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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
PERFECT TIMING
 FOR BIG RAID
Germans, Italians Knew Nothing of African Inva.
 sion Until It Started
BY JAMES McGLINCY Limited Press staff CorresponaentD

Limited Press staff CorrespondentD
 At a Scottish Port, Nov. 2S--turl --Crews of Allied warships poured Into this port between Scottish hills today and told the amazing story Of how they took United States and British forces to Africa.
 They said the German and rtal. ian submarine and air forces had been caught flat-footed by one of the most remarkable naval opera tions in history.
 It was a thrilling adventure, they agreed, but they said the greatest thrill came at the zero hour when gigantic fleet of more than 300 ships reached its objectives and it was realized that the Germans and Italians knew nothing of its pres- ence.
 This time, perhaps for the first time in the war, everything was right-timing, deception, equipment and strength" an officer said.
 So precise was the timing that when Maj, Gen. Charles W. Ryder landed at Alglers, he looked at his watch and commented:
 Four minutes early. Can you beat it?"
 Because of the timing and the ex- treme secrecy of preparation, loss of life was kept at an absolute mini mum.
 Enemy attacks started only after the most important part of the al- lied operations had been completed with the landing of thousands of American troops, the crews said. The attacks were savage but they were too late.
 There was only praise for the planning and execution of the oper- ations. The Germans and the Italians could not assemble concen- trations of submarines and planes because they simply did not know where the Allied fleet was going.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Good Evening.
THERE WILL. ALWAYS BE A THANKSGIVING

When Thanksgiving day used to come around, Sometimes there would be snow on the ground We were mostly concerned with table seating We spent most the day talking and eating DO we wonder how Nom had the tlhe Even when young say in her prime, TO satisfy so many different wishes To prepare herself so many dishes. Thanksgiving meant starting couple ot days aheao No one seemed to look at cooking dread. We could hardly wait till culinary tactics began, We would sooner be shot than open can No hour of the day were we at a loss From saltng making cranberry sauce With baited breaths awaited the turkeys arrival , We watched pie making the plum pudding close rVa Oh the odors that from the kitchen camel - Mother wondered about the dressing always the same Good old New England days of plenty and health, Are they disappearing somehow by stealthP When Thanksgiving comes feel thankful and good The old folks recall they cooked with wood Tts an American day and though find some deetng' As we approach it again first thought is eating. B,t though wars and famnes come and go,
 1HeFe VIII "t""'' "' " FEM EM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
CITY HALL CANDY
 EMPORIUM CLOSED

Jim Mitchell, who operates tha candy and cigar counter at the en, trance to the City Hall, suffered | heart attack yesterday and wal taken to his home at 73 Bunker Hill avenue by Court officer Joseph Garyey and Doorman Thoma. Grady. Friends said today that he is resting comfortably, but probably will not be able to resume his duties for more than 6 week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
HUNTERS SAVE VENISON

Laramie, Wyo. (UP)-Cold stor- age plantse in this Wyoming town in the heart of the deer hunting country report that more hunters than ever before are saving the game they bag. The hunters say they intend to enpoy venison steaks after nationwide meat rationing goes into effect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25
Rank Means Little To Team That Edits "StarS and Stripes
BUCK PRlVATES HAND ASSIGNMENTS TO LlEUTENANTS
 AS SOLDERNEWSMEN HUSTLE OUT AEFS DAILY PAPER E
* * *
By DOWN SUTTON Editor of NEA Service)

London. Nov. 25-A corporal calls captain Butch" A buck private asks a lieutenant to carry a sheaf of paper down several flights of stairs. A sergeant learns over the telephone that yes, sir, that trans port plane is waiting to take him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

