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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-08-15

Mr.. Joe Catchfngs, popular man
about town and owner of the Blue
! Flame East Jackson's sWankieSt
club and Joe LOVES Place, the
brightest spot in Canton, Miss, has
announced the extending of his bust
ness activities to include the beautiful
new modern Travellers Home and the
Homes Ice Cream Parlor, both of the
new establishments being located on
the Fannin Road East Jackson,
Miss, on the opposite side of the
road from the Blue Flame.
Having but one desire, to please
and satisfy every patron, Mr.. Catch
ings has spared no expense in the
furnishing and equipping of these new
businesses.
The Travellers Home, with its home
like atmosphere, beautifully decorat-
ed rooms, clean and comfortable beds,
| is truly a place to delight the weary
| traveller and give him a chance to re-
lax from the cares of the world.
The Homes Ice Cream Parlor is
an ideal meeting place for the yuong-
ler set to go and be refreshed in sur
roundings that are entertaining and
wholesome.
All of the Catching's establish
ments are noted for their excellent
service, Mr.. Catchings being assisted
in the management of his businesses
by his charming wife and sister.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-08-15

encountered and it is still too early
to announce results or to estimate
either our own or enemy losses. "
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters in
Australia reported August 10 that
Allied planes from Australia We're
maintaining a 24-hour-a-day often
sive over the entire invasion zone in
support of the attack against the
Solomon Islands. The Navy also re-
ported u. s. Naval forces lombard
ed enemy ships and shore establish
ments at Kiska' in the Aleutians, 81
simultaneously with the beginning OF
the attack on the Solomon Islands.
CONTINUED on back page)
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-08-15

Miss Ernestine Harris, daugh-
fer of Mr.. and Mrs Daniel Harris
of High Street and a member of
Pearl Street A M. E. Church, was
delegate to the West Jackson Dis
trict Sunday School and League Con-
vention and Young Peoples Congress
held at Benton, Miss, Angus 5-6-7,
representing Pearl Street Sunday
School and League.
Miss Harris was assistant to the
Secretary of the convention and was
made president of the Youth Con-
gress in this meeting.
The Young People had a Sun
shine Band Contest, giving prize
of $1.OO to the person raising the
highest amount over fifty cents.
Miss Harris won the prize. In the
Oratorical contest, offering $500 for
first prize, and $500 second prize,
Miss Harris won first prize, her SUBJ
iect being, The Defense Of Our COun-
try, and was very well planned and
enjoyed by everyone who heard it.
Miss Harris is a Senior at Lanier
High School and member of tie
Writers Club. Being president of
the youth congress, she is eligible to
be elected as delegate to the
youth conference to be held at Little
Rock, Arkansas, in July, 1943. The
election will be held at Laurel in
September.
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the employees and was enjoyed very
much. Every person present had
as much ice cold melon as he or she
could eat.
This is just one of the many af-
fairs that are given by the manage
ment of the Crescent Laundry for
the employees, throughout the year.
Mr.. Felts is general manager and
Mr.. Wright Supt. dry cleaning de-
partment.
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On the War Front
This Week

The Navy announced United
States Naval and other forces have
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1942-08-15
Laundry Employees
Treated With Surprise
Watermelon Party

The Crescent Laundry employees,
both white and colored were treated
Saturday evening with surprise
watermelon party on the back lawn
of the Laundry, Saturday, August 8.
This affair came as surprise to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
RE.ENFORCEMENTS:
Land in Ireland

Shipload upon shipload Of United
States soldiers, fully equipped for
mechanical warfare, have arrived
in Northern Ireland to bolster the
already large American garrison
there.
Enthusiasm was at high pitch in
Britain. One military observer
pointed out that the arrival of thou
sands Of American soldiers in Ulster
allows planning for offensive opera
tions on the continent "on a scale
of at least 20 divisions or 100000
men.
The U. S. communique stated:
British Isles: The war department
today announced the arrival Of addi-
tional United States army troops.
The number is substantially larger
than previous contingents and in
cludes tank units"
The debarkation was carried out
swiftly and secretly. Secluded bases
already had been prepared for the
men.
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MISCELLANY:

