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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-01
BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT

Douglas high school and Hoonah are scheduled to play basketball game in the school gym tonight starting at o'clock. The visitors ar rived on the channel yesterday for chance at the maple court honors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-01
FOR WOMENS BAY

There are 34 passengers, the ma jority men, aboard the Baranof enroute to Womens Bay, Kodiak Island for base work there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-01

Wooden lich gates roofed-in gateways to churchyards-exist- ed in England 13 centuries ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-01

Subscrlpe so the Daily Alasks Empire--the paper with the largest paid circulation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-01

LOST-Black Cocker Spaniel puppy Five months old. Phone 580. Re- ward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-01

Try classified ad in The Empire
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-01

The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any AL aska newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-01
THE WEATHER
lBx the u. s. Weather Bureaul

U S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU
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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Dr.. R. {. EImore
Passes Saturday
In Jackson
Finul Rites Are
Held Sunday
AT Church

Durant this week our the pass
ing Of DIR. X. c. Elmore, 81, widely
known physician and man, VINO pass
ed away at a Jackson Hospital about
four O'Clock Saturday morning, July
2G. after a brief illness. He entered
@ hospital ten days before. He had
% been in the best of health since
mary Of this year but he was be-
..vad 10 have recovered his strength
sufficiently to enjoy many long years
Of office practice.
His death was not unexpected due
to the fact that ne had been in a
r%ritical condition on entering the
iospital. Nevertheless it was a dis
iac. shock to the people Of this
community of which he has so long
been an important part,
Final rites were held at the Meth
odist Church Sunday morning with
he Rev. +. S. Lewis in charge. The
Rev. j. II. Street assisted. Inter
ment was at Mizpah with Southern
Undertaking Association in charge.
Mr.. Elmore was a native of Ken
lucky being born there on March lS,
1877. His parents moved to this
state when he was a young boy and
settled in this county to become a
mong its foremost citizens.
He was educated at Mississippi
state College and at Vanderbilt
university where he received his
medical degree. He first practiced
at Black Hawk. In 1908 he married
Miss Martha Perkins of Senatobia.
He was a member of the Methodist
Church, the American Legion, Midi
cal Association, the Rotary Club and
other organizations
Surviving are the widow and two
daughters, Mrs. Harry Gwinner, Bir-
mingham, Ala, and Mrs. George Pc.
eall, of Lexington; two grandchildren
Roy Elmore Povall and Martha Gre.
tchen Povall, Lexingtn; two sisters
Mrs, M. 7. Williams, Durant, and Mrs
j. j. Griffin, Meridian; one nephew
Roy Elmore Williams, Durant; tw,
sis~ters-in-law, Mrs. Herbert Elmorc
Cleveland and Miss Marybelle Per
kins, McComb.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Mrs. 5. E. Irby
Rites To Be
Held Tcday
Veteran Resident
Passes Suddenly
On Wednes doy

Mrs S. f. Irby 81, long ute RESI-
dent Of Durant passed away sudden
" at her home here Wednesday
morning at 1870 o'clock. She had
been in failing health for several
years but she was not disabled until
near her eightieth birthday SEe
would have been 80 on October s.
She was born and reared at Benton.
Final rites will be conducted this
afternoon at 300 at the Methodist
Church of which she was a devoted
member. The Rev. f. S. Lewis and
the Rev. J. H. Street will officiate.
Mrs. Irby was the widow Of the
late !. +. Irby who passed away in
1905, two years after they moved to
Durant from Pickens. She lost a son
three months after the passing of her
husband.
Surviving are four daughters, and
wo sons: Mrs. Melvin Castles, Bel
zoni; W. H. lrby, Durant; Miss Lena
lrby, Durant; Mrs. d. f. Osborn,
Memphis; Mrs. c. E. Long, Durant,
and Robert Irby, Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Rotarians Enjoy Fish
Fry At State Park
100 Men Enjoy
Annual Outing
OF Civic Clubs

