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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Battery B Receives
Special Commentator
For First Time

Battery B, Hath Field Artillery,
Holmes county, was one Of three fir
ing units in the state to receive spe-
cial commentator for their showing
in the annual Federal inspection,
This is the first time in the history
of the battery that it has received
this recognition.
This notice was given at a meeting
in Jackson Sunday at the Hotel Held
elberg of officers of the Mississippi
National Quad. Other batteries hon
ored were Greenville and Tupelo.
Captain E. T. Nelson is command
ing officer and second l~ieutenants art
Lester r. Thompson and George Pc
vail. There are 81 enlisted men.
Officers attending the meeting Sun
day went on record requesting Mis-
sissippi congressman to support legis
lation givin the President authority
to call out the National Guard wher
he deems it necessary for the nationa
welfare,
The resolution was wired all of TIL
states congressman.
Local officers will attend a schoo
to be held in Hattiesburg Sunday
June %, according to an announce
ment made today.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Department Sehoo|
Is Being Held Here AT
Civ Hall This Week
Lexington, Kosciusko,
Duront, Attend
First Of Series

Seventeen men, including members
OF the Durant Fire Department m
representatives of the Lexington and
Kosciusko Departments, attended the
first session last night of a Fire
Department Training School held at
the Durant City Hall. The second
meeting will be held tonight, with the
concluding session Friday night.
The course is offered to the de-
partments through the cooperation Of
the state Department for Vocational
Education n the Mississippi State
| Rating Bureau, at no expense to the
towns participating. Instruction is
handled by Captain f. l.. Boteler OF
the Jackson, Mississippi Fire Depart
ment and Engineer j. F. B~arksdale
of the Rating Bureau.
The opening session last night was
devoted chiefly to a discussion of the
importance Of properly organizing
volunteer departments, the use of
minor tools and equipment, and meth
DDS OF combating oil and gas fires.
1dTllCuidT EMPHASIS Was pldCcu Oh Ins
necessity Of minimizing damage by
water and smoke.
Captain Boteler and Mr.. Barksdale
were high in their praise Of the very
fine type of men in the three depart
ments represented and OF the interest
manifested in the first session.
Mayor Howell is to be congratulated
for his efforts in securing this school
for Durant and local citizens can
expect reasonably improved efforts
from the local Department, which is
headed by r. e. Irby.
Those attending the school are:
John f. Eden, David II. Cochran,
w. r. Terry, Chief, and Lewis Terry
of Kosciusko.
Marion X. Giwn, Chief, Doty Porter,
Roy Owen. Lee Herring and Paul
Baldwin of Lexington.
!, r.. e. Irby, Chief, Doc Winborn,
Gordon Allen, Joe York, Jr., J.. l.,
Maxwell. Homer Terry, Leon Engl-
man, and Clyde Durham of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Activity Continues In
Pickens Field AT
WiIburn Tract

The serious world war news seame
TO be giving impetus to the search for
oil in Mississippi,
Newcomers are arriving daily and
most of them tell us that it win emily
require an adjustment by the Govern
ment n majors as TO just what
course win be pursued in providing
ample and continued supply OF petrol
cum for the Mississippi development
program to see more activity.
Evidently the experienced oil men
know what they are doing. The sub
stantial independent operators are
widening their fields of activity here
and preparing for drilling tests and
campaigns.
During che past week new producing
wells have been added, more permits
issued for new wildcats and several
contracts have been made for early
wildcats in untried counties.
Tinsley Field
Union Producing company is ad-
ding the Goth producer to Tinsley field
with TIER TO. IL Stevens completion
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
F. {. Grabenstein
In Alfalfa
Prominent Former Is
Buried Al Soils
On Wednesday

