant
is grown in Moss Point soil and
the size and beauty it attains
when given even a modicum of
care.
According to Miss Ina Thomp
son who is interested in the
movement, a number of homes
are already beautified with hy
drangeas and there is little
doubt but that their owners will
gladly share cuttings with those
desiring to join in the movement.
Rat Control Drive
Set In Moss Point
For Week In June
The week of June 20th has been
set aside for a city-wide rat con
trol campaign, sponsored by the
Volunteer Fire Department, in
Moss Point, members of the de
partment announced.
Since the Fire Department has
no funds for the campaign, free
will offerings are being solicited
and a letter authorizing this ac
tion has been issued the group
by the Chamber of Commerce.
Workers have reported consid
erable success to date on raising
funds and have expressed the
hope that sufficient funds will be
laised by an early date. Any citi
zen wishing to contribute to the
fund may contact R, E. White at
the local bus station or mail it
to Dr. J. F. Colley.
The campaign, which is need
ed in Moss Point, will be con
ducted under the supervision of
the State Plant Board and the
U. S. Department of the Interior,
one of the safest known rat
poison, is to be used and the
co-operation of all citizens is
requested by persons in charge.
If there are signs of rust on
refrigerator shelves wash them
with a mild scouring powder and
hot water, dry well with a soft,
clean cloth, and apply a thin
coating of hot melted paraffin.
McClanahan Held
Guilty In Circuit
Court Saturday,
Clyde MeClaijahan, 19 years
old, one of two Navy deserters
charged with the murder of E.
W. Williamson in Pascagoula No
vember 14, was found guilty and
sentenced to life imprisonment
by a jury in circuit court Satur
day.
Calvin Charles Mullinax, joint
ly charged, will be tried separ
ately under severance granted on
request of counsel for the de
fense, William Elmer, and his
case was continued by Judge L.
C. Corban. In addition to mur
dering Williamson, the sailors
were said to have robbed him
of more than $800.
Trial of the case consumed two
days with" the state introducing
principally law officials of Jack
son County and of Lagrange, Ga„
where McClanahan and Mullinax
had originally been arrested on
armed robbery charges. Prose
cution was conducted by R. C.
Cowan, district attorney, and L.
K. McIntosh, county attorney.
Defense witnesses were the de
fendant, still dressed in his sail
or's uniform, his mother and a
friend.
The state based its case prin
cipally on two statements law of
ficers testified McClanahan had
made at different times but had
refused to sign, on testimony the
defendant had given concerning
intimate details of the crime and
on letters written from the La
Grange jail, and intercepted, Ih
which he referred to the crime
and expressed the belief he
would “get the hot seat."
Mother Gives Alibi
Mr. Winer, who was appointed
by the court to represent Mc
Clanahan and Mullinax, built
the defense around the fact that
the statements were unsigned
and the testimony of the sailor's
mother, Mrs, John McClanahan,
that she had come from Emmett,
Ark, to visit her son at the Navy
base in Algiers, La., on the week
end of the murder and had spent
the major part of that week-end
with him.
Details of the finding of the
pool hall operator’s beaten and
bullet-r i d d 1 e d body Sunday
morning, November 14, in his
blood-soaked trailer residence
were established through the tes
timony of J. Guy Krebs, then
sheriff of Jackson County, and
Chief of Police A. W. Ezell. They
testified that Williamson’s body,
clad only in an undershirt, was
half kneeling across one of the
beds in the trailer with the face
resting on his crossed hands.
There were numerous wounds
made, apparently by a rounded,
wooden weapon across the back
of his head and two bullets had
entered his left side and gone en
tirely through his body.
In Statements officials testi
fied were made by McClanahan,
the youth told of attempting to
rob the pool hall operator, beat
ing him over the head with a cue
stick, adding "he acted like he
wanted to holler so I shot him."
In one statement he said the
fight started in the pool hall
where the man was hit over the
head and then dragged to the
trailer and in the other purport
ed confession he said Williamson
was in the trailer when they en
tered, struck him over the head
and shot him, taking the money.
Mr. Ezell further testified that
McClanahan had told him details
of the arrangement of the fur
nishings of the trailer after his
arrest in LaGrange and had lat
er, in Jackson, confessed to the
crime and had told the entire
story before a number of wit
nesses in the state highway pa
trol office. He said, however,
that when the statement was
presented to McClanahan for his
signature he had refused to sign
it.
Seen in Pascagoula
E. V. Hilyer, sheriff of Troup
County, Ga., H. H. Poole, Geor
gia Highway patrolman, James
Cooper, Mississippi State High
way patrolman; and D. H. Hunt
er, who was at the time police
lieutenant on the LaGrange
force, took the stand to testify to
statements made by McClanahan
showing his connection with the
crime.
S. M. Hewlett of Pascagoula,'
also called by the state, by testi
mony placed McClanahan in Pas
cagoula on the Monday follow -
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