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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15
Senator CIurk's Bill

The hill Of Senator Bennett Clark to place all of our
armed forces under one Department oil Nationaf : eAv
and to establish an air force equal in rank TO tne Army
and Navy should have a full hearing Immediately IN
the interest of preparedness.
Full coordination of all departments as well as fil
cooperation are necessary if our country is to be pre-
pared. We have already seen the confusion resulting
from lack of coordination in the British forces. we can
not afford to run such a risk IN America.
"The stake NAV be nothing less than our collective
neck" says the Birmingham (Alabama) Post.
We cannot afford to rely alone on the opinion of
generals who feel at home only with their feet on the
ground or a headquarters desk or aamrais 'raineo "
command from the bridge OF a battleship.
Top-ranking generals and admirals, Of course, are
opposed to Senator Clarks bill. Most of the top-rankers
in the Army and Navy are men who Who's. started t,t their s car
building and repairing bicycles. There was nothing a.
bout flying in the books they studied at West Point
and Annapolis. Indeed, even today, the cadets at those
two renowned nstitutions-the young men who are
to be ranking officers of the future-are not taught
how to fly planes.
AS long as we lived in a peaceful world and felt secure
it was perhaps not important that aviation renamed a
stepchild of the military services. But in today's world,
where security can be attained only through superior
might, it may become vital.
It is at least questionable whether anything approach
ing real airpower, of the caliber developed by Ger
many and Italy, can ever be achieved under the present
system, where our Army and Navy each mas an an
force as an auxiliary branch-where, as senator Ciark
points out there is between the two branches nelther
unity or command and tactcs nor OF design ana procure
ment.
We can't afford to let airpower remain a sidellne.
Germany and Italy didn't. England was long in learning
that-maybe too long.
Under Senator Clark's bill, aviation would be pro-
NOTED from a secondary to a primary arm OF defense.
The air force would be independent of, and equal in
rank to, the Army and Navy. The three services would
be in one Government department., headed by a Secre-
tary of National Defense-a sort of lieutenant COM
chief, taking orders only from the President,
and directing and coordinating the activities and pre-
parations of our armed forces, on land, at sea and in the
air.
A nation that is spending nearly fourteen billion dol
lars for fighting eQuipment and planning on COnScrlp-
ting a standing army of a million men certainly cannot
afford to let petty politics in high military circles stand
in the way of a properly coordinated defense program.
Senator Clarks bill should receive enthusiastic sup
port of every congressman who is honestly interested
in seeing our armed forces brought up to the highest
possible peak of efficiency.
1t is vi.ally necessary that our generals be prepared
for war as well as our buck prvates.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15
Goodman Foot Boil Team
Has Tough 40 Schedule
By CATHEY

Nine real assignments confront the
Holmes Junior College gridders dur
ing the forthcoming 1910 campaign,
including a pair of freshmen clashes
The Bulldog outfit will not display
its wares before familiar faces be-
fore October Is when the Raymond
E---les, losers by a scant Z to 0 mar
gan last year by virtue Of a last
minute desperation prayer pass that
found its mark safely in the arms of
Joe Tom Mabry, brilliant terminal
performer. Senatobia, which did not
meet the Goodman clan last season,
follows the Kinds aggregation into
town on October 25, while the always
stubborn Perkinston Bulldogs will in.
vate Branch Athletic Field on Nov
ember /.
The opening encounter is booked
for September IA on the Starkville
gridiron against the Mississippi State
freshmen, who, it will be remember
ed, pl~astered an unwelcome 20 to {
defeat on the Holmes forces in 1913!
with j. I. Black proving the devastat
ing element.
The complete schedule is as fol
lows: September 14-Goodman VS.
Mississippi State freshmen at Stark
Vile; October 21-open date; Sep
TENDER 27-Goodman at Poplarville
October Il Goodman at Ellisville
October 12-Goodman VS. Ole Mis-.
freshmen at Belzoni; October 1S-
Raymond at Goodman; October %
Senatobia at Goodman; November
-Perkinston at Goodman; Novem
Der 8-Goodman at Wesson; Novem
Der 16-open date; November 20
Moorhead at Goodman.
To refresh the memories Of Good
mar followers, the ensuing results O
tits unreeled last season are givel
below: Goodman 10, Poplarville 0
Goodman IL, Ellisville 6; Moorheat
Sd, Goodman ~; Goodman 10, Per
kinston Z; Goodman Z, Raymond 0
Goodman 81, Wesson 0; Goodman
10, Southwestern (Memphis) fresh
men Ia.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15
F. S. WoIcott's Rabbits
Foot Co. To Be Here
On August 23rd