J Smash: In Pittsburgh, Actress
Katherine Hepburn smashed a news
photographers camera when he
snapped her picture without asking
her permission.
Gestapo: A Stockholm dispatch
said that Reinhard Heydrick, right
hand man of Heinrich Himmler,
Gestapo chief, had been appointed
Gestapo commissar general in all
German occupied territory
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29

President Manuel Prado Of Peru,
left, visitor to the United States,
and Maj. Gen. Francis Wildly, SUI
perintendent Of the United States
Military academy, as they reviewed
West Point cadets who paraded in
President Prado's honor.
CHURCHILL:
Confident
Confidence was the keynote of
Winston ChurchilPs address to q, 900
Yorkshiremen when he told them
that the beginning Of victory is in
sight and that England viii "play
rough" in repayment for any tor
ture inflicted on Britain and its
allies.
Churchill's talk emphasized his
warning that Britain would cover
German military detectives with
poison gas If that weapon were, :ssed
by Germany in its war on russia.
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INSIDE STORIES:
OF Axis Internees

Inside stories of conditions in Axis
nations were related by diplomats
and newspaper men who arrived in
Lisbon, Portugal, after five months
Of internment in Germany and Italy.
United States and Axis internees
were exchanged in Lisbon.
Correspondents were unanimous
in their belief that Germany will
gamble everything on an about
drive this spring. To meet this
showdown, Hitler is reported to have
prepared 300 army divisions. OF
these, 210 divisions have been as
signed to the Russian front.
Competent observers in Berlin
predict that Germany must "shoot
the works" this summer and that
the fortunes of war will turn definite
ly against the Nazis unless the all
out drive is successful.
Hitler's declaration Of war upon
the United States was termed the
biggest blunder of his career. The
German people did not expect it
even after Japan attacked the Unit
ed States. Germany's older genera
ton remembered all too well that
the U. S. helped decide World War I.
Italy's war against this country is
exceedingly unpopular with the peo-
pie, according to informed CORE
spondents. The Italians dislike the
Germans and care nothing for the
Japanese.
Mussolini, too, is unpopular with
his people. King Victor Emmanuel
lost much Of the respect that was his
when war was declared in his name.
But observers were agreed that a
revolution is doomed to failure I'M
less it has the support Of the army.
The army still is loyal to the throne.
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MARTINIQUE:
Laval Ldnents
sBLoip to France,

Though his opinion was not asked
by the u. S. state department,
Pierre Laval, pro-Nazi chief Of the
Vichy-French government, gave q
rejection to most Of the six u. s.
demands concerning the Caribbean
island of Martinique.
The state department had earlier
submitted to Admiral Georges Rob-
ert, high commissioner Of the
French possession, a request that il
the status of Martinique, Guade-
loupe, and French Guiana were
changed "the United States could no
longer guarantee their belonging to
the French people," What the u. s.
really wanted was to immobilize
French warships and airplanes now
in the Martinique area, and some
method for checking on persistent
reports that this region was being
used as a base for Nazi submarine
activity in the raids on Atlantic coast
shipping.
Laval said that these demands
were grave blow to French SOW
ereignty" and that. France. would
not .relinquish any Of her rights over
Martinique mo matter what hap
pens" To this. unsolicited state
ment Washington gave the cold
shoulder. It looked like the state
department intended to deal directly
with officials on the island rather
than with Laval.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29

Here's one set rea-
son: No man sit
ting on the bench,
and this includes
Leo Durocher and
Frank Frisch, is in
position to call q
pitched ball within
a foot OF where it
travels. Their an
gle Of vision is all
out Of gear and
focus.
In our wondering
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
SELECTIVE SERVICE:
Netv Induction Plan

When Selective Service Director
Hershey announced that after June
IS a new policy for the induction
of men procured through the draft
machinery would be introduced, he
did much to solve the personal prob
lens of selectees. Under the new
plan men will be inducted immedi-
ately after they pass the physical
examinations and will then be trans
ferred to the Enlisted Reserve corps
and be granted IA days for con-
Guiding personal affairs before be-
ing assigned to active duty. Trans
portation and meals from the induc-
ton center to the local board locali-
ty ordering the registrant to report
for examination and subsequently to
a designated reception center will
be at government expense.
Director Hershey predicted that
10000, 900 U. S. men may be under
arms by late 1943 or early 1914.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
The Ball Players Pick

