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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Automobile Accidents
Injure Two Persons,
Demo|ish House
GuIfport Women Taken
To Lexington; Kosy
Mon Recovering

Two automobile accidents on high
way 81 in and near Durant Monday
resulted in serious injuries to one
man and one woman and partial de-
molition of a newly built home on
highway 81 in the city limits of Du-
rant.
Mrs. Edith Matthias. Gulfport, was
severely brushed and shaken up Mon
day morning about ten o'clock when
her car turned yer several times just
north of Durant. Mrs. Matthias said
a bee got in the a and caused her
to lose control. She was accompanied
by a small son and was enroute to
Memphis. She was treated by DR..
Stephenson, Lexington, and taken to
the Community Hospital where she
was resting a comfortably as could
be expected today. Her car was
damaged extensively but could be re-
paired.
The second accident occurred Mon
day night about eight o'clock when
a car driven by Archie Edwards, and
owned by L. w. Richardson and Com
pany, Kosciusko, skidded on the slip
perry paving in front of the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Watkins, locat-
ed on highway 81, Durant, and hit
the front porch causing it to be COM
pletely demolished. The front doors
and windows of the house on the side
hit were thrown completely out of
line by the impact and considerable
damage resulted. The house was only
recently built by H. L. Harrington,
Durant druggist.
Mr.. Edwards, a salesman for the
Richardson Company, was s~everaly in
jured receiving conclusion and pain
full cuts and bruises about the body
and legs. He was rushed to the Kos
ciusko Hospital by Mayfield Howard,
Durant constable.
He is reported resting very well to-
day.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Special Courses To
Be Given Al CMTC
Training Camps
Troining Provided For
300 Professional,
Business Men

The War Department has authoriz-
ed a special course in connection with
the Citizens Military Training Camps
ton train 300 business and professional
men, according to announcement made
by Headquarters Fourth Corps Area
in Atlanta.
This Camp, the first w offered
in this Corps Area, Is for patriotic
civic leaders between the ages of %
and so, and will be held at Fort Nc
Pherson, Georgia, for thirty days, from
July 8 to August 6. Applicants who
are accepted will provide transporta-
ton at their own expense and will
pay for their own meals at the Re
gular Army ration rate for the camp.
Regular Army uniforms and equip
ment will be used. All training and
administration will be conducted by
Regular Army and Reserve person
mel, who will organize the camp and
train the 300 trainees. No obligation
rests upon these t~rainees for military
service in the Regular Army, and no
commissions will be granted on COM
pletion of the camp.
Applications for this special course
of training are being taken by the
state aide concerned: (Alabama-W.
L. Spencer, Montgomery; Florida-B.
c. Riley, Gainesville; Georgia-E1gar
B. Dunlap, Gainesville; Louisiana -
James M. Thomson, New Orleans;
Mississippi - Alexander Fitz-Hugh,
Vicksburg; North Carolina - J.. w.
HARRISON, Raleigh; South Carolina -
McDavid Horton, Columbia; Tennes-
see-Alexander Query, Swanee).
The Military Training Camps As
ISOLATION, which regularly sponsors
the annual c. M. T. c. courses, is
also sponsoring this special plan of
training which will be nationwide in
every corps area. The object of these
camps is to bring together business
and professional men from all sec
tions of the country under the most
favorable conditions Of outdoor life,
as well as stimulate and promote citi-
zenship, patriotism and A~mericanism.
Men in these camps will receive ex-
pert physical direction and training Of
individual benefits. Selection of men
for this training will be based pri-
marily on educational qualifications
and civic leadership in the local COM
munty. A special course will be given
the trainees applicable to men of more
advanced age and experience.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Lexington Post OF
Legion
Names Officers
Warner Renamed To
Commanders Post;
Program Enjoyed :.

