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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
A Week Of The War

Acting at the suggestion Of the Presl-
dent and the request of the War DepaLt-
ment, the House passed and sent to the
Senate legislation to reduce the minimum
draft age from 20 to Is. The Bill pro.
vides that those who are in high school
or college may finish the present school
year, but after next July educational DC,
ferments would be forbidden. The BIZ
would also make mandatory the policy
# calling all single men in a state be-
fore calling married men, and then cali
ing all childless married men before men
with children. /,
Secretary Of War Stimson announced
there are approximately 4~,250,000 men
in the Army at present and this total
will be increased to 1900 900 by the
end of 1943-distributed as follows; 81
800, 1000 in the ground forces, 100000 ia
the air force, 100000 in training and
I.OO0. 600 in supply services. Mr.. Stimson
said Is and l9-year-olds are more respon-
tigued and make better soldiers than
present that the Army might get too OLE.
In March of this year the average age
Of divisions being activated was 26 years
and 2 months, but in August the figure
had risen to % years and 2 months.
If the draft age is lowered to Is, a
1900. 900 mar Army can be built up IN
1913 without calling married men with
children, Selective Service Director Her
shey reported. Induction of married men
with wives only will begin Immediately
to fill the Army's call for l. 1000, 900 by
January /, he said
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
Resolution Of
Respect

Whereas, Brother Ephraim WEIGH,
who was a member of C~astalian
Lodge No. 1879 F & A M, Durant,
Miss, died on the first day of Oc-
tober, 1912.
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved BY our
Lodge: That his death is recorded
with deep sorrow, and that our
lodge hereby extends sympathy to
his wild ", c. drer and other rela-
tiveS.
That these resolutions be enter-
ed on the minutes, and a copy
thereof unSer sea- of the lodge, be
trans tn 'ecro ary 20 his
NV, Mrs. Cha tie r. WEIGH.
1R N IS
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
THROUGH
H AzE |
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BY HAZEL BRANNON

We want to take this opportunity
of telling our readers we are sorry
for last weeks late paper. Our limo
type operator, Mr.. H. A. Turner.
formerly of West Monroe, La, did
not show up for work Monday
leaving without notice of any
kind which made it pretty bad since
we can't run the machine. Other
shops in this section are short Of
help also which makes it even more
difficult. Maybe after a while wen
get this help situation straighten-
ed out and be able to give you a
bigger and better paper. That is our
hope, anyway, whether anything
ever ome Of it or not.
But there are more important
jobs to be done than running a
country weekly newspaper and win
ming the war is the most important.
Those of our men who go off to
fight r doing the important job.
The rest of us left behind are Just
going to have to do the best we
can.
So IL your paper isn't quite up to
standard please bear with us for
we r doing the best we can.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
Thomas J. Hewitt
Is Promoted

ATLANTA 49, Headquarters of the
Fourth Service Command announce
the following promotion of men
from Durant, Miss, who are sta
toned in the headquarters detach-
ment: Private Thomas J. Hewitt to
Private First Glass.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22

Mrs. Robert Kenneth Ray and
Mrs. Paul Gregory went to New Or
leans Saturday to join their hus-
bands, Mr.. Ray and Mrs. Gregory,
who are returning to their respec-
tive homes in Durant for a visit.
Mr.. Ray and Mrs. Gregory have
bee in the Canal Zone for the past
six months working on defense pro-
jects.
Irby Johnson of Centreville was
a visitor in Durant Monday and
Tuesday.
Mrs. Annie st. Clair was a visitor
in Jackson on Monday.
Mrs. H. B. Sargent of Vicksburg
is spending this week in Durani
visiting friends.
Mrs. Jessie Lewis and two chill
dren visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. Carpenter in Kosciusko or
Saturday.
Mrs. Walter Durham, Jr., spent
the week end in Lexington visiting
relatives.
Mrs. L. J. Wilkes will leave Sat-
urday to go to Grand Rapids, Mich.
to attel : the marriage of her son
Lieut.. John Wilk s, = Miss Vir-
giria Lauber OF Grand Rapids
Mich, hicn VIII occur on October
81.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
Cotton Ginning Reports
20,11o Bales To Date

Census report shows that 29,119
bales of cotton were ginned in Hol-
mes county from the crop of 1912
prior to October /, 1912 as compar-
ed with 1881 bales for the crop
of 1941.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
Baptists Will Meet
In Lexington