to the other end of the British Isles - he h a s been given the seat that was re serve d for Colonel Soandso . Is this the Army?
 Well, yes and no-it's the edi- torial office of IS t a r s a n d Stripes" tim e. hallowed organ of A m eric a Il forces overseas, W h 1 2 h now emerges Cor ex- yN1niacN InsIr s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Answer the question, How Can Help to Win the War?" by buy ing more War Bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Women at home arm their men at the front when they buy bonds by more of them during Women At War Week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Worried since President Roosevelt signed the teen face the chilling prospect of being left out in the cold once Inc draft boards begin calling their students Under the present pan about 0OO0O youths determined by compet This will feed only 200 of the countys 1700 institutions learning and professors in other colleges are even now burning their notes and looking for factory jobs at 4O Week-they feel that they entitled to pay raise a1Ief all these years! From Dayt0Na Beach, Florida comes word that the Wages well the Cardinals are taking advantage of the boo hoong, becose Brooklyn Dooges end Branch Rckey will have to spend the winter looking for another training site The Wages have taken over Kelly Field where the Dodgers used to practice as well az the exhibition park City Island And as if that weren't enough for any Brooklyne to suffer- the ladies have monopoly all the hotels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Pvt Benjamin Sevas, %, hopes to get right into action now that he has completed his recruit training at the United states Mar. inc Corps base At Parrls Island, s. c. He ls the son of Mrs. JOhp Oabrenes of f9 Pearl Street.
 Pvt sevas has . brother, stans ley, . corporal in the Army Ane serving overseas. lEe attended Croft School and prior Co enlist mcnt was employed by thc Amer ican Brass Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

matter of definition The learned lex- cographer Samuel Johnson in his dictionary defines network" as anything reticuated decussated, at equal distances, with nterstices between the inter sections" Mark Twain explained a classic by saying that it was "a book that everybody wants to hay, read but which no one wants to read himself" . Arthur Ernest Hemingway defined the word "guts" as grace under pressure" Humorist Dorothy Parker shocked professors by saying that school is place where you 'that you spit on a pencil it will ink" The sagacious Gladstone during financial depression, said that credit was merely suspicion asleep country editor once observed that "pIagarist is "one who gives birth to an adopted child"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

Dorchester, Mass, grocery store today posted sign which read: Please be kind to employees. They're harder to get than customers more, Olive Deering, and Ann Thomas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-25

While the whole country worried recently over Eddie Rickenbackers safety, his wfe's only concern was whether not Eddie would get too severe an attack or sunburn . . . Asked by newsmen why he gave up golf the Archbishop of Canterbury replied T began to wonder why should whether the ball went into the hole or not It generally didn't" Complained WC.IU; of honor as Mrs Rogers christened the Liberty Ship Will
 Rogers Theyre just educating children to come close She declined to say the beginning of what sadeSed followers were left to draw their conclusions In his recently published autobiography fourth esater Will
 Stanford University says that it has been his experience that the boys dropped off the edge of the campus have done pretty we'll in later life All you have to do IS look around you at political convention exclusive banquet to realize that MT. Irwin has made Shrewd observation. Souvenir minded guests cost hotels about $10000000 so far this year. Suggescns that guests scratched their way out have been proered
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
A WEEK OF THE WAR j..

President Roosevelt told his press
conference Pacific councils coord-
mating the war effort of the United
States in the southwest Pacific have
been operating for about a month,
The military command in the AIDA
area itself the President said, is in
the hands of Gen. Archibald Wavell,
but s~trategical problems are refer
red to Washington and London. The
joint military and naval staffs sit
in Washington.
The Senate passed and sent to
the White House a joint authorize
ton for a 100000, 900 loan to
China. President Roosevelt said the
money will make it possible for the
Chinese to purchase numerous war
materials, both in China and in 9th
or countries. He said the loan would
be n definite relief for the Chinese
( nancial structure strained by the
long war with the Japanese.
The White House announced the
U. S. through the Raj has dropped
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12

a second pamphlet over several oc-
cupied French seaports in the big
gest pamphlet bombing job ever
done" The first pamphlet, announc-
ed a month ago, stressed the tradi-
tional friendship between this coun-
try and France; the second told of
the rapidly-expanding U. S. wal pro-
duction.
Air
A Navy aviation training program
designed to develop 10000 of the
toughest pilots in the world annually
for the Navy and Marine Corps will
e put into operation by May 1,
Navy Secretary Knox announced.
Applications for training are now be-
@ng accepted. Mr.. Knox asked U. S.
high school youth to aid the Navy
by producing 500, 900 aircraft mod
els of so different t,pes of fight
inc planes to be used in aircraft
recognition and range estimation in
gunnery practice and for training
civilians in aircraft recognition. The
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Final Rites Are Held
For Judge Williams
Lengthy Illness Is
Fotol to Pioneer
Citizen Here