w. Beall Post No. 10 reelected J.
ington American Legion Post as mem.
bers gathered Friday, June 21 for
the meeting that WAS climaxed by an
old-fashioned fish fry on the grounds
of Wilson Community House.
Other officers named were: Brady
Davis, Lexington; w. Kinds Jumper
Tchula and Roland Hart, Pickens
vice commanders; A. p. Shepherti
a%djutant; w. B. Kenna, finance Of
ficer; Parham H. Williams, service
officer; II. w. Watson, historian.
A fine program was enjoyed by the
L~egionnaires preceding the election.
Captain E. T. Nelson of Battery 3,
114th Field Artillery, gave a brief
review of the condition of the local
unit as to materials and men, stating
that equipment was sadly lacking at
this time, although stress had been
made for acquisitions. Recently in a
camp maneuver. Captain Neilso n
said that he had to borrow blankets
and clothing from Canton and .Yazoo
City units for his men. He also named
other wearing apparel and equipment
that the National Guard was short
on and seemingly unable TO procure.
He called attention to enlistments
that were tagging, not only here, but
in other places.
Billy Carter, the Legion's represen-
tative at Boys State, Jackson, gave
a brief account of his visit to the
training period, and reviewed h e
high spots of the event.
Dr.. J.. j. Kazar, Tchula, district
commander, gave a short talk on AM
ericanism, stressing a more active
campaign by Americans. He said
that we hear more Of the leadership
and accomplishments of the foreign
dictators than of our own, this fact
impressing the minds of youth when
they could easily be sold on Ameri-
canism." He said that Mississippi was
freer of this fifth column activity
than the cities of the north and west,
nevertheless this work was being
carried on subversively. At a recent
alumni meeting of his high school in
Chicago, reports were made that the
foreign element was active in train
ing their youth in the principles of
native countries.
A resolution was read by w. b.
Kenna, and adopted by the Post, that
demanded speedy action on the part
OF our representatives in Washington
to lay aside politics and proceed on
defense measures. The resolution also
favored compulsory military training.
The resolution also included drastic
measures against any fifth column"
activities, regardless of race.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Services Announced For
Methodist Church

Church school at 9;45, Walter Odom
superintendent.
Worship at IL o'clock.
PreAde-Sabbath Musings, Suits.
Offertory-Spring Dawn, Suits -
Miss Dorothy Davis at the organ.
(. Anthem by the choir.
Sermon message by the pastor.
Both Leagues meet al 6:45.
Evening worship service at 7:30.
Special music by the choir.
Business meeting of the missionary
society at 3 o'clock Monday after
noon.
Prayer service Wednesday evening
at 7:30.
Choir practice Friday evening at
7:30.
Glad to have you worship with US.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Wilson Rogers Loses Leg
In Train Accident

Returning home from blackberry
hunt about six o'clock in the after
noon, Wilson Rogers, son of j. N,
Rogers of Pickens, suffered the loss OF
his right leg when the engine of the
Panama Limited train passed owe the
limb.
The youth vas rushed to the Com
munity Hospital in Lexington and am
putation of the member below the
knee followed.
According to information reaching
here yesterday the accident was of a
freakish and hardly explainable ma
ture. Suction from the train engine
is said to have drawn the youth under
the wheels.
The mishap occurred in front of
Grapes Camp, located about one mile
north of PicxenS.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Malcolm Longinotti Is
Enrolled At Annapolis

Malcolm Ionginotti, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis L~onginotti, enrolled as a
midshipman at Annapolis last week
after passing physical examinations
required for entrance.
He was accompanied there by his
father who enjoyed a visit in Wash
ington before returning.
Malcolm was an honor student at
Marion Institute at Marion, Alabama,
appearing on the honor roll every
month while a student there, follow
ing up in every way the splendid work
he did at Durant High School.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Miss Maxine Leurd
Named To Board

Miss Maxine Leard, Durant, w s
elected a member of the board CT
directors of the Mississippi Hotel As
ISOLATION at the annual convention of
that group held in Vicksburg Friday
and Saturday last week.
Miss Leard is manager of the Hotel
Durant n is known to be one of
the ablest hotel people in the state.
The Hotel Durant enjoys an extensive
pat. onage from the travelling public
which appreciates the splendid SER
vice this establishment gives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Holmes A. H. S. Nav
Be Recognized

recent conference that the high school
work at Holmes county A. H. S. will
be dropped or ~reorganized. The town
school of Goodman may be forced to
make provision for this work and stu
with Sails. This condition, it is said,
has come about because of the fact
that only 3 students from Holmes
county outside of Goodman were re-
gistered and also because of the re-
quired matriculation fee that students
in other high schools do not nave to
pay.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
New Books Added To
County Library