Ball players know what can hap
pen between June and October.
They are not the best guessers in
the world-but who is? In talking
over the two big league campaigns
with managers and veterans-we'l
leave the younger fellows out-this
is the way they figure the two races:
American League-The Yankees
chased by the Red Sox and the In
dams.
National League-Another red-hot
all-summer stretch run between
Dodgers and the Cardinals.
This was a majority vote, by a
wide margin, from the dozen or
more respected opinions sought.
No one expects Lou Boudreau's
Indians to hold the dizzy pace they
offered the league through the first
few weeks. The material, minus
Bobby Teller, isn't that good. But
Boudreau has turned in great job
so far. So has Joe Cronin.
Yankees, Dodgers and Cardinals
began the season with the better
teams-much better teams. They
were the headline entries.
I still think either Dodgers or Car
dinals will meet the Yankees in the
next World series-providing, Of
course, there is q next world series.
But through the remainder Of the
race it seems to me managers and
ball players viii show more COM
mon sense in concentrating their at
tack on rival teams, and not on UNI
pires who are seldom responsible
for the mistakes managers and ball
players make.
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BRIGHT LIGHTS:
And Shipping Losses

Because dim-out regulations In
New York were held ''unsatisfac-
tory" by the army. drastic new reg
tlations win affect the lives of the
city's millions.
Acting with the approval Of the
army and navy, Mayor Fiorello
LaGuardia ordered a program
which for the first time win screen
a1l fioodlighting in railroad yards,
manufacturing plants, docks, ship
yards and -texminalss
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
CONSTRUCTION CUT:
Production Stressed

Behind the War Production boards
decision to cancel contracts for war
plants which cannot be completed
and in production by mid-1943 lies
two major considerations:
A severe shortage Of raw materi-
ais.
Belief that spring and summer
developments may bring q turning
point in the war.
Construction will be stepped up on
facilities such as synthetic rubber
and aviation gasoline plants and will
be cut down on such projects as new
steel plants.
Because of the raw material
shortage, the WPB had decided to
concentrate available supplies on
arms and munitions production rath-
er than on the plants in which they
are manufactured.
Officials explained that the WPB
has determined to produce $4,000
planes, $4,000 tanks, and eight mil
lion tons Of shipping in 1912. They
viii deal with the increased pro-
gram for 1913 when that time ar
rives. ~
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watched the making Of over 3,O00, 900
feet Of sports pictures, to discover
how much the right and wrong an
giles meant. This goes for a ball
game, a horse race, and a stance
in golf. II goes for any game.
II the camera Is set at the wrong
angle, only by few feet, the pic
ture will tell an untrue story. The
same Is true of the human eye. Or
the inhuman eye.
At race track, il you are not
dead set on the finish line you can
easily disagree by a half length or
even length with the testimony Of
the camera which is aimed directly
at the wire. Every horseman knows
that.
Same in Baseball
Trained umpires are supposed to
be in the correct spots for correct
decision. They can make mistakes,
being only human.
Managers and ball players on the
bench are not in the right spot to
call any decision correctly. II the
bench were the right place, then
umpires would be sitting ON the
bench and not standing around on
the ball field.
Using two examples, Messrs. Du-
rocher and Frisch know this. They
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
RAISE:
For the ShipbuiIders

Payable in war bonds, a wage in
crease averaging eight cents an
hour went to the workers in the ma
jor shipbuilding yards throughout
the nation. This announcement was
made after 21-day conference in
Chicago of private shipbuilders,
union officials and government rep
resentatives. Five hundred thousand
workers throughout the country were
effected by the wage increase. Pres
ident Roosevelt had requested the
War Bond raise as an aid to check
ing imitation and at the same time
allow shipbuilders to meet increased
living costs. IS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
OUR ARMED FORCES
AND DEMOCRACY

