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Evening star., 1942-08-22
BRAZIL DECLARES WAR ON AXIS POWERS
Late News Bulletins
Crockett to Oppose Flanagan

PPVSS
BRISTOL, Va. H7-Republicans of the 9th district
mated Col Cary G. Crockett g. retired officer this
afternoon to oppose John W. Flanagan r Democratic
cumbent, in Novembers congressional election.
Swedish Ship Reported Torpedoed
RIO DE JANEIRO t4N-Radio reports heard here said
Swedish merchant had torpedoed and sunk in
the South Atlantic this morning This report made
shortly after informed quarters announced that another
submarine had sighted off the Southern Brazilian coast
where least three sunk recently.
Main Dieppe Battery Still Inactive
LONDON p-RAF Spitres flying at less than 1000 feet,
paid visit Deppe today few soldiers and
found the main coastal battery there inactive the Air
Ministry News Service reported
Terps Beot C. H., lot to5
Maryland University defeated Catholic University at COL
lege Park the first OF double header this afternoon
10 S. Reds Wright pitched for the winner with Bernie
Cody the loser
Evening star., 1942-08-22
Saratoga

FOURTH RACE-Purse. $1,000: claim
ing: 3-year -olds: furlongs.
Ben Gray tGarza) $50 $40 $50
Enter tWestrope, 40 $50
Bardia tArcon) 40
Time, PAS
Also rsn-Gala Reich. Saku and Early
n Smart
FIFTH RACE-Purse. $4,000 added
Saratoga Handicap: 3-year-o and up.
Cant Wait (Eads) 3700 7.2O $50
aSwIns and Sway tArcaro) 240 40
Olympus tMeaoel 2.70
Time, 2.05
Evening star., 1942-08-22
Camden

FOURTH RACE-Purse. $4,000: Chest
nut Hill Handicap. hrst division; 3-yesr-
olds and up; furlonRs
Full Cry day 1920 $50 29O
De Kalb tHowelD $50 23O
Speed to Spare fSisto} $50
Time. :12
Also ran-Joe Ray. Skin Deep
FIFTH RACE-Purse. $4,000. Chestnut
Hill Handicap: second division; 3-year old.
and up; s furlongs.
Swabia tMann) 1850 10 ou
Selmalad tClinsman) 42O ou,
Phar SONG tMaschekl ou,
Time. 1:11b.
Also ran-Air Brigade.
Evening star., 1942-08-22
Americas Told
OF Decision 10
.AvengeSinking,
Uruguay Expected
To Follow Suit;
Argentina Holds OFF
BULLETIN.

Brig. Gen. Amaro Soares
Bittencourt, Military Attache
OF Brazil, said here today that
his country's first job as a
belligerent was to defend her.
self and concentrate its mill
tary force on the bulge Of
Brazil" against any invasion
by the Axis.
Evening star., 1942-08-22
Late Races
Earlier Results and Entries for
Monday on Page TX.
Marlboro
Marlboro

THIRD RAcE-Purse. $500; allowances;
2-year-old 5h furlongs.
Little Hoops (BalzarettD $40 $50 $50
Bright Quest (Smith) 39o $50
Seventeen Guns tDufford) $40
Time, :09.
Also ran-Piayful Star. Big Aneese
Elizabeth K, Freeborn.
FOURTH RACE-Purse 500: claiming
3-year-olds and up; 5h furlonss.
Cushlamacree fBalzar'tD 9.10 $50 $50
Teco Tack tAcosta) $50 $40
Discretion tMoon) 27O
Time, / :0S.
Also ran-Last Bet, Butterman. Jalt.r,
Owaller and Hemsley
Evening star., 1942-08-22

Todoy's Home Runs
American.
Doerr, Boston. 9th inning.
National.
OFT. New York. 1st inning.
Riggs, Brooklyn, 9Th inning.
Evening star., 1942-08-22

somewhat warmer this afternoon: continue,
warm tonight. Temperatures today-hiehest
30 at 4:45 pm: lowest II. at I am.
From the United sta,es westher Hur..u H.nort
Full Details Page A-2
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Negro Fires House
And Kills Wife;
Shoots ; Others
Goodman Negro
Goes On Rampage
In Madison