Funeral services for Judge J. B.
Williams, many years Justice of the
Peace in this beat, were held at the
family residence near Durant Friday
afternoon at three following his
death at two o'clock that morning
after a lengthy illness.
He was 80 years old on December
28th.
The Rev. E. S. Lewis conducted
the services assisted by the Rev. w.
J. Blackmon, Nazerene pastor.
lnterment was in Mizpah with
So1sk~rn Undertaking Association in
charge.
Judge Williams was known to al
most every citizen in the county. He
had always taken an interest in poll
ties and was elected to office for
several terms by his many friends.
Surviving are four daughters
Mrs. Dave Stevens, Mrs. G. C. Hut
Crimson and Miss Betty Williams, all
Of Durant and Mrs. Corinne Roberts,
Lexington.
Pallbearers were H. l.. Herring
ton, J. C. Sproles, Walter Durham,
Jr., S R. King, Nal Rhyme and Carl
+. Drake.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Dr.. ]. W. Allen Rites
In Goodman Friday

Funeral services for DR.. J. w. AL
len, II, prominent resident of Good
man who passed away at a Jackson
hospital Tuesday were held Friday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the
family residence m Goodman.
The Rev. Madison Flowers, pastor
Of the Baptist Church, officiated.
Internment was in the Goodman
cemetery with Maxwell and Owen,
of Pickens, in charge.
DR.. Allen had been ill about two
years. He was born east of Good
man and was educated at the Uni
versity of Tennessee Medical School
and did postgraduate work at Marion
Sims Hospital in St. Louis. He prac-
ticed a number Of years in St. Louis
before returning to Goodman in
1885.
Surviving are his d W ,
Mrs. Mary simpson Allen,
three sons: John Allen. Goodman
Dorsey and Paul Allen, both Of St.
Louis. Surviving also are a sister,
Mrs, w. A. Hanna, Pickens, two bro
theirs, Judge John F. Allen, Kos
ciusko, and Edward Allen of Good
man.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12

Office of Civilian Defense invited
college flyers and aviation enthus-
lasts to participate in the Civilian
Air Patrol which is seeking to en-
list 10000 civilian pilots. Sixteen
years is the minimum age for en-
roliment for ground service, and Is
Q flight duty. The Civil Aeronau-
ties Administration reported a 60
percent increase in private flying
during 1941.
The Mar Front
Gen. MacArthur's troops in the
Philippines repulsed continuous at
tacks by the enemy throughout the
week. Enemy losses during the week
included IL planes plus al undeter-
mined number destroyed in the air
and on the ground in an attack on
Japar ese-occupicd Marshall an Gil
ert Islands, many flees auxitl.ries,
We transports and probably" 8
third, and an enemy warship tor
pedoed. U. s. losses werc 10 planes,
Continued on page Ski
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Health Is Important
For Employed Women
SAYS B.P. W. Leader

A war time health program for
women in business and the profess
sions was outlined yesterday BY DR..
Edythe Hershey, of Helena, Mon
tana, Health Chairman Of The Nat
ional Federation of Business and
Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.
In an interview at the Fedora
tons national headquarters in New
York City, DR.. Hershey, who was
in the East comforting with health
officials, pointed out that "Good
Health is Essential to Good Morale"
and outlined an e~ight-point helath
program for women who work.
Have a health examination to be
sure you are physically prepared to
do all Of the things you want to do
in the war effort.
Take sufficient rest, so that you
wake up refreshed and finish youl
days work without being completely
exhausted. The amount of sleep re.
quired depends upon ones tempera'
ment.
Learn the basic principles of 8
balanced diet Check your menus to
see whether the food you eat meets
the requirements. Don't diet unles:
your doctor prescribes it.
Budget your activities. Practical
CONTINUED on page five.)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
AAA Offices Now
Hos Bosic SIog

Holmes County farmers can now
get basic Stag as conservation ma
terial (Grant-of-Aid) through the
Triple A office, states Mr.. f. r.
Trotman, County Administrative Of
ficer.
This material will cost $10.25 per
ton, 1915 Charged to the farm bene-
fit payment, and SO cents to cover
storage and handling cost is to be
paid in cash at the time of delivery.
The farmer will receive up to
$l.5O per acre for a 500 pound per
acre application Of this material in
fertilizing summer and winter le-
gumes and pastures, but no allow
ance of this material under depict
ing crops such as cotton, corn, and
oats.
Basic Stag is a product of steel
foundries and contains approximate
ly 8 per cent phosphoric acid and
30 per cent available lime. This
material can be applied like any 9th.
or fertilizer or sown broadcast ovel
pastures and clovers, but should BE-
worked into the soil to prevent rains
washing it off.
For further information on the
use Of basic Stag, please get in touch
with your County Agents office.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Compensation Law
For Workmen Sees
Early Showdown