One Of the most delightful oc-
casions of the season was the fish fry
given at Holmes County State PARK
by the Durant Rotary Club, honor
ing the men of the Illinois Central
Railroad. More than 100 men were
present, some of them coming from
as far as Chicago to attend this
fine expression Of goodwill on the
part of the Rotary Club.
Hon. w. f. Howell, Mayor of Du-
rant and President of the Rotary
Club, was master of ceremonies. Al
ter some appropriate remarks he IN
troduced Mr.. G. II. Odom who in
turn introduced Hon. w. J. O'Brlef
of Chicago who delivered a most in
teresting address. Mr.. O'Brien i
the son-in-law of Mr.. Bowen, Presi
dent Of the |. C. Railroad.
This was a most enjoyable oc
casion. 1t is an annual affair witt
the Durant Rotarians. About 81
pounds of fish from the Mississippi
river was shipped here from Nat
chez and the fish we're fine. They
were cooked to a queens taste by the
regular Rotary cooks who Away
serve on occasions of this kind. ASK
Red Taylor and Robert Irby if they
know anything about this fish fry
My, it was fine.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Rates Challenge
Health Agencies
OF Stute

Brigadier General Thomas j Gray
son. State Director of Selective Ser
vice, said today that the number OF
reflections of Selectees for physical
reasons in the State of Mississippi
constitutes a challenge to public and
private health agencies aud also TO
the public at large.
On the basis of records compiled
by Major Lawrence w. Long, Chief
of Medical Division a. State Selec-
tive Service Headquarters, Genera.
Grayson stated that only 81. per-
cent, or 81 out of 100, pass both the
physical examinations of the local
board and induction station. Of men
examined at local boards in Missis-
sippi, 20 percent are unfit for any
form of military service.
Examination of 20,S21 Seleetees
by local boards in Mississippi from
December 1910 to May /, t94t re-
I vealed Total Ia e (fit for I'M
limited service), 1887; total I-B
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Only 81 Out OF 100 In State Pass
Physical Exams In SeIedive Service

men gift for limited servicel, 1858;
total IV-F men disqualified for mill
.ary service), 6,08l.
Applied to the same group, that is,
the 20,821 men covered above, causes
for rejection at local boards in the
order of their frequency were: Mus
c~ulo-skeletal defects, including flat
feet; Genito-urinary defects, includ-
ing syphilis and ~gOnorrhea; Cardio-
vascular (hearc) defects; Dental de-
fleets; Eye defects; and Nervous and
Mental disorders,
General Grayson concluded with
the following significant comment:
1T IS APPARENT from reflections since
the 'Literacy Amendment went into
effect that Illiteracy will be a major
cause for rejection in Mississippi and
may rank as aigh as third in the flu
ture. With reference to the high per-
centage of men disqualified for mill
tary service, | would emphasize that
we should make every effort to find
places in the National Defense pic
ture for those whose disabilities can
not be corrected. On the other hand.
those with ~remediable defects will
Continued on page six.)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DURAN-:

BY H MAYOR or THE CITY OF DURAN-:
Whereas, the President of the United States, due to the
national emergency. especially with reference to the pow
er situation and the National Defense program desires
TO nut in force what is known as daylight saving time in
this and other surrounding States; and
Whereas, it is the wish of the undersigned, Mayor
Of the City of Durant, Mississippi, to cooperate fully with
The President of the United States in the national defense
program and to do all within the power of the people
within the City to promote the said National Defense ana
power situation by observing daylight saving time;
Therefore, |, w. E. Howell, Mayor of the City of Du-
rant. Mississippi. do hereby issue this, my proclamation.
requesting all of the business interests of the town and
the people of the town generally to observe daylight
saving time in their personal and business affairs, and
hereby designate and fix midnight July 81, 194l, as the
time for said daylight saving time to begin in the City OF
Durant, Mississippi, and earnestly urge upon the peo-
pie to set their time in accordance with daylight saving
time by setting their time forward one hour and Shap-
ing their business hours so as to conform to the daylight
saving time in the State of Mississippi.
In Witness Whereof, | have hereunto set my Official
signature and seal of office.
w. E. LOWELL, Mayor,
Of the City of Durant, State of Mississippi
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Baptist Church News is
Announced by Pastor