f. c. G~rabenstein, about 65, well
known farmer of the Sails conf
munity, passed away at his home
there Sunday morning at ten o'clock
after a weeks illness of heart trouble.
Mr.. Grabenstein, a native German,
came to this country when about II
years old. His family settled in Mis-
souri,. He came to Attala county
over twenty years ago and was high
ly respected as a citizen and a man
He was a successful farmer in his
neighborhood. He had a large mum.
Der of friends in Durant who will re.
greet to learn of his passing.
He was a devoted member of the
Presbyterian Church and funeral ser.
vices were held from the Sails Pres
byterian Church Wednesday after
moo The Rev. G. M. Smiley, Amory
former Durant pastor, the Rev. E. w
Ford, Goodman Presbyterian minis
ter, and the Rev. J. r. Tackett, pas
tor of the Durant and Sails Presby-
terrain churches, were in charge of the
services.
Interment was in the Sails GENE
tey with the Southern Undertaking
Association in charge.
Surviving is his widow and one
daughter, Mrs. Ida Mable Johnson, of
Sails, two sons, Roy, of Sails, and
Henry of Detroit.
Among the out of town relatives and
close friends present for the services
were Miss Zimmerman, a niece, Miss
Grabenstein and MIR. Struben, all of
Missouri.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Holmes Farms Checked
For AAA Compliance;
Workers Are Named
$4,000 Acres Lund
Listed; $1,000 Is
In Cotton Now

A crew of "a persons has been busy
Jnce June 3 checking $4,000 acres in
Holmes county farms for compliance
with the AAA soil conservation pro-
gram more commonly known as the
cotton production control program.
There are $4,000 acres in cotton. Up
until Saturday night $4,000 acres had
been checked,
Due to lnclement weather the work
this year has p1 0ceeded very slowly
but 1t Is hoped that it will be COM
pleted by August Is.
John Howard and l.. r. Thompson
are supervisors and those engaged in
checking and their territories are:
Van Lawshe and James Odom, DU
rant: Herbert English and Thomas
Brock, West; Jack Cade Barwick,
Tchula; Eugene CHM Bigham, Cru
ger; John c. Brister, Coxburg; James
T. Buck, Acona; Peter Cowsert, Good
man; w. L. Crawford, Pickens; Mar
do, Pickens.
Jack Wheeler, Goodman; B. w.
Humphrey, Jr, Ebenezer; Il. L. Lip
sey, Route 3, Durant; NJ. M. Mcclellan,
Bowling Green; j. M. McRae, Licking
ton; Clarence Minyard, Acona; Jack
Moore, Tchula; A. C. Morriss, Route
3, West; c. B. Parkinson, Eden, and
Lawrence Rabb, Jr. Lexington, Curtis
Hines, Jr., Cruger.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
HUGH White Announces
For u. 5. Senate; His
Opponent Is BiIbo
Former Governor Says
He Will Visit Counties
During Compoign

Former Governor Hugh White, Col
umbia, announced his candidacy to
the United States Senate, Wednesday,
subject to the action Of the Demo
cratic primary in August. He will
oppose Senator Theo. G.. Bilbo, a can
didate for reelection.
Immediately after issuing his an
nouncement statement, Governo
White left for his home in Columbia
to get his affairs in shape there so
that he may devote all his time from
now until August 81 to the campaign,
with the expectation of visiting every
county in the meantime.
His statement, announcing his de
cision to make the race, follows:
II am a candidate for the United
States senate.
I'm reaching a decision to make this
campaign, I have been influenced not
numbers of Mississippians - regard
less of former political affiliations
but also by the deep conviction that
in these critical times when no man
can foretell what ever the immediate
future may bring forth L can render
a real service in the national congress
by giving wh~ole-hearted cooperation
TO our great president in all his laud-
able undertakings and to other mem
bers of the Mississippi delegation in
congress W where the interests and
welfare of our people are concerned.
Il realize that the minds of u peo-
pie are not going to be concerned as
they would be in normal times, with
local political questions, but so long
as the world situation remains cri-
teal, will be conferred on national and
international problems. With this
thought in mind, it will be my pur-
pose to conduct a campaign in keep
ing with prevailing conditions and
aot take the stump unless develop
rlsenns mike ii necessary. 1 shall
visit every county in the state before
the election and see as many of the
people as possible in the interest OF
my candidacy.
IAN extended campaign should not
be necessary, not only because of the
conditions l have mentioned, but also
because my record and that of my
opponent are well known to the peo-
pie of Mississippi, and it is on my
RECORD as governor of the state and
as a business man prior to that SER
vice that 1 will seek election.
Il am sure the voters of Mississippi
will examine the past records of my
opponent and myself and vote their
honest convictions. That is all I ask
and 1 shall willingly abide by their
verdict at the polls"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Flower And Vegetable
Exhibit Is Held Wed.
Lexington Places First
In Flowers; CenterviIIe
First In Vegetables