Sylvester Red Brown, well known
Goodman negro, is being held in the
Madison county Jail on several char
res including murder and arson as
the result of a killing in Madison
county last Friday night, just across
+be river from Pickens.
Brown was said to have been sep
arated from his wife and she was at
her fathers house, Tillman Burrell,
u Madison county. He was reported
20 have come to Burrell's house and
demanded that his wife come out.
When she wouldn't come out he
fired a shotgun and killed the dog
who had started bowling. Afterwards
he set fire to the smokehouse AMI
when that failed to bring her out
he set fire to the house.
Brown was said to have shot his
wife first killing hA" and then shoot
ing and injuring their son and her
mother and father as they came
running out Of the burning house.
The negro was supposed to have
cotle home to Goodman and vas re-
ported to be in bed asleep when au-
thorities from Madison county made
the arrest.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Services Al Methodist
Church Announced

Church School at 9:45, Walter
Odom, superintendent.
Worship at IL o'clock.
Special music.
Sermon by the pastor.
Both Leagues meet at 6:30.
Evening Worship service at 1880.
Sermon by the pastor.
Program meeting of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon.
Wesleyan Guild Monday evening AZ
7 o'clock with Mrs. Byron Ray.
Prayer meeting Wednesday eve-
ming at 1880 under the leadership OF
Rev. Spiva McCullock.
On Thursday evening at 7:30 Bis
hop w. w. Peele of Richmond, Va.
who has charge of the North Miss.
Conference, will preach for us. He
is one of the outstanding leaders
of American Methodism. The entire
community is urged to hear him.
Everybody cordially welcomed to
our services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Pikens Family First
Enrolment In New
Farm Competition
Reuben Toombs' Were
Winners Lost Year
In This District

The family of Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Toombs, Pickens has the distinction
of being the first persons formally
enrolled in Holmes county in the
Acres of independence competition
which is sponsored in this territory
by The Durant News and state wide
by the Clarion-Ledger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Toombs are com,
peting with other families through
out Mississippi in the 1912 Acres
of independence competition which
is offering this year 1920 in cash
awards.
The past week saw hundreds OF
families in counties throughout the
state enroll in the Competition as a
result Of Government Paul B. John
sons action in proclaiming the week
Food For Victory Week. Govern
or Johnson was highly gratified at
the splendid response to his procla-
nation
Leading counties in the enroll
ment drive are beginning to report
constant increases in their enroll
ment. Copiah county forged into
second place in the state with an
enrolment of 40 families. Walthall
county continued in first place with
GO families enrolled. Following be-
bind these two counties are DeSoto
and Tunica.
Editors of county newspapers are
taking the lead in many areas in
the promotion of the Acres of In
dependence competition. The CO.
operating county newspapers are the
sponsors Of the contest in their
counties, and an attractive trophy
will be awarded to the county news
paper making the bast promotional
record.
Agricultural workers, editors, and
farmers continue to push the enroll
ment in all counties, as the finaI
deadline, May /, draws nearer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
1000 Acre Goal
For Peanuts Set
In Holmes County
Seed Moy Be
Obtuined From
lKosy Mills

A goal of 1000 acres to be plant
ed in peanuts has been set up for
Holmes County by the State Wal
Board in an effort to meet the wal
demand for oil.
Peanut seed will~be furnished in
terested farmers of Holmes County
from the Kosciusko Oil Mills at a
price ranging around sac per pound
fob. shipping point.
II will take around 40 pounds ii
the hull and 25 pounds shelled pea
nuts to plant one acre. This crof
should be planted in April for best
results, although farmers sometime
make good yields planting this CROP
in the month of May.
The soil should have a pretty
high percent of sand for best pea
nut production, although they will
grow and thrive on any land in Hol-
mes County.
The fertilizer recommended for
peanut would be a mixed fertilizer
high in Potash. For example, 6-S-s
would be better than a 4-8-4. An
application of $50 pounds per acre
is equivalent to the recommendation
made in Alabama for peanuts.
For further information, please
get in touch with the County Agents
Office.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Tire Certificates
Issued 2-7 Listed

The list of all tire certificates
issued from March End through 7th
are as follows:
William Addison Harvey, two
truck tires. Charles Allen Knott, two
truck tires and two tubes. John Leon
Mason, one truck tire and n tube.
Hershal Bill Moore, n truck tire,
and one tube. Jack Peter Williams,
one truck tire. Eddie Donelson, four
a tubes, obsolete. James Alonzo
Henley, two car tires, obsolete. Tho
mas Oscar Wise, one car tire and
one tube, obsolete.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
And
Business Review
For District Given
IS Percent Increase
Noted For Products
And Payments