Holmes Baptists are invited to the
Baptist church at Lexington, Thurs
day evening, October 20, for an
Associational Training Union Rally.
The plan for the meeting is a sup
per-conferenee from $50 to 7:3O
with al associational officers and
pastors in the association attending.
Beginning at 7:30 conferences are
to be held for all who will attend
from over the association. Rev. H.
H. Ward will be the visiting worker.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22

"Any nan is your friend as long
as you are right. But it takes a good
man to stick by you when he knows
your are wrong"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22

in relation to their nutritional value.
increase in l943 spring hog production
Mr.. Wiekard also called for a 10 percent
over the 1912 record crop, asking for
about 6S million head as compared to the
1912 crop Of 62 million head. He esti-
mated 1913 requirement. of dressed pork
for the U. s. armed forces and lend
lease will exceed 1912 requirements by
more than one billion pounds.
The Department of Agriculture re-
ported farm wage rates on October /
were 220 percent of the 1904 period
and the highest since 1920, The average
rate per day without board S2.76, was
up 81 cents since July and up 70 cents
since the previous October. The Depart
ment said its total September purchases
Of dairy products, fish, fruit and other
commodities amounted to Sis million,
compared with the August total of $S3
million. The Department is now buying
II key foodstuffs every week and IL
others ever two weeks.
Rationing
The Office of Price Administration
rules that after next January 81, all mo-
florists holding A mileage rationing books
must have their tires inspected every
two months. Original inspections of tires
on all passenger cars must be made be-
tween December / and January 81, while
commercial vehicle ~tires-which must be
inspected every two months or every
5000 miles, whoever comes first-many
be checked any time after November Is.
Price Administrator Henderson set
November 8 as registration day for gaso-
line ~rationing in the States where ration
ing is not already in effect, while mo-
florists in the present rationing area
must file a tire inspection certificate
with their local rationing boards by No
vember %. Cal owners in the latter
area must list the serial numbers of all
their tires. and if there are more than
five per car, the owner will be denied
gasoline ration books until he has dis
posed Of the extra tires. Mr.. Henderson
said the Government already has start
ed to purchase from car owners all new
or used tires in excess of five per au-
tomobile. The Defense Supplies Corpo-
ration. which has advanced $3.50, 000, 900
for the program. has designated 100
warehouses throughout the country as
delivery points, and the %. 900 offices of
the Railway Express Agency will collect
the tires and bring them to the ware
houses.
The OPA said War Ration Sugar Stamp
No. 8 will be good for the purchase of
three pounds of sugar between November
l and December Is. The sugar allotments
for institutional and industrial users for
November and December were set at
so and 10 percent. respectively, of the
z base established by them.
Maximum Prices
A specific price ceiling for women's
rayon hose will be issued soon, the OPA
said, and in the meantime, buyers should
carefully compare prices with those of
last March to make certain they are not
being o~vercharged. "There is no excuse
for any increase in prices of rayon ho-
siery," the Office said. The OPA placed
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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
Sterilization of Wages

Director Byrnes of the Office of Eco
nomic Sterilization said the War Labor
Board will regulate all salaries under
SO, 200 and those up to $4,000 which are
covered in wage agreements. He said the
Treasury Department IS preparing regu-
lations for salaries of more than SO, 900
other than those handled by the Board
as part of wage regulations. The WLB
ruled individual wage adjustments may
now be made by employers without prior
Board approval providing they are "in-
cident to the applicable of the terms Of
an established wage agreement or to es-
wage rate schedules covering
tn work assignments of employees" and
are made az the result of certain estab-
lished practices.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
The War Front