The annual Home Demonstration
Club Flower and Vegetable Exhibit
was held Wednesday, June 10th, at
the Lexington Community House with
a total attendance of 112.
26 members made Ill exhibits OF
flowers and 20 members made 12o
vegetable exhibits. MI. r. o. Mono
smith, Extension Horticulturist OF
State College, judged the exhibits.
Lexington club had highest mum.
Der of places in flowers and Center.
vile club in vegetables with % var
ieBies exhibited by 7 members.
Placings were as follows
Class L, Annuals
Phlox, Mrs. T. A. Barrentine, Lex
ington, LIST; Mrs. C. A. Moore. Beth.
esda, 2nd.
L~arkspur. Mrs. w. f. Grace, Cen
~terville, 1st; Mrs. T. A. Barrentine
Lexington, End.
Sweet Peas, Mrs. T. A. Baruentine
Lexington, 1st; Mas. w. E. Grace
Centerville, End.
Nashurtium tsingle), Mrs. Floyt
Truitt, Bethesda, LIST.
Nasturtium tdoublel. Mrs. C. O
Buck, Lexington, 1st; Mrs. j. T. Alder
man, Howard, 2nd.
petunia, Miss Martina Robinson
Providence, list; Mrs. Harold J. Brock
Howard, 2nd.
Verbena, Mrs, G.. A. Johnson, Lex
Continued o II page two)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Gulf S%eismogroph Crew
Locates In Durunt

A seismograph crew of the Gulf Re
filming Company has established of
fees in Durant and will begin work
in this locality as soon as possible.
They are located in the building
formerly occupied by the Durant
Motor Company on Front street.
R. b. Kerbow is in charge of the
crew which consists of about 26 peo-
pie. Nh. and Mrs. Kerbow nave rent
ed the home of Mrs. Ed Gulledge.
About half of the crew is located in
Durant and the rest found accomoda-
tons in Kosciusko.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
BurWell Wilkes Home
From Harvard

Bub Wilkes is enjoying a few days
visit here with his mother, Mrs.
Lauraene Wilkes, before leaving for
Jackson where he will work in the
law offices of Louis NJ. lights, pro
minent Jackson attorney and Demo
cratic National committeeman from
Mississippi.
Bub has just completed his frseh-
man year in the law school at Har-
ward.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Fred Whitehouse Is
Home From Hospital

Friends of the Whitehouse family
will be glad to learn that little Freddie
was brought home from the Com
munity Hospital in Lexington Mon
day and is resting nicely at his home
here.
His parents plan to take him. north
for a vacation as soon as he is able
to make the trip. They plan to leave
the latter part of the week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
D. Y. Pound Reported
Doing Nicely Today

The many friends of D. v. Pound,
well known Durant business man who
has been critically i'll for some time,
will be glad to know hat he was
resting very comfortably late We'd
nesday when members of his family
visited him at the Baptist Hospital
in Jackson.
Hope is held for an early and COM
plete recovery by friends of his family.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
R, M, McEIroy Ill In
Vicksburg Hospital

Friends will regret to learn that Mr..
r. NJ. McElroy Of Yazoo City is ser
iously ill in the V~icksburg Sanitar-
ium,
Mr.. n Mrs. McElroy at one time
lived in Durant and are the parents
of Mrs. J. d. Causey. .
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Mrs. Schrock Continues
Very III At Hospital

Mrs. Charles Schrock, of Tchula, re-
mains critically i'll in a hospital at
Greenville. She has been confined
with undulent fever since last Octo-
Der. Her husband is a well known
business mar of Tchula.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Schrock, nee
Anna May Counts, formerly of Good
man, now of Picayune, are mere at
her bedside.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Soil Conservation
Tour On Friday

Another soil conservation tour will
be made Friday, June 81, leaving the
office of the County Agent at nine
o'clock.
All interested farmers and the pub
lie are cordially invited to make the
trip and see what the various farms
of Holmes county are accomplishing
with soil building practices.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Hospital List