According to the February issue
of the Monthly Review of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank Of St. Louis the
following conditions prevailed in this
district.
Agriculture-In 1941 Mississippi
farmers received from the sale of
principal products and Government
benefit payments a total of $780,
100000, an increase of $91,407,0 900,
or Sc per cent over 1910.
Temperatures for the past month
have been milder and better suited
for the growth and development Of
crops and the progress of routine
agricultural activities. The farm la
Dor situation is becoming more
tringent with certain sections ~
this area reporting marked short
ages. On January Is the index OF
farm production prices reached 1O2
per cent Of parity. The index OF
wholesale prices of farm products
has been above the 1926 level since
the week Of January II.
General Business Industry and
trade in the Eighth District during
January and early February held It
a high level of activity. New plants
moving into production, existing
Continued on next page)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Air MuiI" Letter
From TchuIu EnroIIs
Food For Victory"

Mr.. II. L. Nichols, Chairman, Hol-
mes War Board, was well pleased
last Tuesday when he received by
Air Mail a letter mailed from Tchu-
la, enclosing a Food for Freedom"
QUESTIONABLE properly filled out.
The information contained in the
QUESTIONABLE showed that this far
mer canned 100 jars of vegetables
and 100 jars of fruit last year and
.he plans to put up 800 jars of vege-
tables and 200 jars of fruit in 1912.
Chairman Nichols is in hopes that
other producers will get the inspira-
ton and send their questionn6res
in without delay.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Mrs. E|ma King
Rites In Jackson

Funeral services were held TO
Mrs. Elma King in Jackson last FRI
day, 9th at the Wright and Fer
guson chapel following her death a
a Jackson hospita! Thursday morn
ing at seven o'clock. She had beer
i'll with double pneumonia for ten
days.
Mrs. King was born and reared
in this county in the Acona neigh
borhood. She moved with her FAINT
ly to Jackson when a young lady
She taught in the schools OF Louisi-
ana before coming to Durant arouno
1900 to teach. Here she was MARI
ed in March 1902 to Mr.. Tom K.
King. well known citizen who passed
away about six years ago.
She was a devout member OF the
Methodist Church and an active
members of the UDC.
Rev. f. S. Lewis, Durant, pastor
had charge OF the services assisted
by Rev. Ferguson, Flora pastor. Mrs
Charlotte Cresswell, Durant, sang.
Pallbearers were Curtis Howard
Kenneth Vankeuren, Lamar hays
r. f .Rosson, Jr., J. p. Moore, +
v. McCullar, Herman Clements an'
w. P. Taylor.
Among others attending services
from Durant were Mrs. R. c. Gilmore
Mrs. Freddie Written, Mrs. Brook
Davis. Mrs. J. S. Racine, Mrs. J. y
Lanfair, Mrs. B. w. Moore, n mr
J. f. Dollahite
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
10th Century Club
Pilgrimage Soon

The goth Century Club announces
that the annual garden pilgrimage
sponsored by it will be held this
year during national garden week
which is the third week in April
Durant garden owners are asked
for their cooperation again this year
and are expected to get busy plan
ming their gardens for the event.
No prizes will be given this year
as formerly because the money has
been put in national defense bonds
1t is felt by club members that full
cooperation will be given by every
one this year.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Isidore Toberotf Mural
In Durunt Postoffice

Isidore Toberoff, New Yorker of
Russian parentage, has painted and
hung a mural in the Durant post
office.
The mural depicts a southern
farm scene and has inspired much
favorable comment among local
post office patrons.
1t is interesting to know that this
is Toberoff's first trip to the south
in his life and that he had never
before been on q farm. He is quoted
as saying that one could find ont
more about the south by reading
il the New York library than one
could actually see of the south while
visiting here.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Buptist Brotherhood
Anniversary Meets

Members of the Baptist Brother
hood will hold their second anniver-
sary meeting at the church here
Monday night at 1880 o'clock.
The Rev. Spiva l. MCCULLOUGH
will bring the principal address at
this time. The men of all denomina-
tions are invited to attend.
Officers of the Brotherhood are
Charlie Ray, president; Murray
Stevens, vice = president; Harper
Jones. secretary; J. 7. Nicely, social
secretary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12

The War Production Board said
shortages of some materials and man
power were more limiting factors IN
about production than difficulties
/ n obtaining production facilities
The Board reported airplane prodUc-
ton, though ahead of schedule,
would be more aoya ced if more
materials had been available. Chair
man Nelson said he has not ire
cognized the possibility" that any
phase of the production program
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Dr.. B. Frank Smith
Accepts Baptist
Call March 18th
Dr.. HoIcomb To
Fill Pulpit On
Sunday