The War Front
Secretary Stimson announced that
ground units of the Army are now aiding
the Marines in the defense Of Guadal-
canal in the Solomons, and Army air
and ground troops are now stationed in
Hebrides and Fiji Islands. "The Japa-
nese are continuing to bomb our air
field and shore positions on Guadal-
canal Island and it is believed that
enemy troops and equipment are being
disposed for a strong assault against our
airfield," the Navy reported October 10.
During the early morning Of October II,
about ID enemy bombers, escorted by 8
fighters, attacked the Guadalcanal air
que said. but u. s. fighters and anti
aircraft batters shot down an the bomb
ers and 2 of the fighters. These latest
raids brought the toll Of Japanese air.
craft since the Solomons fighting began
last August to 3O7 Of all types destroyed.
although large numbers of Japanese
troops are known to be on Guadalcanal
scale land fighting" the Navy said. "Our
losses in the current fighting, to date,
October 49, have been minor, but in
a battle of this nature losses must be
expected All information on the
fighting in the Solomons which is not of
value to the enemy is being announced
as soon as possible after being received"
Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters reported
October 10 that Allied bombers attack
ing Japanese shipping concentrations off
BUN in the northern Solomons scored
probable hits on three enemy cruisers,
a large seaplane tender, seven flying
boats and several cargo vessels. In the
Aleutians, U. S. ground forces ooh a
third island in the Andreanof group, and
Army medium bombers bombed two more
enemy destroyers near Kiska. n
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22

The three lynchings in this state
during the past few days have spoil
ed a clean record of many years
and gained for Mississippi much
undesirable publicity throughout the
nation. Almost every Eastern paper
has had something to say about II
editorially. One paper went so fal
as to say the whole state should be
put under martial law.
The st. Louis Post-D Dispatch asks.
"Does this differ greatly from The
crimes committed by Hitler and his
hangmen, which this country now is
seeking to eradicate from the edrth
in the greatest war of all time? Not
only have the Mississippi lynchers
murdered individuals: they have
given aid and comfort to the enc
my. Axis propagandists can be de-
pended upon TO make extensive use
of these crimes in their effort to
besmirch the Allies war aims and
to create inte racial discord."
The two 14-year old boys who
were lynched had plead guilty. to
attempted rape on a l3-year old
white school girl, in spite of the
fact that the St. Louis papers say
their guilt had not been establish
ed.
1t is too bad that these lynchings
have taken place. 1t gives a lot of
do-gooders and meddlers a ripe OPP
portunity to do some bowling to
high heaven about how badly the
negro is treated in the South. And
you can bet they aren't going to
pass up that opportunity.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22
Farm Prices and Production

President Roosevelt, in a radio address,
said I'VE are learning to ration mate
rails; and We must ow learn to ration
narrower Perhaps the most diff
euIt phas Of the manpower problem is
the scare y of farm labor Every
farmer l. the land must realize fully
that his foduction is part Of war pro-
due on, snd hat he is rega rded by the
nation as essential to victory" Agricul-
ture Secretary Wickard, as Hhairmanf of
the WIPE Food Recurrence IS Commit
tee, red ced production goals for such
crops as cartaloupe cucumbers, water
melons, and celery. nd said "first con-
sideratic - would be given to winter
vegetables which reaui e the least labor
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-22

The last draft call made in Du-
rant just about cleans out all the
young married men without chill
dren. We imagine it won't be long
until those with children will be
sent. AS a matter of fact some men
in this last call for physical ex-
animation do have children, we un-
derstand.
It is hard for husbands and wives
to be separated in some cases. II
is hard for homes to be broken up
where there are children. But
those men with wives and children
are just as good fighters, or should
be, as single men and certainly
have more to fight for. War can
not be fought without bloodshed
and sacrifice and a lot Of us are
just beginning to suspect the mean
ing Of the word.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Air Transport to
ADE,roach Parity
with SEA Shipping

WASHINGTON, Oct. l. UP)-
Be- the end of 1943 thousands of
cargo planes will be carrying mill
tary supplies and air transport
will approach parity with wartime
ocean shipping" the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce of America
reported today.
quoting Army air force command
ers on the ultimate size of the
huge fleet, the chamber said that
planes already in operation are
performing modern miracles of
transportation" in carrying both
men and materials.
The chamber represents most old
mates of future production did not
take into consideration the pro-
posal that Henry j. Kaiser, west
coast Shipbuilder, construct a fleet
of 500 giant planes. Kaiser has
received an order for three expert
mental craft.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
State Puts Teeth
In Car Pooling

SACRAMENTO, Oct 1-(UPl -
The state put teeth" into its car
pooling plan today with orders to
all agencies strictly curtailing car
operations except for vital public
service.
Each agency was ordered to set
up Immediately a departmental pool
of cars under its control.
Highlights of the plan are that
state cars shall be used only for
important services and only when
other forms of transportation are
unavailable? No car shall exceed 35
miles per hour except in police
work or emergencies involving great
danger TO life and property; and
cars shall not be used for driving
to and from work except cases such
as a police officer on call
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Cardinals Even
Series with 4-3
Win Over Yankees
Rookie Johnny Beazley
Pitches st. Louis to
One-Tally Victory