Mrs. H. V. Brooks, Lexington.
Mrs. j. T. Parkinson, Lexington.
Mrs. Juanita Crabtree, Lexington.
DR.. Ruff, Missouri.
Troy Floyd, West.
w. n. Crutcher, Greenwood.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Eight Permits Issued This Week For
Wells In State; Five Are In Yazoo

in the southeast quarter OF Sec. u.
The crew ran 21a inches tubing set
at 4847 feet and is ~swabbing.
Unions two new tests, the No. .
Gull Cessna, south offset of the No. 4
Twiner, east offset of the Nc. 8 Twin
er completion, are both drilling ahead
after running surface casing. The
Cessna at 1903 feet in shale and
boulders and the Twinar at 2141 feet
in shale and streaks of sand.
Union has fastened a derrick on the
NO. 2 Partridge east Offset Of the No.
/ Pauidge completion and has an
nounced location for the No. 3 Par
fridge north of the No. 3 Partridge
which is their last open 40-acre plot
in Section l..
Union has made location for a No.
l Powell, southeast quarter SW IS,
Section 36-f1 N-2 w. 1 east offset Of
the No. Z Slick being drilled by Slick
Urschel Oil Company. The No. 7 Slick
is drilling al 1885 after logging Wood
ruff sand at 1888 and also a second
sand body. Other Union locations are
No. 5 Twiner, no. 6 Twiner, No. 7
Stevens, No. 5 Perry and No. II
Stevens.
Pickens Field
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No. 3 Wilburn,
third test in the Pickens field to core
al ~@rl aont ro1+ 1G t,t 1rn
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Betty 10 Lothum Ill
While In Morton

Durant friends OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Latham, of Lexington, viii regret to
learn that their daughter, Betty 10,
was stricken with appendicitis while
visiting relatives and friends in Nor
ton.
She was operated on Wednesday
and it is understood that she is rest
ing nicely.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20

the lives of young men to save demo
cracy if we aren't going to have brains
and character enough to maintain it
after we have saved it.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-20
Pickens Field

acknowledgement No. 3 Wilburn,
third test in the Pickens field to core
oil sand, ran 1861 feet of 7-inch pro-
Continued on page two)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06
Gouernor Assails Ticket
 Fixing As Cheap Racket
of Arrests Declares States Radio Tme Lives" Be
 Considered.

any record of arrests, but to low CT. the recort. of accidents, for your protection as we'll as the other fellows.
 Law Enforcement
 "As a matter of fact, do not think that you can measure pro- per law-enforcement by the num- Der of arrests made. If the law is being enforced, being obeyed there will be no arrests. It is only where the law is not being obeyed that an arrest legitimately may be made.
 Therefore I have always, per- sonally, regarded any great num- Der of arrests in a locality with suspicion. I would much rather see motorcycle officer, for ex- ample, very much in evidence pa- trolling the road, with the re- minding effect to be law-abiding that that has upon motorists, than see that same officer hiding behind a house or a tree, wait ing to catch some motorist vio- lating the law.
 "The policeman that we Con- necticut folk must have, really, must be within us. That is the only principle upon which we can run our state or our country. If we are to have laws of our own choosing, then also we must choose to obey them"
 The Governor urged that cour- tesy be shown to ous-of-state mo- torists.
 Our State Development Com mission is urging visitors to come to Connecticut. We want people from oth4r states to come here for winter sports and summer vacations. And we aren't going to encourage that sort of thing if we crack down on motorists merely because they have out-of- state license plates," he pointed out.
 Cheap Racket"
 Law enforcement authorities, the Governor said, are cooper ating 100 per cent" in his drive to do away with ticket-fixing, which he described as "a cheap racket, anyway: utterly cheap, utterly un- fair. and utterly un-American."
 He urged that every citizen CO., operate in the drive for greater highway safety. He declared:
 This is a drive in which every citizen can help, simply by doing his part to obey the rules"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06
EXC Collector Ennis On Witness Stand Today
Continued From Page D