The Power and the Glory-Bentley
Night in Bombay-Bromfield.
And Faith Renew-Corby.
The Hangman's Whip-Ebenhart.
Chad Eanna-Edmonds.
Mr.. Skeftington-Elizabeth.
The Bird in the Tree-Coudge.
Rose Cllbraith-H.n.
Gallant Refuge-Howard.
Three Pretty Girls Hurst.
Bethel Merriday-Lewis.
Dreams to Mend-McCord
No More Gas-Nordhoff.
Money Isn't Everything-Ruck.
The Sword of Islam-Sabbatini.
Murder Plus-Wells.
Kings Row-Bellamann.
How Green was my valley-Llewel
Ign.
Kitty Foyle-Morley.
Native Son-Wright.
Wild Geese Calling-White.
This Side of Glory-Bristow.
Oh, Promised Land-Street.
Christ in Concrete-Di Donate.
The Criminal C. o. D.-Taylor.
Keeper of the Household.
Their own Country-Hobert.
Watch us Grow-Hamilton.
MINDLESS Cabins-van Doren.
Neutrality-suspicious..
Ownley-Lincoln.
The Observation-Disclosures.
Stars of the Sea-Mason.
Non-Fiction
How TO Read a Book-Adler.
The Good old Days-Cohn.
Throuh the Brazilian Wilderness
Don Pedro.
Designs in Scarlet-Cooper.
Mein Kampf-Hitler.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Presbyterian Pastor
Confined At Hospital

The Rev. J. r. Tackett, pastor OF
the Durant Presbyterian Church was
taken TO the Community Hospital at
Lexington Tuesday where he under
went an operation.
We are glad to be able to report
that he is resting as nicely as could
be expected. He will probably be
confined at the hospital for several
days befcy4 2g brought home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Fire Burns Motor At
-. P. Durhom's Store

The Durant Fire department ans
wered a call about eleven o'clock Wed
nesday night at j.. P. Durham's gro
Gerry store.
The blaze resulted from the motor
band on the electric refrigerator
getting cauht. In place of blowing a
fuse the motor continued running and
the load became too heavy causing
the fire.
Slight damage was reported in the
store and the blaze was put out in a
few minutes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27

other point out that if we as indivi.
duals and as a community ever expect
TO make any progress that we have to
stay on the job and keep our heads
up. We cannot let up for a second
Patience and faith are two virtues
we must have in these days when we
can barely see where we are and
are not sure where we may he going.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27
Community Hospital

Jean McRae, Lexington.
James Paulk, Durant.
Mrs. Edith Matthias, Gulfport.
William Wilson Rogers, Pickens.
Rev. j. r. Tackett, Durant.
Martha Elaine Schur, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-27

Nh. n Mrs. E. d. Wright of Full
ton, Miss. were callers at the News
office on Thursday of this week. They
were returning from a two weeks vaca-
ton trip on the Gulf Coast. He is the
owner OF the Fulton News-Eeacoa.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
CHIANC'S FORCES
OPPOSED BY WANG
Landed On Coast Of
Fukien And Engage Gen.
eralissimo's Army

SHANGHAI, Feb. 13-GR-(Tues
day. - A Chinese army supporting
former Premier Wang Ching-Wei
has landed on the coast of Fukien
province and is fighting the forces
of Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek,
Japanese military authorities here
stated today.
Without mentioning where the
troops came from, the Japanese said
they had landed Monday at an un-
named spot with the cooperation of
the Japanese army. and navy"
The Japanese, who are supporting
Wang in his program to form a new
central Chinese government in CO.
operation with Tokyo and in opposi,
ton to Gen. Chiang's Chungking
regime, called the force the peace
and national reconstruction army"
This army, the existence Of which
has not been mentioned before was
said to have captured the town of
Shaoan, in Fukien province near the
Kwangtung border. The japanese
limited the force was about SO, 00C
strong.
Two other fields of battle kept
Chinese spotlights today. In Kwang.
81 province in the south the Chinese
laid claim to victories over the Jap
anese in a h%ard-hitting counter-of.
f%ensive, while the japanese told of
gains in the extreme northwest, in
Inner Mongolia.
Official Chinese military d S.
patches received at Chungking said
the Chinese had reoccup1ed the
Town of Pingyang SO miles north
east of Manning, Kwangsi capital,
on Sunday and nearby Winning the
day before.
AS a result, the Chinese said, the
recent japanese offensive in this
region threatening the Chinese
southwestern lifeline supply
routes has been checked, and the
invaders are said to have been put
on the defensive in the Manning
area.
The japanese countered such
claims by saying their forces had
successfully concluded an attack
on "a Chinese divisions. They said
Chinese in the Pingyang area were
almost annihilated."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
GREASE STARTS FIRE
Adjoining Buildings Are
Threatened But Are Not
Seriously Damaged

The kitchen and real portion of
the roof of the Dixie cafe, III Prin-
cess street were swept by a fire
that started last night about 1920
o'clock when a pan Of grease over
turned on a stove. Adjoining build
ings were not seriously damaged.
No estimate of the loss was avail.
able last night.
The cook at the cafe said he was
cooking some potatoes in a pan OF
deep fat when it overturned and
quickly burst into flames. The
metal ventilator over the stove suck.
ed the flame up and carried it to
the ceiling and roof.
Damage Concentrated
The damage was concentrated al
most entirely in the kitchen. The
stove, large amounts of china,
glasses, foodstuffs and other prop
erty were destroyed.
Holes were burned il the roof in
the kitchen and in the storage room
to the rear.
When firemen arrived, tongues of
flame were eating through the com
position ceiling and through the roof
and appeared to be threatening to
start a major conflagration. 1t was
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
AUGUSTUS B0NAUD
GIVEN PROMOTION
Named Forwarding Agent
AT S. A. L. Headquarters
In Portsmouth, Va.