Just what, is the inside secret of
the phenomenal success of the f. S.
Wolcott rabbit Foot Co.? An ex-
preston frequently heard since the
advertising Of this well know show
has appeared on the boards, that
was a mooted question in the writers
mind, until an interview with Fred
Wolcott personally left no doubt as
to the real reason for its sustained
popularity, success in any line, is
measured only by the strength of its
weakest link in personnel; each divi-
sion or department of my organiza-
ton has as it's head men and women
thoroughly adjusted to the require
ments of their position, in fact they
form an association of research whose
entire time is devoted to the various
angles of the impending production
we all work as a machine, each cog
playing an important part to the 9TH
er-time is second in thought to a
well rounded and pleasing ~presenta-
ton, requiring vast expenditure of
money. in scenery, costumes and mu-
sic, but the work of the master minds
in the field, is not enough to satisfy
the public today-there must be ar
lists, dancers, and musicians and they
must not be of the yesterday type,
but abreast of the swiftly moving
twentieth century.
Mr.. Wolcott is not a stranger IN
u midst,-he does not come to US
each season under a new name as
some do, in order to salve to sore
spots created by last seasons offer
ings, he stands on the merits of each
passing year and sticks to his one
title "The Rabbit Foot" the mark
and seal of all that is superior in
colored predictions this seasons
offering of the High Brown Follies
will pay its annual visit to Durant
on Friday, August 23rd, and that
big much looked for and appreciated
parade will be given promptly at
1870 am.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15
Hugh White's Campaign
For Senator Spreads
Over 81 Counties
Homestead Exemption
Will Help Increase Gov.
Whites Vote In Stute

The little man in Mississippi is
lining up a mighty vote for the man
who gave them a big hand when he
was in the governors office.
That sums up the sweeping popu.
larity of former Governor Hugh L.
White in hfs campaign for U. S
senator in the August 81 election,
il is indicated by a check-up of
Governor Whites campaign officials
in the states 80 counties.
The vast majority of letters pledg-
ing enthusiastic support to Governor
White, it was explained, are from
small home owners in rural areas re-
presenting virtually every part of
the state. Field men also report that
farm women are backing Governor
White in record numbers.
Homestead exemption, of course,
is the most popular theme of the cor
respondents, and many farm women
are writing their gratitude "for the
goodness and greatness of the one
man who really stood by the poor
people after he was elected to Of
flee"
81 never knew anything about Gov
ernor White except that was a rich
business man." one woman wrote. 81
never voted for him before, because
/ thought that a nan so rich and
living so elegantly could v know
the simple needs Of poor people.
"When l look back upon all the
good things he has done for us coun-
try people, l am satisfied that he is
the best friend we ever had, and we
owe it to ourselves and to our own
good interests to keep such a man
working for the people the rest OF
his life"
Governor Whites senatorial cam.
paign again calls attention to his long
career of personal and public service
of Mississippi. Brought up by a faith
er who believed children should know
the stern realities Of life, he wa:
early taught to work and respect
work. From early youth he was
taught to work with his hands, in al
kinds of weather, and possibly NJ
other Mississippian knows more abou.
earning a livelihood by the sweat O
the brow. Governor White inherited
a fine business mind, which account
largely for his genius in organization
and leadership-in short his abilit,
to get things done. Furthermore, hi
long experience as al employer o
men has given him a capacity to un
6erstand the problems of the man VIII
works for a living-and a feeling TO
those roblems. Out of this background
of fine business leadership he took t.
public life a thorough knowledge o
the big job of directing the bigges
industry in all Mississippi, the bust
ness of state government.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15
HUGH WHITE
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
Thornton and others. The meeting
adjourned with everyone present ex-
pressing confidence in the chairman
and officers and pledging their sup
port to the candidacy of Hugh White.
Prior to adjourning of the meet
ing reports from Jackson state head
quarters specifically stated that sup
porters We're flocking to Hugh White S
banner from every section of the
state and with continued efforts un-
til election day by all friends and
supporters of Hugh White will assure
victory.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15
Recruiting. North and South