The Pastor will be in the pulpit
for both services Sunday. join us for
the worship of God in all u services
on the Lords Day.
Friday and Saturday of this week
are Visitation Days" in the Sunday
School program.
All services on Sunday will be on
Daylight Saving time. Just set your
watch aasa5 one hour Thursday
night. tn" Tel.ow rhe usual schedule
of servic rs gircG below. This is
done in Operation with %proclama-
tons made by both the President of
the United States and the Governor
of Mississippi.
The Pastor viii leave on Mon
day morning for a revival meeting IN
Pontotoc County. He will return to
the City on Saturday and be in
both services on Ag4ds, %.
= The Pastor has requested that i'll
all prayers offered in the Church
services the revival meeting be rem
embered. Fuller plans for prayer
meetings, as well as enlistment eff
forts connected with the meeting will
soon be announced. Our revival be-
gins on August 81, with Rev. w. J
Day, Pascagoula, arriving on Monday
CONTINUED on page six)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
BIuckmon Is New Pastor
Of Nuzurene Churh

Rey. w. ]. Blackmon, has recently
given up a nice work at Oma, Miss.
TO come to Durant to take a charge,
as pastor of the Church of the MAJ
areve. Rev. Blackmon, recently con-
Quoted a tent revival here at Durans
with fine crowds attending and a
lumber of good members came into
the church. He announces that
they plan to build a new church
r-re in the city. We wishes 70 ex-
Press lis appreciation to the other
churches of the city for their fine
r.iri. Of cooperation. He invites the
public to attend services in the old
theatre building. Sunday school at
GAS. Sunday morning service at
II 100. Sunday evening service at
7:45.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Sheriff William Allan Ramsey Asks For
Volunteer Civilian Defense Workers
so. Countrywide, 10
In Eoch Town,
Are Needed

. Sheriff William Allan Ramsey this
week asked for volunteer workers IN
Holmes county to form the NUCLEUS of
civilian defense. Fifty men will be
needed for countrywide use and at
least ten in every community in the
county. Volunteers are asked to con-
tact the office of Sheriff Ramsey
Immediately giving needed informa-
ton.
Sheriff Ramsey's complete state
ment follows
To the people of Holmes county:
Il have been drafted as chairman
of the county and cities ~organiza-
lions to maintain public order due to
the emergency we are now In. am
asking for so volunteers for a coun-
ty-wide unit and ten volunteers for
ZACH city or town unit in the county.
If you can give n afternoon a
week or every other week for in-
struction and training you will be
doing your part in our defense pro-
gram. All parties interested in this
movement please notify me at my
office in the courthouse at Lexington
as soon as possible. Please state
what unit you are volunteering for
whether countrywide, city or town.
All volunteers are TO furnish %
caliber rifles and ammunition.
ITO all merchants in Holmes
county:
"Please let me know your stock
of guns, rifles, pistols and type of
ammunition on hand. This informa-
ton is voluntarily given.
ITO all individuals in Holmes
county:
please let me know what kind of
guns, rifles or pistols you own and
the amount of ammunition you have.
This information is voluntarily given.
"To Veterans of foreign wars and
che American Legion: s
You help is needed and I will
appreciate very much the help you
and your organization can give me
II the Organization Of these defense
units.
ITO the Boy Scouts of Holmes
county:
"Please give me a list Of al senior
Boy Scouts in the county This in
formation SHOULD be checked BY the
Scoutmaster.
All volunteers should not be sub
jecs to Selective Service daft. All
volunteers are asked to be sure to
give the following information.
Name, address, unit volunteered for.
kind of gun owned, will you equip
yourself with a % rifle, do you own
an automobile, would you give 2 or
3 afternoons 4 month for training.
lets get behind this movement
ard have the best defense unit in
the state :
Signed: w. A. Ramsey,
Sheriff, Holmes county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Mrs.. EIvira Farrell
Passes In Sails
Rites Held Saturday
For Prominent
AttuIu Women

Mrs. Elvira Neaves Farrell, 55,
passed away at her home in Sails
Friday after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at Sails with the Rev. S. b.
Potts, pastor of the Methodist
Church, in charge. She was a mem
Der of this church.
Mrs. Farrell was a lifelong resident
of Sails having been born there on
April 26, 1887. She married to Ellie
B. Terrell in 1923. She was a men,
Der of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are the husband and
Two daughters, Miss Carolyn and
Miss Christine Farrell, both of Sails
one son, Marion Terrell, Sails. 9th
er surviving relatives are her moth
er, Mrs. J.. NJ. Neaves, Sails; three
sisters, Mrs. A. A. Long and Mrs
Beulah Gilliland, both of Sails, ant
Mrs. Sell Herring, Memphis; three
brothers, C. p. Neaves, Los Angeles
Calf; F. NJ. Neaves, Electro, Tex.
and ]. d. Neaves, Goodman.
Active pallbearers were f. w
Waugh, Henry L. Dodd, Earl Kirk
Dallas Morgan, Tom Guyton and Bill
Smith.
Honorary pallbearers were DR.. ]
w. Long, Jack Brown, John Sim
mons, ST.. VIII Harris. Bo Holmes
John Simmons, Jr.. Bill Simpson
Dodd Cain, Alb Saunders, p. T. Ham
brick and Sutton Donald.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
School Bus Drivers
Attention Direded
To Complaints
Some Drivers Competing
With Public Service
Lines, Must Stop