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 1O.--A fin
al drive to pass q workmen's COM
pensation bill in the current legisla-
tive session opened here this week
with officers of various welfare.
social, economic and workers groups
in attendance.
Leading in the fight is the Mis-
sissippi Progressive League of Jack
son and the Northeast Mississippi
Council, of University, Miss. Holt
Montgomery, of Laurel, secretary of
the league, and officers Of the North
east Council are contracting legisla-
tors, urging them to pass the bill
and remove the industrial stigma
which has been holding Mississippi
back from the development it de-
serves during the past thirty-five
years.
"The opponents of this bill, a
group of less than 200 so-called
damage suit lawyers, are making d
last ditch battle against workmen's
compensation" says George Mclean,
president of the council. "These men
are battling for the fifty per cent
fee which they exact from all vic
Tins accidents who fall into their
clutches. They place their own SET
fish interests ahead of the interests
Of more than 100000 people who
would benefit, industrially and agri-
- H. - Al ------- Aksc
Continued on page five.)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Billy A d Wanda
Hughes PIoy Sing
For Red Cross

Two outstanding Mississippi ar
lists will be presented in concert here
Friday, February 20, at the Durant
Methodist Church, when Billy
Hughes, piano accordion, and Wanda
Hughes, contralto, both Of Jackson,
play and sing for the benefit of the
Red Cross. The concert is sponsored
by the Business and Professional
Women's Club and all proceeds 60
to the Red Cross. The concert will
begin at $40 pm. war time.
Mr.. Hughes has been generally
recognized as one of the most pro-
missing and talented young men in
the state. He has studied in New York
with Anthony Galla-Rini, one Of the
worlds finest concert artists of the
piano-accordion. He has played fol
the Music Trades convention in New
York City and has appeared in con
cert in a number Of towns in this
state and several others.
Wanda Hughes has q lovely voice
w~ell-trained and her appearance here
with Billy is anticipated very highly
Advance tickets r on sale now
and may be secured from any mem
Der Of the Business and Professions
Women's Club. Admission is so cent!
for adults and Is cents for students
Miss Georgia Mcintyre is ticke'
chairman.
Should enough tickets be sold il
advance two concerts will be ar
ranged and one given earlier thar
1870. If this is to be the case i
will be announced in next week.
paper.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Apply For Certificates
Only When Needed
Says Health Dept.

An urgent appeal is being made by
our State Bureau Of Vital Statistics
to the citizens of this State not to
make applications for birth certifi-
Gates if it is not absolutely essen
tial to produce such records. Thou
sands of requests are being receiv-
ed in the Division of Vital Statistics
from people who must work in our
Defense Industries, or in National
Defense in some way, and are re-
quired to prove, through birth GER
tificates, American citizenship be-
fore they can be allowed to work,
or to serve their country in certain
phases of military service.
So, it is urgently requested that
if you do not need your birth GER
tificate for a specific purpose, or
if you desire to have yours filed be-
cause someone else is doing so; or
if you want a copy of your certi-
ficate "just to know if it is on
file; please forego such request
| until after the war emergency is
over. The Division is overworked
and deluged with requests for birth
records in connection with National
Defense mhich must have immediate
| attention, and the Bureau does not
have sufficient funds to carry on
just now an extensive birth regis
t~ration project.
We kindly ask the public to be
patient with delays in replies to cor
respondence since, with our limited
| office force and funds, it is inn
| possible to reply at once to the en-
ormous amount of mail now coming
in to this office.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Aged Piokens Man
Su(tumbs Al Home.

William Dittman, Sc, died at the
nome of his daughter, Mrs. E. D.
Pepper and DR.. Pepper in Pickcns
Tuesday. Services were held at The
home last Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock with the Rev. E. c. Driskell,
Methodist pastor, in charge,
He was a native of Germany and
had lived the past thirty years in
Pickens where he was a highly re-
spected figure. He was a member OF
the Methodist Church.
Surviving are four daughters and
two sons: Mrs. Pepper, Mrs. Louise
Mcpherson and Mrs. Ruth Hemphill,
all of Pickens, and Mrs. J. T. Rog-
ers, Shelby; Fred Dittman, Memphis,
and Theodore Dittman, Pickens.
Interment was in the Pickens
cemetery with Maxwell and Owen in
charge.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Vince Dendy Passes
Al Pi(kens Home