deposits at the bank. He said that he himself worked in Cage 3 on Wednesday nights when the office was kept open from 2 to o'clock.
 He said that Miss Cavanaugh balanced the money and checks that he took in her cage of Wednes- day nights doing so the following day.
 He said that he never at any time had suggested that she hold out any deposit.
 He said that Miss Csvanaugh had never at any time told him that anything, money or otherwise, was missing from her cage or that she was suspicious that anything strange was going on in connection with her cage.
 Questioned At Length
 MT. Clark was questioned at length by Atty. Wrenn on the mat ter of interest and penalties on tax bills and on the method of receipt ing bills.
 States Atty. Fitzgerald tried to cut of phases of the cross examina- tion by objection to Atty. Wrenn's questions on the ground that they were exploratory"
 MT. Clark admitted that there was plenty of chance to make mistakes in any one of the cages. He further admitted that several persons were permitted to come inside the tax of- flee where the employees work.
 Juggle Receipts
 MT. Clark further testified that it would be possible for cashier to hold a check and still maintain a daily balance that would not be dis covered. This he said could be done by juggling receipts from one day to another.
 Atty. Maurice P. Wrenn took up the cross examination of MT. Ennis shortly after the mid-morning re- cess was completed at 11:45.
 The former Tax Collector admit ted early in his croSs-examination that Thomas P. Kelly, former ex- ecutive secretary to former Mayor Hayes, had cashed post-dated checks in his office and that he had talk en in tax money at the cages at busy periods, helping out when the rush was heavy.
 Told of Check
 He told of one check for $10O that Mir Kelly gave, which was dated in February of one year and which he did. not cash until April of the same year.
 Atty. Wrenn was questioning MT. Ennis on his knowledge of the city's strong mayor" charter and his right as Tax Collector to cash personal checks when court ad- journed for the noon recess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06
'FINlVS REFUSE
 MANY ATTACKS
CcOntinusd from Page l)

NtAANAt44IA HUH Ea|t ID
 Lieksa-Kuhmo Sectors = Russian attacks were repuIsed.
 salIa (North CentraD Sector- Pinns turned back Russian thrusts in the salla area and near Harira- jervi.
 Omcial sources refused to dis cuss Scandinavian reports that the Films had broken up the Russian 18th infantry division in that area and were withholding the news be- cause they had still to deal with another division, which they rke- wise hoped to smash.
 It was said only that Russian attacks in the area, which had been a daily matter for weeks, had lost their punch and lacked coor- dination. It was pointed out that comtmuniques covering operations up to Sunday night had mentioned the continuance of Russian attacks.
 But unofficial reports were that an important Russian force had been unanswered into trip, with its communication cut, and that if the Films managed to. complete their operation they might be able to announce a victory which would rank with their biggest of the war.
 Strong Russian attacks in, the Kuhmo area, 175 miles north of Lake Ladoga, were regarded here as meaning an attempt to counter-bal- ance setbacks suffered both north- east of Lake Ladoga and in the Mannerheim line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06

A. in their fight for the union of Fire and North Ireland.
 Several Appeals
 The appeals came from Fires Prime Minister, Ramon De Valera the Protestant archbishop of Dub- lin, and political and civic or ganizations throughout the Irish Free State.
 The British attorney general ruled yesterday that there was nc basis for believing the men inno. cent, and refused them an appeal to the House of Lords, their last resort. '..
 Some of the appeals from Fire contained vague threats that Bri. tain would be held responsible fol what may follow" the executions and extraordinary precautions were being taken against new outbreak Of terrorism on execution day.
 No Basis for Leniency
 British authorities said there was no basis for leniency because nc mitigating circumstances had beer shown and furthermore the Gov entry bombing, in which five were killed was the tihrd instance ili which the I. R. A. outrages had talk en lives.
 Barnes and Richards were con- victed specifically of the murder ot Elsie Ansell, one of the five vic- tims. The girls widowed mother Mrs. Laura Ansell, 49, died last night. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia but it was said she never had recovered from the shock of her daughters death.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06
CHRISTIAN FRONT
 HEAD ORDERED OUT

Boston. Feb. 6-(UP)-Francis P. Moran, organizer of the Christian Front in New England, has been asked to vacate his headquarters at the Copley Square hotel because of the publicity attending the arrest of IT New York front members.
 Philip c. Young, manager, said last night that under the existing conditions I thought I ought to ask him to leave" Young said that when he rented the quarters he be- lieved the front was a committee for the defense of the American Constitution"
 Moran protested that the New England organization had mo con- nection" with the New York front.