SPORTSMAN'S p A r X
Oct. l. (UP),-The st. Louis
siege guns came through in
the eighth inning today to
give the Cardinals a a to 3
victory over the New York Yankees
and even the World series at one
all
Enos Slaughter anu Can Musial,
the heart of the Cardinal batting
order, coupled double and a single
with two out TO break a tie the
Bronx Bombers had achieved in
their half of the eighth in a typical
Yankee hitting squirt.
Johnny Beazley, the National
league rookie, sensation bested Ernie
(Tiny) Bonham but was in frequent
trouble and poor Yankee base rum
ming averted disaster for the fresh
man star in the ninth.
BEFORE MOTHER
Pitchinp before his mother and
three high school classmates whom
he had promised seats to the first
World series game in which he pitch
ed. Beazle? had the Yankees shut
out for seven innings and was coast
ing under a three run lead, but he
barely managed to finish.
The first two Cardinal runs were
due to a bad decision on Bonham's
part. Tiny, whose control is one OF
his biggest assets, walked Jimmy
Brown, the ST. Louis leadoff hitter
in the first inning. He picked up
Terry Moore's sacrifice bunt and
elected to try for forceout at sec
cond. But Brown beat his throw by
headlong slide.
He retired Slaughter and Musial
but w. Cooper doubled Brown and
T. Moore in.
The Cardinals made it to in
the seventh when Johnny Hopr
singled and KuroWski tripled.
YANKS GO TO WORK
That looked like enough, but with
two out in the eighth, The Yankees
went to work. Roy Cullenbine drove
grounder between first and sec
ond which Brown, Cardinal SECOND
Continued on Page 8; Column Il
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Naval EnIistments
Total 81 Here

Imperial Valleys contribution to
Navy enlistments totaled 35 for the
month of September including IA
from FL Centre, eight from BraW-
ley, four from Calexico. three from
Imperial, three from Holtville, one
each from inland, Heber and See
le5
The following men were accepted
for enlistment during last weekend
and will be enlisted in October:
Thomas G.. Feney, Nick M. Carter
James d. Nestitt, Jr., Harold j.
Foglesong, Robert w. Romans, Ger
aid H. Port, and George w. Con-
way, all of FL Centre; Jesse L.
Jackson, Glenn l.. Johnson, Val M
Older Frank j. Augusta, Paul S
Malan, Enfico A. Asenas, all OF
Brawley; and Louis Salazar OF
Heber.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Troop 70 Gets
New Scout Leader

Hugh Estes former Boy Scout
raster at Banning and newcomer
to Ell Centro, officially took over
the assistant scoutmaster position
with Troop 70, Wednesday evening
at the scout hut.
He succeeds Walter Price who is
leaving for military service, and will
assist Frank BoWles, who was scout
master of the troop last year. The
troop plans a special event TO well
come new members in the near fu-
ture Albert Arnold and Allen Ryer-
son We're made patrol leaders.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Arms Output Shows
No Improvement In
Month Says Nelson

WASHINGTON. Oct. l. (UP) =
War Production Chairman Donald
M Nelson said today that arms
output last month was still spotty
and no better than in August when
production was IA per cent below
forecasts and nothing to brag
about.
He reviewed the many sided op-
erations of WPB for reporters.
The food situation, he said, -
lin the main" good. He saw no
possibility that it would be acute
in the near future, but ne referred
uueStioners to Secretary of Agri-
culture Claude r. Wickard, chair
man of the food requirements COM
mittee.
Nelson said that cuts which have
been ordered in civilian economy
will not be felt by the man in the
street for three or iour months. He
said inventories on hand will take
care of that situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01