Augustus Bonaud, chief passen-
ger agent in charge of h Will
mington station of the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad company, has
been promoted to forwarding agent
at S.: A. l.. headquarters in Ports
mouth, Va.
Mr.. Bonaud said last night that
he will leave for Portsmouth the
latter part of this week.
He came here in 1920 from Sa.
vannah, Ga, where he first started
in the employee of the Seaboard as
an office boy. He has been ar
employe of the Seaboard for al
most 40 years.
Mr.. Bonaud said that he will re-
turn from Portsmouth after his
CONTINUED OH Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Germans And
Russians SIGN
Trade Accord
Reds War With Firms Nav
Be Handicap In Meet
ing Needs OF Reich
|PACT'S AIDS CHANGED
Soviets Need Spare, Substi-
tute Parts For Gun Man.
ufacturing Machines

BERLIN, Feb. 12-GP-NaZi Ger
many and Soviet Russia signed a
new pact today to speed up their
mutual trade-an agreement likely
to find Russia's preoccupation with
the Finnish var a handicap in meet
ing the Reich's stiff war needs.
AS originally conceived by Ger.
man and Russian leaders, the pact
was to give Germany a great share
of the vast raw materials of the
Soviet Union and to let Russia i'm
port the manufactured products of
highly-industrialized Germany.
Favored Germany
In early negotiations it was as.
sumed here that the pact would be
of greatest advantage to Germany.
But since the day when German
Foreign Minister Won Ribbentrop
visited Moscow last fall to sign the
German-Russian friendship pac
which changed the entire aspect OF
European politics, Russia has her
self embarked on a war which
'saeans she must greatly step up hei
munitions industry and provide her
self with precision instruments OF
all kinds.
AS a result, the Reich may have
greater difficulty in supplying the
Soviet with her industrial needs.
than will Russia in sending her raw
materials to Germany.
When the pact was first e~nvisaged
it was thought that Russia would
need machinery chiefly for the pro-
duction of consumer goods.
Now Germany is fighting for her
very existence and hardly can
Continued OH Page Three, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
ROOSEVELT PLANS
VACATION CRUISE
Nations Chief Will Leave
This Week On Mid Win
ter Vacation Trip

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. LP -
President Roosevelt will leave this
week for a mid-winter vacation
trip which is expected to develop
into a cruise in southern waters.
The White House declined to
comment on the trip. 1t was
learned on good authority, how
ever, that the President would dis
close details at a press conference
tomorrow.
Since he had made it an annual
custom to take a fishing trip
around February, it was assumed
he would again use a navy cruiser
and sail southwark along the At
lantic coast Or possibly enter the
Gulf of Mexico.
One reason for the secrecy sur
rounding the trip, it appeared. was
the fact that belligerent war YES
sells have been reported in the
Caribbean from time to time. Mr.
Roosevelt himself reported last fall
that a submarine had been sighted
off Miami, Fla, and another neal
Key West, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
SECRET POLICE
METHODS FLAYED
High Court Reverses Con.
viction OF Fla: Negroes
Sentenced To Die

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12- Up -
The supreme court spoke out sharp
~ today against secret, inquisitor-
ial' police methods in reversing the
conviction of four Florida negroes
sentenced to death for the robbery
Staying of a white man.
In a Lincoln's birthday session,
the court found that confessions OBJ
tanned from the prisoners through
five days of continuous grilling, even
if unaccompanied by physical mis-
treatment, violated their constitu.
tional right to due process of law.
The circumstances were such, the
court said, as to fill the prisoners
with terror" and "the haunting
fear of mob violence was around
Them
The unanimous opinion was read
in the hushed chamber by Justice
Black, whose appointment to the
bench was the centre of an angry
controversy because of his one-time
membership in the Ku Klux Khan.
acknowledged at the time that
he was once a Khan member but
added that he resigned. .
Black slowly and solemnly de.
clared:
To-day, as in ages past, We are
not without tragic proof that the
exalted power of some governments
to punish manufactured crime dicta-
torially is the handmade of tyranny.
"Under our constitutional system,
courts stand against any winds that
blow as Ravens of refuge for those
who might otherwise suffer because
they are helpless, weak, outnumber.
ed, or because they are non-con~
forming victims Of prejudice and
public excitement.
Due process of law, preserved for
all by our constitution, commands
Continued on Page Three, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Soviets Throw Several Dr.
visions Into Fray After
Brief Weekend Lull
USE ARTILLERY, TANKS
Firms Claim Attacks Re-
pulsed, Estimate II Rus
sian Tanks Destroyed
BY WADE