Vince C. Dendy, town clerk OF
?ickens for many years, passed r.
way at his home there Saturday
morning at three o'clock. He was 81.
Services were held at the Metho-
dist Church Sunday morning at ten
o'clock with the Rev. E. C. Driskell,
pastor, in charge.
Interment was in the Pickens
cemetery with Maxwell and Owen in
charge.
Mr.. Dendy was we'll known
throughout the county where he had
lived practically all his life. He was
a member of the Methodist Church
the Masonic lodge and always active
in the various activities in the COM
munity.
Surviving is one son, Herbert
Dendy, formerly of the Jackson All
base, now stationed somewhere IN
California.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
New Age Groups Not
Registered Must
Do So Now

Those to register Monday arc
those born on or after December
81, 1921 in the 1921 age group,
and those born on or after Febru-
airy 18th 1897 in the 35-45 age
group. Boys becoming 20 on and
af+er January L, 1912 will not have
to register, according to Holmes
County Local Board No. / beats
2 and 81 Durant.
Following are the places for re-
~gistration which will open at seven
o'clock and remain open until nine
o'clock that night.
West, West School Building, Mr..
v T. Smith, Chief Registrar.
Durant, Durant School Building,
Mr.. C. H. Carruth, Jr., Chief Reg
istrar.
(The colored registrants will b
registered at the Holmes County
Training School)
Goodman, Goodman Grammar
School Building, Mr.. Marion Ousley,
Chief Registrar.
Pickens, Pickens School Building,
Mr.. H. P. St. John, Chief Registrar.
Ebenezer, Ebenezer School Build
ing, Mr.. E. E. O'Reilly, Chief Reg
istrar.
Coxburg, Coxburg School Build
ing, Mr.. ]. C. Brister, Chief Regis
trar.
Bowling Green, McLellan's Store,
Mrs. Hugh Mcclellan, Chief Regis
trar..
Emory, Emory Store, Mr.. Andrew
Smith, Chief Registrar.
The Chief Registrars are request
ed to hold a meeting for the Reg
istrars who will assist them Regis
tration Day. At this Meeting rules
on Registration will be discussed full
ly. The meeting is to be held a
few days prior to February 18th.
Questions To Be Asked
Only nine simple questions will
be asked those men who register
| on February 16 for possible military
service under the provisions OF the
| Selective Service -.
10 WHcSl IC&AStCAC SN~H
| must answer the following nine
| questions: /. Name of Registrant;
:. Place of Residence; 8. Mailing
Address( if other than Place of Resi-
| dence); a. Telephone; 5. Age in
Years and Date of Birth; 6. Place
Of Birth; Z. Name and Address of
Person who will always know your
address; 8. Employers name and ad-
dress, and 3. place Of employment
or Business.
After a registrant has answered
| all questions and. signed his name
to the registration card, he will be
| given a registration certificate sign
ed by the registrar. This certificate
must be in the personal possession OF
| the registrant al all times. Failure
| to possess the ceT ficate, or to show
it to authorized persons, constitutes
a violation of Selective Service Re-
| gulations and is considered prima
facie evidence of failure to register.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
Services Al Methodist
Church Announced

Church School will meet at 10
o'clock. War Time.
Worship service at IL o'clock.
Special music by the choir.
Sermon by the pastor.
Both Leagues meet at Z o'clock.
Evening worship service at 8
o'clock.
Program meeting of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service at the
church Monday afternoon at 8 o.
clock.
Prayer meeting Wednesday we
ming at 8 o'clock.
Special appeal is made to those
who may have not been regular in
their attendance at church. This is
a good time to get back into the
harness. Cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all those who do not at
tend church regularly. Come an d
worship with US.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-02-12
County Council Met
In Lexington 5th

The County Council of the Home
Demonstration Clubs met in Lexing-
ton in the Masonic Building on Feb
ruary 5. Six Clubs were represented.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mrs. B. A. Bar
rantine, Lexington. Miss Allene Me
Corrick, Home Agent led the devo-
ional. After the roll call ard min
were read, Mrs. VIII F. Schrock
oo1nan was elected Secretary
- SIC CouEcil.
The program was in charge OF
the Durant Club, Mrs. J. w. Norwood
led the round table discussion On
CONTINUED on page five.)