The fact that the south is + furnishing a much large
quota of voluntary enlistments in the U. S. Army tha
other sections is causing considerable comment in news
papers and military circles.
The Gadsden (Alabama) Times expresses no surpris
that this should be true and advance several good ra
son why it is:
lone fact that deserves comment is that nothing
new is presented when more boys enlist in the South
than in any other portion of the country. This has al
ways been true. One of the reasons, extending over
many years, is that the South is more American than
any other portion of the country. Most Southerners have
been here for several generations, this being true even of
the negroes, and they have no divided affections. They
love their own country and no other, thus being in a
class apart from those who were born abroad or whose
parents were born abroad and whose affections are divided
between some foreign land and the land of their ad-
option.
another and more material factor lies in the dis
elimination that the federal government displays in deal
ing with the youth of the South and the youth Of the big
cities in the North. An enlisted man gets $21 a month,
plus food and clothing and shelter. That's considerable
more than the WPA allows in this quarter, while in New
York, for instance the youth may get three times as much
from the WPA as the army pays. Therefore, he shifts
dsdainfuly at the army job.
"As a consequence of this discrimination and the
shifting" that it prompts in such places as New York,
the record shows that in one week recently 1000 Southern
youths entered the fighting service in the Fourth Corps
area. While this was going on in the South, a corps in
densely populated Massachusetts enlisted 179 while New
York, with 100000 population, provided PIP.
"In sum, the WPA in the North is putting a premium
on keeping young men out of the army, and this is some
Thing else that will have to be corrected if defensive
measures are to become what they should be-"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15

The Durant News is authorized to
announce the following candidates.,
subject to the action of the August,
1910, Democratic primaries:
Fol Supreme Court Judge
JUDGE SIDNEY SMITH
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15

Miss Katherine Durham pc t
Monday visiting friends in Kosciusko.
Miss Florance Nicely returned Sun
day from a two weeks visit with
friends and relatives in B a o n
Rouge, La.
Mrs. 81 Dobbs of New Orleans, La.
: spent the week in the home of her
sister, Mrs. J. NJ. Howard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15

Miss Bobbie Brown returned to
her home in Birmingham, Ala. Sun
day after spending se.eral weeks in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Odom.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-15

FOR SALE OR TRADE-34 model
Master Chevrolet in good condl-
ton. Will consider trading for good
pickup. J. w. Robinson. l-tp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29
LADY SNOW BIRDS

A group of twenty women have arranged a series Of winter tourna- ments at the Pomonok Country club golf course in Long Island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29

Fred Brice. football coach at the University of Maine for twenty years. has submitted his resignation six times only to have 1t rejected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29
-YMCA Badminton

Two badminton tournaments are scheduled for the weekend at the Central Y. The first will be mems doubles tournament which will be played tomorrow afternoon starting at 100 D. m. The second will be a women's doubles tournament which will be played Sunday evening start ing at 2 p. m.
 The mems badminton' committee made up of John Monaghan, chair man; Donald Post, Thomas Patter- son and Seth Goodwin have di- vided the players into three classes: B. C., and beginners. In the B class
 the following matches have been scheduled: Post and Warnock drew bye; Wright and Newberry vs German and Danen; Patterson and Monagan vs Galgot and Dzillon; AL bert and KoserSky vS E. Smith and Pinter. In the c class: Titterington and Moore vs Hunt and Mulligan; Lee and Alishausky vs Futile and Harrington; Wesson and Queal vS Purinton and Levin; Selens and Ba- landa vs Parmalee and Van Ripper. In the Beginners Glass: c. Mangan- arc and Chris Smith vs Cooke and Warren; DeVines and Bryson vs Malins and Fucker: Kenny and Morrison vs Gray and Keith; Louis Freilick and Joe Blansfield drew a bye.
 The schedules for the women's tournament are to be announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29
FRESHMAN 5-1 CHOICE OVER
 FOE TONIGHT
Conn, Slow Starter, May Be Stopped in Early
 Rounds at M. s. G.
BY HARRY FERGUSON Limited Press Sports EditOrl