The County School Board has re-
ceived the following letter from j.
S. Vandiver, State Superintendent
of Education:
complaints have been received
charging that in certain parts OF
the s/lte school bus drivers nave
been violating the law in the matter
Of operating school buses for trans
porting. passengers for hire for the
gcncrae public in competition with
buses operating under the super
vision of the Public Service Com
mission. These complaints state
that in some cases bus drivers nave
been operating their school buses
over regular routes serviced by pub
lie buses and in direct competition
with these public buses.
Your attention is called to the
following paragraph quoted from a
ruling given by the Attorney Gen-
erals office under date of April 8,
1889.
II II ue bbab "a iAAohpN ~
employed in transporting school chill
aren and teachers is defined as not
heine included in the term motor
sart.er however, if such vehicle was
o depart from that and haul for
the public it would not be within the
excluded clause. The motor vehicles
included are all those except motor
vehicles engaged in transporting
school children and teachers. There
fore, if a school bus operator de-
parts from hauling school children
and teachers and undertakes to haul
for the public for hire. he would
come under the supervision Of the
Public Service Commission"
| suggest that you, as county
superintendent, take steps to call
this matter to the attention of your
bus drivers and ask for full CO.
operation in observing this regula-
ton. l feel sure that the complain
ants in this case prefer not to make
any formal charges or go to court in
any manner regarding the matter.
This letter is written with the idea
of calling to the attention of all
concerned he statute governing the
use of buses for hire and thus
prevent anyone from violating the
statute unknowingly.
With every good wish. am
Cordially your friend,
j. S. VANDIVER,
State superintendent of
Education.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Soil Building In
County Stressed
By Carson
A Seeks To
Reduce Erosion,
Restore Soil

Reduction of soil erosion and re-
S|toration Of soil fertility are objec-
lives of efforts now being made by
the county agent. county and com
munity AAA committeeman, the
county administrative officer, Soil
Conservation Service, and other ag-
ricultural leaders Of the county, says
County Agent, /. w. Carson.
The experience of farmers through
out the county has proved beyond any
question the value of growing and
turning under winter legumes as a
means of controlling erosion and inn
proving soil fertility
Production of close-growing, nj
trogen-gathering crops like vetch,
Austrian winter peas, bur clover, AMI
crimson clover, provides a protective
cover for the land during the winter
months and add large quantities of
organic matter and nitrogen to the
Soil when turned under in the spring.
County Agent, /. w. Carson, is
asking farmers to make arrangements
now for planting seed to avoid the
mistake of planting too late. Both
agricultural research and farm ex'
perience show that these crops make
the best growth and do the most good
when planted early in the fall, us.
ually the last half of September oil
first half of October.
The specifications for seeding win
ter legumes under the AAA farm
program require that producers plant
% pounds of vetch. 35 pounds oil
Austrian winter peas, 20 pounds o.
clean crimson clover or its equiva
lent in chaffy seed, 10 bushels o
bur clover in the bur, or 25 pound.
Continued on page six.}
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Services Announced at
LocoI Methodist Church

Church School at GAS, Walter
Odom, superintendent.
Worship at IL O'Clock.
Special music by the choir.
Sermon by the pastor.
Communion service following the
sermon.
All Leagues meet at the regular
time.
All services Sunday according TO
Daylight Saving time. Turn your
clocks up one hour and follow the
regular schedule. Special announce
ments made at the Ii o'clock service
Mid-week prayer service Wednes-
day evening at 7:3O.
Everybody cordially invited to
these services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Mae Frances Sanders
Passes In Durant
FinuI Rites Held
At BdPtist
Church Here

Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon for Miss Mae Frances
Sanders. 10, who died suddenly Wed
nesday night. Miss Sanders was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Sanders. The services were held
from the First Baptist Church con-
Quoted by the Rev. j. H. Street,
pastor.
Surviving Miss Sanders are her
mother, and father and one sister,
Mrs. J. E. Johnson Of Meridian, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Virginia Selectees To
Arrive at Kelly Aug. 3rd

A group of 37O s~electees from
Camp Lee, Va, will arrive August
3 at Kelly Field for training. Capt.
w. r. Causey, with 10 enlisted men,
are to accompany the group to Kelly
Field. Capt. H. w. Rogers of Kelly
Field and Capt. r. H. Looney, as
sistant flight surgeon at the air
drome, also will be with the selec-
tees on the trip.
Capt. Causey is the son of Mrs.
Fl. A Causey Of Durant and is well
known here.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31
Durunt Scouts
Collect Aluminium
Friday Morning

Boy Scouts in Durant will canvass
every home in the community Friday
morning to collect scrap aluminium
pots and pans for use in national de-
Tense, in cooperation with ohis news
paper.
The Scouts will assemble at the
News office at nine o'clock daylight
saving time for final instructions.
All Durant housewives r urged
o have an old pot or pan ready for
The boys.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

THROUGH
A z E L
{ Y ES
.
BY
Hazel Brannon

Durant Boy Scouts go out bright
and early Friday morning to collect
scrap aluminium from Durant house
wives 10 be used in national defense.
We ask the cooperation of all the
ladies of Durant in this undertak-
ing. II it Is possible go through your
kitchen supplies and perhaps through
the 81. store room and see if there
is so-e article you are no longer US.
inga and can donate. We do not want
articles that you can still use
just those you have finished with.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

Mrs. G. II. Stout of Admission, Ala.
is visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs
r. W. Rhyme, and her daughter Pat
ricia will return home with her.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

Both Durant and Lexington go on
daylight saving time at midnight in
cooperation with the President and
the Governor in the national defense
program. This measure is deemed
necessary to conserve power and we
should all accept il cheerfully.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

Sheriff William Allan Ramsey as
head of the forces to maintain order
in the emergency has asked for vol
unteers over the county to maintain
the local and countrywide defense
units. Fifty volunteers are needed
for the countrywide unit and at least
ten for every community.
Two or three afternoons a mont.i
will be devoted to training.
Sheriff Ramsey is going to devote
his time and talents to training the
men how TO shoot and instruct them
generally in the art of defense.
: Now is the time for those persons
who are not of military age to have
an opportunity to serve in home de-
Tense. Volunteers are asked to cal
the Sheriff's office at nee.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

See. of War Stimson has made a
public apology to Senator Burton X
Wheeler for his recent statement that
Wheeler's activity in sending out one
million postcards to voters in the u
S. comes very near the line OF
subversive activity against the u, S
If not treason
Making the apology shows the
storm of protest his remarks provok.
ed. To ecu any person as out
spoken for American defense a,
Senator Wheeler of reasonable acti
vities is going much too far even ii
the warmongering circles of Messrs
Stimson, Knox, ct al.
Now if Secretary Stimson, Sec
Rotary Knox and even the Presiden'
will temper their remarks of per
sonalities in the future perhaps W,
won't have another unfortunate in
cident like this.
When high government circle,
start dealing in personal abuse o
those who differ with them we car
rest assured their case is gettin.
pretty hard to present or defend.
Every American citizen has
right to differ with Senator Wheele
but none of us should be so in
tolerant that we accuse him of trea
son just because he doesn't think it i
to American interest to send GU
men abroad to die on foreign soil.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-31

Our future generations will be
some specimen if the health record Of
Mississippi is any indication Of that
in other states. Only 81 out of every
100 called up for examination in
this state have passed physical ex-
aminations Of both the local board
and the induction board.
The 81 will go to war and perhaps
moi come back, The other SO per
cent. will stay home and perpeutate
the human race. Some heritage for
our citizens Of tomorrow.
The generation being called up
now is the war generation born dur
ing the time Of great stress and
strain. 1t has been called the lost
generation" BY many writer's. The way
they have wandered around looking
for Jobs and a small place in the
smn we might say this is an apt tern
for them.
But this generation is not nearly
as 'lost" as the next is going to be