HELSINKI, Feb. 12.- Up -
Throwing several divisions into the
fray after a brief weekend lall
which followed 10 days of contin-
uous bitter fighting, the Russian
army smashed heavily tonight at
the Summa sector of the Manner
helm line.
AS the Russians returned to the
assault with new fury, their heavy
artillery began a long range bonn
bardment of the battered seaport
of Viipuri, 20 miles behind the
battle front.
Artillery, tanks and aircraft
supported the Russian infantry in
the new Summa sector offensive,
which the nightly Finnish COM
munique said was launched yes
terday and vas continuing unabat.
ed tonight.
Strike Center, Flank
While the main attack Numbered
against Summa, the Russians
struck simultaneously at the center
and the east flank of the Karelian
Isthmus front.
Near the River Vooksi, north
east of Summa, $50 tanks sup
ported the Russian assaults, while
at Taipale, near the shores OF
Lake Ladoga, a four-hour barrage
preceded a heavy artillery attack.
The Firms said both attacks were
repulsed and estimated that "
Russian t. lks had been destroyed
in the days fighting-the greatest
one-day bag since the war began.
The Russians were also said to
have been repulsed in attempts to
outflank the Mannerheim line by
advancing across the frozen sur
face of the Gulf of Finland and
Lake Ladoga. Shore batteries scat
tered the attackers at both points,
the Firms reported.
The Firms said the Russians had
suffered 'heavy losses" on the
Isthmus front, but again refrain
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
OTHER FIGHTS SLATED
Red Beard To Go Against
A. D. Ragna, Champion
OF Columbus Club

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. III. P
Shepherd, of Raleigh, featherweight
champ on the Wilmington Star
News Golden Gloves team, lost q
close decision to Johnny McGrath
of Pensacola, Fla, in a cagey ex'
hibition of boxing in the opening Of
of the annual Southeastern United
States Golden Gloves tournament
here tonight.
Other fights scheduled tonight
are:
Henry Gilliken, w~elterweight
champ of Wilmington, will fight
White, of Pensacola.
Vance Red Beard, Fayetteville
lad who placed on the Wilmington
team, will meet A. D. Ragna, 100
pound champion Of the Columbus
Ca, Enquirer and Ledger team.
A crowd of approximately 1000
fans had gathered in the Atlanta
Slly AuolLol1ulh W "oeNh Tin "oe
simon-pures battle for honors to-
night. The first matches got under
way at 8 o'clock.
Throughout the first round, both
Shepherd and McGrath were eau
tious and fought a careful right
Shepherd landed often with his left
hook to the stomach, while Nc
Grath depended on his right.
McGrath, a Gravity boxer, wor-
ried Shepherd with his left hook
while counting up points with his
right, which failed to disturb Shep'
herd. Shepherd, fighting what was
perhaps the smartest fight of his
career, continued to belt McGrath
with hard lefts to the stomach. and
count with rights to the head.
Throughout the third round both
boys changed their tactics anc
threw away caution shown in the
earlier tits. McGrath was receiv
ing blow for blow, with Shepherd
continuing to use his left jab at its
best. It was the first round in
which neither boxer had full ad'
Continued on Page Three, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Dixie Cafe Kitchen And
Portion Of Roof Burned
Newspaper Advertising
Favored By u. S. Banks

CHICAGO, Feb. 12- up -
Newspapers will receive more
than half of the advertising ex-
penditures of the nations banks
this year, results of a survey by
the Financial Advertisers as
ISOLATION indicated today.
Thirty per cent of the banks
studied, the survey showed. were
increasing their appropriations
in 1910 while IS per cent were
maintaining budgets set up in
1889 and only 5 per cent while
reducing them. Banks included
in the survey ranged from the
worlds largest institutions to
those with resources of around a
million dollars.
Banks in the rs to so million
dollar class reported they would
Use GA per cent of their appro-
priation in newspapers; those in
the so to 100 million dollar class,
81 per cent; those under rs mil
lion, Sc per cent and those of
100 million or more, so per cent.