New York. Nov. 29. (UP)-Billy Conn, the Pittsburgh Fancy Dan, confronts the highest, hardest hur- dle in his path toward a bout with Joe Louis when he meets Lee Sa- old in Madison Square Garden to- night.
 The distance is 12 rounds, and Conn's light heavyweight champion ship will not be at stake because Savold is a full-hedged heavyweight something Billy would like to be.
 Conn is a 5 to 1 favorite, but this price seems considerably out of line, for while Conn is the neatest boxer among the big boys, Savold has a few arguments on his side.
 Despite the fact that he is a sort of MT. K the unknown quantity in eastern rings, his record shows that he is hard, accurate puncher. Some of the fighters he has knocked out recently never will set the world afire, but Savold'S string of knock outs-17 in the last 9 f1ghts-teSti- fies to the kick he carries in his leather mittens.
 Won His Chance Savold got this fight on the strength of one brilliant perform- ance in Madison Square Garden. Last January he appeared in pre- 1 liminray bout against big Jim Rob- inson of Philadelphia and knocked the Giant out with a cool. deadly ate tack What impressed the ringSid- CTS was the fact that there was no maste motion in Savold'S victory. He came out with his fists held low ill a sort of morthrdox stance and moved straight into action. He hit hard and he hit fast, and Robinson, a fairly good fighter, never had chance.
 The crowd went away from the Garden that night talking about the preliminary fighter, but shortly after that Savold went back West and dropped decision to an unknown named Johnny Winters. Later Sa- void deversed the decision in a re- turn bout, but the question mark still is on him.
 Conn will be rather badly out- weighed-185 to 178 or maybe ITS. Since he began campaigning among the heavyweights he has not run into anybody who could hit as ard and fast as Savold.
 Chance to Score One thing in Savold's favor is that Conn is slow starter. In almost every fight he has been on the los- inf end of the early rounds. But along about the sixth Billy seems to get the range and starts running away with the fight. The trick for Savold, if he can turn it, is to tag Conn with couple before Billy gets warmed up and starts moving around with that fawless footwork of his, sticking that long left into his opponents face.
 Even though he probably never will be anything more than a nat ural light heavyweight, oCnn insists he is big enough to get into the ring with Louis. He points to Corbetts victory over Sullivan and Tunrey's two fights with Dempsey as evil dence that hood boxer always has a chance against slugger.
 If Savold wins tonight, he is on the way to big money an dprobably shot at the heavyweight title. The only other challenger of any stature for the heavyweight crown is your old pal, Maxie Baer, now working in musical comedy and far, far too busy to talk about fighting Louis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29
Ghost Basketball At
 Watertown Tonight
(NEA Telephoto)

Watertown, November 29 A blackout game, the spookiest one ever saw, will be presented at the high school gym here tonight when "Ghost Basketball" taking the state by storm, is presented fea- turing team representing the local Fire Department and an ag- gregation representing Rocco Ma ra's Lunch of Oakville. The game will start promptly at 8 o'clock and be followed at g o'clock by regula- ton game between the Bristol Tramps and Oakville Dukes.
 During the ghost game, fans will not see the players heads, arms or legs. but they will be able to de- termine each team by the special uniforms they wear. Even the ref cree will be lit up. The ball will be just like a will-of- -the-wisp float ing around in the darkness. Out of-bound lines will be plainly visible as will the backboards, baskets and center and foul areas.
 The fire departments lineup for the game of specks will include: Franklin Painter, Benny Marcoux, Johnny Barlow, Bob Atwood, Packy Williams, Ken Peck. Paul LeClair, Lou Jordan, Joe Bryan, and Hugh McCusker. The Oakville boys will be led by Mara and will feature Leo Orsini, Caesar Gugliemetti, Mickey Castagna, Johnny Dundee, Rocco Palomba, Izzy Gordon and Kelly Calabrese:
 The main game will show a great ball team in the Bristol Tramps who take the floor attired in uni- forms befitting knights of the road. Their lineup features Julie Larese, six feet four, Jim Pickett, six feet one, Joe Masi, Mike Strohowski, Johnny Zaino, Porky Santorso, Jocko Yarde, ito Colopinto, Fred Adams, Big Bergeron, Buggy Barton and Walt Aston. Last season they won B of 38 games and finished semi finalists in the statewide tourna- ment at Washington Park in Wa terbury.
 The Dukes will depend upon Gene and Lee augh, Tom Starry, Jim Liakos, Winnie Krull, George Pierce, Liddy Jasilunas, Ray Beauty, Spud Spagnola and Stretch Bender. Bill ly Murphy will referee both games.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29
BOROUGH BOWLING