WIxfA4 = " \ OAb&1 "a fAAAC& ~ -
win be, following the close Of the
titanic world conflict, Is q grave
question. viii we continue as a Re-
public, with system Of free compe-
tition, or will we follow the nations
Of Europe into some form of state
socialism?
Many writer's and students Of po-
litical trends profess to see US head
ing toward dictatorship and a to-
talitarian government, with state So
cialism, RECOMMENDATION, creation of
classes, and with the philosophy on
which the nation was founded and
on which 1t has grown thrown into
discard.
The future of America-its ideals,
its philosophy of government--lies
largely in the hands of the men who
are today in our armed forces, fight
ing the nations battles.
Living in a section in which large
numbers of our army, navy and
marine corps forces are stationed, l
have an opportunity Of knowing and
talking with hundreds OF them.
Those with whom have talked rep
resent, am sure, cross-section
of the whole, and If so 1t Is encour-
aging.
Those ! have talked with repre-
sent what we refer to as all classes,
but they recognize no classes. Sons
Of the employer and the employee
are buddies and place or wealth are
not considered. The employees son
may be wearing the chevrons or
shoulder straps which designate him
as "boss," and the employers son
recognizes the ability the chevrons
or shoulder straps represent. Those
who come from homes Of wealth
and those from homes Of poverty,
those from the farms and those
from the cities, all sleep under the
same canvas, eat at the same
mess, perform the same duties. Be
tween them there is no question of
class or distinction. 1t is only merit
and ability that count.
They are imbued with the idea
that the ideals of the armed forces
should be the ideals of the nation;
that advancement should depend
upon merit and ability; that while
all start from the same point, the
display of ability should designate
the leaders. They would not pull
the MacArthurs down to the level of
the John Does, but would give the
John Does the opportunity to climb
to the place of a Macarthur if they
have the ability and exercise it.
That is the army, the navy and
the marine corps. That also is the
America of today and yesterday.
When the war is over, / believe the
men of the armed forces will de-
mand that it be the America of to-
morrow.
Our soldiers, sailors and marines
believe they are fighting for that
kind of a civilization. They are
fighting to maintain a nation whose
philosophy of government has Of
fered opportunity to those with abil-
ity and where the development Of
such ability has made progress for
all. In practically all cases, you
find them opposed to any form OF
state socialism, to RECOMMENDATION, to
a division into classes, and they
will, believe, carry their ideals
with them when the war is over and
they return to civilian pursuits. They
represent the hope of our continu-
ing as republic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
.IAIRLINES:
War Footing

LAT President Roosevelt's direction
the war department placed domes-
&c airlines on wartime footing by
ordering the transfer to the army
air forces Of a substantial proper
ton of available flight equipment
for operation by army personnel; by
having the airlines convert approxi-
mately 20 ships into cargo carriers
which they win operate for the Air
Service command; and by giving
emergency military missions priori-
ty ON the remaining 70 ships to- be
owned and operated by the airlines.
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Same in Baseball

m ay be m any
things, but they
are not dunn b.
Most Of the loud
st squaw kers
would make poor
urnpires, even if
parked in the
proper places.
These fiery fell
low s too often
think abe ad of
themselves.
You'll find that
most Of the nm
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29

THIS 1912 season has already
opened new war between UNI
pires, managers and ball players
especially in the National league.
You can gamble that the umpires
are right 50 per cent Of the time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
HOME TOWN TALENT
MEETS A NEW NEED

1 ATTENDED a dramatic produc-
ton staged by a high school class
recently. It was good show and
was appreciated by the hometown
audience. It was an evidence OF
the home-town's ability to provide
its own entertainment, as such towns
did when we grandfathers were
boys. The home-towns Of America
will not dry up and die Of inertia
because of lack Of tires. Instead
of bright lights, the night clubs and
the paid professional performers OF
the larger centers, we will turn to
the simple, but satisfying entertain-
ments of yesteryear, provided by
our hometown schools, churches,
lodges and clubs. That cannot be
listed as war sacrifice.
-
WAR SHOULD SLOW US DOWN
in some spots and increase our
speed in others. 1t should mean
less revolutions per minute of auto
mobile wheels and more revolutions
per minute of wheels in war equip
ment plants. It should take few
minutes longer to get from home to
factory, and a few minutes less
to do a job inside the factory door.
VOLUNTEER WHEAT
AND REGULATION
Two million acres OF nature
provided wheat would feed lot Of
our Chinese allies if we could get it
to them.
THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION
CORPS-CCC-did real service to
American youth in the years when
there was lack of jobs available.
It created employment for thousands
and did much to maintain morale.
Now the boys of the CCC camps
are needed in the munitions plants
or in the armed services of the ma
ton. The $500, 600, 900 being spent to
maintain the camps would help pay
for the tanks, guns and planes these
boys would be building or using,
and that would be a better way Of
spending such q sum.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
RUSSIA:
Kharkhov and Kerch