DllaJ Rl1SStS Ol NdZl lciiiioieciiiCioo
were being thrown into the battle,
particularly in the northwestern sec
tor where the were met by sharp
Soviet counterattacks.
South of the beleaguered city Rus
sian troops bested Rumanian de-
tachmentS and drove them out OF
three villages and $50 miles to the
northwest in the Voronezh sector
a Soviet diversionary attack had
put the Nazis on the defensive.
A dispatch in the government
newspaper Prayda revealed that
Josef Stain, himself, had laid down
defensive plans for Stalingrad as
the battle was opening 38 days ago.
Alexander Chuyanov, Communist
party secretary in Stalingrad, re-
ported that Stain telephoned HIM
being launched and ordered that
'all panic-mongers and towards" be
eliminated.
ChuyanoV revealed that Stain,
who directed tie defense of the city
in the civil war of 1918, also offered
suggestions on organization of the
defense OF the key point against
the Nazi assault.
PEACE MOVE MADG
These suggestions, Chuyanov re-
ported, had been carried out in the
mobilizing OF civilian workers to
aid the Red army.
A Polish government spokesman
in London revealed that the Ger
mans had made two recent attempts
to get in touch with the Polish gov
ernment-in-eXile in an apparent at
tempt to launch talks for nego-
tiated peace.
Norwegian government spokes-
man reported the Germans have
arrested l,400 persons in Norwegian
coastal areas as part of Nazi pre-
cautions against opening of a second
front in that region.
German reports laid heavy EN-
phasis on the strength of Russian
counterattacks, asserting that one
Russian attack on the northern
Stalingrad front was paced by 10O
British and American tanks. Berlin
insisted, however, that the Soviet
blow was parried and that "98 out
Continued on Page g. Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01

Pacific engagements, COili pdA tQ IIlt
performance of the army and navy
air arms.
House Democratic Leader John
w. Mccormack of Massachusetts
said he read with astonishment'
the statement of Lieut.. Comdr. JohE
Smith that carrier based planes had
won every major victory in the
Pacific and that horizontal bombing
was of little use against Warships.
(Army Flying Fortresses have been
credited b. the war department
with major successes in high level
bombing against Japanese forces
in the PacificD
Chairman J. Buell. Snyder, D., Pa,
of the house war department appro-
priations subcommittee, said he
planned to discuss the situation with
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George
C. Marshall and Lieut.. Gen. Henry
H. Arnold, chief of the army air
forces in the course of a previous
ly arranged conference.
PURPOSE HIDDEN
Assuming that everything the
navy flier said is true" Mccormack
said, the question that comes to
my mind is what purpose the navy
intended to serve in the interview .
Rep. Warren Magnuson, D., Wash,
a member of the house naval affairs
committee who recently returned
from an inspection of the Aleutian
Islands, said he believed the time
had come for congress to seriously
consider proposals to reor5anize the
army and navy into a single war
machine, completely stripped of SER
vice prerogatives that might lead
to disastrous petty disputes.
Magnuson and Rep. Lsndon john
son, D., Tex, both naval reserve
officers, it was learned, will file a
report to the naval affairs commit
tee soon, charging a serious lack
of coordination between the army
and navy commands in the Aleutian
area. even during combat operations
Continued on Page 8, Column A.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01

WlUnln TWO WEEKS.
Application of the Western Air
lines company was one OF three
which requested permission to pro-
vide Imperial county with air pas
senger and air mail service. AS far
as could be ascertained there has
been no action taken by the CAB
on the other two applications.
The Western Airlines mad asked
for permission to operate via Fa'm
Springs in extending service to in
clude Los Angeles to Ell Centre runs
Examiner Albert E. Forster recon-
mended that Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc, be permitted to
extend service to Oakland, Calf;
Western Airlines, Inc, be authoriz-
ed to operate service between Los
Angeles and San Francisco and TO
and from San Bernardino, Calf,
and that United Airlines Transport
Corp. provide service to and from
Visalia, Merced, Modesto, and Stock
ton, Calf.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-10-01
Rail Passenger
Schedules Frozen

WASHINGTON, Oct. l--tUP) =
The office of defense transporta-
ton today "frcze" all railroad pas
senger schedules in the United
States. The order becomes effec-
tive Oct. on the basis of sched-
ules used on Sept. &c.
ODT Director Joseph B. Eastman
said the order, which includes even
mixed trains which carry both
freight and passengers, follows the
agency's previously announced pol
icy cf restricting the use of equip
ment for transportation of crowds
to football games, races and other
sporting events.
The order, with certain eXcep-
tions, prohibits railroads from run
ming any special passenger trains;
adding new trains to existing sched-
ules; cr running extra sections to
regular trains unless such extra
sections have been run at least 20
per cent of the time during The
past 80 days