DR.. B. Frank Smith, Lyon pastor,
he accepted a call to be pastor of
the Durant Baptist Church and will
start his duties on Sunday, March
29th.
DR.. T. L. Holcomb will fill the
pulpit at the Sunday morning ser
vice. DR.. Holcomb is secretary OF
he Sunday School Board at Nash
vile, Tenn. The public is invited
to hear him.
DIR. Holcomb is known to a wide
circle of friends being a former
pastor and having married a Du-
rant girl, Miss Willie Jenkins.
Rev. Trull Sunday
The Rev. Trull, Hazlehurst, pre-
ached here Sunday at the Church.
Rev. Trull and his wife, the former
Laura Nicholson of this city, renew
ed acquaintance with many of Du-
rants citizens after the services.
They were also going to visit his
sister before returning to their
home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12

would fail to meet the goals annorn~
ced by President Roosevelt.
To speed production Mr.. Nelson
ordered all war supply contracts to
be negotiated instead of determined
by competitive bidding. Contracts
will be assigned to firms requiring
sma.lest quantities of new equip
ment to fill orders, he said. The War
Production Board began an irven-
tory of all idle machine tools to make
them available for war production.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
146 Holmes Youths
Train In N. Y. A.

Word has just been received from
the office of MI. ]. C. Flowers, NYA
State Administrator, that 146 Hol-
mes County youth r now receiving
work experience on the NYA pro.
gram.
More than 1909 youth with NYA
work experience have left the pro-
gram this fiscal year for jobs in
private industry. 619 Of these youth
we're transferred to the New Eng
land states to work in the war in
dustries of that res
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Baptist Church News
Announced Today

DR.. 7. l.. Holcomb, former pas
tor of the church, now Secretary
of the Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville, Tenn. will preach at both
morning and evening -four.
Sunday School GAS.
Preaching 1880.
Baptist Training Union $50.
Preaching 1880.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
2417 Farmers Sign
Up In Food For
Freedom" Campaign
AZ Percent OF
|FumiIies Have
Responded To Coll

The Holmes County War Board
in a joint meeting with county agri-
cultural workers Monday, met in the
City Hall at Lexington to make plans
TO complete the Food for Free
dom" campaign.
Mr.. H. L. Nichols, Chairman, re-
viewed the work that had been done
showing that approximately 49%
of the farm families of the county
had been contacted and question
naires filled out on food produc-
ton.
The following progress report was
made by Chairman Nichols on the
sign up campaign:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Nozorenes To Hold
ALL Joy Singing

Durant Nazerenes will lbe hosts 10
an all-day singing here Sunday at
their church at ten o'clock in the
morning.
Dinner will be served at noon.
Over 200 persons are expected TO
attend. Singers will be present from
Lexington, Kosciusko, Ethel, Jack
son, McComb, Mize, Crystal Springs
and other points.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the singing.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
. WEEK OF HE WAR

The War Production Board said
war expenditures during February
reached nearly 500, 100000 a day,
- percent greats man in Janu-
airy. arstrueton Finance Cor
poratid. easements Cd Treasury
checks for war purpcs tailed 81,
$50 nOd,CU1 for a mo che boerd
ann,unced mass production % tanks
making greater use of cast steel and
me.Ged hulls has ; ,an Strip mills
fCoatiaued on page five.)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Holmes Girls Get
Stories Published

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss, March
9.-Miss Peggy Chastain, Lexington,
contributed a story, Gran Entree'
and Miss Mary John Whitworth'
pickens, contributed a story, when
These Time Was" Dreams, to the
winter number Of The Mountain
Breeze, student literary publication
of Blue Mountain College, which Is
Just off the press.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Presbyterian Church
Services Sunday

DR.. G. T. Gillespie of Belhaven
College, Jackson will preach at the
eleven o'clock hour at the Presby-
terrain Church as at was announced
today by n Of its members.
Sunday school will be at the
usual hour.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend and hear the fine message
that he will bring to US.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Sugar Rutioning
Called OFF Now

Sugar rationing has been called
off until further notice, according
to official word received in Holmes
county by D. C. Lundy, chairman of
the county %rationing board.
Registration will not be held un-
til further notice is given the pub
lie, Mr.. Lundy stated.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Business Up In
Duront Report

A recent business review ct State
College showed money orders issued
in Durant to be up 1.3 percent;
postal receipts up 3.9 and telephones
in service up "a.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Election Commissioner
Named This Week