For some time Hitler's objective
on the southern flank of his eastern
front had been clear. He wanted
badly the oil that the Caucasian area
could give him. His much-feared
Spring offensive" shaped up that
as the mud Of Russia's Crimea be-
gan to dry.
With overwhelming numbers he
swept the Russians before him on
his march across the Kerch PENN
sula. Then from Berlin came the
report that the fighting in this area
had ended and that the Russian
troops had been "annihilated." But
Moscow even later reported that in
the town Of Kerch itself there was
still street fighting and that the de-
tenders were hanging tenaciously on
to their foothold at the eastern tip
Of the Crimea.
It was near Kharkov, further
north, though, that the Russians
claimed their greatest successes.
The Kerch peninsula might be lost
to the Germans but Nazi defenses
around Kharkov had taken a ter
rifle pounding from the Soviet artil-
lery, tanks, planes and infantry.
One report said that the Russians
in new push" had taken 800
towns, slain $4,000 Nazis, captured
1900 additional soldiers and had
destroyed 400 tanks.
In the Kharkov battle, Russian
Marshal Timoshenko seemed to
have taken the Nazis by surprise.
The Soviet high command report
ed that the Germans first fled in
panic before the onslaught Of Rus
sian planes battering their lines at
attitudes as low as 70 feet. Then
the Nazis rallied and the fight
ing gained new peak Of ferocity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
THREE GALLONS:
Essential )

As American motorists on the
Eastern seaboard got their first
taste of gasoline rationing many of
them began to wonder If they would
be classified as essential" drivers.
For If they had such classification
they would be permitted to buy
more than the three gallons per
week allotted under the rationing
set-up.
Motorists in Oregon and Washing
ton were to get their gasoline ra-
ton cards the first Of June when
deliveries of fuel oil and gasoline to
these two states were cut to SO per
cent of normal deliveries. Petrole-
UNI Co-ordinator Ickes said there is
no immediate need Of curtailing pc
troleum products deliveries else
where in the country.
Reports from the East coast gave
indication of grumbling on the part
of some motorists to the effect that
rationing should apply to all sec
tons or to none at all. Then came
the assurance from OPA that work
ers who customarily drive to work
were to be allowed enough gasoline
to continue so doing.
Congressman and other federal
and state employees using private
cars to transact business with a
government agency are entitled to
unlimited supplies of gasoline.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29

pirical explosions are used largely
in behalf of the old alibi. They are
employed to cover up mistakes or de-
feats in connection with critical
crowds.
There is a belief also that crowds
like scrappy baseball. Crowds do.
But crowds would rather see the
battle between two teams-the speed
and brains of Ty Cobb, the brains
and power of Babe Ruth or Lou
Gehrig or a Ted Williams thrown
against the other team, not against
the umpires.
A ball player who bats 1888 is
above the average. Yet, that means
he is flop two-thirds Of the time.
Umpires make mistakes, but not
as many mistakes as managers and
ball players make--if you happen to
look at the daily box scores.
The greatest pitcher that ever
lived-Walter Johnson, never had
an argument with an umpire. He
was concentrating on the main job
pitching-not on some umpire's de-
cision. Among a few other pretty
fair country pitchers in this respect
1 might include Christy Mathewson,
Cy Young, Grover Cleveland Alex
ander, Ed Walsh, M0rdecai Brown.
I've never seen a great pitcher
who was an umpire fighter. No
one is great enough to split his con-
centration-to look out first for the
a1ihi
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Released Diplomats, Newspaper Men
Tell Inside Stories of Axis Unrest;
Armored AEF Arrives in Ireland;
WPB Cancels War Plant Construction

EDITORS cpinns exprssssd In these esumns they
Released Western Union.