Naugatuck, Nov. 29. - Several matches were rolled in various leagues at the Central bowling al- leys here recently. The Overholt team won two out of three strings from the Rock Rye bowlers in the Dutch Front Grill league and the Gibsons team won two out of three from the Old Currency combine.
 The Thermocouple team won all three strings from the Assembly pinbusters in the Lewis Engineering Company league.
 The Carpenters took four points from the Millwrights in the Bristol Go. Dept. IS league and the Plumb CTS won three out of four from the Electricians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29

 --6.
 Touchdown-made by Kruse. Substitutes - Wilby-Sizer, Over- ton, Coffey. Crosby - Nadel, O'Neil Hummel, Mattel, Brown. Referee-Fay Vincent. Umpire - Dr. M. A. O'Hara. Linesman-Al Kellie. West Haven 2, HillhouSe 6. Ansonia IA, Naugatuck 0. Westerly 2. Stonington 0. Norwich 13, South High (Worces- ter 6.
 Harding 13, Central 6. Milford F, Stratford O. Greenwich 6, NorWalk 0. Derby 6, Shelton 2. Weaver 12, Hartford Public 6. New Britain 13, Bulkeley (Hart- fordD 0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29

ond place and the two captains with one point difference in their average bowl against each other in the weeks headliner. Keep that waistline within the city limits Thanksgiving Eddie and we'll give you an even chance-of winning one.
 Ralph Bradley, who manages to get his name in the public eye with his basketball pranks with the Speedboys or through this column with his very good bowling is our new high average leader. Ralph is two points up on his nearest rival Ray Single of the Stripes while Mike Festa, erstwhile of the Blues is third. Bradley has mark of 1O8.10. Single 10618 and Festa 104.15. Nice going Ralph!
 Tess Yourchick, Lou Falcone and Dick Graham were the heroine and heroes respectively, in the Reds thrilling win over the Stripes in that second game last week. The game ended in tie and in the roll of of two blocks a piece the mentioned trio came through with spares. But if those three were heroes, what about Ralph Renaldi who saved the Stripes from a three game whitewashing single handedly with a nifty l35 string in that last game.
 The Reds will try to keep their winning ways intact against the Whites this Friday while the Eagles and Stripes tangle in what should be an interesting match. The main attraction of course, will be the first place battle between the Blues and the Men of DuHamel. The teams have split six games thus far and this really is a rubber match Du- hamel has to win three to take over first place, a tough task rest as- Sured MT. D.
 Dick Owens and Perry White combined games of 123 and 115 in the third match to supply a suffi- cient margin over the Blues and cut of six game winning streak run up by the league leaders. Perry finally got his famous strike ball working and MT. O. started of the game with a double strike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29
DEGRASSE SUBS FOR
 WIS OPPONENT

New Britain. Conn, Nov. 20-- .CUP)-Bobby Poison" Ivy. Hart ford featherweight, faces Peter De- Grasse, New York, in a l0-round bout here tonight. Ivy originally was scheduled to meet Vic Corcha- do, but the Puerto Rican contracted a cold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29
AMERICANS MOVE UP HOCKEY LADDER
By United Press

New York's two hockey clubs were the only teams to see action Thursday night in the national hockey league, the American de- feating the Rangers, 2-1, to climb into a fourth place tie in the stand ings while their city rivals, who were victorious in their first meet ing this season, dropped into a last place tie with Montreal.
 Phil Watson's goal at 1:01 of the first period gave the Rangers the lead until the third when Murray Armstrong registered the tying ma-,ser at 3:25. Harvey Jackson scored the deciding goal on passes from Armstrong and Pat Egan.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-29

Two trainloads of heavy electrical equipment were shipped recently from Britain to Argentina.