Miss Hazel Brannon has been APP
pointed by the election commits
sioner of Durant to fill the unexpired
term of Marcus Love who resigned
this week.
Miss Brannon was also named Sec
retary-treasurer of the board.
Other election commissioners OF
the city are Mr.. Horace Weir, chair
man; Miss Winifred Mcintyre, Mr..
w. c. Martin, Mr.. R. f. Rosson, Sr.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12

present: Mr.. II. l.. Nichols, Mr.. II. B.
Niece, Mr.. o. w. Nixon, Mr.. L. A.
lunches, Mr.. Marvin Calder, Mr.. A.
?. Carroll, Mr.. r. J. Ross, Mr.. w.
c. helms, MI. w. R. Thompson, Miss
Allene Mccormick, Miss Ernestine
Albin, Mr.. A. B. Archer and Mr.. l..
w. Carson.
Absent: Mr.. w. f. Strider, Mr..
Frank Eakin, Mr.. F. w. Almond, Mr.
d. D. Davidson, Mr.. Percy Milton
and Mr.. Carl Kirk.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12
Cliff HemphiII Is
Pickens City Clerk

Mr.. Cliff Hemphill was elected city
clerk of the town of Pickens in a
special election held Tuesday. Mr..
Hemphill polled 43 vopes to rs polled
for his only opponent, Miss Josie
Burton.
He fills the vacancy caused by the
Heath of V. c. Dendy a few weeks
Ego.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Hendricks and
three children have moved here from
Jackson and are located in the Gre
sham Daniel apartment.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12

Friends of Doug Ramsey will be
interested to know that he has &C.
cepted a position in Vicksburg.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12

Mrs. Louis Hodges and dainty
daughters, ~Jerelene, Ann and Dewey
of Greenville are visiting her father
Mr.. Ed Adams of West.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-03-12

Walter Odom has been i'll with
flu this week.
Evening star., 1942-02-09

More than once have spoken Of
the great explosion Of Mount Vesu-
vius which broke loose in the year
70. There Is good reason to speak
of that event. When ashes from
the volcano buried the city Of
Pompeii, they saved q treasure Of
ancient life for people OF mod
ern times.
Among the objects found In Pom
peu are various things which the
oiden Romans used for writing, also
books Of the kind which were pre-
pared 1000 years ago. Other ancient
books and writing tools have been
found, but those Of Pornpeii are in
especially good condition.
Among the things found at Pom
peii was q rounded box with half
q dozen books inside. They were
neatly rolled UP and each had q
label to tell the contents.
When some one speaks Of 4 book,
we are not likely to think Of L roll
Of paper with words written on it..
Yet such books were the common
kind long ago.
Our word paper" came from
"papyrus," the name Of 3 reed which
grows In some lands around the
Mediterranean Sea. The reed was
cut into strips, soaked and pressed
before it became paper. Egypt was
the country where this kind Of
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Deer Poucher ReIents;
Puys $100 for Horse

By the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn.-Strin-
gent tire and automobile rationing
possibly reminded this deer poacher
Of the value of q horse.
An anonymous letter was received
by Sheriff william Crisp containing
ten SO bills "for the horse I killed
at Salsam, north Of Bovey," near
here. The letter also asked the
sheriff to please find the owner.
Very sorry, thank you."
Sheriff Crisp found the owner
Charles Meyers, whose horse was
shot by an of-season deer hunter
January 10,
Evening star., 1942-02-09

by mixing water with SCOT and add
ing a small amount Of sticky plant
juice.
Most Roman books had . single
roller at the center, but some had
two rollers. While q person was
reading q two-roll book, he would
wind up the part he had read at
the same time he was unrolling the
other part.
Another way Of writing in Rome
was on wax tablets. These were
sheets Of wood covered with wax.
The writing was done by scratch
ing . sharp-pointed stylus" on
the wax.
Sometimes two or more tablets
were bound together at one side.
This was done In such way that
they would open like q modern book.
The idea Of the book Of modern
style seems to have grown from
the custom Of binding wax tablets
in that way.
=. For history q general interest section
II you want a free copy Of the
leaflet entitled background Of
European War;" send me a s.
cent stamped, seK-addressed en-.
velope IN cart. of The Eve
ming Star.
n~eA R4
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Moneuvering Fleets
Was Eosy-but Then
The Buzzer Worked
By the Associated Press.

by INC heeOClAIcu Eiese.
KANSAS CITY.-Angry shouts
from the office of Admiral Hayr1e
Ellis, director of Kansas City's
civilian defense, commanded the
attention Of all ears.
when I was in the Navy"
roared the one-time commander
Of the Atlantic Fleet, IT could
push q button and move the en-
tire American Fleet 5000 miles!
Nov. I push a button and the
damn thing doesn't even ring"
That disconnected buzzer but
ton on the admiral's desk has
been put in working order.